Privacy Policy of the Japanese Society for Rock Mechanics (JSRM)
Enacted (Approved by the Board of Directors) June 1, 2022
The Japanese Society for Rock Mechanics (hereinafter referred to as "JSRM") recognizes
the importance of personal information and has established and complies with thisPrivacy Policy in order to appropriately collect, use, and manage such information.
(1) Collection of personal information
JSRM may collect information that can identify a specific individual to the extent
necessary to conduct its business in order to achieve its objectives.
In such cases, the purpose of collection shall be clearly stated, and in principle,information shall be collected based on the will of the provider of the information.
(2) Use of personal information
JSRM will use the collected personal information within the scope of the purpose clearly
indicated at the time of collection.
However, JSRM may use personal information for purposes other than the stated purpose
in any of the following cases.
1. When required by law.
2. When there is the consent of the provider of the personal information.
3. When all or part of the handling of personal data is entrusted to a third party who hassigned a nondisclosure agreement with JSRM within the scope of the purpose (forexample, when the name and address are given to a company to which JSRM has
entrusted delivery services, etc.)
4. When there is a justifiable reason to conduct other business approved by the general
meeting of members or the board of directors.
(3) Management of personal information
JSRM will make every effort to properly manage the collected personal information sothat it will not be leaked to outside parties, destroyed, tampered with, or lost.
However, information disclosed by the provider himself/herself or information that ispublicly available is not subject to the management of the Society.
(4) Disclosure and correction of personal information
When JSRM receives a request for disclosure of personal information from a provider of
personal information, JSRM will, in principle, disclose the information without delay.

When a provider of personal information requests that his/her personal information becorrected, JSRM shall, in principle, make such correction without delay.
(5) Handling of personal information on the website
The use of the website operated and managed by JSRM (hereinafter referred to as the"JSRM website") shall be conducted at the user's own discretion and under the user'sresponsibility.
JSRM website contains links to other websites to provide useful information and services
to the members.
JSRM assumes no responsibility for any damage arising from the use of information
obtained from other websites linked to JSRM website, or for the security of personal
information on the linked websites.
JSRM collects logs (browsing records) of access to JSRM website.
The logged information will not be associated with personal information, and will be used
only as statistical information.
(6) Cookies
Cookies are used to make browsing more convenient when visiting JSRM website again.
Cookies do not violate the privacy of visitors and do not have any adverse effect on theircomputers.
JSRM may collect information from visitors to JSRM website, such as overall trends andpatterns of viewing behavior on the site contained in cookies, but the informationcollected is used only by JSRM to analyze access trends and provide better services, andis treated as confidential, as is personal information. The collected information will betreated as confidential.
If you do not wish to have your information collected, you can set your Internet browserto refuse cookies.
(7) Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change our privacy policy without notice due to changes in laws and regulations
or for other reasons.
All such changes shall be posted on JSRM website and shall take effect from the date ofposting.
The latest Privacy Policy is always applied to the personal information collected by JSRM.
(8) Contact for inquiries concerning the handling of personal information

If you have any questions regarding the protection of personal information, please contact
the following address.
9-6-41 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, JapanThe Japanese Society for Rock Mechanics Secretariat
mail: jsrm-office(at)rocknet-japan.org
Please replace *(at) with @mark.