Privacy Policy

Personal Information Protection at NIMS

NIMS strives to prevent loss, falsification, leakage, and other accidents of personal information by providing the Regulations for Protection of Personal Information. Specifically, NIMS endeavors to appropriately handle personal information by making sure to inform, before using the information, the persons concerned about the purpose and scope of use determined beforehand and thoroughly managing it. NIMS also establishes an inquiry counter to individually respond to inquiries and requests made by outside parties about the protection of personal information, or for disclosure, correction, or other steps of the information.

Inquiry counter

General Affairs Office
1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0047
Tel. +81(29)-860-2000

NIMS will appropriately manage personal information obtained on the Site in accordance with the Regulations for Protection of Personal Information, and will not use it for any purpose other than the intended usage purpose.
Regulations for Protection of Personal Information (link to the Japanese version)

About Collection of User Information and Scope of Use

NIMS will collect, keep and use information registered by users on the Site only within the scope of Site activities and the limits set forth in NIMS Regulations for Protection of Personal Information.

About Collection of Access Logs

NIMS will record and keep IP addresses and other access logs of users for statistical analysis of site access trends and in preparation for server problems. However, such information will not identify any individuals. The access logs will not be used for any purpose other than statistical analysis. The results of the statistical analysis will be used for grasping access trend of users to be referred to for future site operations.

Revision of Policy

NIMS may revise contents of this privacy policy on an as-needed basis. Upon the revision of the policy, it will be announced on this Site.
While NIMS exercises meticulous care for any revision of the privacy policy, NIMS or its employees shall not be responsible for any damage resulting from it.