PRIVACY POLICY

１．Basic Concept

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (hereafter “JICA”) collects personal data of users of the website of JICA (hereafter "this website") to the extent necessary for smooth operation of services provided on this website for the TSUBASA (Transformational Start Ups' Business Acceleration for the SDGs Agenda).

In its handling of personal data, JICA strictly observes the requirements of Japan’s “Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Independent Administrative Agencies” (Act No. 59 of 2003)“, and JICA's internal rule, “Implementation Bylaws for the Protection of Personal Information” (Bylaws (General) No. 11 of 2005), and comply with the scope mentioned as below.

２． Personal Information Collected and Purposes for Which It Is Used

1. When using this site, there is in principle no need to provide any personal data of the user, such as name and address. However, the user is required to register personal data, such as name, organization name, phone number, email address and so on, in order to use the following services that are provided through this site.

   1. Services for which personal information is required

      Receipt of comments, inquiries , etc.

   2. Examples of personal information required

      - Full name

      - Name of company/organization

      - Postal code, address, telephone number

      - E-mail address

      - Other information necessary to provide various services

2. JICA collects and processes personal data with the consent of users or as required by its legitimate interests (providing and improving services) within the scope necessary to seamlessly implement services provided by this website and as a reference for JICA operations.
   The personal data collected may be shared among departments in JICA depending on the content.

3. This website uses access analysis by Jetpack plug-in in order to improve the services provided. Although Jetpack uses cookies (see note below) to collect information on user activities, this information is anonymized and cannot be used to identify individuals.

   Users may choose to disable the Cookie function by adjusting their browser settings, however, please note that in such cases, some services may not be available.

   (Note) Cookie is a mechanism that temporarily records data on the user's computer through the browser when the user visits a website. Cookies records information such as information about the user's device and the number of times the user has visited the website, and are used to identify the user as a visitor to the site.

３．Provision of Information Handled

Except in case of request for disclosure based on related laws and regulations, unauthorized access, illegal threats or other special circumstances, JICA will neither use any information collected for any purpose other than those stated in paragraph 2 above, nor provide it to any third party.

However, JICA may publicize statistically processed and/or anonymized data or opinions with respect to information on access to this website, proposals and opinions to JICA, and personal attributes pertaining to the information.

４．Data Protection Measures

The personal data collected by JICA for the purposes listed in paragraph 2 above is protected by appropriate technical and organizational measures against the risks of breaches, losses and other harm.

JICA may outsource operation of this website, however, in such case, the outsourcer must also comply with related laws and regulations, protect data against breaches, losses and other harm, and take all appropriate measures to provide for proper management of data.

５．Disclosure, Correction and Suspension of Use of Personal Data

When a user of JICA’s website requests disclosure, erasure, correction, or suspension of use of their personal data, JICA will disclose, erase, correct or suspend use of the personal data as appropriate to the circumstances of the request.
To submit such a request, please refer to “Bylaws for the Implementation of Personal Information Protection” below.

Bylaws for the Implementation of Personal Information disclosure procedures

６．Scope of application

This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal data implemented from this website.
JICA is not responsible for the content of external websites linked from this website.

７．Note

JICA may change all or part of this Privacy Policy at its discretion and changes in this Policy will be announced on this website.
Notification of significant changes will be provided in an easily-understood form through this site where these services are provided.

• Revised on March 18, 2022

• Established on October 14, 2021