Joint Use of Personal Data within the Mizuho Financial Group

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Thank you very much for using the Mizuho Financial Group.

As you are well aware, Mizuho Financial Group encompasses a variety of financial-related companies, including a bank, securities firm, and trust bank. By leveraging the expertise of each group company and strengthening our collaboration, we aim to offer financial products and services of higher added value and be of greater assistance to our customers.

In order to achieve this, we would like to share your personal data within our group only when necessary and within the scope outlined below. In sharing personal information, we will strive for even stricter information management than heretofore, so we kindly ask for your understanding.

Please note that we may review our procedures for sharing personal data, and change the procedures as necessary in the future. In such cases, we will notify or announce the changes in advance, so we kindly ask for your continued cooperation.

1. Personal Data subject to Joint Use
   (1) Information related to the customer such as the name, date of birth, address, contact information including telephone number and email address, information about family members, place of work, the customer's assets and liabilities, transaction needs, and publicly available information. 
   
   (2) Types of products and services used by the customer, and information related to individual transactions such as contract dates, monetary amount of transactions, balance, and due dates. 
   
   (3) Information required for managing transactions such as control numbers including branch numbers, account numbers, and transaction numbers, grounds for the transaction, and information necessary for making decisions during lending.
    
2. Parties Subject to Joint Use 
   Our company, as well as our consolidated subsidiaries and equity method affiliates as listed in our securities reports, etc. (In cases where joint use is restricted by relevant laws and regulations such as the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, handling will be in accordance with those laws and regulations.)
    
3. Purpose of Use of the Personal Information
   (1) For proposing, guiding, researching, and developing various products and services, etc.
   • For example, we will jointly develop products and services that meet customer needs with each group company and propose them to you.
   
   (2) For making decisions regarding the provision of various products and services, etc.
   • For example, based on customer information, we will propose you the optimal investment products provided by each group company.
   
   (3) For appropriate business management as a group, such as grasping and managing various risks
   • We will establish an appropriate business management system as a group, and provide stable services to our customers in a continued manner.
      
4. Other
   (1) The entity responsible for managing personal data is Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. The address and the name of the representative are indicated on our company profile. 
   (https://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp/company/info/index.html) 
   
   (2) The names and other details of the companies indicated in "2. Parties Subject to Joint Use" above are posted on our website (https://www.mizuho-fg.co.jp/).
   
   (3) Customers who wish to stop receiving direct mails related to sharing of information are requested to contact the office (head office or branch, etc.) of our group company with which you have transactions.