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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Please read this document carefully as Sony intends to rely on these Terms. It contains important information about your rights and obligations and your access to and use of this website as well as liability limitations that may apply to you.

1. Operator of Website and Definitions

This website is operated by Sony Group Corporation with its registered office at 7-1 Konan 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan ("Sony").

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site or wish to correspond with us in relation to this website, please contact us by using the ‘Contact Us’ section of the website or information specified in Clause 21.

 

In these Terms:

 

"Affiliates" means any entity which is part of the group of companies of Sony from time to time; "Terms" means these terms and conditions including those stipulated in Clause 3; "User" or "you" means any person who accesses or uses this site, with or without Sony's authorisation.

 

2. Access and Use of this Site

By accessing, browsing or downloading any part of this site or its content, or posting or uploading to this site, or any other use of this site and its content you agree to comply with these Terms (which form a contract between you and Sony) and all relevant applicable laws. If you do not agree to these Terms, please refrain from using this site.

You are responsible for obtaining the relevant hardware and software equipment and paying all telephone or other network charges necessary to access and use this site.

 

3. Other Terms, Rules, etc.

Where this site or part of this site contains rules, guidelines, codes of conduct, further terms or other directions to Users, Users agree also to comply with such rules, guidelines, codes of conduct, terms and directions.

If you do not agree to any of these Terms (or any such other rules, guidelines, codes of conduct, terms and directions), please refrain from using this site.

 

4. User Registration and Logging On/Off

To post, upload or download materials, communicate via and to access this site, services, resources and certain or all site content (defined below), User may be asked to provide registration details and log on. It is a condition of use of this site, services and site content that all registration details User provides are and will remain true, correct, current and complete.

You agree to notify Sony immediately of any changes which are relevant to your registration. Notification should be made to Sony by using contact information given on this site or in Clause 21.

If Sony reasonably believes the details are not correct, current, or complete, or if Sony otherwise reasonably believes such action would be appropriate (including where it suspects the registration of multiple accounts/User profiles by the same individual), it has the right to refuse User’s access to the site, and/or any of its resources, services and site content, and to terminate or suspend User’s account (if any).

Where you log on in order to gain access to this site or a part of this site, where Sony provides a ‘log-off’, ‘exit’ (or similar) option, you undertake to log off and exit from your account at the end of your session. Sony reserves the right to log off logged on Users whose accounts are inactive for an extended period of time.

 

5. Password and Account Details

User is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of his or her password, account number, ID and other details (if any) and for all activities under User's account. Any unauthorised use of User's account or other breach of security should be reported to Sony immediately. Your registration and/or subscription is personal to you and you may not disclose or make available your account name, ID or password to others. Any disclosure by you of your account name and password may result in termination of your registration.

 

6. Changes to Site and these Terms

Sony may amend these Terms at any time. Sony shall provide reasonable notice of changes to these Terms by displaying notices on this site or through other communication means. Users, who access this site after changes have been posted on the site or otherwise communicated, shall be bound by such changes from the date that is set out in such notices or otherwise communicated. Frequent review of this site and these Terms is therefore recommended. If you do not agree to any amendment, please refrain from using this site.

 

7. Permitted and Prohibited Use of this Site

Access to and use of this site, including viewing, downloading, reproducing, displaying and posting:

-    data, graphics, images, photographs, designs, descriptions, information, and text - video, audio, music, and sound compilations;

-    utilities, software  and software compilations and drivers;

-    the contents of any e-mail newsletter or similar communication sent by or on behalf of Sony in relation to this site; and

-    other content on this site which has been originated and provided directly by Sony or its Affiliates (together "site content"),

is prohibited unless specifically permitted in these Terms. This applies to use by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, creation of derivative works or otherwise.

Sony gives limited, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable permission for User to access and make personal, non- commercial use of this site and site content as a support and communication resource for purposes specified on the site only. User may electronically copy and print in hard copy site content for these purposes, provided that all copyright and proprietary notices (where present) are retained on site content.

Any other use of site content, including without limitation, reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, transmission, downloading of site content (other than page caching), republication or reverse engineering - without the prior written consent of Sony - is prohibited (except to the extent such prohibition is prohibited by applicable law).

User shall not use this site in a way that breaches these Terms (or their spirit) or any applicable law or regulations (including without limitation those relating to the use of public communications networks) or that causes or is likely to cause any damage, interruption or impairment of this site. User may not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of this site or any computer systems, accounts or networks connected to this site, whether through hacking, password mining or any other means. User may not collect or attempt to collect personal information relating to others through this site.

 

8. Copyright - Ownership of Site Content

Sony does not transfer title to (i.e. ownership of) any site content downloaded or used by User. Site content, including its selection and arrangement, is owned by Sony or its Affiliates (and/or their content and technology providers) and is protected by copyright and other laws. Limited permission to use site content (for the purposes stated in the preceding section) is specifically conditioned on User's recognition, observance and retention of all copyright, trade mark and other proprietary notices in site content, and all proprietary and other intellectual property rights of Sony or its Affiliates and/or content and technology providers, in site content.

