Privacy Policy and Related Laws

Confidentiality

In order to provide our services and conduct our business activities smoothly, we obtain and use personal information of our clients, business partners, and other people related to our business. We recognize the protection of such personal information as an important corporate social responsibility, and in order to fulfill this responsibility, we handle personal information in accordance with the following policy.

Implementation and continuous improvement of personal information protection regulations

Gyoseishoshi Lawyers are obligated to maintain confidentiality under the Gyoseishoshi Law. Financial planners and inheritance diagnosticians are also required to observe confidentiality obligations as part of their professional code of ethics. In accordance with the law and our code of ethics, we will steadily comply with the various rules and regulations regarding the protection of personal information, and will strive for continuous improvement.

Appropriate Acquisition and Use of Personal Information

We will handle personal information appropriately in accordance with the prescribed rules and regulations regarding the acquisition and use of personal information. We will not use the information provided by our clients for any purpose other than that for which it was requested. After the work is completed, we will properly destroy the information after the retention period stipulated by law has elapsed.

Ensuring the security of personal information

In order to ensure the accuracy and safety of personal information, we will comply with information security rules and regulations, and strive to prevent unauthorized access to personal information and the loss, destruction, falsification, and leakage of personal information. In the unlikely event of an accident, we will take the measures prescribed by the Personal Information Protection Law, identify the cause of the accident, and promptly implement corrective measures.

Compliance with laws, regulations, and other norms related to the protection of personal information

We will comply with laws and ordinances, guidelines established by the government, norms and guidelines set forth by administrative agencies and others concerning the protection of personal information.

Relationship with Related Laws and Regulations

Administrative Scrivener Act

Article 1-2　(2) Gyoseishoshi Scriveners shall prepare documents to be submitted to public offices (including electromagnetic records (meaning records made by electronic, magnetic, or other means unrecognizable to human perception, which are used in information processing by computers; the same shall apply hereinafter) in lieu of preparing such documents, for a fee at the request of others. The same shall apply hereinafter). (including said electromagnetic record in the case of preparing a record (including a record that is not recognized by the perception of others, but is used for information processing by computers; the same shall apply hereinafter). (Hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article and the following Article.) (ii) Documents (including drawings based on on-the-spot investigations) related to other rights and obligations or proof of facts. (2) The business of a person who engages in the preparation of documents (including drawings based on on-site investigations) related to rights and obligations or proof of facts
2　(2) Gyoseishoshi Scriveners, even if they prepare the documents set forth in the preceding paragraph,(2) No business may be performed in respect of which the performance of such business is restricted by any other law.

Gyoseishoshi lawyers can prepare documents to be submitted to public offices, prepare documents concerning rights and obligations, prepare documents concerning proof of facts, and provide consultation, representation, and agency services, but they cannot provide services "restricted by other laws".

We provide administrative scrivener services to the extent that they do not conflict with the respective laws and regulations, and if necessary or desired, we will accept work jointly with other professionals or introduce other professionals to our clients.

Certified Public Tax Accountant Law

A person who is not a licensed tax accountant may not provide individualized specific tax advice, tax calculations, or prepare tax documents.

We provide general information on taxes as part of our financial planning and inheritance diagnostics services and are available for consultation. For individual specific tax consultations, tax calculations, and preparation of tax documents, please consult a tax accountant.

Judicial Scrivener Act (USA)

Judicial Scrivener Act (USA)

(Enforcement of Non-Judicial Scriveners, etc.)
Article 73　A judicial scrivener who is not a judicial scrivener or a judicial scrivener juridical person (excluding associations) who is a member of a judicial scrivener association (2) A person who is not a judicial scrivener or judicial scrivener juridical person (excluding associations) admitted to a judicial scrivener association shall not perform the services prescribed in Article 3(1)(i) to (v). However, this shall not apply where otherwise provided by other laws.

A person who is not a judicial scrivener may not handle registrations, depositions, lawsuits, or other legal affairs.
Please consult a judicial scrivener for registration and other matters related to inheritance.

Attorneys-at-Law Act

Attorneys-at-Law Act

(Prohibition of the handling of legal services by non-lawyers, etc.)

Article 72　(2) A person who is not an attorney at law or a legal professional corporation may not, for the purpose of earning remuneration, engage in the business of providing expert opinions, representation, arbitration, or settlement or other legal services, or providing mediation in connection with litigation, non-contentious cases, appeals against administrative agencies such as requests for examination, requests for reinvestigation, or applications for review, or other general legal cases. (2) A person may not engage in the business of However, this shall not apply where otherwise provided for in this Act or other laws.

We cannot handle cases that are in dispute, such as the drafting of divorce agreements or property division agreements, if they are in dispute. In the event that a dispute arises after we have been appointed to a case, our services will be terminated. Fees incurred up to the end of our services will be charged according to the prescribed calculation method.

Financial Instruments and Exchange Law / Insurance Business Law

We are not registered as a financial instruments firm or licensed as an insurance solicitor. We do not provide specific investment advice or sell financial or insurance products.

As a financial planner, I provide information on general asset management, life planning advice based on the client's asset situation, and advice on appropriate insurance.