Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Modified: June 1, 2026

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how TBS International, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, and manages personal information about you when you use our website (the “Website”) or when you interact with us about the Website.

Children’s Information

The Website is not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of 18. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

The Personal Information That We Collect

“Personal information” is information that identifies, relates to, or describes, directly or indirectly, you as an individual, such as your name, email address, telephone number, or home address.

The types and categories of personal information we collect may include:

• Contact information, including name, address (such as home address, work address, or other address), email address, phone number, and other contact information you provide us.
• Demographic information, including your age, gender, income level, education, or family or marital status, you consent to provide us through the job opportunities page.
• Professional information, including job title, employer’s name, industry, and education in connection with an inquiry or job opportunity.
• Device information, including your IP address, device identifiers, operating system and version, preferred language, hardware identifiers, browser type and settings, and other device information.
• Content and information you elect to provide, such as comments, requests, and questions you submit through the Website, or as part of your emails, or other communications sent to us.

Automatically Collected Information.We automatically collect certain information about your use of the Website.For example, we also collect:

• Statistics or aggregated data. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal information. For example, we may aggregate personal information to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature.
• Technical information. Technical information includes information about your internet connection and usage details about your interactions with the Website, such as clickstream information to, through, and from our Website (including date and time), page response times, download errors, length of your visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), or methods used to browse away from a page.

If we combine or connect non-personal statistical or technical data with personal information so that it directly or indirectly identifies an individual, we treat the combined information as personal information.

How We Collect Your Personal and Other Information

You Provide Information to Us

We collect information about you when you interact with the Website, such as when you contact us with a comment, or when you respond to a job or internship listing.

Automatically Through the Website

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect information that may include personal information. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, operating system, and browser type, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies, including details of your interactions with the Website, such as traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, and which resources and Website features you access and use.

Using automatic collection technologies helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized experience.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you interact with the Website. You may refuse to accept or disable cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or device. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain features of the Website. To the extent any of these automated technologies are considered a personal information sale, targeted advertising, or profiling, under applicable laws, depending on where you live, you may opt out from use of these automated technologies for such uses by emailing us at info@tbsi-us.com. Please note that some Website features may be unavailable as a result.

Who We Disclose Your Information To

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

• We may also disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:
• To our subsidiaries and affiliates, including Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. and other TBS Group companies to the extent necessary to fulfill the purposes stated above.
• To contractors or other third parties we use to support our organization.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you submit a question or send a response to a job or internship listing.
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
• With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

• To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
• To enforce or apply our <LINK TO Terms of Use >.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our organization, the Website users, or others.

The categories of personal information we may disclose include:

• Contact information.
• Location information.
• Device information.
• Content and information you elect to provide to us.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for the following purposes:

• To respond to inquiries or job or internship opportunity submissions;
• To prevent misuse of the Website;
• To improve the Website; and
• As otherwise agreed upon or permitted by applicable law.

Your Rights and Choices About Your Information

This section describes mechanisms you can use to control certain uses and disclosures of your information and rights you may have under state law, depending on where you live.

• Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or other tracking technology files, or to alert you when these files are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or similar tracking files, some Website features may be inaccessible or not function properly. Some browsers include a “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting that can send a signal to the online services you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked.

Your State Privacy Rights

Depending on your state of residency, you may have certain rights related to your personal information.

If you are a resident of California, additional information applies to you.To access our supplemental California privacy statement, go to the Company’s <LINK TO California Residents Addendum >.

If you are a resident of Nebraska or Texas, your rights may include:

• Access and Data Portability. You may confirm whether we process your personal information and access a copy of the personal information we process. To the extent feasible and required by state law, information will be provided in a portable format. Depending on your state, you may have the right to receive additional information and it will be included in the response to your access request.
• Correction. You may request that we correct inaccuracies in your personal information that we maintain, taking into account the information’s nature and processing purpose.
• Deletion. You may request that we delete personal information about you that we maintain, subject to certain exception under applicable law.

Important: The exact scope of these rights vary by state. There are also several exceptions where we may not have an obligation to fulfill your request.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the Contacts page, or Email or Mail your request to the Contacts listed at the end of this Policy.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We use commercially reasonable administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect your personal information from accidental loss or destruction and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no website, electronic storage, or online service is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to, through, using, or in connection with the Website. In particular, email, texts, and chats sent to or from the Website may not be secure, and you should carefully decide what information you send to us via such communications channels. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. You are responsible for taking steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized use, disclosure, and access.

How We Retain Your Personal Information

We keep the categories of personal information described in this Policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or as otherwise legally permitted or required. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal information. At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time, and we will provide notice of any such changes to the policy by updating the date set forth at the top of this Policy.You should check the Website periodically to see the current Policy and any changes we have made to it.

Contact Information

To exercise your rights or ask questions or comment about this Policy or our privacy practices, contact us at:

• By Mail to:
  TBS International Inc.
  c/o Privacy Policy Dept.
  780 Third Avenue, Suite 2503
  New York, NY 10017, USA
• By Email to:
  info@tbsi-us.com
• Via the Contact
  Page at:>www.tbsi-us.com/contact/