Privacy Policy
Step Consulting is a business division of Wall Street Associates K. K., which is approved and licensed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. We engage in human resource recruitment activities carried out under the most rigorous corporate ethical standards, ensuring complete confidentiality and discretion at every stage of the recruitment process.
How we handle personal information
As a matter of policy Wall Street Associates handles all personal information according to the standards and policies outlined below.
1. Definition of personal information
Any information which can be used to identify a specific individual constitutes personal information. This could include such information as your name, date of birth, address, career history and notes regarding such, plus any numbers or codes (phone numbers, e-mail addresses etc.) by which you could be identified. This may constitute information which could not be used to identify you by itself, but by cross-referencing to other information, could be used to identify you.
2. Reason for collecting personal information
We collect personal information in order enable us to provide recruitment and job matching services to you, and to carry out such activities pertaining thereto as are necessary to facilitate the skill checking, verification, matching etc. necessary to the provision of recruitment and career consulting services.
3. The use of personal information
Wall Street Associates will not disclose personal information to clients or to any third-party without the approval of the individual to whom that information pertains. We will only use personal information for purposes other than those mentioned in clause (2) after notifying the person to whom that information pertains of our intention to do so, and obtaining their consent.
4. Disclosure, Amendment and Deletion of Personal Information
Wall Street Associates makes every possible effort to maintain personal data in as complete and up-to-date a manner as possible. If you have any disclosure or comment to make with regard to personal data held by us, or request for amendment or deletion thereof, please call 03-5537-7211. Once we confirm the identity of any person making such a request, we will proceed to act on that request immediately, with the provision that the nature of the request falls within the bounds of what can be considered reasonable. We will provide immediate notification once any such request has been acted upon.
5. Security of personal information
Wall Street Associates will take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of personal information held by us.
6. Outsourcing
There are times when we consign handling of personal information to third-party vendors for such reasons as data maintenance. In such cases, we screen potential third-party vendors to verify that they fulfill the required standard of personal information protection, and ask them to sign a non-disclosure agreement to ensure correct handling and protection of such data.
