Last 5th August 2024
General Manager
Mobility System Design Group,
Mobility System Business Unit,
Electrification Business Division
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (“Hitachi Astemo”, “we”, “us”, and “our”), with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., (“Honda”), drives test vehicles and use on-board cameras in order to collect images around the test vehicles and record them on the storage devices installed in the test vehicles, for the purpose of developing our products and services. Such collected images may include your personal data as described in Section 2.
In this privacy policy (this “Policy”), we have provided information regarding the processing of your personal data which may be contained in the images collected by on-board cameras. We are regarded as a data controller with respect to your personal data, and we are committed to respecting your privacy.
Hitachi Astemo and Honda are joint controllers in regard to the processing of your personal data from the moment the images are collected until the moment Honda deletes your personal data which is recorded in the storage devices and Honda’s data server in the EEA. Once your personal data is uploaded from Honda’s data server to Hitachi Astemo’s data server, Hitachi Astemo will be the sole controller for subsequent processing of your personal data.
Please also note that this Policy applies to the processing of your personal data by Hitachi Astemo, irrespective of whether or not Hitachi Astemoacts as the joint controller with Honda or as the sole controller.
For further information on the processing of your personal data by Honda, please refer to its privacy policies, which are available at the links below.
The images collected by on-board cameras may include your personal data, such as the faces of passers-by (physical characteristics) and the license plates of vehicles around the test vehicles (identifiers).
We may process your personal data in order to develop our products and services, on the legal basis that it is necessary for us to pursue our legitimate interests, such as our business interests. For further details regarding our legitimate interests, please contact us by using the contact information listed in Section 9.
We may disclose your personal data to our service providers that process the images collected by on-board cameras on our behalf for the purpose described in Section 3.
Where permitted by applicable law, we may also disclose your personal data to our partners.
In such cases, we will take all necessary measures required by applicable law, including entering into an agreement with a recipient of your personal data.
We have in place security measures to secure your personal data stored on our storage devices and in our data servers.
In particular, we implement security measures such as (i) establishing internal rules for the processing of personal data, (ii) appointing a person to be in charge of managing personal data for each department that processes personal data, (iii) implementing security measures in accordance with the internal rules mentioned above, (iv) thoroughly informing and educating its employees in regard to such internal rules, and (v) supervising third parties to whom we disclose personal data in relation to the processing of your personal data collected in the EEA or the United Kingdom.
We will retain your personal data only for the period necessary to process such personal data, except to the extent that we are required by law to retain it for a longer period of time, in which case, we will retain it for the period required by law.
Please note that Honda will retain your personal data stored on Honda’s storage devices and in its data server in its collected form until Honda has anonymized it. Your personal data stored on Honda’s storage devices normally will be anonymized within one to two weeks of its collection.
We may transfer your personal data collected in the EEA or the United Kingdom outside of the EEA or the United Kingdom. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA or the United Kingdom, we put in place appropriate safeguards (including contractual commitments) to ensure your personal data is properly protected.
If you are a resident of the EEA or the United Kingdom, you have following rights:
(a) Right to obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data and to access the personal data that we hold about you;
(b) Right to request rectification of your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
(c) Right to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances. This may include (but is not limited to) circumstances in which:
(i) It is no longer necessary for us to retain your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it;
(ii) You object to our processing of your personal data in pursuit of our legitimate interests,
and such legitimate interests do not override your own interests, rights, or freedoms; and
(iii) Your personal data has been unlawfully processed by us;
(d) Right to request that we restrict our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. This may include (but is not limited to) circumstances in which:
(i) You dispute the accuracy of your personal data (but only for the period of time necessary for us to verify its accuracy);
(ii) We no longer need to use your personal data except to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
(iii) You object to our processing of your personal data in pursuit of our legitimate interests (but only for the period of time necessary for us to assess whether such legitimate interests override your own interests, rights, or freedoms); and
(iv) Your personal data has been unlawfully processed by us, but you oppose the deletion of your personal data and instead request the suspension of its use;
(e) Right to object to our processing of your personal data;
You may exercise any of your rights above by contacting us using the information about us indicated in Section 9 below. You may also lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority if you believe that any of your rights have been infringed by us.
For inquiries about this page (Privacy Policy Regarding Data Collected by On-board Cameras), please fill out the inquiry form in the linked page below.
