Privacy Policy

Last updated on: April 1, 2024

Thank you for visiting the JECS website (hereinafter, "this website"). The Environmental Risk Assessment Office (hereinafter, "the Office") recognizes the importance of your personal information, and exercises meticulous care in the handling of that information.
Please read the following information regarding the viewing and use of this website. Note also that this information may be changed at any time without prior notice. If changes are made to this information, the "Last updated on" entry displayed at the top of this page will be updated.

Personal information collected and purpose

The Office is the party that collects personal information on this website, and is the owner of the collected information. The Office collects user names, email addresses, and other personal information from sources such as the JECS Supporter registration form filled out by users wishing to participate as JECS Supporters and the subscription form for the JECS email newsletter. The personal information collected on this website will be used for the following purposes.

• To respond to inquiries about the contents of this website
• To deliver the JECS email newsletter
• To respond to the questions and opinions of individuals wishing to register as JECS Supporters
• To communicate with registered JECS Supporters
• To provide information from Regional Centers to registered JECS Supporters who have expressed a wish to receive such information

Provision/disclosure (sharing) of collected personal information

Personal information collected on this website may be provided/disclosed to third parties only in the following cases:

• To respond to inquiries about the contents of this website
• To deliver the JECS email newsletter
• To respond to the questions and opinions of individuals wishing to register as JECS Supporters
• To communicate with registered JECS Supporters
• To provide information from Regional Centers to registered JECS Supporters who have expressed a wish to receive such information

Management of personal information

The Office strictly protects personal information collected on this website, taking measures to prevent its loss, destruction, falsification and leakage. This Office educates its staff on the protection of personal information and strives to ensure its security from both physical and human perspectives.

Requests from users to check or correct personal information or to cancel services using that information

Please contact the Office if you wish to check or correct personal information provided by you on this website, or to cancel services using that information. The Office will disclose, correct or cancel services using your personal information within a reasonable period of time and scope after confirming that the request was made by you yourself.

Log files

This website collects information such as IP addresses, browser type, referring websites, and time stamps from log files. Information collected from log files is used to analyze trends, administer this website, and detect user trends. Information collected from log files is never applied to personal information.

Links

This website contains links to other websites. However, this privacy policy applies only to this website, and the Office is not responsible for the handling of personal information on linked websites.
The Office recommends that you yourself check the personal information protection policies of linked websites before viewing or using them.