Transparency in Coverage

Thank you for visiting the website of Keio Academy of New York.

Keio Academy of New York respects the privacy of those who visit our website and makes efforts to use your personal information only to an appropriate extent. To ensure your privacy, we limit the use of your personal information according to the following policy.

If you do not agree in their entirety to the terms of this Privacy Policy and/or any other policy applicable to this website, you may not access or otherwise use this website and should immediately cease use of this website. Your use of this website constitutes your acceptance and agreement to this Privacy Policy and/or any other policy applicable to this website, including but not limited to any updates to the Privacy Policy and/or any other policy applicable to this website.

By using this website, you agree to allow Keio Academy of New York to collect, use, store, and transfer information, including any personal information that you may provide to Keio Academy of New York. Please note that this means you give us permission to collect, use, store and transfer your information within the United States of America, Japan and/or any other countries where Keio Academy of New York and/or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities or business operations.

Applicable personal information

Keio Academy of New York collects personal information, including but not limited to names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, emails and email address(es), and other personal information that users submit voluntarily for, among other reasons, identification or educational purposes. While some of this information may not be able to determine the specific identity of individuals, your identification may be possible through simple comparison with other additional information.

Further, this website may collect tracking data, which is automatically collected from visitors to this website. Tracking data may include but not be limited to the number and frequency of visitors and users to this website, the date and time of visits to this website, the number and frequency of downloads made from this website, other web sites that are accessed by visitors before and after this website, the internet protocol (IP) addresses and internet service providers of visitors, and the browsers and operating systems or mobile devices used by visitors.

In addition, this website may use variety of possible tracking devices, including but not limited to web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, widgets, supercookies and cookies, which is a piece of data stored on your computer’s hard drive or other similar device, to track your usage of this and/or other websites. These cookies do not contain personally-identifiable information. Other tracking devices may contain or allow for identification via personally-identifiable information.

Acquisition and usage of personal information

When we ask that visitors provide personal information for any specific purpose, it will not be used for any other purpose. This information, which we assume is shared by visitors with their understanding of its purpose, is managed by the school administration, who takes reasonable measures for the maintenance of this information by ensuring that it is not used for any other purposes besides the designated purpose, nor sold to third parties. However, for the purpose of internal statistical purposes, we may use de-identified data, aggregated data or anonymized data that may or may not be able to identify a particular visitor. Please note however, that if Keio Academy of New York is legally compelled to disclose this information, including but not limited to a court order, subpoena or discovery request, or law enforcement request, or for other legal reasons, we cannot guarantee to abide by any of the terms in this policy. The personal information obtained by this website is the property of Keio Academy of New York.

In addition, third party vendors who provide services and/or assistance to Keio Academy of New York, including but not limited to credit card companies, may have access to your personal information and/or may collect information from you, which is beyond the control of Keio Academy of New York. Keio Academy of New York also uses third party vendors to operate this website and to perform functions related to this website, which will have access to information needed to perform their functions. Keio Academy of New York is not responsible for the use of information by a third party vendor not in compliance with this Privacy Policy.

Third-party websites

This website may contain links to third party owned and/or operated websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites. Any third party website(s) have separate privacy and data collection policies practices and Keio Academy of New York has no responsibility or liability relating to those websites. You should review the privacy policies of any third party websites before you disclose any personal information.

Management and protection of personal information; supervision of usage

Keio Academy of New York acknowledges the risks related to storing the personal information, including but not limited to that of minors, and takes reasonable measures to prevent its improper access and misuse of personal information. In the event that we must entrust the management of this information to outside parties, we ensure that safety protocols are set up for its usage. However, we cannot make any guarantees of security regarding your personal information. We must advise that computer hackers and/or thieves may seek to bypass any applicable security measures and gain access to your personal information and that no personal information can be 100% secure. Any disclosure by you of personal information at or through this website is at your own risk.

Disclosure, amendment, and removal of personal information

If we receive a request from an individual to disclose or amend their personal information, or to terminate our use of their personal information, we will ensure a timely response as the law requires. Please contact us from this page for questions, suggestions, or requests regarding our Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a notice at www.keio.edu and/or by any other reasonable means acceptable under applicable state and federal law.

Choice of Law

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be filed only in the state or federal courts located in the County of Westchester and State of New York, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any action and waive any claim that such courts are an inconvenient forum for such actions.