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privacy policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Handling of personal information


 

1.1 What is personal information?

Personal information refers to information provided by patients that can be used to identify them by name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, gender, place of work, family structure, etc.

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2. acquisition of personal information

Personal information of patients may be acquired on the hospital's website to the extent necessary for the appropriate provision of various services, etc. to patients. When acquiring such information, the purpose of its use shall be clearly stated in advance, and it shall be acquired in an appropriate and fair manner.

(Please note that if patients do not provide us with their personal information, we may not be able to provide some of our products and services appropriately.)

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3. purpose of use of personal information

The personal information provided by patients on our website will be used for the following purposes. We will not use the information beyond the scope of the following purposes of use.

 

  • To answer enquiries from patients

  • To send materials on various services, etc., inquired about by patients

  • To appropriately provide the various services, etc. requested by patients.

  • To provide patients with useful information on the various services offered by this hospital and its affiliated group clinics (patients who do not wish to receive such information may request that we stop providing it).

  • To contact patients when it becomes necessary to do so for any other reason.

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<Shared use of personal information by this hospital and its affiliated group of clinics>

In order to provide better services to patients, this clinic and its affiliated group of clinics may share the personal information provided by patients.

In addition, information on the various services offered by this clinic and its affiliated group of clinics may be provided to patients by e-mail or direct mail, etc. If a patient does not wish to receive such information, the provision of such information will be discontinued upon request.

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4. provision and disclosure of personal information

The hospital will not provide or disclose personal information provided by patients to third parties, except in the following cases

 

  • Where the patient has given consent

  • Where there is a legal request and disclosure is deemed necessary

  • Where it is deemed necessary to protect the life, body or property of a person.

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The clinic may also statistically process personal information provided by patients and provide or disclose it as 'statistical information', but it does not contain any information that can identify individual patients.

 

 

<Provision and disclosure of personal information to contractors>

The hospital may outsource the handling of personal information to third parties, and when providing or disclosing patients' personal information to outsourced parties to the extent necessary, the hospital will take appropriate measures, such as contractually obliging them to ensure thorough management of personal information, prohibit the re-provision of personal information and prevent information leaks.

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5. requests from patients for disclosure, correction or deletion of personal information

If a patient requests the disclosure, correction or deletion of their personal information, the hospital will respond to the request as soon as reasonably possible after confirming the identity of the requesting party or their representative in accordance with the hospital's prescribed procedures.

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6. safety management measures for personal information

The personal information provided by patients on our website is managed appropriately and strictly, and necessary and sufficient safety management measures are implemented to prevent unauthorised access to personal information and the loss, destruction, alteration or leakage of personal information.

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1) Use of cookies

Some pages on our website use a technology called cookies to reduce the burden on patients and to make the website more convenient to use.

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the patient's computer when they visit the website. This allows the patient's computer to be recognised when he or she visits the website again, improving convenience. No personally identifiable information remains in the cookie.

Most computer browsers are set to accept cookies, but you can also set your browser to refuse to accept cookies. However, please note that this may result in some functions of the website not working properly.

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2) Links to other websites

The clinic's website contains links to websites operated by other clinics in order to provide useful information and services to patients. Please note that the clinic cannot be held responsible for any personal information on linked websites.

3) Where personal information is stored
Our website uses Wix and personal information may be stored in data centres outside Japan.
For details, please refer to Wix's privacy policy. https://ja.wix.com/about/privacy

 

7.Revisions to the handling of personal information

In order to further protect the personal information of patients, the hospital will review and revise this handling of personal information from time to time. Revisions to the handling of personal information will be posted on the hospital's website from time to time.

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8.Contact for enquiries about personal data

If you have any comments or questions regarding the handling of this personal data, please contact

 

 

ICHINOMIYA MOTORS

Address: Toichi Ekimae Building #202, 2646-2 Ichinomiya, Ichinomiya-machi, Chosei-gun, Chiba 299-4301 

Telephone: 047-547-2112

 

 

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