1. Basic Policy

The Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation (hereinafter referred to as “the Centre”) collects personal information of visitors to the website of the Centre (hereinafter referred to as this “Website”) to the extent necessary for the smooth operation of the services provided on this Website (such as provision of information and collection of opinions from users). We handle collected information appropriately within the scope of the intended purpose of use.

2. Range of collection

• 1. This Website automatically collects certain information, including Internet domain name, IP address, and viewing history of this Website.
• 2. If you submit your opinions or inquiries via this Website, your e-mail address will be displayed on the receiver side.

3. Purpose of uses

• 1. Information collected via this Website may be used for the smooth operation of the services provided on this Website.
• 2. Opinions and comments collected via this Website may be used for planning future activities of the Centre or this Website.
     Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address collected via this Website may be used as contact information.
     The sex, age, and occupation provided when you submit opinions or comments may be used as additional demographic information for the feedback.
     Opinions, comments and other information collected via this Website may be forwarded to responsible departments or persons at the Centre based on the nature of the information.

4. Limited use and provision

The Centre will not use collected information for any purpose other than those stipulated in 3 (Purpose of uses), whether for itself or any third party, unless disclosure is requested under any applicable law or regulation, an illegal act, such as threat of unauthorized access, was committed, or there is any other special reason. However, the Centre may publish information on access to this Website, visitors’ opinions and comments for the prefecture, and personal information related to these information items by processing them into statistical data that don’t identify specific individuals.

5. Security measures

The Centre takes necessary measures to prevent the leakage, loss or damage of the collected information and to properly manage the collected information. The Centre may outsource the operation of this Website to a contractor. In that case, the Centre will ensure that the contractor will also take necessary measures to properly manage the collected information.

6. Scope of application

This privacy policy applies only to this Website (the following directory). Each of the related organizations is solely responsible for the handling of information they collect and handle.