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Web sites Terms of Use

Brother World Wide Web Site <http://www.brother.com>, Brother Solutions Center Web Site <http://solutions.brother.com>, Brother Earth Web site <http://www.brotherearth.com>, and P-touch.com <http://www.p-touch.com>, (collectively, these "Web Sites") are provided by Brother Industries, Ltd., Japan ("Brother") and may be used for informational purposes only. By using these Web Sites or downloading materials from these Web Sites, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, do not use these Web Sites or download materials from these Web Sites.

These Web Sites include links to the web sites operated by affiliates of Brother. Use of such web sites shall be subject to the terms of use particular to such web sites. In addition, you may be required to agree with other terms and conditions (including but not limited to those of "End User License Agreement") when you download certain contents, which, in the avoidance of doubt and in the case of possible conflict, will prevail.

Use of Materials

Brother or third parties who have licensed Brother shall reserve all intellectual property rights (the rights which could be protected by the copyright law, the design law, the trademark law and other intellectual property laws) concerning any documents, programs, movies, animations, articles, sketches, drawings, software, databases, trademarks, logos and other materials available on these Web Sites (the "Information"). Except to enable your personal use of the Information available on these Web Sites as well as rights granted in terms of mandatory law, YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM REPRODUCING, DISTRIBUTING, MODIFYING, DISPLAYING, SHOWING, PUBLICLY TRANSMITTING OR OTHERWISE CREATING DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, REGARDLESS OF FORM OR MEDIUM, WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT OWNER(S).

Disclaimer

WHILE BROTHER USES ITS BEST EFFORTS TO INCLUDE ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THESE WEB SITES, BROTHER MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ITS ACCURACY OR APPROPRIATENESS (INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS THAT ANY PARTICULAR IMFORMATION FITS YOUR PURPOSE OR THAT THE INFORMATION IS FREE FROM BUGS OR COMPUTER VIRUSES). BROTHER ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE INFORMATION ON THESE WEB SITES. IN NO EVENT SHALL BROTHER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PC TROUBLE, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE WEB SITES, YOUR USE OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM WEB SITES LINKED FROM THESE WEB SITES, OR INABILITY TO USE THESE WEB SITES OR OTHER WEB SITES LINKED FROM THESE WEB SITES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INFORMATION ON THESE WEB SITES MAY BE MODIFIED OR DELETED WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

Links to Other Sites

Any sites of third parties linked to or from these Web Sites are not under the control of Brother and Brother is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. Brother provides those links to you only for your convenience, and the inclusion of any link to a site does not imply endorsement by Brother of the site.

Protection of Privacy

Brother respects your privacy. When we collect or use your personal data, we will protect your privacy and adhere to our Privacy Policy. As these Web Sites may contain third party links, Brother shall not be held responsible for how your personal information may be used when accessing or visiting these linked sites. During the course of your visit to these Web Sites, we may place a small file called "cookie" on your computer to make the browsing more convenient to you. Though your computer can be identified with cookie, we will not, without prior notification, use cookies, with other personal data, to identify you. You can set your browser to reject cookie

Trademarks

The "brother"logo(*) and Brother product names and service names appearing on these Web Sites are the trademarks or registered trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd. The use of "brother" logo is forbidden without prior written authorization of the right holder.　Other company names and product names appearing on these Web Sites are generally the trademarks or registered trademarks of each respective company.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