Any unauthorised use or copying of site content or use of site content which breaches these Terms (or their spirit) may violate trade mark, copyright and other proprietary rights, and have civil and criminal consequences. Users shall not use any site content (or any other content made available through this site) in any manner that infringes any trade mark, copyright or other proprietary rights. Sony reserves all rights with respect to such unauthorised use or breach of these Terms.

    

9. Trade Marks

"Sony" is a registered trade mark of Sony Group Corporation. All trade marks, logos, website addresses or derivations that describe Sony or its Affiliates, their products, support or services or that contain the word "Sony" that is included in site content (together, "Sony Marks") are trade marks and/or the property of Sony or its Affiliates. Any list of Sony (or other) trade marks on this site is periodically updated but shall not be taken as an all-inclusive list of Sony (or other) trademarks.

Any use of Sony Marks or permutations thereof (except as expressly authorised by Sony in writing) is strictly prohibited.

Other product, tournament, federation and company names and/or logos mentioned in this site may be the trade marks of their respective owners.

 

10. User Content - Uploaded or Provided Informational/Material

In these Terms, User content is information or other content, which is or may be provided to Sony or inputted or uploaded by User via this site or related means, including (without limitation) pictures, video and other images, audio materials, graphics, document or data files, information relating to natural and other persons, messages, e-mail and other communications, files, texts, opinions, personalisation settings and other information.

By uploading User content to this site or sending or making available User content to Sony and its Affiliates, pursuant to or by reason of site or site content use or otherwise, User automatically grants (or warrants that the owner of such User content expressly granted) Sony, its Affiliates and their designees a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, and non- exclusive right and license to use (including commercial use and exploitation), copy, sub-license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, display and distribute User content (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained therein), and create derivative works from and incorporate User content (or any part thereof) into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed throughout the world. In addition, User warrants that it has the rights necessary to grant such licence and that all so-called "moral rights" in any User content have been waived. All User content will be considered non-confidential, not subject to any use restrictions and no User content will be subject to any obligation of confidence on Sony's part.

However, this section does not apply to any personal information submitted to Sony by a User which identifies him or her. This will be processed only as provided in Clause 17.

 

11. Prohibited and Restricted User Content

Inappropriate postings or communications

Sony prohibits the transmission, distribution, dissemination, uploading, posting, submission, sharing and storage on, via or through use of this site (together, uploading) of User content which it considers (in its sole discretion) to be inappropriate or distasteful.

Such inappropriate or distasteful User content includes, without limitation, communications with - pornographic, profane, sexist, homophobic, defamatory, deceptive, vulgar, obscene or offensive content advocating of violence, hate or unlawful activity, advertisements, surveys and contests and material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under any laws.

Sony reserves the right (but does not accept any obligation), subject to applicable laws, to delete or restrict Users’ access to relevant site content and/or User content and/or to pass relevant User content and/or information relating to User (including personal information) to any appropriate authority where User content is uploaded in breach or suspected breach of any of these Terms (or their spirit or other applicable rules or terms) or any applicable law or regulations, without any requirement for any claim or complaint to be formally commenced or proved.

Materials protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights

Sony prohibits the uploading of content that contains music, software, images (still or moving), literary or artistic works or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or that may infringe others’ intellectual property rights), unless the User owns or controls the exclusive rights thereto or has received all required consents (which the User warrants if such content is uploaded). Sony prohibits the uploading of actual or suspected copyrighted materials, the use of which is unauthorised, or counterfeit materials.

Personal Information

Except for personal information of a User submitted by that User in order to apply for a job with Sony, Sony prohibits the uploading of any User content which discloses personal or private information concerning any individual or entity, including telephone number(s), e-mail or physical addresses, User account numbers, passwords and financial information.

Where personal information relating to, or images of, another natural person are uploaded by a User, the User warrants that such person (the data subject) has given his or her consent to such submission and to the data processing that this involves and any other usage of such User content contemplated by these Terms or on this site.

‘Spam’ and upload of destructive materials

All forms of 'spam' or junk e-mail, including uploading or sending multiple unsolicited submissions to different discussion groups, mailing lists, and all activities that facilitate spam, are prohibited on or via this site.

Sony prohibits the uploading of computer programs, files and other materials that contain destructive or disruptive features such as viruses, corrupted files, 'hidden' files (such as image files with audio files embedded), worms, Trojan horses, or bots for the use of scrolling, showing multiple screens, and other activities that can be disruptive to website integrity or functioning or online communication generally.

