[What is Personal Information?]
Personal information means any information that can identify you or information peculiar to you, for example, the name, address, telephone number, electric mail address, etc that the Japan Media Arts Plaza Secretariat receives from you at this Web site through the Internet.
[Obtaining Personal Information]
When requesting personal information from you, we clarify the purpose of use in advance. The personal information supplied by you will be used within the range of the purpose of use, and it will not be used for any other purposes without your consent. In case you do not wish to provide personal information, you may refuse at your own discretion. In this case, you may not be able to use a service on this Web site. Your understanding regarding this matter is highly appreciated.
In addition, your personal information will be stored in Japan. There is a possibility that Japanese laws do not provide as much as protection as the laws of your country. However, the promoter will do its utmost to safely protect the personal information of the applicants at all times under a sufficient protection agreement and information control for protection against unauthorized access.
[Supply of Personal Information to a Third Party]
Personal information supplied by you will not be disclosed to a third party except in the following cases:
- You have agreed
- In the event handling of personal information is consigned within the range required to attain the purpose of use clarified to you to an affiliated company, business partner, or on consignment to a company with whom we have concluded a nondisclosure agreement regarding personal information.
(Example: When publication of a collection of prize-winning works is consigned to an editing company, etc.) - In the event personal information has been processed into statistical data to such a state that individuals cannot be identified.
(Example: When the results of the number of applicants and the number of applied works are announced) - In the event we must comply with requests from legal authorities under existing laws and ordinances.
[Management of Personal Information]
When requesting personal information from you, we will clarify the privacy policy to the administrator of the Web page for which personal information is requested. The administrator shall securely store or control the supplied personal information and shall erect a firewall, take measures against computer viruses, and take other reasonable security measures in order to prevent leaks, diversion, or falsification, etc of personal information by means of unauthorized access by a third party. Furthermore, we will make every effort to ensure security by employing SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption or a similar security technology for personal information to prevent unauthorized access by a third party during data communication when personal information is supplied.
[Reference/Correction/Deletion of Personal Information]
You may request that the administrator reference, correct, or delete personal information supplied by you. After your identity is verified, your personal information will be disclosed, corrected, or deleted, etc.
within a reasonable period of time.
Personal Information of your Child
A client aged 15 or younger is requested to supply his or her personal information only with his or her parent's consent.
For convenience when revisiting this Web site, we may send data called cookies that store your preferences as text data on the hard disk of your computer. For your information, cookies do not identify you.
It is possible for you to refuse to accept cookies sent from this Web site by changing the settings of your Internet browser. However, this may prevent you from properly using this Web site or a service on the Web site. Your understanding regarding this matter is appreciated.
Japan Media Arts Plaza Secretariat cannot assume responsibility for security of personal information at Web sites linked from this site. As for the protection of personal information on a link, you are requested to confirm the privacy policy, etc. on the applicable link page.
Regarding unclear points about the handling of personal information you have supplied, please inquire at the contact point for inquiries stated on the specific Web page on which you have supplied personal information.
For inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following e-mail address. Please note, however, that inquiries about personal information you have supplied may not be processed immediately at the following contact site. Your understanding is appreciated.
