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Ehime University Website Privacy Policy

To ensure appropriate protection of your personal data, the National University Corporation Ehime University (hereafter, the university) has established the Ehime University Website Privacy Policy (hereafter, the policy).

1. Basic matters
(1) Basic matters
The policy applies to the website operated by the university.
(2) Applicable law
You agree to be bound by the laws of Japan when using the site, irrespective of the country or region from which you access it.
(3) Disclaimer
a. You access the website of your own free will and responsibility for use of the site lies with you.
b. We provide no guarantee that the content of the site will be displayed properly in your viewing environment.
c. We will bear no responsibility whatsoever for any damages arising from use of information obtained from the website.

2. Collection of personal data
(1) We collect user information to the extent required for smooth operation of the university's services through various application forms and receipt of opinions, requests for information and the like.
(2) Private information refers to all of the information we have received from you when providing services through the website, which identifies you personally. This includes your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
(3) We do not collect personal data unless it is required to provide you services through the website, and we collect information using fair and lawful methods. Your personal data will not be collected unless you expressly provide it yourself.

3. Use of personal data
(1) Depending on the service provided, the relevant department at the university may use your personal information to contact you.
(2) We may use your personal data for administrative tasks relating to education, research and the like within the scope required to achieve the purpose. However we will not use it for purposes other than those you approve when you provide it.
(3) Your personal data may be used by a national agency, local authority, or contractor specified by law to perform duties required under law.

4. Management of personal data
(1) We take appropriate security measures to prevent leakage, loss, tampering and so on involving your personal data.
(2) When we provide your personal data to third parties such as contractors to the extent required for operation of the website and provision of services, we establish a contractual obligation to handle your data appropriately and to take effective security measures.
(3) In cases involving illegal practices such as unauthorized access, intimidation and so on, or where it is necessary to disclose information urgently in order to protect life and limb, we may disclose your personal data to a public agency if we judge it to be difficult to obtain your approval promptly.
(4) We will comply as quickly as possible within reason to requests from you to disclose, correct or stop using your personal data. However this does not apply in cases where doing so would infringe the rights of another party or when it is deemed to significantly impede normal operation of the university.