Hitachi, Ltd. Official Facebook Page Community Guidelines

Thank you for visiting the official Facebook page (herein referred to as "this page") of Hitachi, Ltd. (herein referred to as "the Company"). The purpose of this page is to provide a place to build better lines of communication with users through Facebook. By accessing this page, you acknowledge and accept the following community guidelines.

All users must comply with Facebook Terms of Service and this Community Guidelines.

This page is operated by Hitachi, Ltd. The operation of this page may be terminated or deleted without prior notice.

"The Company" is not obliged to reply to comments and messages posted by users on this page. For inquiries, please contact us using the following URL: https://www.hitachi.com/en/contact

Content to be disseminated on this page does not necessarily represent the official opinion of "the Company" and/or its affiliated companies. In addition, any information posted on this page by users does not reflect the opinion of "the Company", our employees, and/or its stakeholders.

By using this page, you acknowledge and agree that you will grant us access to your publicly available profile data/information on Facebook.

"The Company" and its affiliated companies shall not be liable for any damages or losses caused by, or related, to the matters specified below.

1. The accuracy, completeness, usefulness, legality of information on this page
2. Content posted by users on this page (including comments, videos, photos, etc.)
3. Loss incurred directly or indirectly by using information or content contained in this page
4. Troubles/disputes between users or between users and third parties regarding this page. In addition, any damages caused to users or third parties as a result of the aforementioned
5. Damage caused by a user using this page's information or being unable to access said information

The following acts on this page are prohibited. In the event that any user performs any of the following acts, "the Company" has the right to delete such posts and take any other necessary measures without notice to the user.

1. Spoof acting as another person (including "the Company" and its affiliated companies)
2. Political activities, election activities, and religious activities
3. Posting or sending harmful computer programs
4. Copying, alteration, sale, and publication of information obtained from this page, and other acts of private use beyond the scope of this agreement
5. Any act that disturbs the operation of this page and is deemed to be disadvantageous to any third party (including “the Company” and its affiliated companies)
6. Spam
7. Any posts related to expressions of the following nature:
   • Criminal activity or aimed at criminal acts
   • Violation of any laws and/or regulations
   • Any behavior contrary to public order or morality
   • Slander against specific individuals, companies, religious organizations, countries and/or regions
   • Discriminatory expressions
   • Copyright, trademark, patent, design right or intellectual property right infringement of "the Company", or any third party
   • Infringement of third party's privacy or human rights
   • Identification or disclosure of personal information without the consent of the person
   • Any posts of a commercial nature
   • Inappropriate content including obscene expressions
   • Any intentional misunderstanding of any partnership or cooperative relationship with "the Company" or a third party that may cause our company or a third party damage
   • False or noticeably different representation of facts
   • Any content judged to be inappropriate in light of the purpose this page
   • Any content that is contrary to Facebook's terms of service
8. Any other actions that "the Company" judges to be based on the above

As a general rule, copyrights and other rights on content posted on this page by users are attributed to the users who posted such posts, but as a result of these posts, users cannot demand reimbursement for contributed content and agree not to exercise copyright claims to posts and the like, against "the Company".

Before posting any content, ensure that you have the consent of the copyrights, trademarks, patents, design rights and/or intellectual property rights holder prior to submission.

These guidelines are in accordance with Japanese legislation. In the event of a dispute between the user and "the Company" and its affiliated companies, the Tokyo District Court shall be the first examiner's exclusive jurisdictional court.

When we acquire any personal information of any user, we will manage it appropriately based on our personal information protection policy.

This can be viewed at:
About Personal Information Protection of Hitachi, Ltd. (Privacy Policy and Summary)
https://www.hitachi.com/en/privacy

We may change the Community Guidelines at any time without notice to any users.

For your opinions, requests and questions regarding "the Company", please contact us using the following URL: https://www.hitachi.com/en/contact

For our social media communication guidelines, please refer to the following URL: https://www.hitachi.com/en/socialmedia