This Application privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Application Policy”) applies to the user (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “your”) who use the application “Yamaha Motorcycle Connect” (hereinafter referred to as “this Application”) provided by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”) . This Application connects with your motorcycles via communication devices such as Bluetooth and allow you to enjoy your motorcycle even more by offering many features and functionalities. Please read this Application Policy carefully before using this Application.
In this Application, we process the following data about you (hereinafter referred to as “your data”). Your data may include your personal data.
Information to be registered in connection with the use of this Application (such as phone number, email address, gender, date of birth, country and maintenance information)
Information provided when you make inquiries about this Application (such as name, content of inquiry and contact information)
Location information and information acquired from various sensors such as acceleration information
Cookie information
Usage history of this Application, operation log
Information about your device (such as model name, OS version, country code and carrier code (only when we receive an inquiry from the inquiry form))
Vehicle identification number, vehicle status and engine performance data, fuel-injection and emission-related data, battery information and other information related to vehicles.
We process your data for the following purposes. And it may be used for the following purposes in combination with the information we obtained separately.
We may share your data with our subsidiaries, affiliates and counterparties (such as distributors and dealers) in your country or region and contractors within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use.
Regardless of the purpose of use, your data may be converted into a form whereby an individual is unable to be identified and then shared with the third parties mentioned above as statistical or aggregated data.
In addition, in order to provide the service that utilize location information, your location information may be provided to the provider of the map and/or weather application service through this Application.
And you can login on to this Application by using your social media profile, such as Facebook and Google. Please note that the relevant social media provider could process information on your access to the application including your personal data. Please see “5. Logging in from social media accounts“ in Yamaha Motor Online Service Privacy Policy for details.
As we are engaged in business activities on a global scale, we may transfer your data to a country or a region that does not have laws or regulations equivalent to those related to protection of personal data in the country or the region where you reside / locate. Upon transferring your data abroad, we will take appropriate measures in accordance with provisions set forth in applicable laws and regulations.
If you exercise rights (right of access, right to erasure, and the like) to the extent permitted under applicable laws and regulations, we will faithfully and appropriately deal with that exercise of rights in accordance with provisions set forth in applicable laws and regulations.
You can correct a part of your data on this Application. If you have any other requests regarding the processing of your data, please contact us through contact form in this Application.
Please note that some or all of your data is necessary to fulfill the obligations of applicable laws and regulations and/or provide the Application functions properly, and some of your data may be retained.
The Provider of this Application/Data Controller:
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
2500 Shingai, Iwata-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken, 438-8501, Japan
If you have any queries about use of this Application and/or the processing of your data, please contact us from the contact form in this Application or to the contact information.
For more information, please refer to the following online service privacy policy regarding the processing of your data relating to application software or online services on the website using the Yamaha Motor ID provided by Yamaha Motor Group including this Application.
If there is a conflict between the online service privacy policy and this Application Policy, this Application Policy will take precedence.
We may amend, revise, add to, or delete the contents of this Application Policy due to changes to the specifications of this Application and/or required by amendment to laws and regulations. Changes to this Application Policy will be notified to you through this Application.
If any provision of this Application Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, wholly or in part, the validity or enforceability of other provisions shall not be affected thereby. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed replaced by such valid and enforceable provision which serves best the economic interest of the parties hereto that was originally pursued by the invalid or unenforceable provision.
English shall be the governing language of this Application Policy. In case of discrepancy between the translation and the English version, the English version shall prevail.
We may share your data with our subsidiaries, affiliates and counterparties (such as distributors and dealers) in your country and contractors within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use.
We use your personal data for the following purposes.
To the extent permitted under applicable law, you may exercise your rights to make requests to us for the perusal, correction, deletion, and suspension of the processing of your personal information in writing to the email address listed below in the “Contact Information” section and we will promptly respond to any such requests from you. Where we are using your information on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. You may also exercise the foregoing rights to your personal information through a duly appointed legal representative.
We will retain your data for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
We will destroy your personal information without delay once it is no longer necessary, either because the relevant retention period has expired or the purpose(s) for which it was collected has been achieved. If saved in electronic form, the personal information will be destroyed by technical methods which ensure that the data cannot be restored or recovered thereafter.
