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as of July 1, 2024
Chapter 1 describes the handling of personal information as it applies to all customers. Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 provide region-specific information for customers who are located or reside in the European Economic Area/the United Kingdom, the People's Republic of China, the state of California of the United States, and the Kingdom of Thailand respectively.
This Privacy Policy explains how and why the personal information of customers and other individuals obtained by ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. (“ANA”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is used. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before providing personal information to ANA or using our products or services.
Chapter 1 of this Privacy Policy provides an overview of how we use your personal information.
Additional policies may apply to certain ANA products or services, details of which will be provided separately or in the terms of such service, etc.
For customers who reside in Japan, "personal information" in this Chapter 1 means information relating to a living individual containing (i) a name, date of birth, or other identifier or the equivalent which can be used to identify a specific individual or (ii) an individual identification code.
The Privacy Policy will apply when customers and other individuals provide personal information to ANA or use ANA’s services and products.
ANA utilizes personal information obtained from its customers for the following purposes. However, even within the intended scope, it will not use customers’ personal information in a way that may encourage or induce illegal or improper conduct.
Reservations, ticket sales, check-in, airport services, and in-flight services with regard to air transport services
Reservations, ticket sales, check-in, and airport services for interline transportation, joint acceptance of carriage, codeshare, successive carriage and consigned carriage
Service provisions for ANA Mileage Club members
Research and analysis of usage of ANA’s services/products
All operations incidental or related to purposes "1." through "4." above
Implementation of questionnaires concerning service and products, etc., offered by ANA
Development of new services and products
Notification of services and products offered by ANA
Operation and management relating to the events and campaigns implemented by ANA, ANA Group companies, partner companies, etc.
Provision of information about the services, products, events and campaigns of ANA, ANA Group companies, partner companies, etc. as well as provision of various pieces of information through methods including direct mail, e-mail magazines, notices, and advertisements
Customers' personal information (analytical data, etc. such as details of the usage of services and products of ANA, ANA Group company, etc., ANA website and mobile app browsing history, etc.) may be analyzed using AI, etc. to estimate customer hobbies, tastes, purchasing trends, attributes, etc., and the results used to formulate advertising distribution and marketing measures, etc. targeting the customer.
Response to inquiries and requests
In addition to the above-mentioned purposes, personal information will be utilized for the purposes described in Chapter 1 Article 8 (Data sharing) below.
ANA will obtain the following personal information by fair and appropriate means for the purpose of achieving the previously mentioned purposes.
The customer’s name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, employment information (company name, division/department the customer belongs to, title, address, telephone number, fax number), mailing address, passport information, physical and medical information relating to flying, dietary restrictions, payment information including details of credit/debit card and other payment methods, etc.
Details of travel plans and arrangements, including flights with ANA and other airlines, accommodations, and other transportation arrangements, etc.
The customer’s ANA Mileage Club membership number, type of membership card, membership status, membership area, mileage status, credit card number and expiration date, usage history of credit card and related information, need for wheelchair or other special arrangement, flight reservation and cancellation information, usage history of flights and other services, etc.
Voice recording information and other similar information that can identify a specific individual because it contains the individual's name or for other reasons.
We may monitor, record, store and use any telephone, email or other communication with you in order to check any instructions given to us, for training purposes, for crime prevention and to improve the quality of our customer service.
Information such as that on how customers use the ANA website and mobile application, including details on cookies, advertising identifiers (IDFA/GAID), location information, unique device identifiers, IP address, details on OS and browser type, etc., and website activity logs by which ANA may be able to identify a specific individual
(For details on the purpose of use of cookies and other related matters, please refer to “3. Purpose of use of cookies” in the ANA Cookie Policy, etc.)
ANA will never obtain and use information of a sensitive nature to the customer (hereinafter, “sensitive information”), such as information on race, beliefs, social standing, history of illness, crime records, and history of having been afflicted by crime, unless required by laws and regulations or by the consent of the customer.
ANA may receive information related to personal information about customers directly from customers or from third parties or ANA Group companies. "Information related to personal information" in this Chapter 1 means information relating to a living individual which doesn't fall under personal information, pseudonymized personal information or anonymized personal information defined in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) of Japan.
