1. Compliance with Laws and Regulations When handling personal information, we will comply with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) and various other laws, regulations and guidelines.
2. Collection, use and provision of personal information When collecting and using personal information, we will specify the purpose within the scope necessary for our business and will do so by lawful and fair means. In addition, we will take measures to ensure that the information is not used for any other purpose. In order to facilitate the smooth execution of business, we may disclose or provide the information to third parties within the scope of the purpose as a subcontractor or joint use. Except as stated above or as required by law, we will not disclose or provide the information to third parties without the consent of the individual.
3. Safety management of personal information In order to protect personal information, we take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access to, loss, destruction, falsification, leakage, etc. of personal information, and also implement corrective and preventive measures. When disclosing or providing personal information to a third party for business outsourcing or joint use, we will provide appropriate management and supervision.
4. Review and improvement of handling of personal information We will continually review our systems and mechanisms for protecting personal information and strive to ensure that they function effectively.
5. Inquiries, requests for disclosure, etc., and complaints regarding the handling of personal information We will endeavor to respond sincerely and promptly to any inquiries, requests for disclosure, etc., and complaints regarding personal information.

What personal data does this website collect and why?

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves and is depicted in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
The site that references these embedded content may be set to collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking when the embedded content is depicted and interacted with if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics

Who we share your data with and how long we store it for
If you leave a comment on our site, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked for appropriateness for publication through an automated spam detection service. Comments that are deemed excessively inappropriate for publication may be hidden.