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Privacy Policy

This policy explains how MedicTranslate collects, uses, stores, discloses and protects personal information, including medical and other sensitive information.

Effective 4 November 2026 Version 3.12 English and Japanese Contact Privacy Team

Information collected

Contact, account, medical, medication, travel, booking, payment, communication and technical information.

Why we use it

To provide translation, interpreting, clinic, medication-document, payment and support services.

Who may receive it

Authorised personnel, assigned professionals, clinics, approved providers, advisers and authorities where required.

Your rights

Depending on applicable law, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction or make a complaint.

MedicTranslate provides medical translation, interpreting, healthcare navigation, medication-document and related support services. Because these services may involve health, identity, travel and appointment information, we apply safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we handle.

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About this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how 株式会社MedicTranslate, trading as MedicTranslate, collects, uses, stores, discloses and protects personal information.

Definitions

  • “MedicTranslate”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean 株式会社MedicTranslate.
  • “Customer” and “you” mean a person who visits our website, contacts us, creates an account, purchases or receives a service, or whose information is provided by an authorised person.
  • “Personal information” means information relating to an identified or reasonably identifiable individual.
  • “Health information” includes medical, medication, treatment, disability, prescription, clinical and other health-related information.
  • “Service provider” means an organisation or individual engaged to support the delivery or administration of our services.

This Policy applies to information processed through our website, online forms and portals, translation and interpreting services, healthcare and clinic-support services, medication and customs-document services, communications, appointment booking, customer support and related business operations.

This Policy does not replace any additional privacy notice, consent form, clinic notice or contractual term provided for a particular service.

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Responsible organisation

The organisation responsible for the processing described in this Privacy Policy is:

株式会社MedicTranslate — MedicTranslate Co., Ltd.

Representative Director: Ali Motahari

c/o SHINKA Hyogo
56 Naniwamachi, Chuo-ku
Kobe, Hyogo 650-0035
Japan

Where another organisation determines how information is processed, such as a participating clinic or hospital, that organisation may also be independently responsible for its processing.

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Applicable privacy laws

Depending on the person’s location, the nature of the service and the circumstances of the processing, our activities may be subject to laws including:

  • Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information;
  • Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles;
  • the European Union General Data Protection Regulation;
  • the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation; and
  • other applicable privacy, healthcare, consumer, communications and data-security laws.

Access to our website from a particular country does not necessarily mean that every law of that country applies to every service.

MedicTranslate is not, solely by providing translation or support services, a covered entity under the United States Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Additional contractual or security arrangements may apply where we work for an organisation subject to specific healthcare privacy requirements.

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Information we may collect

We seek to collect only information reasonably required for our services and business operations.

Contact information

This may include name, email address, telephone number, address, preferred language, country or region, emergency contact details and communication preferences.

Account and authentication information

This may include account name, username, identifiers, encrypted authentication information, account status, login history and access records. We do not ask customers to disclose their account passwords to our personnel.

Health and medical information

This may include medical reports, referral letters, discharge summaries, prescriptions, medication lists, pathology or imaging reports, clinical correspondence, vaccination records, allergies, diagnoses, symptoms, treatment history, disability or accessibility requirements, healthcare-provider information and other records submitted for translation, interpreting or service coordination.

Medication and travel information

This may include medication names and dosages, prescribing information, supporting medical certificates, intended travel dates, arrival or departure information, destination, customs or import-application details, passport or identity-document information where required, visa or residency information and correspondence with government or customs authorities.

Translation, interpreting and clinic-support information

This may include source and translated documents, requested languages, terminology preferences, appointment details, healthcare-provider details, interpreter availability, accessibility requirements, quality-control notes, clinic correspondence and service-support records.

Identity and authority information

Where necessary, we may collect proof of identity, proof of guardianship, authority-to-act documents, consent forms, powers of attorney and evidence that a person may provide or receive information on behalf of another person.