(Example of information related to personal information)
Details on cookies, advertising identifiers (IDFA/GAID), location information, unique device identifiers and IP address, as listed in "(5) IT and system data including information on the usage of the ANA website and mobile application" of "4. Acquisition of personal information", by which ANA cannot identify a specific individual.
(Example of receiving information related to personal information)
Obtaining advertising identifiers from third parties or ANA Group companies for advertising distribution
If we will link such information related to personal information to customer personal information held by ANA or an ANA Group company and use it as personal information, then we will obtain the consent of the customer in advance and handle the information appropriately in accordance with the purpose of use specified in "3. Purpose of using personal information" unless we have specified another purpose.
As a rule, ANA obtains personal information by the volition of the customer. Customers may experience disadvantages if they refuse to provide their personal information, such as being unable to make use of the various services provided by ANA, or being unable to receive campaign notices and other ANA information because a part of the functions of ANA’s system become inoperable and thereby unavailable. Please note that customers may change their contact information as well as their decision on whether or not they wish to receive email magazines at any time they wish, in a manner designated separately by ANA.
ANA will not disclose or provide personal customer information to any third parties except under the following circumstances. Also, customers’ personal information including sensitive information will not be disclosed or provided to third parties under any circumstances, unless allowed by laws and regulations or by consent of the customer. Note that provision of information to data sharing partners and business entrusted companies are not deemed to constitute disclosure or provision to third parties.
Customer consent has been obtained.
Disclosure or provision is required within the scope allowed by laws or regulations.
Disclosure is required to protect human life, health, or property in cases where obtaining customer consent is difficult.
Disclosure is required to cooperate with the public affairs of national or local governments, and when obtaining customer consent is likely to hinder the administration of public affairs.
Disclosure or provision of information as statistical data (in a format that does not disclose the customer's identity).
Provision of information as a result of the succession of business due to a merger, company split, transfer of business or otherwise.
Provision of information in accordance to procedures based on laws and regulations, under the condition that the following information can be easily checked by the customers themselves through the ANA website, etc., and that the customers have not declared their wish to refuse provision of their information.
The purpose of obtaining information is to provide such information to a third party
Specific personal data items to be provided to a third party
The means by which such personal information is provided to a third party
Provisions of information will be suspended upon the customers' request
Methods for accepting requests from customers
ANA may disclose or provide customers' personal information to the following categories of recipients.
Affiliates: ANA may disclose or provide customers' personal information to companies belonging to the ANA Group and organizations related to the ANA Group.
ANA's employees: ANA may disclose or provide customers' personal information to the ANA's employees who are authorized and who have a need to access such data.
Service providers: ANA may disclose or provide customers' personal information to third-party service providers that perform certain services, such as IT service providers (including data server and cloud service providers), data analytics service providers, advertising distribution service providers and legal advisors.
ANA may share customer information as follows.
Scope of entities that data can be shared | ANA Group companies |
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Purpose of using data by the user |
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Items of personal information to be shared | The customer’s ANA Mileage Club membership number, the customer’s name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, employment information (company name, division/department the customer belongs to, title, address, telephone number, fax number), mailing address, passport information, physical and medical information relating to flying, dietary restrictions, payment information including details of credit/debit card and other payment methods, details of travel plans and arrangements, including flights with ANA and other airlines, accommodations, and other transportation arrangements, type of membership card, membership status, membership area, mileage status, credit card number and expiration date, usage history of credit card and related information, need for wheelchair or other special arrangement, flight reservation and cancellation information, usage history of flights and other services, details of enquiries, requests and complaints contained in correspondence with customers, information on the use of ANA website and mobile application, including cookie and action log on the website, etc. |
Name, address, and representative of the party responsible for management of personal information | ANA Holdings Inc. Shiodome City Center, 1-5-2, Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 105-7140 Koji Shibata, President & Chief Executive Officer |
In providing products and services to customers, ANA may entrust a part of its business operations to third parties to which personal information may also be disclosed to the extent required to achieve the purpose of the entrustment. In these cases, ANA will implement appropriate measures in managing and supervising such third parties to safeguard the handling of customers’ personal information, including establishing agreements on the handling of such personal information.
