COOKIE POLICY Cookie Policy

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Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Solutions collects customers' cookies, IP addresses, etc. for the purpose of providing better services to customers and statistical processing of browsing conditions. Although information such as cookies and IP addresses does not allow identification of a specific individual, it is protected as personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"). This Cookie Policy is intended to comply with the GDPR and the personal data covered by this Policy is limited to the personal data in the GDPR.

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect and use various types of information on our website, including the following:

Cookies. In some instances, our website and its pages use so-called “cookies”. We also allow our third-party service providers to set cookies for their services. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or other device and stored by your browser. The Cookies we use are follows:

Google LLC(Google Analytics, Google Ads/Display&Video360, YouTube). For more information about the cookies used, please see below.
DataSign Inc. (Webtru: Consent Management Platform). For more information about cookies used, please see below
- Webtru officail web site

These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website. Some cookies are placed by third parties that appear on our pages.
You can learn more about cookies here.

Server log files.We and our third-party service providers collect server log files, including the type and version of the browser used, the operating system used, the referrer URL, the hostname of the accessing computer or other device, the time of the server inquiry and the IP address, on our website.

Purpose of Using Your Personal Data

We will use your personal data for the following purposes:

Improving user experience on our websites and services (including provision and playback management of embedded videos);
Analytics of our websites;
Compiling statistics about the usage of our websites or services; and
Other activities related to the above.

Lawful Basis for Processing

We will process your personal data only when the law allows us to do so. Most commonly, we will process your personal data on the following bases.

Cookies related to statistics, advertising and videos (Google Analytics, Google Ads/DV360, YouTube): Consent.: We may process your personal data on the basis of your consent that you provide to us. For YouTube embedding, we use Click to Load and Privacy Enhanced Mode, which suppresses requests to third parties before obtaining consent, and only communicate with external parties (YouTube/ Google) based on that consent when the user selects “play.”

Other personal data: Legitimate interests.: This is where processing of your data is necessary for a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party, and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

How Do We Disclose Information to Third Parties?

The following third-party providers may have access to the personal data collected by us.

Google LLC
(Google Analytics, Google Ads/Display&Video360, YouTube).

Google LLC sets and accesses cookies on your computer or other device to collect information such as the numbers of visitors to our websites, where visitors have come to the websites from, and the pages they have visited. Our websites use Google LLC to help collect and analyze certain information to engage in analysis, auditing, research and reporting. You may review Google Analytics’ security and privacy principles by clicking here, and opt out of the use of cookies in web browsers by Google Analytics by clicking here.

DataSign Inc.
(Webtru：Consent Management Platform)

DataSign Inc. processes consent status, consent date and time, and device/ browser information required for consent management to perform consent management such as displaying cookie banners and recording choices. This information is used to appropriately reflect user choices in accordance with the law. You can view Webtru’s security and privacy enhancement policy by clicking here.

How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data?

We will retain your personal data as long as it is needed for each specified purpose of use. An appropriate retention period for personal data will be established according to each purpose, taking into account the need to protect your data.

Cross Border Transfer of Your Personal Data

Personal data and other information collected by our partners may be transferred to and stored on their computers and servers located outside the countries where such partners are located. When it comes to data transfer to the United States, Google LLC complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework to ensure an adequate level of protection of your personal data when it is transferred to the United States.

Data transfer frameworks – Privacy & Terms – Google

Rights to Control Your Personal Data

(a) Right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction

Regarding the processing of personal data, you have the following rights:

Request from us access to your personal data pursuant to Art. 15 of the GDPR
Request from us rectification of your personal data pursuant to Art. 16 of the GDPR
Request from us erasure of your personal data pursuant to Art. 17 of the GDPR
Request from us restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 of the GDPR

(b) Right to data portability: You have the right to data portability where the processing of personal data concerning you is based on Art. 6(1)(a) or (b) of the GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, pursuant to Art. 20 of the GDPR.

(c) Right to object: You have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation to the processing of personal data concerning you that is based on Art. 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions pursuant to Art. 21(1) of the GDPR.

Where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing pursuant to Art. 21(2) of the GDPR.

(d) Right to withdraw consent: Where the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) or Art. 9(2)(a) of the GDPR), you have the right to withdraw your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

(e) Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 57(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may change or modify this Cookie Policy from time to time and will post the updated Cookie Policy with a “Last Updated” effective date of the revisions. We recommend that you review this Cookie Policy periodically. If we make a material change to this Cookie Policy, we may choose to post a separate notice on our home page indicating that the policy has been updated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, your rights under our Cookie Policy, or any other issue regarding the protection of your personal data, you can contact one of our following addresses:

For general inquiries:: Email: GR_SMS-JP_info@shi-g.com
Address: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Solutions Co., LTd. ThinkPark Tower, 1-1 Osaki 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-6025, Japan

For requests and inquiries concerning your right to control your personal data:: Email: GR_SMS-JP_info@shi-g.com
Address: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Material Solutions Co., LTd. ThinkPark Tower, 1-1 Osaki 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-6025, Japan

Last Updated March 4, 2026