Payment and transaction information

This may include billing details, transaction amount, payment status, invoice details, transaction identifiers, refunds, tax information and limited payment-method information supplied by the payment processor. MedicTranslate does not ordinarily store complete payment-card numbers or card security codes on its own servers.

Communications and technical information

We may collect emails, support requests, telephone or video communications, messages, complaints and feedback, as well as IP address, browser and device type, operating system, approximate region, pages viewed, referral source, access time, session information, cookie identifiers, error reports and security logs.

Professional and contractor information

For translators, interpreters, healthcare providers, clinic representatives, suppliers and contractors, we may collect professional contact information, qualifications, language capabilities, registrations, experience, availability, contracts, confidentiality undertakings, payment details, tax information, assignments, quality records and related communications.

Information about another person

A customer may provide information about a patient, child, family member, travelling companion or authorised representative. The person providing the information must have lawful authority to do so and should provide the other person with access to this Policy where reasonably practicable.

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How we collect information

We may collect information:

  • directly from you;
  • through the MedicTranslate website or portal;
  • when you purchase or request a service;
  • through email, telephone, video call or messaging services;
  • when you upload a document or book an appointment;
  • from an authorised family member, guardian or representative;
  • from a clinic, hospital, pharmacy or healthcare professional where authorised;
  • from an assigned translator or interpreter;
  • from payment, booking and other service providers;
  • through cookies and similar technologies;
  • from publicly available professional or business sources; or
  • where collection is permitted or required by law.

Where reasonably practicable, we collect personal information directly from the individual concerned or from an authorised representative.

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How we use information

We may use personal information to:

  • translate medical and related documents;
  • arrange or provide interpreting;
  • validate translated content;
  • support medication and customs documentation;
  • assist with clinic identification and appointment arrangements;
  • facilitate communication between customers and service providers;
  • issue quotations and invoices, process payments and manage refunds;
  • assign authorised translators, interpreters and other professionals;
  • provide service, appointment, delivery, administrative and security notifications;
  • authenticate users, control access, prevent misuse and investigate security events;
  • review translation quality, correct terminology and improve customer workflows;
  • comply with tax, accounting, corporate and legal obligations; and
  • manage disputes, complaints, legal claims, audits and privacy or security incidents.

We will not use identifiable medical documents for unrelated advertising or general marketing.

Medication information services

Where a service involves checking medication against Japanese import requirements, the information provided may be assessed by reference to official Japanese sources, including guidance published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and its Narcotics Control Department. Any classification result is general information rather than legal or medical advice, and approval decisions rest solely with the Japanese authorities.

Marketing communications

Where permitted by law, we may use contact details to provide information about related MedicTranslate services. You may unsubscribe at any time. Service, transaction and security communications may still be sent where necessary.

Where a service includes an optional marketing opt-in, it is presented unticked by default, is separate from the consent required for the service itself, and is recorded as its own consent record. Declining marketing does not affect the service.

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Lawful grounds for processing

The legal basis or authority for processing depends on the applicable law and circumstances. We may process personal information where:

  • processing is necessary to provide a requested service or perform a contract;
  • you have given valid consent;
  • processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
  • processing is necessary to protect a person’s vital interests;
  • processing is necessary for legitimate business interests that are not overridden by the individual’s rights;
  • processing is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
  • another lawful basis or exception applies.

Where express consent is required for health or sensitive information, we will request that consent separately or obtain another lawful authority before processing.

We keep records of the consents given through our services, including the time of consent and, where applicable, the versions of the terms and notices in effect, so that consent can be evidenced and later withdrawn.

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Health and sensitive information

We recognise that medical and health information requires a high level of protection. We seek to process such information only where it is reasonably necessary for a requested service, the person has consented, an authorised representative has valid authority, processing is required or permitted by law, or another applicable exception is available.

Customers should avoid submitting information that is not relevant to the requested service. Where practical, irrelevant information may be redacted before upload, although excessive redaction may affect service completeness.

