The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles provides visitors access to our web sites with as much control as possible over their non-public personal information.

When you visit any of our web pages, we use standard web server log files to evaluate our site's technical capability. We use this information to find out how many people visit jflalc.org, to determine the areas of greatest interest on our site, and to make improvements to our site. We record information on site traffic but not information on individual visitors to our site, so no personal information in particular will be kept or used.

The jflalc.org web site only collects personal information that you choose to provide voluntarily when using our site, including survey information and/or site registration, online Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) registration information, or online order information. "Personal information" includes information that can identify you as a specific individual, such as your name or email address. We will use the information only:

• To notify individual JLPT registrants of information related to the JLPT
• To contact an individual regarding test registration when necessary
• To ask for your participation in brief surveys

If you supply us with your e-mail address or telephone number online, you may be contacted by us through either means.
Except as described above, or as otherwise provided or permitted by law, your information collected by jflalc.org will not be sold, rented, loaned, or otherwise used.

What about cookies?
A cookie is a small text file placed on a user's computer hard drive when a user visits a web site. The cookie gives the user a unique, random ID, and this ID enables our site to readily recognize each visitor on a subsequent visit to the site. For example, a cookie may indicate the preferences selected by a visitor on a prior visit, and facilitate more efficient browsing on subsequent visits by using such preferences to customize the content and/or layout of our site for the visitor. jflalc.org may use cookies in this fashion, but our users always have the option of not accepting them. Visitors are free to change their web browsers to prevent the acceptance of cookies. jflalc.org's cookies do not contain personally identifiable information collected by jflalc.org.

Security Policy
All secure transactions processed on jflalc.org utilize Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology. SSL encrypts the transmission of data to and from our server and your computer. If you use a browser which supports SSL, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox or Safari, your transactions are fully encrypted and secure. You'll know that they are secure when you see a full "lock" in the status bar of your Internet Explorer browser.