Privacy Policy

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1. Basic Concept

The Ministry of the Environment collects information from users of the website of Yokoyama Visitor Center located within Ise-Shima National Park (https://chubu.env.go.jp/en/nature/yokoyama/: hereinafter referred to as “this Website”) to facilitate the smooth implementation of services, such as provision of information and acceptance of various opinions, provided on this Website within the necessary scope. The collected information will be handled appropriately within the scope of the intended use.


2. Management of Personal Information

The Act on the Protection of Personal Information establishes fundamental principles for the handling of personal information with the aim of protecting the rights and interests of individuals. The Ministry of the Environment takes measures to ensure the appropriate handling of personal information in accordance with this Act.


3. Requests for Disclosure, etc.

Under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, individuals have the right to request disclosure, correction, and suspension of use of their personal information held by administrative organs, etc. If you wish to make such requests, please fill out the appropriate form available on the following website and submit it to the designated office.


4. Purposes of Use and Joint Use of Personal Information

(1) Scope of Information Collected

On this Website, we automatically collect information, such as internet domain names, IP addresses and browsing activities on this Website. Some web pages provided by this Website use cookies (information sent from the server to users’ browsers and stored on their computers to identify them on the server side). However, we do not collect any information that can identify individual users through cookies. Additionally, users can disable cookies by changing their browser settings.


(2) Purposes of Use and Joint Use

  1. 1. Information collected through (1) will be used as a reference for facilitating the smooth implementation of services provided by this Website.
  2. 2. Depending on the content, information collected through (1) may be transferred to the relevant department within the Ministry of the Environment. If it falls outside the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Environment, it may be transferred to the relevant administrative organ.
  3. 3. Information collected through (1) may be used for the purposes of replies, confirmation of link status and copyright protection.

5. Restrictions on Use and Provision

Except in cases where there are disclosure requests based on laws and regulations, instances of illegal activities such as unauthorized access, or other special reasons, the Ministry of the Environment will not use the collected information for purposes other than those specified in section 4, nor will it provide such information to third parties.

However, statistically processed data or summaries of proposals, regarding information about user access to this Website, proposals on environmental policies, opinions received, and individual attributes related to those, may be disclosed.


6. Scope of Application

This Privacy Policy applies within This Site.


[Contact Information]

Ise-Shima National Park Management Office, Chubu Regional Environment Office, Ministry of the Environment
3098-26 Ugata, Agocho, Shima City, Mie Prefecture 517-0501, Japan
Phone: 0599-43-2210