Privacy Policy

1. Basic Concept

The Asian Link Research Center of Niigata University collects data on individuals who use this site, to the extent necessary for the sound management of the services we provide (provision of information, receipt of inquiries, etc.) on this site (http://www.niigata-u.ac.jp/) in accordance with the Niigata University Regulation Concerning the Management of Personal Information and the policy stated below. Information we collect will be handled appropriately within the scope of the purpose of use.

2. Scope of Information Collection

  1. The scope of information collected includes the name and telephone number the sender provides when applying to use the center’s Resource Rooms or the sender’s email address displayed on the recipient’s side when a person makes an inquiry by email.
  2. This site uses Google Analytics to collect access data. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect access information (such as internet domain name, IP address, information regarding browsing of the site) excluding information that identifies any individual.
    For information on Google’s collection of access information, please refer to the Google Analytics Terms of Service, Google Privacy Policy, and methods for disabling the collection of access information by Google Analytics.

3. Purpose of Use

  1. The university may use information collected in 2.(1) above to contact you to confirm your application for use of the Resource Rooms or to respond to an inquiry. Depending on the nature of an inquiry or opinion, the university may also forward information that has been collected to the relevant department within the university.
  2. The university may use information collected in 2.(1) above to contact you to confirm your application for use of the Resource Rooms or to respond to an inquiry. Depending on the nature of an inquiry or opinion, the university may also forward information that has been collected to the relevant department within the university.

4. Limits on Use and Provision

The use and provision of personal information collected by this site shall be limited to the scope necessary for achieving the purpose of use stated above in 3. However, when there is a request for disclosure under laws and regulations, when there has been legal impropriety such as unauthorized access or threat, or when there are any other special circumstances or when there is any other reason corresponding to the foregoing and the prior consent of the individual concerned is obtained, personal information may be provided to a third party outside the university.

5. Measures for Ensuring Security

The university will take security measures to prevent the unauthorized access, loss, destruction, tampering or leaking of personal information collected through this site, and other measures for the appropriate administration of personal information it collects.