Privacy Policy

What is Personal Information?

Personal information refers to any data that can identify you as an individual or is specific to you—such as your name, address, telephone number, or email address—that is provided to the Secretariat of the “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World” through this website via the Internet.

Obtaining Personal Information

When requesting personal information from you, we clarify the purpose of use in advance. The personal information supplied by you will be used within the range of the purpose of use, and it will not be used for any other purposes without your consent. In case you do not wish to provide personal information, you may refuse at your own discretion. In this case, you may not be able to use a service on this Website. Your understanding regarding this matter is highly appreciated.

Usage Purposes

The “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World” will use personal data only for clearly specified purposes. These include research activities conducted by the program’s Secretariat, as well as sending notifications about the latest news, events, and exhibitions related to the Japan Media Arts Festival.

Security Management of Personal Information

When you provide personal information, the responsible party for managing the information will be clearly identified on the relevant webpage or in the website’s privacy policy. The designated administrator will strictly manage and store your personal information and will implement appropriate and reasonable security measures—such as firewalls, antivirus software, access controls, and multi-factor authentication—to prevent unauthorized access, leakage, tampering, or misuse.

To ensure the safety of your data during transmission, encryption using TLS (formerly SSL) or other comparable security technologies will be employed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access by third parties.

Protection of Personal Information for Links

The “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World” Secretariat is not responsible for the handling of personal information on websites linked from this site. Please check each site’s privacy policy for details.

Disclosure to a Third Party

Personal information collected through this website will be managed and protected appropriately.

We will not disclose or provide any collected personal information to third parties without the individual’s consent.

However, we may disclose such information to contractors within the necessary scope for the operation of the “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World” Secretariat.

In addition, this does not apply in cases where disclosure is necessary to protect a person’s life, body, or property and it is difficult to obtain the individual’s consent, or when disclosure is required by law.

【Contact Information】

Secretariat of “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World”
Email: kikin-an@cgarts.or.jp