APRSAF

	Site Policy

To All APRSAF Website Users

Thank you for visiting the APRSAF Website (hereinafter referred to "the Website").
The Website is provided by the International Relations Department of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (hereinafter referred to "JAXA") and is administered by APRSAF Secretariat (hereinafter referred to "APRSAF") under the provision that users of the Website follow the conditions stipulated by the APRSAF Website Policy (hereinafter referred to "the Policy") specified here. All users who access the Website (hereinafter referred to "the Users") are considered that they have agreed to and accepted the Policy.

Exemption Clause

APRSAF is paying full attention to the Website; however, please be aware in advance that we are not responsible for the reliability and security of the Website. Also, APRSAF is not responsible for any damages and/or inconveniences that are caused by the use of this Website and/or its information.
APRSAF may change the information in the Website or suspend its service without any prior notice. APRSAF is not responsible for any damages and/or inconveniences caused by such changes or suspension regardless of reasons.

Privacy Policy

The Scope of the Use of Collected Information

APRSAF stores, uses, and analyzes collected information/data of the Users with which an individual may be identified in the scope of APRSAF activities. Among the information/data, APRSAF can use those which an individual can be identified with by abiding by the appropriate clauses of this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Collected Information/Data

APRSAF does not disclose collected information/data of the Users, especially those which an individual can be identified with to any third parties intentionally except for the following three cases.

-	When disclosure is requested based on legitimate reasons or explanations
-	When APRSAF acquires the prior consent from an individual concerning the disclosure of his/her information/data to a third party.
-	When APRSAF discloses information/data of a User to a person who is in charge of providing requested data or materials to that User within the scope for the person in charge to perform his/her responsibility

APRSAF takes all possible and rational measures to avoid accidental leakage of the collected information/data to third parties.

Security

APRSAF takes rational security measures to prevent loss, leakage, misuse, falsification, and demolition of the collected information/data from the Users with which an individual can be identified. However, please be aware that it is impossible to guarantee the absolute protection of the information/data despite our utmost security measures.

Access Log

APRSAF stores the access log and record of the Users including their IP addresses. An individual cannot be identified by an IP address. APRSAF uses the recorded access log through the Website only for statistical and analytical purposes for finding access trends and number of access or for troubleshooting when a problem arises in the APRSAF server. The statistical and analytical results are used for better management and service of the Website for the future by acquiring access trends of the Users.

Amendment of the Privacy Policy

APRSAF can change the contents of the Privacy Policy if necessity without any prior notice. When the Privacy Policy is amended, that will be announced on the Website. As the Users access the Website first time after APRSAF making a change on the Privacy Policy, the Users are considered to agree to the amended Privacy Policy.

Link to the Website

Links can be freely created as long as the content does not contravene public order and standards of decency nor contravene appropriate laws and acts concerning copyright, such as displaying the content of the site in frames. However, whenever possible please link to the top page, which is shown below:
( http://www.aprsaf.org/ )
This is because the file structure may change in accordance with content change.

Links to Web Pages of the Third Parties

APRSAF may provide links to web pages of third parties as part of our service to the Users. Those pages are not managed under APRSAF control, and APRSAF is not responsible for any of the contents, privacy policies, and/or methods of collecting information of such pages. Please follow the conditions specified in such pages.

Copyright

Concerning the use of texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures, and other materials etc., the copyright
(or the intellectual property right) of all of the texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials used in the Website belongs to JAXA unless specified otherwise.
The use of the use of texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures, and other materials etc. is permitted if the purpose of the use is approved, such as for education, public relations, or information providing, or if the use is within the scope of relevant laws. In such cases, insertion of creditation* is required for used texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures, and other materials etc.

* Examples of credits
(c)JAXA
Copyright of JAXA

Concerning the use of texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials, please be aware that
APRSAF does not support any specific activities of individuals, groups or organizations.

APRSAF texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials can be used for commercial purpose with prior approval of APRSAF. Please contact us for more information.

For any inquiry regarding the use of APRSAF texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials, please contact the following address.

Inquiry
APRSAF Secretariat
c/o. Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
Roppongi First Bldg. 12F
1-9-9, Roppomgi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0032, Japan
Phone +81-3-5572-6708
Fax +81-3-5572-6707
E-mail :

Accessibility

Recommended Web Browsers

-	Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer
-	Netscape 7.0 or newer

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)/JavaScript

This page has been formatted with Cascading Style Sheets (hereinafter referred to "CSS") and is encoded with JavaScript. If you turned off both CSS and JavaScript in your browser, certain elements do not function properly. So, you will need to turn on both CSS and JavaScript in your browser to access the APRSAF website more easily.

Plug-in

The installation of the following software is required to view the Website.

If the text is difficult to read

If the text on the screen appears too small or too large, change the size of your screen fonts.

Internet Explorer 6.0	-	Open the [View] menu and select [Text Size]. Select the Text Size Option that best suits your needs.
Netscape 7.0	-	Select the [View] pull-down menu at the top of the page, scroll down to [Text Zoom], select the size you prefer.

With other browsers, you can adjust the size of fonts in a similar way.
If the page is difficult to read due to the lack of contrast between screen elements, you can turn off the default font-color setting or the picture setting.

Internet Explorer 6.0	-	To change background colors: Open the [Tools] menu and select [Internet Options]. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the [Accessibility] button. In the Accessibility dialog box, select [Ignore Colors Specified on Web Pages]. To stop display of pictures: Open the [Tools] menu and select [Internet Options]. In the Internet Options dialog box, select the [Advanced] tab. In the Advanced dialog box, turn the Show Pictures setting to Off setting. All pictures, including backgrounds, will be ignored, and you will see only text.
Netscape 7.0	-	From the Edit pull-down menu, select Preferences. If you remove the check from the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Editing box, almost all the styles will be ignored, including the color setting.

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