privacy policy

Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Studies (hereinafter referred to as "RIIPA"), a specified non-profit organization, provides personal information of users in the service provided on this website (hereinafter referred to as "this service"). Regarding the handling, we have established the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as "this policy").

Article 1 (Personal information)

"Personal information" refers to "personal information" as defined in the Personal Information Protection Law, and is information about living individuals, such as name, date of birth, address, telephone number, contact information, etc. contained in the information. Information that can identify a specific individual by the description of ..

Article 2 (How to collect personal information)

RIIPA may ask for personal information such as name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, bank account number, credit card number, driver's license number when the user registers for use. In addition, information related to transaction records and payments made between users and business partners, including personal information of users, includes RIIPA business partners (information providers, advertisers, advertisement distribution destinations, etc.) It may be collected from "partners").

Article 3 (Purpose of collecting and using personal information)

The purposes for which RIIPA collects and uses personal information are as follows.

1. To provide and operate RIIPA services

2. To answer inquiries from users (including verifying identity)

3. To send e-mails about new features, updates, etc. of the service being used by the user and information on other services provided by RIIPA.

4. For maintenance, important notices, etc. to contact you as needed

5. To identify users who violate the terms of use or who intend to use the service for fraudulent or unreasonable purposes, and refuse to use the service.

6. To allow users to view, change, delete, and view their usage status of their registered information.

7. To charge users for usage fees for paid services

8. Purpose incidental to the above purpose of use

Article 4 (Change of purpose of use)

1. RIIPA shall change the purpose of use of personal information only when it is reasonably recognized that the purpose of use is related to that before the change.

2. If the purpose of use is changed, the changed purpose shall be notified to the user or announced on this website by the method prescribed by RIIPA.

Article 5 (Provision of personal information to a third party)

RIIPA will not provide personal information to third parties without the prior consent of the user, except in the following cases. However, this does not apply when permitted by the Personal Information Protection Law and other laws and regulations.

1. When it is necessary to protect the life, body or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person.

2. When it is particularly necessary to improve public health or promote the sound development of children, and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the person.

3. When it is necessary for a national institution or a local public body or a person entrusted with it to cooperate in carrying out the affairs stipulated by law, obtaining the consent of the person will hinder the performance of the affairs. When there is a risk of exerting

4. When the following matters have been announced or announced in advance, and RIIPA has notified the Personal Information Protection Commission.

   1. Include provision to third parties in the purpose of use

   2. Items of data provided to third parties

   3. Means or method of provision to a third party

   4. Stop providing personal information to third parties at the request of the person

   5. How to accept the request of the person

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Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the following cases, the information is provided to a third party. ​

1. When personal information is shared with a specific person, the fact, the items of personal information used jointly, the range of people who use it jointly, the purpose of use of the person who uses it, and When the name or name of the person responsible for the management of the personal information is notified in advance to the person or placed in a state where the person can easily know.

2. When RIIPA outsources all or part of the handling of personal information to the extent necessary to achieve the purpose of use

Article 6 (Disclosure of personal information)

1. When RIIPA is requested to disclose personal information by the person, RIIPA will disclose it to the person without delay. However, if the disclosure falls under any of the following, we may not disclose all or part of it, and if we decide not to disclose it, we will notify you to that effect without delay. In addition, we may charge a fee for disclosure of personal information.

   1. When there is a risk of harming the life, body, property or other rights and interests of the person or a third party

   2. When there is a risk of significant hindrance to the proper implementation of RIIPA's business

   3. When it violates other laws and regulations

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in principle, we will not disclose information other than personal information such as history information and characteristic information.

Article 7 (Correction and deletion of personal information)

1. If the user's personal information held by RIIPA is incorrect, the user shall correct, add or delete the personal information to RIIPA according to the procedure specified by RIIPA (hereinafter referred to as "correction, etc."). ) Can be requested.

2. RIIPA shall correct the personal information, etc. without delay when it is determined that it is necessary to respond to the request set forth in the preceding paragraph from the user.

3. RIIPA will notify the user without delay when it makes corrections, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it decides not to make corrections, etc.

Article 8 (suspension of use of personal information, etc.)

1. RIIPA suspends or deletes the use of personal information from the person because the personal information is handled beyond the scope of the purpose of use or because it was obtained by fraudulent means (hereinafter, "use". If you are asked to stop, etc.), we will carry out the necessary investigation without delay.

2. If we determine that it is necessary to respond to the request based on the survey results in the preceding paragraph, we will suspend the use of the personal information without delay.

3. RIIPA will notify the user without delay if it suspends its use, etc. based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or if it decides not to suspend its use.

4. Notwithstanding the preceding two paragraphs, if there is a large amount of cost for suspension of use, etc., or if it is difficult to suspend the use, etc., necessary alternative measures can be taken to protect the rights and interests of the user. If so, this alternative shall be taken.

Article 9 (Change of privacy policy)

1. The contents of this policy may be changed without notifying the user, except for laws and regulations and other matters specified otherwise in this policy.

2. Unless otherwise specified by RIIPA, the changed privacy policy shall take effect from the time it is posted on this website.

Article 10 (Inquiry window)

For inquiries regarding this policy, please contact the following.

Address: 2-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo Toshihiro Minohara Laboratory, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

Corporate name: Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Studies, a specified non-profit organization

E-mail address: secretariat.riipa ★ gmail.com (★ is “@” mark)

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