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| 1. Basic Concept |
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| | In order to perform services (provision of information, acceptance of various opinions, etc. through homepage,) in the JPO homepage (http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm, hereinafter referred to as “this site”), the Japan Patent Office has been collecting the information of all people who use this site. The JPO has dealt with the information collected appropriately within the scope of using purposes. |
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| 2. Scope of information to be collected |
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| (1) | This site acquires Internet Domain Name, IP address, Query information for in-site search, other information related to viewing this site automatically. This site does not use a cookie (the information stored in a user’s computer, sent from a server to a user’s browser, in order to identify the user from the server). |
| (2) | When you sign up for the "News notification service" or use the "Official publicaition via the internet" site, you are requested to enter your e-mail address. |
| (3) | ○○@jpo.go.jp, we sometimes ask you to enter your name, address, phone number, etc. if necessary. In addition, sender’s mail address is noticed to a receiver. |
| (4) | When acceptance of gazette event participation applications and execution, etc. of claims of applications for patent attorneys require in accordance with situations, we may ask you to enter your name, address, occupation, telephone number. |
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| 3. Purposes of uses |
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| (1) | The information collected in 2. (1) can be used as a reference to perform services provided by this site. |
| (2) | The information collected in 2. (2) can be used for distributing mails. |
| (3) | Let us make best use of your opinions, etc. collected in 2. (3) as a reference. Or we may use your name, address, telephone number, mail address when we respond to your opinions. |
| (4) | We use the information collected in 2. (4) to perform this gazette event, etc. and sending of applications for patent attorney examinations smoothly. |
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| 4. Restriction of use and offer of collected information |
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| | The information collected in this site is used for distributing information and communicating replies to inquiries, and operating this site smoothly as well as analyzing for improvement. In addition, your opinions are utilized for reference to formulate policies in the future.
The information collected in this site shall not be used for ourselves for purposes other than the three applied objectives or provided it for the third party, except for the cases when having disclosure claims by law, consent of a person concerned, illegal accesses, unlawful acts like threats, and other special reasons. |
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| 5. Measures for security |
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| | The JPO takes necessary measures to prevent leakage, losses or damages of the collected information, and to manage the information collected appropriately. |
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| 6. Scope of application |
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| | This privacy policy is applied on this site only. |
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| 7. Others |
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| | The Japan Patent Office may revise the above privacy policy of the JPO homepage if necessary. |
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