The Joint Research Center for Electric Architecture (hereafter referred to as “the Center”) hereby outlines the following privacy policy for the website created by the Center. Before using this website, please acknowledge the matters described below.

About This Website

To ensure the smooth operation of the Center, this website publishes a variety of information online, such as about the Center’s activities and initiatives, research outcomes, and information on facilities for rent. The Center is jointly operated by Akita University and Akita Prefectural University, and this website is managed by Akita University’s Regional Revitalization and Research Promotion Division.

Scope of Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies only to webpages whose URLs start with “/dendouka/” and “/dendouka/motorlab/”.

Contents

The contents posted on the Center’s website are officially created by Akita University and Akita Prefectural University. The Center is responsible for the contents posted on this website, but does not assume responsibility for the following matters:

• Pages linked from this website that belong to an external site
• Websites created by students or various organizations and their respective contents
• That the contents of this website and the contents linked to from this website

Please acknowledge subject to change without notice.

Inquiries regarding this website should be made via the Contact Us form.

Before linking to the home page of this website “/dendouka/en/index.html” or “/dendouka/motorlab/en/index.html”, or content or images on this website, please notify us via the Contact Us form. We will check the details of your inquiry and get back to you.

Copyright

The copyright of this website “/dendouka/” and “/dendouka/motorlab/”, as well as the text, images, illustrations, tables, and all other works belong to that of the Joint Research Center for Electric Architecture. Unauthorized copying or reproduction of part or all of the contents of this website is prohibited. The act of copying or reproducing without permission is copyright infringement.

Handling of Personal Information

The Center collects information from users of this website to the extent necessary for the smooth operation of the services provided on this website. To protect personal information, the collected information will be handled in accordance with the “Akita University’s Guidelines on Handling Personal Information” and the “About the Handling of Personal Information” provisions that outline the required items to ensure the appropriate handling of personal information possessed by Akita University.

Cookies refer to files (a mechanism) that record information such as what sites have been visited, what data has been entered, and the user’s usage environment, etc. when browsing a website. It does not contain personal data (name, phone number, e-mail address, etc.). This website uses the following Google Analytics cookies for access analysis.

Google Analytics

This website uses an access analysis tool provided by Google (Google Analytics). Google Analytics uses cookies to collect traffic data. This traffic data is collected anonymously and cannot identify specific individuals. You can disable cookies and refuse the collection of traffic data. Please check your browser settings.

Browsing Environment

• Recommended browsers:
  Latest versions of Internet Explorer 11 (browsing in Compatibility View mode is not recommended), Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge
• JavaScript
  Please note that if JavaScript is not enabled in your browser settings, the website may not be displayed correctly or you may not be able to carry out operations.
• PDF
  To view PDF files, you need to download viewing software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader beforehand.

Operation of Social Media Accounts

The Center manages and operates the following social media accounts. On social media platforms, the Center mainly publishes information to spread awareness of the Center, such as posting about our activities and events.

• All the Center’s social media accounts are for the purpose of publishing information, and in principle, the Center does not respond to the opinions or inquiries of individual users from the social media accounts above.
• If you have any comments, requests, or inquiries for the Center, please use the Contact Us form on this website.
• In principle, actions such as a retweet, like, share, and follow using this account will not be performed except in relation to public institutions, educational institutions, and organizations and bodies affiliated with the Center. In the event of an emergency such as a natural disaster, the actions above may be made towards general accounts as necessary.
• Even in the event the Center takes any of the aforementioned actions, it does not endorse any specific account.
• The Center will take the utmost care to ensure that accuracy of the information published by the accounts it manages. The Center is not responsible for any actions taken by other social media accounts that use the information of the Center’s social media accounts above.
• The Center will not be held responsible for any comments, etc. posted by users to these accounts.
• The Center will not be held responsible for any trouble or disputes that arise between users or between a user and a third party in relation to its social media accounts.
• The copyright, etc. of posts such as comments, etc., belongs to the user who made the post. However, by posting, the user consents to the Center’s worldwide, non-exclusive right to use the posted content free of charge, and agrees to not exercise copyright infringement, etc., against the Center.
• Please note that comments may be deleted or accounts may be blocked without prior notice if any of the following apply:
• Violation or possible violation of the law or laws and regulations
• Slander of a specific individual, group, etc.
• There are political or religious motivations
• Infringement of the intellectual property rights of the Center or a third party, such as copyrights, trademark rights, portrait rights, etc.
• There are advertising, solicitation, or other commercial motivations
• Discriminating or promoting discrimination based on race, thought, creed, etc.
• Violation of public order or morality
• Content that is false or untrue, or that is a damaging rumor or assists the spreading of a damaging rumor
• Personal information is specified, disclosed, leaked, etc. without the consent of the person, thereby violating their privacy
• Impersonating another user or a third party, etc.
• Modifying part or all of the content published by the Center
• Any other cases that the Center judges to be inappropriate
• The Center owns the copyright for all content posted by its social media accounts. Unauthorized copying or reproduction of part or all of the contents of the Center’s social media accounts is prohibited.