The Provider of this Application/Data Controller:
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
2500 Shingai, Iwata-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken, 438-8501, Japan
If you have any queries about use of this Application and/or the processing of your data, please contact us from the contact form in this Application or to the contact information.
If you are a resident of Peru, this additional notification will be applicable to the processing of personal information. In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Policy, the provisions of this notification will prevail.
The information collected will be stored in the storage in charge of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., located in Japan. And it is shared with YAMAHA MOTOR DEL PERÚ S.A., with RUC N ° 20383929050, located at Av. Republica de Panama N ° 4344-4352, district of Surquillo, Lima – Peru who is the owner of "Personal Data Bank" called "Customer Bank" of Yamaha Motor del Perú S.A. (Code No. 01719) ”for an indefinite period of time or until your consent is revoked.
As part of the activities carried out by us and our group companies, you are informed that personal data will be processed for the following purposes:
It is stated that the authorization to the general conditions of this Policy is a necessary element for the use of the application and fulfillment of the aforementioned purposes. Additionally, if you expressly authorize it, your information may be used for the fulfillment of the following additional purposes:
We will share the personal data with YAMAHA MOTOR DEL PERÚ S.A., with RUC N ° 20383929050, located at Av. Republica de Panama N ° 4344-4352, district of Surquillo, Lima – Peru who is the owner of "Personal Data Bank" called "Customer Bank" of Yamaha Motor del Perú S.A. (Code No. 01719) ”. In the event that new transfers are made, we undertake to notify you of such transfers in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you wish to exercise the rights provided in the personal data protection laws and regulations in Peru, you may send a communication to the address protecciondedatos@yamaha.com.pe or physically to the address Av. Republica de Panama 4344 - Surquillo , Lima addressed to Head of Processes and IT Data Protection.
We use your personal data for the following purposes.
To perform and provide this Application (including supplemental and related services)
Categories of personal dataWe obtain and process the following categories of your personal data for the following purposes because it is necessary to do so in order to pursue our legitimate interests (for details regarding the balancing test for legitimate interests, please inquire using the contact address at “vi. Contacting us”).
For internal evaluation of this Application
To gather and analyze information such as market research for the purpose of quality improvement and product development.
Categories of personal dataTo respond to inquiries, requests and complaints
Categories of personal dataFor protection and safety of property and rights
To protect network and information asset
To comply with non-EU or non-Member State laws and regulations
Categories of personal dataTo perform and provide this Application that use location information (including supplemental and related services)
Categories of personal dataTo gather and analyze location information such as market research for the purpose of quality improvement and product development.
For internal evaluation of this Application by using location information
Categories of personal dataFor direct marketing analysis and offers
To provide information on products and services related to our group
To operate, manage and provide various information for events and campaigns
Categories of personal dataIf our processing of your personal data is conducted based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of your consent does not affect the legality of personal data processing that we have conducted based on consent given before that withdrawal. You may withdraw your consent through services and the like you use or by contacting us using the contact details at “v. Your rights”.
To comply with EU or Member State laws and regulations
Categories of personal dataPersonal data obtained by us includes information directly provided by you to us, information provided through a third party, such as counterparties, contractors, business partners, and social media providers (including Facebook and Google), and information provided through products and services provided by our group.
Your personal data obtained by us may be transferred, stored and processed outside the EEA. In each case, your personal data must be protected safely at a level of security equivalent to that used for its protection within the EEA. We take all measures (including execution of the standard contractual clauses (Article 46, paragraph 2, item (c) and paragraph 5 of the GDPR) as approved by the European Commission) reasonably necessary to ensure your data is safely stored and processed in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Privacy Policy and the GDPR and other applicable laws and regulations. Please contact us at any time if you would like to know more about details regarding the safeguards we have in place for transfers of personal data outside the EEA.
If you do not wish to receive information that we provide to you in relation to our products, services, and the like (direct marketing), we refrain from conducting direct marketing addressed to you. If you do not wish to receive direct marketing, please contact us through the services, etc. you use or by contact us using the contact details at “v. Your rights”.
