Service Privacy Policy

March 11, 2021

Roland DG Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "us") will endeavor to protect personal information by appropriately handling customer's personal information in the use of Roland DG Connect services (hereinafter referred to as "this Service"), particularly mobile apps and web apps for this Service.



■Overview of this Service
We use the computer program "Roland DG Connect Hub" to record the status and the history of the operation of your product. We will also process the recorded information to visualize the status of use of the product and provide information that will help you use the product comfortably through the mobile app and the web app.

■Information obtained by this Service to understand the usage environment

    ・Language, OS type, OS version number
・Device ID (for mobile applications only)
・Firebase Performance Monitoring (app startup time, screen rendering, web app page loading, network requests)


■Products information registered in the system connected to this Service

    ・ Products information (model name, serial number, etc.)
・ Environmental temperature of Products
・ Products operation information (usage status, error information, print information, consumables, media information, etc.)

The information acquired to understand the usage environment and the Products information registered in the system connected to this Service will not be considered as personal information unless required by applicable law.

■User information acquired by this Service

   (1) Personal information

        ・E-mail address
・Password

   (2) Information related to the use of this Service

        ・Google Analytics (cookies, site access logs)

   (3) Other

        ・Display name
・Country name


■Methods for obtaining information used by this Service
Information for registration will be obtained at the time of registration on the Web site.
The information to be acquired to understand the usage environment is acquired when accessing the Web site and starting the application.
Roland DG Connect Hub always acquires Products information registered with the system.
Information related to use of this Service is acquired when accessing the Web site, when starting and closing the application, and when communicating with the network.

■Purpose of use of "Information acquired by this Service to understand the usage environment", "Products information registered in the system connected to this Service", "Personal information acquired by this Service" in this Service

    (1) To fulfill our obligations under this privacy policy
(2)Understanding the status of the provision, management, and use of this Service
(3)Service Improvement, Maintenance
(4)Development of new services
(5)To provide maintenance services concerning products
(6) To manage customer information such as the placement and receipt of orders, and the shipping and purchase history in relation to the selling of products and goods;
(7) To deliver information and catalogues requested by customers;
(8) To recommend to customers useful products and goods, application of products or goods, campaigns, events and workshops, etc.;
(9) To deliver prizes or the like to customers;
(10) To reflect the opinions of customers in product development or the improvement or development of services; and
(11) To respond to opinions and requests from customers.


■Provision to a Third Party
We will not disclose to a third party the personal information of you provided to us, except in the following cases.

    (1)When you agree to the disclosure
(2)When the personal information is processed into statistical data in which he/she cannot be identified
(3)When considered necessary to protect the significant profits of the customer or the public
(4)When disclosure is deemed necessary by laws and regulations
(5)When entrusting to a third party (the "entrusted party") to the extent necessary for the achievement of the purpose of use


■Entrustment of Handling of Personal Information
We may entrust the handling of your personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use. In addition, we will take necessary measures to ensure that the entrusted party properly manages personal information.

■Shared use
We may use your personal information jointly as follows.

   (1)Items of personal information to be provided

      Personal information obtained through this Service

   (2)Scope of shared users

      Our subsidiaries


■Legal basis for processing personal information
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only (i) where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, (ii) where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights, or (iii) where we have your consent to do so. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contact with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information).If we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), this interest will normally be to operate our platform and communicating with you as necessary to provide our services to you and for our legitimate commercial interest, for instance, when responding to your queries, improving our platform, or undertaking marketing. We may have other legitimate interests and if appropriate, we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are. If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below.

■International data transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we or the entrusted parties operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These countries may be different than the country in which you are resident and have data protection laws different to the laws of your country.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

■Management of personal information
We will endeavor to keep customers’ personal information accurate and up-to-date and to delete such information without delay when such information is no longer necessary.
We will provide education and training in the protection of personal information to its executives and employees and endeavor to raise their awareness of personal information protection. We will endeavor to protect personal information of customers and will designate individual(s) who will be in charge of personal information protection.
We will safely manage the personal information of customers and take reasonable safety measures against unauthorized access to personal information of customers, and the loss, destruction, falsification and/or leakage, etc. of such information. We will use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information that we collect and process about you. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information.

■Data retention
We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

■Amendments to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.

■Your data protection rights
You have the following data protection rights:

    ・If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below.
・In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “How to contact us” heading below.
・If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
・You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws. After submitting your request, we may ask you to provide proof of your identity to confirm your details.


■How to contact us
For inquiries concerning your personal information, or for requests to discontinue providing personal information to a third party, or for requests for disclosure or corrections of your personal information, etc., please contact us at:



Personal Information Inquiry Office
Roland DG Corporation
1-6-4 Shinmiyakoda, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken
431-2103 JAPAN
E-mail: rdg-PIinfo@rolanddg.co.jp

Roland DG's EU Representative
Roland DG Europe Holdings B.V.
Prof. J.H. Bavincklaan 2, 1183 AT Amstelveen, The Netherlands
E-mail: emea-gdpr@rolanddg.com
※For customers living in Europe, please contact us here.

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