These Web Sites contain forward-looking statements regarding the Company, including its business, objectives, plans, forecasts, assets, liabilities, and prospects for the future. "Forward-looking statements" may be identified by their inclusion of the words, "expect," "intend," "plan," "believe," "project," "estimate," "plan," "anticipate," "may," "will" or similar words or phrases of a future or forward-looking nature. Forward-looking statements address matters that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Accordingly, there are certain important factors and assumptions that could cause our actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statements.
Such important factors and assumptions include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in economic conditions in any of the significant markets in which we operate, fluctuations in customer demand, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, tax rules and regulations, patent or other intellectual property infringement, technological shifts and advances, actions by our competitors, etc.
We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement appearing on these Web Sites to reflect new information we receive or events that occur following the date that such statement first appeared on these Web Sites; accordingly, some of the forward-looking statements appearing on these Web Sites may be out of date or may have been superseded. Information on these Web Sites is provided for informational purposes other than in connection with any offering of our securities in any jurisdiction, and nothing on these Web Sites should be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of our securities. You should review the applicable prospectus, offering circular or information memorandum, consult your investment, legal and tax advisors and conduct your own due diligence investigation, before investing in any of our securities.

Governing Law

This notice is governed and controlled under the jurisdiction of the laws of Japan.

Inquiries

If you have any inquiries or comments regarding these Web Sites, please contact us from here.

Privacy Policy of Brother Industries, Ltd.

Last Updated: February 1, 2008

Brother Industries, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Brother", "we" or "us") is committed to protect your personal data that you share with us. The following statement explains how we protect your personal data.

1. What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is any information which, in itself or tied with other information, could identify you as a specific individual and which may be contained in the information we collect by means set out in clause 2 below such as name, postal address, telephone number, email address, information related to the products or services which you purchased or used, returned questionnaire, any contacts, information related to repairs or access logs of our websites.

2. How Brother Collects Your Personal Data

We collect your personal data:

1. through our websites;
2. by email, mail, telephone or other oral means; and
3. by any other means

3. How Brother Uses Your Personal Data

We will not use your personal data for purpose other than those notified to you in advance, except:

3-1 Personal Data related to Customers

1. to supply the customers with our products or services that the customers requested us;
2. to respond to the customers' requests for after-sales service including queries and repairs. (There will be cases where we use the customers' personal data, such as for communication to solve problems which occurred with our products or services provided to the customers.); and
3. in compliance with the laws or the regulations

3-2 Personal Date related to Business Partners

1. to contact or communicate with the business partners, performance of the contracts or to request for performance of the contracts with the business partners, and to perform any other acts related thereto with respect to the business partners.

3-3 Personal Data related to Shareholders

1. to exercise the rights and perform the obligation in accordance with the laws or the regulations
2. to execute any and all plannings with respect to the shareholders (such as the questionnaire)
3. to manage and maintain the shareholders in accordance with the laws or the regulations

3-4 Personal Data related to Job Applicants

1. to provide the job applicants with the information related to job application, and to contact with the job applicants
2. to manage the operations with respect to job applicants

4. Who Will Your Personal Data Be Disclosed To?

We will not, without your prior consent, disclose your personal data to third parties except:

1. in a form or manner where the personal data is not identifiable as yours;
2. to our affiliated companies and business partners, who are bound by confidentiality obligations with respect to personal data, to the extent necessary to fulfill the purpose; or
3. when required by the laws or the regulations.

5. Compliance To Laws

We will comply with the laws and the regulations provided for the protection of personal data and guidelines issued by related government agencies and the industry associations.

6. How Brother Handles Your Personal Data

To assure adequate level of personal data protection, we will maintain effective internal rules, have our assigned managers oversee the operations on your personal data and make our directors, employees and temporary staff aware of and abide by such rules.

7. How Brother Secures Your Personal Data

We take the security of your personal data very seriously and will protect it from leakage, destruction or alteration, so that you can feel confident in the security of information you provide to us.

8. Inquiry for Personal Data

We correspond to the inquiry for the personal data kept in our custody by the identity of the personal data properly and quickly. Please contact us if requested.

9. Cookies

During the course of your visit to our websites, we may place a small file called a cookie on your computer to make the browsing more convenient to you. Although your computer could be identified with a cookie, we will not, without prior notification, use cookies with other personal data to identify you. You can set your browse to reject cookies.

10. Amendment to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy in accordance with the revision of the applicable laws or any other reasons.