Handling of Personal Information

Personal information refers to information provided by patients that can be used to identify them, such as their name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, gender, place of employment, and family composition.

On our website, we may acquire personal information of patients to the extent necessary to provide various services appropriately to patients. When acquiring such information, we will clearly indicate the purpose of use in advance and will do so by appropriate and fair means.
(Please note that if patients do not provide their personal information, we may not be able to provide some products and services appropriately.)

On our website, we will use personal information provided by patients for the following purposes. We will not handle the information beyond the scope of the following purposes.

• To respond to inquiries from patients

• To send documents on various services that patients have inquired about

• To appropriately provide various services that patients have applied for

• To provide patients with useful information on various services handled by our clinic and affiliated group clinics (If a patient does not wish to receive such information, we will stop providing that information to them at their request.)

• For any other reason, when it becomes necessary to contact the patient

<About joint use at our clinic and affiliated clinics>
Our clinic and its affiliated group clinics may jointly use personal information provided by patients in order to provide better services to patients.
In addition, we may provide patients with information about the various services provided by our clinic and its affiliated group clinics via e-mail or direct mail, but if a patient does not wish to receive such information, we will stop providing that information to them at their request.

Our 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 disclosure is deemed necessary due to a legal requirement.

• When it is deemed necessary to protect a person's life, body, or property.

In addition, our clinic may statistically process personal information provided by patients and provide or disclose it as "statistical information," but this information will not include any information that could identify individual patients.

<Provision and disclosure to contractors>
Our clinic may outsource the handling of personal information to a third party. When providing or disclosing patients' personal information to the outsourced party to the extent necessary, we will take appropriate measures, such as requiring them by contract to thoroughly manage the personal information, prohibit it from being provided again, and prevent information leaks.

When a patient requests the disclosure, correction, deletion, etc. of their personal information, we will respond promptly within reasonable limits after confirming that the requester is the patient himself/herself or his/her representative, in accordance with our prescribed procedures.

On our clinic website, we will properly and strictly manage the personal information provided by patients, and will implement necessary and sufficient safety management measures to prevent unauthorized access to personal information and the loss, destruction, falsification, leakage, etc. of personal information.

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1) Use of cookies Some pages on our clinic website use a technology called cookies to reduce the burden on patients and make their visit more convenient.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the patient's computer when the patient visits a website. This allows the patient's computer to be recognized when the patient visits the website again, improving convenience. No personally identifiable information is stored in cookies.
Most computer browsers are set up to accept cookies, but it is possible to set your browser to refuse cookies. However, please note that as a result, some functions on the website may not function properly.

2) Links to other sites Our clinic website contains links to websites operated by other clinics in order to provide patients with useful information and services. Please note that we cannot take any responsibility for personal information on linked websites.

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

In order to further protect the personal information of our patients, we will review and revise our approach to handling of personal information as appropriate. Revisions to the handling of personal information will be posted on our website from time to time.

If you have any comments or questions regarding the handling of personal information, please contact us at the address below.

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Oofuna Dental Clinic

Address: 1-22-2 Oofuna, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, 247-0056
Phone: 0467-46-6741

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