We do not conduct decision-making that is based on automated processing (including profiling) which produces a legal or similar material effect on you.
You have the rights set out below in relation to your personal data used for this Applications.
If we receive any request from you in relation to the following, we will faithfully and appropriately deal with that request in accordance with the laws and regulations.
You can correct a part of your data on this Application. If you have any other requests regarding the processing of your data, please contact us through contact form in this Application.
If you have any demands, inquiries or requests regarding the processing of personal data, please contact the following address in writing. You can also contact our group’s data protection officer.
For customers who reside in the EEA
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
2500 Shingai, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken, 438-8501, Japan
Data Protection Officer Email:
Last updated: 26. 8. 2021
Ver. 2.0.0
This online service privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Privacy Policy”) applies to users (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “your”) using this application software or online services on the website (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Applications”) using the Yamaha Motor ID provided by Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “our”).
For the Applications, in addition to this Privacy Policy or separately from this Privacy Policy, there might be a separate Application Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “Application Policy”) that informs you of detailed information related to the processing of customer data. If there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Application Policy for such services, the Application Policy will take precedence.
We collect and use data related to customers who use the Applications (hereinafter referred to as “your data”) after notifying of Application Policy in advance. Your data may include your personal data.
Your data includes information that you enter directly on the Applications, information about your device through the Applications, information about your Yamaha product connected to the Applications, and information about you generated by the Applications.
Your data to be acquired varies depending on the Applications, but generally includes the following information:
We may process your data for the following purposes. And it may be used for the following purposes in combination with the information we obtained separately.
Apart from 3. Sharing your data, regardless of the purpose of use, your data may be converted into a form whereby an individual is unable to be identified and then shared among us as statistical or aggregated data.
We may share your data with Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and counterparties (such as distributors and dealers) in the country or region where you live in necessary to achieve the purpose of use.
We will not disclose or provide your data to third parties except in the following cases:
When providing the Applications, we may entrust in whole or in part of its business and provide your data to the contractors within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use. When entrusting the processing of your personal data to the contractors, we will take necessary and appropriate measures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
We are engaged in business activities on a global scale, and in some cases we will transfer your personal data to a country or a region that does not have laws and regulations equivalent to those related to protection of personal data in the country or the region where you reside / locate. Upon transferring your personal data abroad, we will take appropriate measures in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
In principle, the provision of your personal data to us is made based on your will, and you are not obligated to provide us with your personal data.
However, if you do not provide us with your data, you may experience disadvantages, such as inability to use the Applications or partial system malfunctions.
Some Applications adopt functions that enable you to log in by using their social media (including Facebook and Google) accounts. When you use those functions, we may request your permission to use your social media account information, which includes name and email address, and you will be able to utilize the Applications using those functions if you grant that permission. You may at any time remove your account from the Applications and withdraw your approval from your social media accounts.
Please note that if you use a social media account to log in to the Applications, it is possible that the social media provider will process information related to you, such as use of the Applications, and we will not be liable for that processing of your information. For details on information related to you that is processed by each social media provider, please refer to each social media provider’s privacy policy.
When we obtain a child’s personal data, if required, we will obtain consent from statutory agents, such as a person with parental authority over that child. We will also take other steps, if required, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
The Applications may generate cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies. These enable us to provide you with an enhanced experience when you use the Applications and allow us to improve the Applications. Please see the cookie policy for details.
We have established a management structure for protecting personal data to prevent unauthorized access to your data, loss, destruction, falsification, leakage, etc. We take appropriate organizational, physical and technical safety measures as follows:
We recognize the importance of protecting personal data and take appropriate measures for employees who process personal data such as giving for training/education to protect personal data.
If any accident such as leakage of personal data occurs, we will appropriately respond to it by investigating all facts and the cause and taking measures to prevent secondary damage and reoccurrence, etc.
If you exercise rights (right of access, right to erasure, and the like) as permitted within the relevant jurisdiction, we will faithfully and appropriately deal with that exercise of rights in accordance with provisions set forth in applicable laws and regulations. If you wish to access, correct, delete or the like your data, please contact us through the Applications.
