Personal information

The Japanese Biliary Atresia Society Secretariat (hereinafter referred to as the Secretariat) ensures particular care is taken for protection of personal information.

In this site (hereinafter referred to as the Website), the Secretariat regards protection of personal information to be an important social responsibility.

The concept relating to privacy in the Website is as follows.

Personal information refers to information provided through the Website that would enable identification of a specific individual, including name, age, telephone number, FAX number, and email address.

Scope of obtained personal information

If the Secretariat wishes to obtain personal information from a user, the Secretariat may ask for personal information from visitors for certain pages, after clearly stating the purpose of use of the information and after providing the Secretariat’s contact details.

However, the visitor’s personal information will only be used within the scope of the Secretariat's project activities as agreed to by the visitor, and the information will be managed with appropriate methods, and will not be disclosed or provided to a third party without the approval of the visitor, unless the information is applicable to the following "disclosure of personal information".

Use of personal information

When personal information has been obtained, the Secretariat will only use the information within the scope advised in advance to the user.

Disclosure of personal information to a third party and limitations of use

The Secretariat will not disclose or provide the user’s personal information to a third party without their prior approval, unless required by law.

When the user’s personal information is provided to service outsource providers, the outsource providers are obligated to protect the personal information based on a non-disclosure agreement and the outsource provider will be managed and supervised to ensure that they handle personal information appropriately.

Disclosure of personal information

The Secretariat will not sell or confer the visitor’s personal information.

However, the information may be disclosed for the following reasons.

• When the visitor has consented to disclosure of the information.
• When a formal inquiry request has been made based on the law, by a court, the police or other such party.
• Revision, deletion and disposal of personal information.
• The Secretariat shall appropriately delete or dispose of personal information when the purpose of use has been completed.

Safe management of personal information

The Secretariat will ensure the personal information obtained from the user is maintained in an up-to-date and accurate state.

Information security measures are also in place such as measures to prevent unauthorized access and anti-virus measures, to prevent the loss, destruction, falsification and leakage of personal information.

Scope of application

This content shall apply to the handling of personal information obtained through the Website.

The Website includes links to websites other than the Secretariat, but the Secretariat is not responsible in any way for the statements or content relating to privacy of websites operated by parties other than the Secretariat.

Please check the privacy policy of the applicable linked website regarding handling of personal information by the linked website.

The Website automatically obtains information on access logs when it receives a connection request from the visitor, including the IP address, name of the internet service provider, date and time of connection, browser type, and the OS environment used by the visitor.

Access analysis is conducted based on this obtained information, but this information does not identify personal information of the visitor. This information will not be used for any purpose other than for project activities, such as access analysis.

Limitation of liability

Use of the Website remains the responsibility of the visitor.

The Secretariat is not liable for any damage that may occur from use of any type of information obtained from the Website and from other websites linked with the Website.

The personal information policies stated on this page are subject to change without prior notice. Please regularly check the latest content of the personal information policies to confirm the most up-to-date information.

Contact details

Japanese Biliary Atresia Society

1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8574
(Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tohoku University)

TEL: +81-22-717-7237 ／ FAX: +81-22-717-7240