Depending on customers’ flight destinations, ANA may transfer their personal information (name, passport number, and travel details, etc.) to outside of Japan. The countries served by ANA can be found on ANA’s website. The countries or regions to which customers’ personal information is transferred may not have a system for personal information protection equivalent to Japan’s.
If ANA provides customers’ personal information to third party business operators outside of Japan, including entrusted companies and data sharing partners, ANA will do so based on customer consent, except in either of the following cases:
when the third party is located in a country specified by laws and regulations as one that has a personal information protection system equivalent to Japan's; or
when the third party has a system in place where it can continuously take measures corresponding to those that business operators handling personal information in Japan should take.
In the case of "2." above, ANA will take necessary and appropriate measures to ensure that the third party takes the corresponding measures on an ongoing basis. If you wish to know the details of ANA's measures, please make a request in accordance with "12. Request about handling of Personal Information".
In receiving customers’ personal information, ANA will manage such information according to the strictest standards and take necessary safety management measures to prevent leaks, loss, or alterations. ANA ensures that the board members and employees are properly trained regarding appropriate handling to safeguard the security of information identifying individual customers. An appropriate retention period for personal information will be established in accordance with the purpose for which such information is used. After the purpose of the information has been achieved, ANA will dispose of the information in question by appropriate methods.
If you wish to know the details of the safety management measures, please make a request in accordance with “12. Request about handling of Personal Information”.
For ANA's action policy for information security, please refer to "ANA Group Information Security".
If ANA receives a request from a customer, submitted in the manner specified, for the disclosure, correction, deletion, addition, discontinuance of use, erasure, or information provision concerning the personal information protection measures referred to in “10. Transfer to outside of Japan” and “11. Management of personal information” (“disclosure, etc.”) with regard to the customer’s personal information stored in a database held by ANA, the request will be handled according to the laws and regulations as follows, within a reasonable timeframe and scope, after confirming that the request was submitted by the customer themselves.
Personal information items, purpose of use, or records on the provision of personal data to third parties will be disclosed in accordance with the customers’ request.
Correction, deletion, or addition of personal information will be undertaken wherever possible after due review of the request.
The use of personal information items designated by the customer will be discontinued, and the relevant information erased if so desired, in accordance with the submitted request. However, please note that such requests may prevent customers from being provided with services that they had utilized, or may impede the provision of services in accordance to their wishes.
The following information will be provided in accordance with the customer’s request.
Details of the safety management measures taken by ANA in receiving customers’ personal information
Details of the measures taken by ANA when providing customers’ personal information to third parties outside of Japan (in the case of “10. Transfer to outside of Japan ‘2.’”)
ANA may not be able to fulfill the customers’ requests if compliance with such requests would seriously impact ANA’s business operations, result in a violation of laws and regulations, or disrupt the safety management of personal information.
The method for submitting requests for disclosure, etc or notification of purpose of use of personal information (“requests for disclosure, etc.”) received by ANA from customers, and contact information are as follows.
Request for disclosure, etc.
(1) Method for submitting request
If you wish to receive response to your disclosure request by mail
Please send the required documents by postal mail to the address below.
Address:
Personal Information Handling Desk, ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD
1-331-90 Kaminoshima-cho, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, 850-0078 Japan
If you wish to receive response to your disclosure request by electronic file format
Please send the required documents via webform listed on ANA’s website.
(2) Required documents
Application form (choose one of the following in accordance with your request)
Customer requests for disclosure, etc., may not be acknowledged if any of the required information is missing.
Documents required for confirmation of identification of individual, etc.
(For individuals)
(For representatives)
(3) Fee
Please note that ANA reservation confirmations, boarding confirmations and a updating ANA Mileage Club member information, etc. are handled on the ANA website (www.ana.co.jp/) or at the ANA telephone contact center. Requests will only be complied if customer identification can be confirmed.
Please refer to "5. Disabling Cookies" in the ANA Cookie Policy.
ANA acquires and uses advertising identifiers (“Identification For Advertisers (IDFA)” for Apple’s iOS, “Google Advertising ID (GAID)” for Google’s Android OS, etc.)
Customers who wish to block advertisements using these advertiser identifiers are kindly requested to go to iOS (external website) or Android (external website) and configure the necessary settings on their device.
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD.
Shinichi Inoue, President C.E.O.
Shiodome-City Center, 1-5-2, Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7140, Japan