Personal Information Protection (Privacy Policy)
Asian Organization for Crohn’s & Colitis/AOCC ("AOCC") establishes its privacy policy as blew.
In the following clauses, the term "personal information" refers to information that AOCC receives via the web-site created by AOCC on the Internet ("Web-site"), e-mail, conventional mail, fax and other means and that enables to identify an individual.
1. Management of personal information
- AOCC shall handle information on its individual members with the greatest care; however, AOCC shall not be held responsible for any damage caused by data falsification or leaks resulting from illegal access or other procedures that cannot technically be predicted.
2. Objectives and range of personal information collection
- AOCC shall collect personal information on its individual members if necessary, strictly within the range that is necessary to attain the objectives of each collection and by notifying the members of such objectives and obtaining their approval in advance. AOCC shall not use personal information thus collected for objectives other than declared ones without prior consent of the members concerned.
3. Ban on disclosure or supply to a third party
- AOCC shall handle personal information collected from its members with the greatest care and not disclose or supply such information to any third party, except in the following cases:
- Such disclosure or supply is required by law.
- Such disclosure or supply is approved by the member(s) concerned.
- Such disclosure or supply is necessary for AOCC to commission a service required for its
operation to an external service provider, with whom a confidentiality agreement will be signed and to whom personal information will be provided within the strictly necessary range.
- Such disclosure or supply is necessary for legitimate reasons in the execution of an activity plan approved by the Board of Directors or any of the committees.
- Statistical data based on personal information and not enabling individual identification may be provided to a third party.
4. Legal and regulatory observance and review
- AOCC shall observe all applicable laws and regulations that concern personal information and, to ensure the protection of personal information concerning its members, review its legal and regulatory observance from time to time and make necessary improvements.
5. Consultation, correction and deletion of personal information
- Individual AOCC members who wish to consult personal information that concern them, and not other members, or have it corrected or deleted may do so by contacting the address or numbers below.
6. Person in charge of the management of personal information
- The President of AOCC shall be the personal in charge of the management of personal information in AOCC.
Please direct inquiries about this policy or your personal information:
- Asian Organization for Crohn’s & Colitis (AOCC Office)
Phone: +81-(0)3-3268-6430
Fax: +81-(0)3-6280-7483
E-mail: aocc_office@aocc-ibd.jp