(1) Personal information is used by The Yomiuri Shimbun (including The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka, and The Yomiuri Shimbun, Seibu) and YOMIURI ONLINE (YOL) to compile various kinds of statistics as required. The processed data may be divulged to advertisers or content providers.

(2) Personal information is used by The Yomiuri Shimbun and YOL to identify participants in their questionnaires or quizzes and contact the winners.

(3) Personal information is used for the dispatch of information about products and services and prizes, publicity materials and questionnaires as Yomiuri Shimbun and YOL advertising promotion campaigns as entrusted by advertisers.

(4) The Yomiuri Shimbun and YOL will make minimum use of personal information to achieve the abovementioned purposes. We clarify the purpose of soliciting personal information each time we collect such information.

(1) We have a personal information protection manager at each head office to adequately manage personal information solicited on YOL to protect such information from illegal access, falsification or leakage. Only the authorized persons are eligible for access to the inputted information.

(2) The servers storing collected personal information are, in principle, operated and managed by The Yomiuri Shimbun. When we use outside servers, we carefully select the outsourcing firms concerned and enter into information security and confidentiality agreements.

(1) Through YOL advertisements and special articles, The Yomiuri Shimbun solicits personal information at the request of advertisers or companies cooperating in producing special articles and supplies the collected information to third parties such as the advertisers concerned. In this case, we clarify the purpose of collecting personal information and identify the recipients of such information without fail.

(2) There are cases in which companies or organizations other than The Yomiuri Shimbun solicit personal information through YOL advertisements and special articles by providing questionnaires, offering prizes or asking readers to contact them for further information. The Yomiuri Shimbun requires them to identify the recipients of such information and strictly safeguard the privacy.

The linked Web sites are not under the control of The Yomiuri Shimbun. Therefore, The Yomiuri Shimbun has nothing to do with the collection, usage and management of personal information solicited by advertisers and companies through the linked Web sites. Those who provide personal information through the linked Web sites or advertisers' Web sites are requested to read the privacy terms and conditions on each of such Web sites.

The mobile phone site of "Yomiuri/Hochi/Giants" occasionally offers "Win prizes by answering questions" services by asking each user to register his/her name, address and phone number, among other personal particulars. Personal information collected on the mobile phone site is managed in accordance with the privacy policy applied to YOL.