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AI-assisted translation and human validation

Use of approved technology

MedicTranslate may use approved machine-translation systems, artificial-intelligence tools, optical character recognition, terminology-management tools, document-processing tools and quality-assurance systems to assist with text extraction, initial translation, terminology consistency, formatting, workflow management and quality review.

Human involvement

Where human validation is included in the selected service, an authorised translator, interpreter, reviewer or other qualified person reviews the relevant output. Human review does not guarantee that every document will be error-free.

No independent medical decision-making

MedicTranslate’s AI and translation systems do not independently diagnose medical conditions, prescribe medication, recommend treatment, approve or refuse healthcare, determine insurance eligibility or replace the judgement of a qualified healthcare professional.

Model training

We do not use identifiable customer medical documents to train MedicTranslate’s own general-purpose artificial-intelligence models. We seek to use AI, OCR and machine-translation providers and service configurations under which customer content is not used for general-purpose model training. Provider-specific arrangements may vary and are subject to the applicable service configuration and contractual terms.

Terminology resources

We may use de-identified or aggregated terminology corrections to improve internal glossaries and translation consistency. We seek to remove information that directly identifies a patient or customer before such terminology is reused.

Telephone line and AI receptionist

Our telephone line is answered by an AI receptionist. Calls may be recorded and transcribed for quality, service and record-keeping purposes, and callers are told this at the start of the call. The AI receptionist collects only the details needed to respond to your enquiry (name, email address, telephone number, the service you are interested in and, for partner-doctor bookings, your preferred appointment time). It does not ask for medical details, My Number or other identity numbers, and it does not give medical, legal or immigration advice. A call summary is sent to our team, and a short confirmation email is sent to you where you have confirmed your email address. Call audio, transcripts and summaries are processed by Retell AI and Twilio (see the provider list below) and are retained for 60 days (see the Retention and deletion section). If you prefer not to speak with the AI receptionist, you can contact us by email instead.

Website chat assistant

Our website offers an AI chat assistant. It answers questions about our services and prices and gives you links to start a request. If you would like our team to follow up, it asks only for your name, email address and, if you choose, your telephone number, and it asks you not to share medical details, My Number or other identity numbers in the chat. It does not give medical, legal or immigration advice. Chat messages are processed by Retell AI in the United States and are retained for 60 days (see the Retention and deletion section). When you leave contact details, our team receives an internal notification with those details and the service you asked about, and your name, email address and telephone number may be saved in our CRM; the chat conversation itself is not emailed to you and is not added to our CRM. Your browser may also keep a copy of the chat on your device until you clear your browser data. If you prefer not to use the chat, you can contact us by email instead.

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When we disclose information

We do not sell or rent personal information. We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

  • authorised MedicTranslate employees, officers and contractors;
  • assigned translators, interpreters and reviewers;
  • clinics, hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and healthcare organisations where requested or authorised;
  • notaries and document-service providers;
  • cloud, hosting, cybersecurity, communications, booking, analytics and other technology providers;
  • payment providers such as Stripe;
  • lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers and consultants;
  • parties involved in a lawful corporate restructuring or transaction; and
  • public authorities, courts or other recipients where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Assigned professionals are required to comply with confidentiality, privacy and security obligations and receive only the information reasonably necessary for their work.

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International access and overseas transfers

MedicTranslate operates internationally and may work with customers, professionals and service providers in more than one country.

Regional storage

Where supported by the relevant service configuration, we seek to use Japan-based infrastructure for services primarily delivered in Japan and Australia-based infrastructure for services primarily delivered in Australia.

The location of primary storage does not necessarily mean that every associated support process, communication, log, backup or authorised access occurs exclusively in that country.

International access

Personal information may be accessed or processed from another country where an assigned professional is located overseas, a customer requests a cross-border service, a provider operates internationally, technical support is delivered from another location, a clinic or professional is overseas, or an international payment or booking provider is used. Our team includes staff and contractors based in Australia, who may access personal information to provide the service.