 

12. No Liability - User Content and Site Use

You understand that whenever you release personal or other information online that information can be collected and used by people you do not know. While Sony makes all reasonable commercial efforts to protect your personal information and privacy, it cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose online. You make such disclosures at your own risk. Sony shall not be liable in respect of (and disclaim all liability in relation to) User content submitted to an area of the site designated as (or expected to be) a private, personal or limited access area of the site which becomes available to persons other than the User who submitted the User content. Similarly, Sony shall not be liable in respect of (and disclaim all liability in relation to) any non-availability of User content submitted to an area of the site designated as a public area of the site where Users other than the User who submitted the User content may gain access to such content.

Sony disclaims all liability relating to any User content, including any error, virus, defamation, libel, obscenity or inaccuracy contained in any User content, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy or otherwise, any prohibited User content and any other User content.

Sony disclaims all liability for unauthorised use (by other Users) of User content, and disclaims (without limitation) all liability for use of User content which breaches any copyright, trade mark rights or other intellectual property rights of any other User or person.

User is solely responsible for any damage (including to site content) resulting from use (or submission) of any User content or the site (including disputes and incidents described in the preceding sections) and related transactions or occurrences.

The limitations on and exclusions of liability in these Terms apply regardless of whether the liability is based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence or defamation), strict liability, breach of warranties, or otherwise.

    

13. Storage and Loss of User Content

Sony shall not be liable for any loss, deletion, removal or failure of delivery to the intended recipient of User content uploaded to this site, whether caused by computer virus, unauthorised access or otherwise. Users are encouraged to retain a back-up copy of all User content and Users undertake that they shall do so in respect of all uploaded User content. Sony reserves the right to deny access to this site and delete User content at any time without notice.

 

14. No Warranties

Without limitation:

-    Sony gives no warranty that site content is appropriate, available or permitted for use in all locations, that it is virus-free or as to its interoperability with any hardware, software or content or as to User's ability through this site to access or interact with any other service providers, networks, users, or informational or computing resources through the internet. Those who access this site and use site content are responsible for compliance with all applicable law and regulations.

-    Although Sony has attempted to verify the accuracy, reliability and currency of all site content (other than User content), Sony gives no warranty as to the accuracy of any statements in this site.

-    Sony gives no warranty that functions or information available through and other User interactions with the site will be constantly available, uninterrupted, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected or that this site or the server that makes it available are free from viruses or other harmful components. Sony and its Affiliates assume no responsibility, and are not liable for, any damage to (or loss of data from), or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, or use of this site including downloading any images, software or other site content. If use of site content results in the need for servicing, repair or correction in equipment or data, User assumes all costs in that regard.

Sony is not liable to you (or any other parties) for:

-    any loss of income, business or profits, or loss or corruption of or damage to data:

-    any loss or damage which was not caused by Sony's breach of these Terms or Sony's breach of its legal duty of care;

-    any loss or damage which was not a reasonably foreseeable result of either Sony's breach of these Terms or Sony's breach of its legal duty of care. Loss or damage is “reasonably foreseeable“ if prior to you accessing this site, either (i) such loss or damage was contemplated by Sony and you, or (ii) you notified Sony that the loss or damage may occur if Sony breached these Terms or its legal duty of care; and

-    any loss or damage which occurs due to unauthorised access by a third party to your account as a result of a breach by you of these Terms.

Nothing in these Terms shall exclude or limit Sony's liability for (i) fraud; (ii) death or personal injury caused by Sony's negligence; or (iii) liability which may not be excluded or limited under any applicable law.

 

15. Compensation for Breach

User shall compensate Sony, its Affiliates and their officers, agents, employees and service providers and hold them harmless in respect of all losses, costs, proceedings, damages, expenses (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) or liabilities howsoever incurred by any of them as a result of any claim by a third party resulting from a breach or non- observance by User of any prohibition, or restriction on User's activities in relation to this site contained in these Terms, or of any undertaking, representation or warranty of User contained in these Terms and in relation to any claim by any person in respect of matters, responsibilities or obligations that have been disclaimed by Sony under these Terms.

Without limitation to the generality of the above, User agrees to compensate Sony, its Affiliates and their officers, agents, employees and service providers (who disclaim liability) in respect of claims, liabilities, costs (including legal fees), expenses, demands and damages of any nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, howsoever incurred by any of them arising out of or in any way related to:

 

-    any prohibited or restricted User content uploaded by User or any use of this site by User (including prohibited or restricted site use by User);

-    any loss, deletion, removal, corruption or publication of User content uploaded by User; or any unauthorised use of User's account or compromise of User account security through a failure to maintain the secrecy of User account passwords or other security details, and all related occurrences.

 

16. Hypertext Linking To and From This Site

You must seek and obtain the written consent of Sony before creating any link to this site. Deep linking is strictly prohibited. All authorised links to this site must be to the home page of the site, must make it clear that this site and the site content are distinct from the website containing the link and must make it clear that this site is owned and/or operated by or on behalf of Sony.

Sony may provide, or third parties (with consent as above) may provide, hypertext links to and/or from other internet websites or resources. The inclusion of such links in this website is for convenience only and does not imply endorsement by Sony of the other website or any association with the operators of that site. Sony encourages discretion when browsing its or external websites and resources. Some websites may contain or link Users to websites containing information that may be considered inappropriate or offensive. External websites may send their own cookies to Users, collect data and/or solicit personal information.

