Privacy Statement
The Mainichi Daily News is an online news site operated by The Mainichi Newspapers. The Mainichi Newspapers owns the editorial rights, and personal information collected by the Mainichi Daily News through questionnaire surveys and applications for prize drawings. Letters to the editor are managed by The Mainichi Newspapers' Digital Media Division, unless otherwise specified. The information collected is stored and used under strictly supervised conditions by the Mainichi and is not provided to third parties.
Use of Personal Information
The Mainichi Newspapers uses personal information within the scope described when it is collected. Such information will not be used for any other purposes or provided to third parties without the knowledge of the person concerned.
However, after being statistically processed so that personal identity cannot be ascertained, it may be used or offered as marketing data in relation to advertisers or affiliated companies.
Security Measures
The Mainichi Newspapers' Digital Media Division assigns officers to implement effective and appropriate security measures to protect collected personal information from unlawful access, loss, destruction, alteration, and other threats. In case of outsourcing data processing, the Mainichi Newspapers has agreements with trustworthy contractors based on the Mainichi's strict personal information protection policy.
Scope of Responsibility
The Mainichi Newspapers is not responsible for the personal information collected or used by linked sites or the sites of its advertisers. Please refer to the respective sites for their policies regarding the handling of personal information.
Cookies
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