Updated: March 12, 2025

STARTUP CITY FUKUOKA will appropriately handle the collection, use and management of personal information on the STARTUP CITY FUKUOKA website as described below in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Law, and will strive to create a website that can be used by all users with peace of mind.

Personal Information

Personal information means personal information as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law.

Collection of Personal Information

When Fukuoka City collects personal information through this website, it will be done so on the basis of the user's own volition in principle. When collecting personal information, we will specify and explicitly indicate the purpose for which the information will be used. Personal information will be collected only to the extent necessary to achieve the specified purpose of use.

This website uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) encrypted communication on pages that contain forms for users to enter their personal information to protect information between the user's browser and the City's web server.

Restrictions on the Use of Personal Information

Personal information provided will be used within the scope of the purpose of use that has been clearly indicated in advance. Personal information will not be used or provided for any purpose other than the stated purpose of use, except in certain cases stipulated by the Personal Information Protection Law, such as when the individual concerned has given his/her consent.

However, we may create statistically processed user attributes, access information, etc. in a form that does not include personal information, and we may provide this information to others as necessary.

Management of Personal Information

Personal information collected will be strictly managed by the website administrator, and appropriate measures will be taken to prevent leakage, misappropriation, falsification, etc. Personal information that is no longer required to be stored for the purpose of use will be deleted as promptly and securely as possible.

Scope of Application

This privacy policy applies only to the STARTUP CITY FUKUOKA website (https://fukuoka.startup-city.jp/). For the privacy policies of other social media services used on this website, please refer to their respective websites.

Facebook: Data Policy (Facebook website)

Handling of Information Automatically Collected While Browsing the Website

This website automatically collects access logs (pages viewed and date/time), traffic (data transfer volume), Internet domain names, IP addresses, query information when visiting the site and searching within the site, user agents (information that identifies the browsing device, such as PC or smartphone), and the browser used. This automatically collected information is used to provide statistical data for the operation and management of this website, and may be shared within the scope of this purpose by the City and the entity contracted by the City to maintain the website.

In addition, cookies (information sent from the server to the user's browser and stored on the user's computer in order to identify the user on the server side) are used only for the purpose of improving the user-friendliness.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to monitor the usage of the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about users. For details, please refer to the Google website.

Google Analytics (Google website)

Google's use of information collected from sites or applications that use Google services (Google website)