User's visiting of any external websites via links from this site is entirely at User's own risk.

Sony has not confirmed the accuracy or reliability of any information in external websites or resources linked or accessed via this site, or which link to Sony's site(s). Sony shall not be responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, support, services or other materials on or available from such external websites or resources. Sony shall not be responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in external websites or resources. Sony shall not be responsible for, and disclaims all warranties, express and implied, as to, the accuracy, validity, legality, copyright compliance, decency or otherwise of any materials or information contained in external websites or resources. Sony shall not be liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or allegedly caused by the use of or reliance on any content, products, support or services available on or through any external websites or resources.

Without limiting the above, Sony does not make any representations or warranties as to the security of any information (including credit card and other personal information) a User might be requested to give any third party through linked websites and User waives any claim against Sony with respect to such matters.

 

17. Personal Information

Sony processes information about you in accordance with its privacy policy. By using this site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

 

18. Termination

User’s right to use services on this site and other site content will terminate immediately with or without notice in Sony’s sole discretion if User fails to comply with any of these Terms.

Sony also reserves the right to terminate User’s access to this site in Sony’s discretion at any time without cause. In such circumstances, Sony will make commercially reasonable efforts to send notice of termination to Users at their last notified contact address or e-mail address.

On termination, User must cease use of, and destroy all copies it holds of site content and Sony may remove and/or delete all such User’s User content, except where a perpetual licence has been granted by Sony to use certain site content in return for a fee which has been paid. Following termination Sony shall have no obligation to maintain any User content or to forward any messages to you or any third party.

 

19. Miscellaneous

If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed to be replaced by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision. This shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

The headings in these Terms are for convenience only and shall have no effect on the construction of these Terms.

Calls to any customer telephone helplines related to, or referred to in, this site may be monitored for training and quality control purposes.

 

20. Modern Slavery Act statement

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.

 

21. Contacting us

For further information or if you have questions, please contact Sony Group Corporation via our website [https://www.global-careers-student.sony.net/u/contact.phtml] or at the following address: Sony Group Corporation Human Resources Division, 7-1 konan 1-chome, minato-ku, tokyo 108-0075, Japan.

 

 

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Recruitment Privacy policy

Recruitment Privacy policy

Last Updated and Effective: 1ST April 2023

 

Overview

We take your privacy extremely seriously. This policy relates only to the recruitment services provided via this website, and describes what personal data we collect, why and how we collect it, who we share it with, and how you can contact us if you have any queries or concerns about this information. It also describes your data protection rights (as applicable), including a right to object to some of the processing which we carry out. More information about your rights, and how to exercise them, is set out in the Privacy Rights sections below.

Please note that other companies in the Sony Group operate a range of other websites, including for recruitment. These companies have their own privacy policies, which are generally available from the relevant websites for those companies.

This website is operated by Sony Group Corporation on behalf of Sony Europe B.V., Sony Corporation of America, Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Latin America, Sony Music Publishing, Sony Biotechnology, Aniplex of America, Sony India Software Center Pvt Ltd., Sony Electronics Vietnam Company Ltd., Sony Philippines Inc., Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Sony International (Singapore) Ltd., Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Sony (China) Ltd., Sony Honda Mobility of America Inc. and their affiliates (“Sony”).


Information we collect

What sort of data do we collect?

Sony collects personal data about you to help in the recruitment process. The exact data we collect during the recruitment process can differ depending on the country in which the job is located, and any specifically necessary data will be made clear to you throughout the process. Such personal data may consist of:
  • Contact information: such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other contact media.
  • Identification and immigration information: such as your date of birth, passport number, government identification numbers (e.g. social security number), and details of your eligibility to work.
  • CV/Resume and application information: such as your education history and work history, your skills, other information you choose to provide in social media (such as LinkedIn) and in your CV/Resume and your responses to questions presented in the website, background checks, including criminal record checks, security vetting, credit history and other details of your application.
 

Personal data about you provided by third parties

The following third parties may provide personal data about you:

  • Recruitment agencies that you have selected to search for jobs and submit job applications on your behalf may provide us all the above information about you;
  • Third parties that you have selected to provide your references may provide information on your time and performance at previous employers;
  • Organisations approved to undertake criminal records checks, governmental bodies authorised to provide the criminal records;
  • Publicly available sources which we use to confirm the information you provide as part of your application.

Note: This Privacy Policy does not cover background screening conducted by third-party background check vendors, including background screening subject to the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) in the United States.  Sony provides separate supplemental notices for such screening.

Do we collect any sensitive personal data?

