**Privacy Policy**

Asahi Accounting Solutions ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our site and our services.

**Information We Collect**

We collect several types of information from and about users of our site, including:

• **Personal Information:** This includes information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, postal address (1-1-1 Marunouchi, Floor 20, Tokyo, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan), email address (when you contact us directly), phone number (when you contact us directly), and other contact information. We collect this information when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you request information about our services or contact us through our online platform.

• **Business Information:** Information about your company, role, and financial activities relevant to the services we provide, such as financial audits, internal audits, tax compliance, forensic accounting, risk management, and advisory services. This information is primarily collected directly from you or your authorized representatives.

• **Usage Data:** This includes information about how you access and use our site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect this information.

**How We Use Your Information**

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• **To Provide and Improve Our Services:** To provide you with the financial services you request, to personalize your experience, and to improve the functionality and performance of our online platform and overall service offerings.

• **To Communicate with You:** To respond to your inquiries, provide you with information about our services, and send you updates and announcements.

• **For Business Operations:** To operate and manage our business, including accounting, auditing, and legal compliance.

• **For Marketing Purposes:** With your consent, we may use your information to send you marketing communications about our services that we think may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time.

• **To Comply with Legal Obligations:** To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, including responding to subpoenas, court orders, or other government requests.

**How We Share Your Information**

We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:

• **Service Providers:** We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with various aspects of our business, such as data storage, website hosting, analytics, and marketing. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

• **Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required to do so by law or legal process.

• **Business Transfers:** In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

• **Affiliates:** We may share your information with our affiliates for business purposes.

• **Professional Advisors:** We may disclose your information to our professional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants, and auditors, to obtain professional advice and services.

**Data Security**

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include physical, technical, and administrative safeguards. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

**International Data Transfers**

Asahi Accounting Solutions is located in Japan. If you are accessing our site or using our services from outside of Japan, your information may be transferred to and processed in Japan, a jurisdiction that may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

**Your Rights**

You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, depending on your location and applicable law. These rights may include:

• **Right to Access:** You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

• **Right to Rectification:** You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.

• **Right to Erasure:** You have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain circumstances.

• **Right to Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.

• **Right to Data Portability:** You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that information to another controller.

• **Right to Object:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.

• **Right to Withdraw Consent:** If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Floor 20, Tokyo, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan. We may require you to verify your identity before we can respond to your request.

**Data Retention**

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

**Cookies and Tracking Technologies**

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our site. You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our site.

**Links to Other Websites**

Our site may contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit.

**Changes to this Privacy Policy**

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site. Your continued use of our site after the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

**Contact Us**

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Floor 20, Tokyo, Tokyo, 100-0005 Japan.