Please note that some or all of your data is necessary to fulfill the obligations of applicable laws and regulation and/or provide the Applications functions properly, and some of your data may be retained.
We store your data for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of use, or the period necessary to fulfill the obligations of applicable laws and regulations.
In order to protect your personal data, you have the right to file a complaint with the relevant responsible data protection authority in your country or region in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy, please contact following:
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Data controller)
2500 Shingai, Iwata-Shi, Shizuoka-Ken, 438-8501, Japan
We may amend, revise, add to, or delete the contents of this Privacy Policy from time to time to deal with changes required to laws and regulations or business related requirements, and the like. Any changes we make to this Privacy Policy will be notified to you through the Applications.
If any provision of this Privacy Policy is held invalid or unenforceable, wholly or in part, the validity or enforceability of other provisions shall not be affected thereby. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed replaced by such valid and enforceable provision which serves best the economic interest of the parties hereto that was originally pursued by the invalid or unenforceable provision.
English shall be the governing language of this Privacy Policy. In case of discrepancy between the translation and the English version, the English version shall prevail.
We use your personal data for the following purposes.
To perform and provide this Application (including supplemental and related services)
Categories of personal dataWe obtain and process the following categories of your personal data for the following purposes because it is necessary to do so in order to pursue our legitimate interests (for details regarding the balancing test for legitimate interests, please inquire using the contact address at “vi. Contacting us”).
For internal evaluation of this Application
To gather and analyze information such as market research for the purpose of quality improvement and product development.
Categories of personal dataTo respond to inquiries, requests and complaints
Categories of personal dataFor protection and safety of property and rights
To protect network and information asset
To comply with non-EU or non-Member State laws and regulations
Categories of personal dataTo perform and provide this Application that use location information (including supplemental and related services)
Categories of personal dataTo gather and analyze location information such as market research for the purpose of quality improvement and product development.
For internal evaluation of this Application by using location information
Categories of personal dataFor direct marketing analysis and offers
To provide information on products and services related to our group
To operate, manage and provide various information for events and campaigns
Categories of personal dataIf our processing of your personal data is conducted based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of your consent does not affect the legality of personal data processing that we have conducted based on consent given before that withdrawal. You may withdraw your consent through services and the like you use or by contacting us using the contact details at “v. Your rights”.
To comply with EU or Member State laws and regulations
Categories of personal dataPersonal data obtained by us includes information directly provided by you to us, information provided through a third party, such as counterparties, contractors, business partners, and social media providers (including Facebook and Google), and information provided through products and services provided by our group.
Your personal data obtained by us may be transferred, stored and processed outside the EEA. In each case, your personal data must be protected safely at a level of security equivalent to that used for its protection within the EEA. We take all measures (including execution of the standard contractual clauses (Article 46, paragraph 2, item (c) and paragraph 5 of the GDPR) as approved by the European Commission) reasonably necessary to ensure your data is safely stored and processed in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Privacy Policy and the GDPR and other applicable laws and regulations. Please contact us at any time if you would like to know more about details regarding the safeguards we have in place for transfers of personal data outside the EEA.
If you do not wish to receive information that we provide to you in relation to our products, services, and the like (direct marketing), we refrain from conducting direct marketing addressed to you. If you do not wish to receive direct marketing, please contact us through the services, etc. you use or by contact us using the contact details at “v. Your rights”.
We do not conduct decision-making that is based on automated processing (including profiling) which produces a legal or similar material effect on you.
You have the rights set out below in relation to your personal data used for this Applications.
If we receive any request from you in relation to the following, we will faithfully and appropriately deal with that request in accordance with the GDPR and other applicable laws and regulations after confirming that the person making the request is you or a person delegated by you to act on your behalf.
You can correct a part of your data on this Application. If you have any other requests regarding the processing of your data, please contact us through contact form in this Application.
If you have any demands, inquiries or requests regarding the processing of personal data, please contact the following address in writing. You can also contact our data protection officer.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
2500 Shingai, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka-ken, 438-8501, Japan
Data Protection Officer Email:
Last updated: 26. 8. 2021
Ver. 2.0.0