We do collect and process sensitive personal data where it is necessary for the recruitment process and in compliance with all applicable legislation, specifically:

  • Government identification number (e.g. social security number) 
  • Passport number
  • Racial/ethnic origin
  • Criminal record
  • Gender (U.S. only)
  • Disability (U.S. only)
  • Veteran status (U.S. only)

We will explain, when this is collected, whether and why this data is mandatory and our legal basis for the collection.

 

How do we use the information we collect?

We use the information we collect:

  • Where necessary for Sony’s legitimate interests, as listed below, and where not overridden by your data protection rights:
    • receiving and reviewing job applications;
    • administering and managing your registrations and job applications;
    • recruiting and selecting staff for roles we have advertised and for which you have applied;
    • for the Workday Skills Cloud service, which allows you to add skills from Workday’s skills library to your job applications;
    • protecting our legitimate business interests and legal rights. This includes, but is not limited to, use in connection with legal claims, compliance, regulatory, auditing, investigative and disciplinary purposes (including disclosure of such information in connection with legal process or litigation) and other ethics and compliance reporting requirements. 
  • Where this is necessary for Sony to administer any future contract of employment and employment record;
  • Where necessary to comply with a legal obligation:
    • meeting requirements to ensure you are eligible to work under local laws, including immigration laws;
    • making deductions from payroll for tax and social security purposes and providing information to tax and social security authorities, as required by law and where you have successfully obtained a role at Sony.
  • Where you have given your consent (Where we ask for consent, you are free to withhold or revoke it):
    • send you alerts about new roles at Sony. 
 

Sharing information about you

Your personal data will be shared as follows:

  • We share some of your personal data, such as identification information, contact information, skills and experience information, CVs, with Sony People Solutions Inc. (located in Japan) and other Sony Group companies, which operate in various countries (including, for example, the U.S., Japan, and India) to administer and manage group functions, including to manage your registration on the website and your application for a role at Sony.
  • Your personal data will also be shared with companies providing services under contract to the Sony Group, such as Workday (in the U.S.), the IT provider of this recruitment portal, recruitment agencies and services (such as LinkedIn) supporting our recruitment process, and external auditors. 
  • Personal data will also be shared with government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if required for the purposes above, if mandated by law or if required for the protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable laws.
 

International transfers of your personal data

Sony is a global organisation. For the purposes explained in this policy, your information may be transferred to other companies within the Sony Group and third parties in countries such as the U.S. and Japan, which may not have the same level of protection laws as those in the country in which you are located. Details of the recipients are provided in the ‘Sharing information about you’ section.

When making international transfers out of the EU we use standard contractual data protection clauses, which have been approved by the European Commission. For further information, including to obtain a copy of the documents used to protect your information, please contact us as described in the “Contacting Us” section below.

When making international transfers out of China we try our best to ensure that your personal information is as fully and equally protected as it is in China, such as obtaining your consent for international transfers out of China and signing contractual data protection clauses of international transfers with overseas recipients to clarify their obligations and responsibilities for personal information protection.  For further information, including how to exercise your rights to the overseas recipients or require us by law to provide you with relevant information about the international transfers, please contact us as described in the “Contacting Us” section below.

How is this data safeguarded?

We take commercially reasonable steps to protect your personal information. This includes setting up processes and procedures to minimise unauthorised access to or disclosure of your information, and we use reasonable efforts to obtain the agreement of Sony Group companies and third-party service providers to take steps to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal Information we share with them. However, no electronic data transmission or storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% private and secure.

 

Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as we need it for Sony's legitimate interest in accordance with applicable law, to fulfil your application and any following employment contract or to meet a legal requirement, after which we will take steps to delete your personal data or hold it in a form that no longer identifies you. 

 

Notice Regarding “Do Not Track” Signals

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a so called “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. Sony currently does not alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal. More information is available at http://www.allaboutdnt.com. Also note that third parties may collect personal data about your online activities over time and across different websites when you visit our websites or other online websites and services.

 

EU Privacy Rights Notice

You have the right to ask Sony for a copy of your personal data; to correct, delete or restrict (stop any active) processing of your personal data; and to obtain the personal data you provide in a structured, machine readable format. In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal data in some circumstances (in particular, where we don’t have to process the data to meet a contractual or other legal requirement). Where we have asked for your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time. If you ask to withdraw your consent to Sony processing your data, this will not affect any processing which has already taken place at that time.

These rights may be limited, for example if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person, or if you ask us to delete information which we are required by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep. If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to complain to a data protection authority.

 

Australia Privacy Rights Notice

In relation to Section “International transfers of your data” above, we will disclose your personal data to parties in a number of countries, including the United States of America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. From time to time we will need to disclose your personal data to parties in other countries not on this list. This will be on an ad hoc or case by case basis and for the purposes for which we collected your personal data.

