Privacy policy
1.Basic premise
Public Relations Division of the Secretariat of the House of Representatives (hereinafter referred to as " the Division "), we are collecting information from everyone using the Website of the House of Representatives(hereinafter referred to as "This website ") in areas necessary to the smooth operation of the services (such as the information provision by the website, and the reception of opinions) provided by this website. Information the Division acquired will be handled appropriately within the scope of the purposes of use.
2.Scope of information acquisition
(1) This website automatically gathers information about site visits, including Internet domain names, IP addresses, topics of on-site searches, and pages viewed. This website does not use cookies (text files transmitted from a server to a user’s browser and stored on the user’s computer in order to enable the server to identify users).
(2) Using the “Contact us”, the sender’s e-mail address is displayed to the recipient.
3.Purposes of use
(1) The information acquired in 2. (1) will be used as a reference for the smooth operation of the service provided by the website.
(2) Information gathered by this website is used to contact users for such purposes as sending information or responding to queries. It is also analyzed to assist in the smooth operation and improvement of this website.
4.Limitations on use and provision
No personal information will be used by us outside of the scope of the purpose of use set forth in the preceding paragraph, or disclosed to a third party, unless a request for disclosure of information gathered by this website may be made in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations, unless such other special circumstances apply as illegal acts including unlawful access or threats, or unless the individual concerned has agreed to such use or disclosure.
However, there may be cases where this website’s access information, may be statistically compiled in data and the like.
5.Measures to ensure security
The Division is taking the measures necessary to manage acquired information appropriately to prevent the leakage, loss or destruction of acquired information. The operation of this website may be contracted out, in which case the contractor will take necessary measures necessary to manage acquired information appropriately to prevent the leakage, loss or destruction of acquired information.
6.Scope of application
This privacy policy applies only to the website.