Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Basic policy

We acquire information about users of the Carbon Markets Express website (https://www.carbon-markets.go.jp/eng/index.html; hereinafter referred to as "our website") to the extent necessary for smooth operation of service (information provision via the website, acceptance of comments/inquiries, etc.) provided at our website. Information acquired will be handled properly and used only for the purposes for which it is acquired.

2. Scope of information acquired

  1. Our site automatically acquires information such as Internet domain, IP address, and other such information about access to our site. While cookies (information transmitted from the server to the user's browser and stored on the user's computer in order to identify users) are used in part of our website, in sending cookies, we do not collect personal information that would identify a user. Users may also set their browsers not to receive cookies at any time.
  2. If you are filling out the form to inform us of links to our site or make inquiries, please provide us with an e-mail address where you can be contacted, and, if you are informing us of a link to our site, please also include the URL of the web page hosting the link.
  3. If you wish to subscribe to the E-mail Newsletter service, registration of your e-mail address, sector and country is required.

3. Purposes of use

  1. Information automatically gathered as described in 2. (1) above will be used as reference in order to conduct website services in a smooth manner.
  2. Information gathered as described in 2.2 above may be used when we reply to your e-mail.
  3. Information gathered as described in 2.3 above may be used for the E-mail Newsletter service.

4. Limitation on use and provision

Our site, except in the case of compliance with disclosure requests provided for by law, or as a result of illegal access, other unlawful acts or other special reasons, will not use nor transfer to a third party the information acquired for any purposes other than those in the "Purposes of use" delineated above.

However, statistical information regarding access to our site, information regarding user attributes and comments may be made public.

5. Measures to ensure security

Our site takes necessary measures to administer acquired information appropriately in order to prevent the leakage, loss or destruction of acquired information.

6. Scope of application

This privacy policy applies only to our site.

Contact Information

You can contact us at:

The secretariat of the Carbon Markets Express website
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)

You can send us an e-mail by clicking here.