Privacy Policy

The Yoshitomo Nara Foundation (hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation") has established these Personal Information Protection Guidelines in order to ensure the proper handling of personal information in accordance with laws and regulations regarding the protection of personal information.

1. Name of the Business Entity

The Yoshitomo Nara Foundation, General Incorporated Foundation

2. Compliance with Relevant Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines, etc.

The Foundation will comply with laws, regulations, and guidelines regarding the protection of personal information, and will handle personal information in an appropriate manner.

3. Purpose of Use

The Foundation will use personal information within the scope of the purposes of use described in "Handling of Personal Information" below.

4. Matters Related to Security Control Measures

The Foundation will take necessary and appropriate security control measures to prevent leakage, loss, damage, etc. of personal information.

5. Contact Office for Questions and Complaints

If you have any questions or complaints regarding the handling of personal information, etc. by the Foundation, please contact us at the following:

6. Handling of Personal Information

6-1. Purpose of Use of Personal Information

In the course of conducting the Foundation’s business, the Foundation will collect personal information from users through inquiries and other opportunities. The specific information that the Foundation asks users to provide is as follows:

• Name
• Postal Code
• Address
• Phone number
• E-mail address
• Other information to be provided in the form specified by the Foundation

Such personal information will be used for the following purposes:

• To respond to opinions, inquiries, and requests for information materials from users,
• For market research, development of new products and services, and sales promotion,
• To analyze for the purpose of improving the services of the Foundation,
• To communicate with users for business operations,
• To confirm the results of accounting audits, and
• For other matters incidental or related to the Foundation’s business

In the event that the Foundation outsources its business to a third party and entrusts such third party with personal information to the extent necessary for the smooth execution of the business, the Foundation will supervise the third party appropriately by entering into a contract with the third party on the handling of the information, or other means.

6-2. Provision of Personal Information to Third Parties

The Foundation will not provide personal information received from users to third parties, except in the following cases:

• Where prior consent has been obtained from the user,
• Where outsourcing is done to a third party within the scope necessary to achieve the purpose of use,
• When the Foundation is required by law to provide the information,
• When it is necessary for the protection of the life, body or property of a person and it is difficult to obtain the consent of the user, or
• When it is necessary to cooperate with the national or local government in executing affairs prescribed by laws and regulations, and obtaining consent from the user is likely to impede the execution of such affairs.

6-3. Disclosure, Correction, Deletion, etc. of Personal Information

For disclosure, correction, deletion, etc. of personal information received from users, please contact the aforementioned contact office. The Foundation will take the appropriate procedures only when it is able to confirm that such request is made by the person who provided the personal information or their representative.

6-4. Changes in Handling of Personal Information

If the Foundation changes the scope of personal information collected, the purpose of its use or any other matters, the Foundation will announce such changes on this page, and such changes will be deemed to have been made by such announcement.

6-5. Cookies (Use of Cookies)

YOSHITOMO NARA The Works (www.yoshitomonara.org), which is managed and operated by the Foundation, uses cookies only when it obtains consent from users, and has established a cookie policy in order to properly manage and operate cookie information. For more details, please refer to the "Cookie Policy".

6-6. Contact Information

For inquiries, please reach out to the aforementioned contact office.