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Handling of Personal Information
1. what is personal information?
Personal information is information that can be used to identify a patient, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, gender, place of employment, family structure, etc., provided by the patient
2. Acquisition of Personal Information
The clinic's website may collect personal information to the extent necessary to properly provide various services, etc., to patients. When acquiring personal information, we will clearly state the purpose of use in advance and use appropriate and fair means.
(Please note that we may not be able to provide some of our products and services appropriately if patients do not provide us with their personal information.)
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.
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To respond to inquiries from patients
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To send materials on various services, etc., in response to inquiries from patients
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To appropriately provide various services, etc. requested by patients
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To provide patients with useful information on various services offered by the clinic and its affiliated group clinics (If a patient does not wish to receive such information, we will stop providing it upon request.)
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To contact patients when it becomes necessary to do so for any other reason.
〈 Shared use of personal information by this clinic and its affiliated clinics〉
In order to provide better services to patients, this clinic and its affiliated group clinics may share the personal information provided by patients.
In addition, we may provide patients with information on various services offered by our clinic and related group clinics via e-mail or direct mail, etc. If patients do not wish to receive such information, we will stop providing it upon their request.
4.Provision and Disclosure of Personal Information
The clinic will not provide or disclose personal information provided by patients to third parties, except in the following cases
When the patient has given consent
When there is a request based on laws and regulations, etc., and disclosure is deemed necessary
When it is deemed necessary to protect the life, body, or property of a person.
In addition, the clinic may 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〉
In the event that we provide or disclose the patient's personal information to a third party to the extent necessary, we will take appropriate measures such as contractually obligating the third party to strictly manage the personal information, prohibit the re-provision of personal information, and prevent information leaks.
5. Requests from Patients for Disclosure, Correction, or Deletion of Personal Information
When we receive a request from a patient to disclose, correct, or delete his/her personal information, we will respond to the request as soon as reasonably possible after confirming the identity of the requesting person or his/her representative in accordance with our prescribed procedures.
6. Safety Management Measures for Personal Information
The clinic's website appropriately and strictly manages personal information provided by patients, and implements necessary and sufficient safety control measures to prevent unauthorized access to personal information and the loss, destruction, falsification, or leakage of personal information.
(1) Use of cookies
Some pages on our website use a technology called "cookies" to reduce the burden on patients and to make it more convenient for them to use our website.
Cookies are small text files that are stored in the patient's computer when the patient visits the website. This allows us to recognize the patient's computer when the patient visits our website again, improving convenience. No personally identifiable information remains in the cookie.
Most computer browsers are set to accept cookies, but it is possible to set your browser to refuse to accept cookies. However, please note that this may result in some functions of the website not functioning properly.
(2) Links to Other Websites
Our website contains links to websites operated by other clinics in order to provide useful information and services to our patients. Please be aware that the clinic cannot be held responsible for any personal information on the linked websites.
(3) Storage of Personal Information
Our website uses Wix, and personal information may be stored at data centers outside of Japan.
Please refer to Wix's privacy policy for details. https://ja.wix.com/about/privacy
Revisions to the Handling of Personal Information
In order to further protect the personal information of our patients, we will review and revise our handling of personal information as appropriate. Revisions to the handling of personal information will be posted on the hospital's website as necessary.
Contact for inquiries regarding personal information
If you have any comments or questions regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the following address.
Shirai Internal Medicine Clinic
Address: Shirai Clinic New Building, 4-16-7 Kagetsu Chuo, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 807-1102
TEL: 093-618-8814
That is all.