Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center (ERSDAC) is committed to protecting personal information, to observing the Personal Information Protection Law, and to ensuring that such information is handled appropriately and securely in accordance with the policy below.

1. Appropriate access to personal information

ERSDAC obtains personal information only after it announces the purposes of collecting and using such information and receives the person’s prior permission

2. Appropriate use of personal information

ERSDAC uses retained personal information only for the purposes that have been specified in advance.

3. Restriction on disclosure of personal information to third parties

ERSDAC does not disclose retained personal information to third parties without the person’s prior permission, unless otherwise stipulated by law.

4. Secure management of personal information

ERSDAC manages retained personal information with utmost care, and employs appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized disclosure, alteration, and loss of such information. In cases where it becomes necessary to disclose personal information to subcontractors in the course of outsourcing, ERSDAC exercises necessary and appropriate supervision to ensure that they handle such information securely.

5. Requests for disclosure or revision of personal information

In case ERSDAC receives requests from users themselves to disclose, revise or delete their personal information that it retains, it responds to them in a timely manner. The procedures for such requests shall be specified separately.

6. Maintenance of internal regulations and control

In order to ensure the protection of personal information, ERSDAC maintains internal regulations and control for the handling of such information, and keeps all of its executives and related employees informed about it.

July 1, 2006
Kengo Ishii
President,
Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center