Complaints: If you are concerned that we have not complied with your legal rights or applicable privacy laws, you may bring a complaint internally through our complaints process or you may decide to make a formal complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au) (which is the regulator responsible for privacy in Australia). We will deal with complaints as follows:

  • Step 1: let us know 
    If you would like to make a complaint, let us know by using the details set out in the “Contacting Us” section below.
  • Step 2: investigation of complaint
    Your complaint will be investigated. A response to your complaint will be given in writing within a reasonable period.
  • Step 3: contact OAIC
    We expect that our procedures will deal fairly and promptly with your complaint. However, if you remain dissatisfied, you can also contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as follows:
    • Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
    • Complaints must be made in writing
    • Tel: 1300 363 992
    • Adresse: Director of Compliance
      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
      GPO Box 5218
      Sydney NSW 2001
    • Web: www.oaic.gov.au

New Zealand Privacy Rights Notice

Nothing herein shall limit the rights of customers under the Privacy Act 1993. All instructions regarding your data and queries from you will be followed up and answered by us as soon as possible.

 

Malaysia Privacy Rights Notice

In view of the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“Act”), Sony recognises the need to process all personal data obtained in a lawful and appropriate manner. The legal responsibility for compliance with the Act lies with Sony, which is the “data user” under the Act. Compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Act is the responsibility of all employees of Sony. As and when Sony is required to collect personal data, Sony and its employees must abide by the requirements of this Privacy Policy and the Act. In the context of the Act, “processing” is defined as including the collection, recording, holding or storing of personal data which includes, inter alia, NRIC numbers, home address and contact details.

A data subject has the following rights under the Act:

  1. Request for access to personal data held on the individual, the purpose for which the personal data is being used and those to whom it has, or can be disclosed;
  2. Prevent data processing that is likely to cause distress or damage;
  3. Take reasonable action to stop the use of, rectify, erase, and/or dispose of inaccurate personal data; and
  4. Withdraw consent given to Sony.
Any individual who intends to exercise the abovementioned rights or has any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy should make a written request to Sony at the details set out in the “Contacting Us” section below. Sony will generally be able to respond to such queries and/or requests within 30 days.

Singapore Privacy Rights Notice

Sony collects, uses, discloses, manages and handles Personal Data that is subject to the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012) (“the Act”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing our website, using any services provided by Sony, signing up for any products and services provided by Sony, submitting any information to us, or otherwise showing your agreement thereon, you will be deemed to have agreed and consented to the terms of this Data Protection Policy.

“Personal Data” means any data, whether true or false, which can be related to a specific identifiable individual, whether such individual is identifiable from the data itself, or from other information that is available to Sony. Personal Data includes the personal data collected, used, disclosed, managed and handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

As a data subject you have the right to:

a)    access your data;
b)    have your data deleted or corrected where it is inaccurate;
c)    object to your data being processed and to restrict processing;
d)    withdraw consent to having your data processed;
e)    have your data provided in a standard format so that it can be transferred elsewhere; and
f)    not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

If you (a) have any questions or feedback relating to your Personal Data or our Privacy Policy, (b) would like to withdraw your consent to any use of your Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy or otherwise, or (c) would like to gain access or make corrections to your Personal Data records, please contact us using the details in the “Contacting Us” section below.

Sony will generally be able to respond to such queries and/or requests within 30 days.

If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data, depending on the nature of your request, Sony may not be able to continue to provide its products and/or services to you.

Philippines Privacy Rights Notice

Sony collects, uses, discloses, manages and handles Personal Data that is subject to the Republic Act 10173 - Data Privacy Act of 2012 (“the Act”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing our website, using any services provided by Sony, signing up for any products and services provided by Sony, submitting any information to us, or otherwise showing your agreement thereon, you will be deemed to have agreed and consented to the terms of this Data Protection Policy.

“Personal information” refers to any information whether recorded in a material form or not, from which the identity of an individual is apparent or can be reasonably and directly ascertained by the entity holding the information, or when put together with other information would directly and certainly identify an individual.

As a data subject, you have the right to:

a)    be informed that your personal information will be, are being, or were, collected and processed;
b)    access your personal information;
c)    object to your personal information being processed;
d)    suspend, withdraw or order the blocking, removal or destruction of your personal information;
e)    claim compensation if you suffer damages due to inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, false, unlawfully obtained or unauthorized use of personal information;
f)    rectify any inaccuracy or error in your personal information; and
g)    obtain and electronically move, copy or transfer your personal information in a secure manner, for further use.

If you (a) have any questions or feedback relating to your Personal Data or our Privacy Policy, (b) would like to withdraw your consent to any use of your Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy or otherwise, or (c) would like to gain access or make corrections to your Personal Data records, please contact us using the details in the “Contacting Us” section below.

Sony will generally be able to respond to such queries and/or requests within 30 days.

If you withdraw your consent to any or all use of your Personal Data, depending on the nature of your request, Sony may not be able to continue to provide its products and/or services to you.

 

United States Privacy Rights Notice

California:

This California Privacy Notice (“CA Notice”) supplements our other privacy notices and applies only to California residents. This CA Notice sets forth the disclosures and rights for California residents regarding their information, as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act. Terms (including defined capitalized terms) used in the CA Notice have the same meanings given in the CCPA and the regulations implementing the CCPA, unless otherwise defined. 

