Handling of personal information

  • Applicants are required to supply personal information to the competition sponsor using the competition entry application form. Applicants must decide whether or not they wish to submit such information. However, the sponsor cannot accept applications unless accompanied with the necessary personal information.
  • Personal information submitted together with the entry photograph is passed to Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) for the purpose of competition screening. Personal information supplied by applicants is handled in accordance with the rules prescribed below:
  • Personal information supplied by the applicants shall be used to notify the prizewinners, for reporting information in connection with the competition, and for making inquiries to the applicants about the photos they have entered in the competition.
  • The names of the prizewinners will be published on websites, in printed material and other media related to the contest when the prizewinning works are announced.
  • Personal information supplied by applicants may be used for personal identification when the applicants request that personal information such as their address be amended.
  • The sponsor or partner companies may conduct the notification and inquiries stated above.
  • The sponsor may provide personal information to third parties involved in running the competition together with the sponsor, and to judges within the scope required for competition management.
  • Please use this “inquiry form”if you need to correct or contact us regarding provided personal information. Requests for changes to personal information cannot be accepted by telephone.
  • The sponsor and partner companies shall conduct the required research when a request is made to correct personal information collected through the contest, and corrections will be made based on the findings of such research. However, the sponsor and partner companies will not perform any correction, research or suchlike in connection with the personal information of applicants other than prizewinners and persons who request to receive direct mail after the date for the disposal of information prescribed below has elapsed.
  • The sponsor and partner companies shall manage personal information appropriately, and shall take adequate measures to prevent the divulgence, diversion and alteration of personal information. The sponsor and partner companies recognize it is their corporate social responsibility to handle and protect personal information correctly.
  • With the exception of personal information supplied by prizewinners and persons who request to receive direct mail, the sponsor and partner companies shall dispose of or delete personal information provided (via the online application form, data for photo entries and other computerized personal information in connection with the competition) by June 31, 2018. Accordingly, the sponsor and partner companies shall not perform any corrections or research in relation to personal information provided by applicants, excluding prizewinners, after June 31, 2018.