The Ocean Civilization Institute (hereinafter referred to as “the Foundation”) believes that the appropriate handling and protection of personal information is a social responsibility for the Foundation. (hereinafter referred to as “the Foundation”) believes that the appropriate handling and protection of personal information is a social responsibility for the Foundation. The Foundation will use the personal information it collects (including personal information provided by users of the Foundation's website) in accordance with this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “this Privacy Policy”). The Foundation handles and protects personal information (including personal information provided by users of the Foundation's website) appropriately in accordance with this privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “this policy”). The Foundation will handle and protect personal information (including personal information provided by users of the Foundation's website) appropriately in accordance with this Privacy Policy (“Policy”).

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1. security management of personal information

The Foundation shall implement appropriate organizational, physical, personnel, and technical measures to protect personal information, and shall take necessary and appropriate measures to prevent leakage, loss, or damage of personal information handled by the Foundation and to otherwise safely manage personal information.

 

2. compliance with the acquisition of personal information, etc.

The acquisition, use, and provision of personal information by the Foundation shall comply with the following

(1) Acquisition of personal information
The Foundation collects personal information from users of the Website to the extent necessary for the operation of the Internet website managed by the Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”).

(2) Purpose of use of personal information
The Foundation shall not use personal information acquired by the Foundation beyond the scope necessary to achieve the purposes of use stipulated below, except as stipulated by law or with the consent of the individual concerned.

Operation of this website
Maintenance of this website
Management of this site

(3) Provision of Personal Information, etc.
The Foundation will not provide personal information obtained with the consent of the individual to any third party without the prior consent of the individual, unless otherwise required by law. The Foundation will disclose, correct, add, delete, or notify the purpose of use of personal information at the request of the individual in accordance with the law, and will respond appropriately to any comments or inquiries from the individual.

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3. change of purpose of use of personal information

In principle, the Foundation will not change the purposes of use specified in the preceding paragraph, except with the prior consent of the individual concerned. However, this shall not apply in cases where the Foundation changes the purpose of use of personal information to the extent that it is reasonably deemed to have a reasonable relationship with the purpose of use before the change and the purpose of use after the change is publicly announced in advance.

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4. improvement and review of the handling of personal information

The Foundation will conduct inspections of the handling of personal information, management systems, and initiatives, and will continuously improve and review them.

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5. disposal of personal information

The Foundation will delete or dispose of personal information when it is no longer necessary in light of the purpose for which it is used, and will use necessary and appropriate methods to prevent external loss of personal information to the extent necessary to perform its business.

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6. use of Google reCAPTCHA

This site uses Google reCAPTCHA v3 to protect against spam submitted to forms on the Internet. Its use is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
The reCAPTCHA API collects hardware and software information (such as device and app data) and sends this data to Google for analysis to determine whether a robot is malicious. Information collected in connection with the use of this service is used to improve reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes and is not used for advertising by Google.

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​7. access analysis tools

This website uses Google Analytics, an access analysis tool provided by Google. This Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data. This data is collected anonymously and does not personally identify you. This feature can be disabled by disabling cookies, so please check your browser settings.

For more information regarding this agreement, please see the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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​8. contact for inquiries

If you have any questions regarding our handling of personal information, please contact us using the Inquiry Form.

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9. business operator handling personal information

Corporate name: The Ocean Civilization Institute
Address: 8F-55, Gojinsha Hiroshima Kamiyacho Building, 11-10 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Phone: 082-909-4081
Representative: Yukari Yamanaka

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