Consistent with the “Information we collect" section above, we may collect the following categories of information about California residents ("CA Personal Information"):

 

  • Personal Identifiers, including your name, date of birth, address, e-mail address, phone number and other contact media, and information you choose to provide in social media.
  • Sensitive Identifiers, such as your social security number, passport number, driver’s license and state identification card number.
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, including racial/ethnic origin, veteran status, gender and disability.
  • Professional or employment-related information, including your work history, your time and performance at previous employment, information included in your CV/resume and responses to questions presented in the application.
  • Education information, including your education history.
  • Other information, such as background checks, including criminal record checks, security vetting, credit history, inferences drawn from any of the information collected, and other details of your eligibility to work.

Please note, we only use the Sensitive Identifiers listed above for recruitment/application purposes and associated reporting and analysis. We do not infer characteristics about you from this information.  

Consistent with the "How do we use the information we collect?” section above, we may use CA Personal Information for the following business purposes: 

  • To receive and review job applications
  • To administer and manage your registrations and job applications
  • To recruit and select staff for roles we have advertised and for which you have applied
  • To ensure our legitimate business interests and legal rights. This includes, but is not limited to, use in connection with legal claims, compliance, regulatory, auditing, investigative and disciplinary purposes (including disclosure of such information in connection with legal process or litigation) and other ethics and compliance reporting requirements. 
  • To meet requirements to ensure you are eligible to work under local laws including immigration laws
  • To make deductions from payroll for tax and social security purposes and providing information to tax and social security authorities, as required by law and where you have successfully obtained a role at Sony
  • To send you alerts about new roles at Sony (where you have given consent for us to do so).  

Consistent with the “Sharing information about you” section, we may share your information with other Sony Group Companies, certain service providers related to our recruitment process, and government agencies.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have the following rights:
 

  • Right to Know: You have the right to submit a verifiable request for information on the categories of CA Personal Information that we collect, the categories of sources of such information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting that information, and the categories of third-party recipients of such information, and for copies of specific pieces of your CA Personal Information collected by us, subject to certain exceptions. 

  •  Right to Delete: You have the right to submit a verifiable request for the deletion of CA Personal Information that you have provided to Sony, subject to certain exceptions.

  • Right to Correct: You have the right to submit a verifiable request for the correction of inaccurate CA Personal Information maintained by Sony, taking into account the nature of the information and the purposes of processing the information.

  • Right to Restrict Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: This right only applies to Sensitive Personal Information collected or processed by Sony for the purpose inferring characteristics about you.  As noted above, Sony does not collect or process your Sensitive Personal Information for the purpose inferring characteristics, and therefore this right does not apply.

  •  No “Sales” and no “Sharing” (i.e., disclosure for cross-context behavioral advertising):
    Sony does not “Sell” the CA Personal Information of any job applicants. Sony also does not “Share” the CA Personal Information of any job applicants for cross-context behavioral advertising. Therefore, we do not offer the right to opt-out of the “Sale” or “Sharing” of your CA Personal Information. 

How to Exercise Your Rights

You can login and access “Global Career My Page” to access, delete or correct your personal information via “Edit Your Information.” Alternatively, Sony will respond to access, deletion, and correction requests in accordance with applicable law if it can verify the identity of the individual submitting the request. You can exercise these rights by contacting the relevant privacy contact in the “Contacting Us” section below.

How We Will Verify Your Request:

The processes that we follow to verify your identity when you make a request to know, correct, or delete are described below.  The relevant process depends on how and why the request is submitted.
  1. Requests to Know Categories or Purposes:  We will match at least two data points that you provide with your request, or in response to our verification request, against information about you that we already have in our records and that we have determined to be reliable for purposes of verifying your identity.  Examples of relevant data points include your mobile phone number or your zip code.
  2. Requests to Know Specific Pieces of Personal Information:  We will match at least three data points that you provide with your request, or in response to our request for verification information, against information that we already have about you in our records and that we have determined to be reliable for purposes of verifying your identity. In addition, we may require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the individual whose CA Personal Information is the subject of the request.  
  3. Requests to Correct or Delete Personal Information:  Our process for verifying your identity will depend on the sensitivity (as determined by Sony) of the CA Personal Information that you ask us to correct or delete.  For less sensitive information, we will require a match of two data points as described in Point No. 1, above.  For more sensitive information, we will require a match of three data points and a signed declaration as described in Point No. 2, above.

If we cannot verify your identity based on the processes described above, we may ask you for additional verification information.  If we do so, we will not use that information for any purpose other than verification. If we cannot verify your identity to a sufficient level of certainty, we will let you know promptly and explain why we cannot process your request.

Authorized Agents

If an authorized agent submits on your behalf a request to know, correct or delete, the authorized agent must submit with the request either (a) a power of attorney, signed by you, that is valid under California law; or (b) another document signed by you that authorizes the authorized agent to submit the request on your behalf.  In addition, we may ask you or your authorized agent to follow the applicable process described above for verifying your identity. 

