Privacy Notice
The organizing committee of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) issues thisPrivacy Notice to inform you of our collection, access, use and process your personal data in the way
described below.

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Categories of personal data

We hereby inform you that we collect, use and process the following categories of your personal data:
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NameNationality
Sex
Date of Birth
Workplace Information
Home Address
Email Address
Phone Number
Social Media Account ID
Profile Photo

Legal basis and purpose (As per Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, we hereby inform you that
we use your personal data for the purpose of providing you the following services.)
To operate and manage the Washoku World Challenge and website.
To contact you regarding the registration procedure and selection result.
To provide information related to this contest.
To post registry information/challenge details/selection results on this website, SNS, theMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries home page as well as publishing in various
other media outlets.
 To distribute the participant's list to the Contest delegates.
 To contact you for any other reasons that arise.
In addition, your personal data may be converted into statistical or aggregated data which cannot beused to identify you and then used to produce statistical research and reports.
For purposes other than those stated above, Washoku World Challenge will not use your personal
information.

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Retention periods

We keep your personal data as long as there is a statutory or legal requirement to do so or in order toprovide the aforementioned services to you. For accounting or auditing purposes we may retain yourpersonal data for a period of time after our direct business dealings have ended.

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Data storage and transfer

Furthermore, we may share your personal data with other companies which may be located within oroutside the EEA and provide business process services related to the provision of the services
indicated above. Where a company is located outside the EEA, we will arrange adequate safeguards
such as Binding Corporate Rules or Standard Contact Clause arrangement or transfer your personal data
based on appropriate legal basis.
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Prior consent

Where we require access to your Personal Data considered sensitive by GDPR, we will seek separate
explicit consent from you prior to obtaining that data.

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Your rights

As an applicant you have number of rights among them: the right to request access to your personaldata, to have it corrected or deleted, and the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
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CookiesThis website uses cookies to track users’ log-in status and monitor the usage of the site for the purposesof making improvements to marketing, services and advertising. Additionally, some of the website’sfeatures rely on cookies.
If you require assistance or further information about how your personal data is used by us then contact
to the following company, which will act as the secretariat and registration office under a confidentialityagreement.
JTB Communication Design Inc. (Washoku World Challenge Executive Committee)

Convention Unit 1, Co-Creation Department, Attention: Takuya Yamagata (Department Manager)
Celestine Shiba Mitsui Bldg. 3-23-1, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8335, Japan
Phone: +81-3-5657-0609

E-mail: wwc@jtbcom.co.jp

If you are not completely satisfied with how personal data request was handled then you may contact
your local Data Protection Supervisory Authority.
Administrators of personal information collected for Washoku World Challenge
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

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