1. Introduction
Niseko Jazz Festival (website url address: https://nisekojazzfestival.com) and its appointed committee ( (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Group”) recognize the importance of protecting your personal information in order to maintain your trust. The Group has established the following policy, based on the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (hereinafter “Personal Information Protection Act”) and other relevant laws and ordinances. Niseko Jazz Festival’s organising committee is committed to working together to protect your private information.2. Data Collected
SCOPE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Group asks you to provide your personal information (name, address, telephone number, etc.) for marketing updates of the event and for the purpose of registering for a free ticket ballot. When you provide information via its website, the Group automatically collects information such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, your host name, and the type of web browser you use. The Group treats the personal information you provide, such as your address, name and telephone number, and any automatically collected data as your personal information.
Purpose of the use of personal information
The Group may use the personal information you provide to contact you to arrange tickets for the Niseko Jazz Festival event or for marketing updates of the Niseko Jazz Festival event. The Group may use your personal information for the following purposes and not for any other purpose.
- Contacting you with details of the free ticket ballot for the Niseko Jazz Festival.
- Informing you on marketing updates about the event and subsequent editions of the Niseko Jazz Festival event.
The Group will stop sending you emails and other mail to you if you unsubscribe from the newsletter updates through Mailchimp. - Contacting you in an emergency while you are attending the event.
If the Group judges it necessary to contact you, it may use your personal information to contact you by telephone. - Conducting market research and other marketing activities and doing statistical research to improve the levels of our service.
The Group will not use any personally identifiable information.
3. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, Spotify and and 3rd party Facebook and Instagram accounts for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
Instagram & Facebook
The Instagram and Facebook page plugin is used to display our Instagram / Facebook timeline on our site. Instagram and Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies
Group websites use a programming function known as “cookies” when you enter your personal information to register. “Cookies” are used in order to provide you with higher levels of service. “Cookies” is a term used to describe information that is sent to your computer by the web-server. This website uses “cookies” for the purpose of providing you with appropriate information and ensuring your security, and they do not include any personal information that would allow you to be identified.
Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
5. Who Has Access To Your Data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
6. Third Party Access to Your Data
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. The only exceptions to that rule are for partners we have to share limited data with in order to provide the services you expect from us. Please see below:
Fuijya Group
For the purpose of managing the distribution of free tickets of the Niseko Jazz Festival through ballot.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data For
If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
9. Third Party Websites
Niseko Jazz Festival may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by Niseko Jazz Festival, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites. All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties unless you explicitly click on them.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. Niseko Jazz Festival bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links
.10. Release of Your Data for Legal Purposes
The Group will never disclose your personal information to third parties outside the group without your consent. However, it may make disclosures to third parties in the following cases:
- If it has received a formal inquiry from a public body such as a court of law or the police.
- If it has obtained your consent to disclosure.
- If there is a threat to your life, physical well-being, or to that of the Group or a third party.
11. Changes to the Privacy Policy
This Policy will be revised and changed as appropriate based on compliance. All materials changes to this Policy will be announced on this website.
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