Sony’s Non-Discrimination and Non-Retaliation Policy 

Sony will not unlawfully discriminate or retaliate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA.  

Vietnam Privacy Rights Notice

By accessing our website, using any services provided by Sony, signing up for any products and services provided by Sony, submitting any information to us, or otherwise showing your agreement thereon, you will be deemed to have agreed and consented to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

You have the right to ask Sony for a copy of your personal data; and to correct, delete or restrict (stop any active) processing of your personal data. In addition, you can object to the processing of your personal data in some circumstances (in particular, where we don’t have to process the data to meet a contractual or other legal requirement). Where we have asked for your consent, you may withdraw consent at any time. If you ask to withdraw your consent to Sony processing your data, this will not affect any processing which has already taken place at that time.

These rights may be limited, for example if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person, or if you ask us to delete information which we are required by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep. If you have unresolved concerns, you have the right to complain to a data protection authority.

China Privacy Rights Notice

You have the rights to consult, copy, correct, delete, withdraw consent and exercise other legal rights under Personal Information Protection Law of the P.R.C on your personal information. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us as described in the “Contacting Us” section below.

To ensure the security of your personal information, Sony may verify your identity before responding to your request. Sony may reject any request that is not directly related to your identity, gratuitously repeated, or requires too many technical measures (such as requiring us to develop new systems or to fundamentally change the current practices), and Sony may also reject any request that is unrealistic or brings risks to the legitimate rights and interests of others.  

Children

To submit a job application via this website you must be 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18 and wish to apply for a job that is advertised on this website, please contact us directly by using the details in the “Contacting Us”  section below. If you are under 16 years of age, please ask your parent or legal guardian to contact us. 

How do we let you know if our policy changes?
Any policy changes, either due to business reasons or future changes in legislation, will be posted on this page and, if substantial, may be promoted on the Website or through e-mail notification.

Contacting Us
The data controller for your personal data will be the Sony Group company to which you have chosen to submit an application.
If you have questions about this privacy notice or wish to contact us for any reason in relation to our personal data processing, please contact us using the details below. 

Sony Europe B.V.

  • Via our online web form: www.sony.co.uk/support/en/contacts/pim/emailOn click of this link, you will be redirected to the website of the Sony group company for the online web form in a new browser tab

  • By email: You can also contact us by emailing privacyoffice.SEU@sony.com.

  • By mail: If you are in the EU
    You can write to us at our business address above, or at 
    The Privacy Office 
    c/o Sony Europe B.V. Legal Department,
    The Heights,
    Brooklands,
    Weybridge,
    Surrey, KT13 0XW
    United Kingdom 

  • By telephone:
    If you are calling from England, Wales & Scotland, please dial 0844 8466 555
    9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
    4p per minute from a standard BT line, charges from other networks may vary.

    If you are calling from Northern Ireland or Eire, please dial (00 353) 1 413 1771 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

    
Sony Corporation of America/Sony Honda Mobility of America Inc.
By email: privacy@sonyusa.com or write to us at:

Sony Corporation of America
Attn: Legal Department
25 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010

Sony Electronics Inc.
By email: Privacy@am.sony.com or write to us at:

Sony Electronics Inc.
Personal Information Management Office,
115 West Century Road – Suite 250
Paramus, New Jersey 07652

Sony Latin America Inc. 
By email: SOLAPrivacyOffice@am.sony.com or write to us at:

Sony Latin America Inc. ,
5201 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 400, Miami, Florida 33126

Sony Music Publishing 
By email: privacy@sonymusicpub.com 
Sony Music Publishing
Attn: Business & Legal Affairs
25 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, New York 10010

Sony Biotechnology
By email: privacy@sonybiotechnology.com or write to us at:

Sony Biotechnology Inc.
Attention: Privacy Officer
1730 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95112

Aniplex of America 
By email: contact@aniplexusa.com or write to us at:

Sony Corporation of America
Attn: Legal Department
25 Madison Avenue
New York, New York, 10010
Sony India Software Center Pvt. Ltd.
By email: SISC.PIC@sony.com:

Sony Electronics Vietnam Company Ltd.
By email:  Piinquiry.SEV@ap.sony.com
Sony Philippines Inc.
By email:  PI_Inquiry.PH@ap.sony.com or write to us at: 
Sony Philippines Inc.
Attention: Privacy Officer
11/F Inoza Tower, 40th Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Philippines.

Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd./
Sony International (Singapore) Ltd./
Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.

By Email: PDPI.SEAP@sony.com or write to us at: 
Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd./Sony International (Singapore) Ltd./Sony Electronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Attention: Privacy Officer
2 International Business Park, #01-10
Tower One, The Strategy, Singapore 609930

Sony (China) Ltd. 
By email: SChina_Privacy_Dep@sony.com 

 

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