SITE POLICY

Website Terms of Use

This website (hereafter, “the Website”) is operated by the Administrative Agency for Osaka City Museums, a local incorporated administrative agency (hereafter, “the Agency”). When using the Website, please be aware of the following matters. These “Website Terms of Use” are subject to change as needed. At that time, please check the new contents of the revised version that has been uploaded.



Copyrights

The copyrights and any other rights to all contents (text, images, documents, etc.) uploaded to the Website belong to the Agency or the contributor that provided information to the Agency.

These contents are protected in accordance with Japan's Copyright Act, international treaties, and the copyright acts of other countries. They cannot be utilized outside the scope of personal use that is stipulated in the Copyright Act.

In addition, providing the contents to a third party for use in any form such as altering, duplicating, leasing, lending, selling, publishing, transmitting, or broadcasting without permission from the copyright holder is strictly forbidden. However, when individual conditions of use are applied to each copyrighted work, said conditions of use shall be given priority.



Links

Links to the Agency’s webpages can be freely made as long as they are not for the purpose of profit. However, URLs other than for the homepage are subject to change without notice.



Disclaimer

The Agency thoroughly reviews and confirms the information it uploads to the Website, but the accuracy, utility, reliability, safety, and other matters related to the contents are not guaranteed. In the event some kind of damage or loss arises due to the utilization of the Website, the Agency bears no responsibility whatsoever.

The information uploaded to the Agency’s Website is information relevant at the time of uploading, and subject to change or deletion without prior notice. In addition, the Website’s composition, terms of use, and address may be changed without prior notice, and operation of the Website may be suspended or terminated without prior notice. Regardless of reason, the Agency bears no responsibility whatsoever for malfunctions, such as broken links, or any damage or loss that arises due to these changes, deletions, suspension, or termination.

Third-party websites linked from or to the Agency’s Website (hereafter, “Linked Sites”) are managed under the responsibility of each Linked Site operator and are not under the management of the Agency. The Agency bears no responsibility whatsoever for the contents of Linked Sites or any damage or loss that arises from their utilization.



Privacy Policy

The Administrative Agency for Osaka City Museums, a local incorporated administrative agency (hereafter, “the Agency”), collects information on individuals using the website operated by the Agency (hereafter, “the Website”) within the scope necessary for the smooth operation of services (information provision, etc.) provided by the Website. The collected information is appropriately handled within the scope of the “Purpose of Use.”



Scope of Collected Information

The Website does not collect information such as names, birthdates, and other general data from which an individual can be identified, excluding the following matters.
(1) The Website automatically collects internet domain names, IP addresses, and other information related to viewing the Website.



Purpose of Use

The information collected in (1) is used as reference for the purpose of smoothly managing services provided by the Website.



Limitations on Use and Provision

Except in cases where disclosure is legally required, or in response to unauthorized access, threats, or other exceptional circumstances, the Agency will not use or provide to third parties the collected information for any purposes beyond those specified in the “Purpose of Use.” However, information on access to the Website may be published as statistically processed data.



Measures to Ensure Safety

The Agency takes necessary measures to prevent collected information from being leaked, destroyed, or damaged, and other necessary measures for the appropriate management of collected information.



Scope of Application

This Privacy Policy is only applied to the Website (https://osakahaku.ocm.osaka). The handling of information on other websites is carried out under the responsibility of each organization.



Other

This Privacy Policy may be revised as needed.



Cookies

This Website uses cookies for improving convenience for users, statistically comprehending viewing to improve the Website, and optimum display of the Website.
Cookies are small pieces of data the Website provides to the user’s browser and are utilized to distinguish Website users. This data does not contain information that can identify individual users.



Advertisement Delivery Using Cookies

The Agency may use the collected cookie information to deliver advertisements outsourced to a third-party company and carry out targeted ads by the Agency. The collected cookie information will not be utilized for any purpose other than the aforementioned purposes.



Using Google Analytics

The Website uses Google Analytics to analyze access with the aims of comprehending the utilization status and further improving content. The data on utilization status, etc. is anonymously aggregated. Information that can identify individual users is not acquired. The aggregated information is only utilized for the above purposes.

In addition, data collected through the Website using Google Analytics is managed based on Google’s privacy policy. The Agency bears no responsibility whatsoever for any damage caused by using the Google Analytics service.