Countries where providers process information

Some service providers store or process information outside Japan and Australia. In particular, information may be processed in the United States (Anthropic, OpenAI, Stripe, Resend, Google, Meta/WhatsApp, Retell AI, Twilio, Calendly, Microsoft and Cloudflare's global network), the European Union (Lovable, Sweden) and Australia (HubSpot). The United States does not have a comprehensive federal privacy law equivalent to the APPI or the Australian Privacy Act; protection there depends on sector and state laws and on our contracts with each provider. The European Union is recognised by Japan's Personal Information Protection Commission as having an equivalent standard of protection. We choose providers that commit to confidentiality, security, limited use of data, and no model training on customer content, and we review these arrangements regularly.

Where your information is stored and which providers handle it

Customer records, uploaded documents and assessment data for our Japan services are stored on Supabase infrastructure located in Tokyo, Japan. Our website, email, payment and CRM providers (Cloudflare, Lovable, Google, Resend, Stripe and HubSpot) keep their own operational logs or records, which may be stored in the United States, the European Union, Australia or other locations. The following service providers may also handle personal information on our behalf. Each is bound by its published privacy and security terms and, where available, a data-processing agreement, and receives only the information needed for its function.

  • Supabase (database, file storage and authentication) — data stored in Japan; provider headquartered in the United States.
  • Anthropic (Claude AI models used to assist regulatory assessment and translation drafting) — processed in the United States. Under the commercial API configuration we use, Anthropic states that inputs and outputs are not used to train its models by default; we do not enable training use and do not submit customer content as feedback.
  • Stripe (payment processing) — United States, with regional processing; we do not store full card numbers.
  • HubSpot (customer-relationship and enquiry records; from the Platform, limited contact and status fields only, no medicine names; messages sent through our website enquiry forms are stored as written, including any medicine or health details you choose to include) — hosted in HubSpot’s Australian data centre (Sydney); provider headquartered in the United States.
  • Resend (sending of Platform service emails, such as sign-in and confirmation codes and service notifications) — provider headquartered in the United States.
  • Google (business email, document storage and website analytics) — United States and other Google regions.
  • Lovable (development and hosting of the web interface of our online Platform) — provider headquartered in Sweden.
  • OpenAI (ChatGPT, which our staff may use as a drafting and checking aid when preparing assessments and translations; a member of our team reviews the output before anything is provided to you) — processed in the United States.
  • Cloudflare (website delivery and security) — global network; provider headquartered in the United States.
  • Meta Platforms / WhatsApp (messaging, where you choose to contact us that way) — United States and other Meta regions.
  • Retell AI (AI telephone receptionist and website chat assistant: call audio, chat messages, transcripts and summaries) — United States.
  • Twilio (telephone network connection for our 050 number) — United States, with regional routing.
  • Calendly (appointment booking and booking-page payments) — United States.
  • Microsoft (Clarity website usage analytics, where you consent; OneDrive business file backup) — United States and other Microsoft regions.

Depending on the service and provider, personal information may be processed in Japan, the United States, Australia and the other countries or regions described above. Where Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information requires measures for a transfer to a foreign third party, we apply the applicable mechanism, obtain consent where required, and provide the information required by law about the destination country, its personal-information protection system and the recipient’s safeguards. Where the destination country cannot be identified in advance, we provide the information required by applicable law for that circumstance. This section is our current list of material providers and processing locations and is updated when they change.

Where we later store an encrypted backup of Japan data in Australia, or begin serving Australian customers from Australian infrastructure, we will update this section before doing so.

Safeguards

Where required, we seek to use contractual privacy terms, data-processing agreements, access controls, encryption, transfer assessments, data minimisation, regional configuration, vendor due diligence and legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

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Security safeguards

We apply safeguards designed to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration and disclosure. Depending on the system and service, these may include:

  • encryption in transit and at rest;
  • role-based permissions and access controls;
  • multi-factor authentication;
  • logging, monitoring and malware protection;
  • secure cloud storage and document-transfer processes;
  • confidentiality obligations and personnel access restrictions;
  • device-security requirements;
  • backup and recovery controls;
  • supplier assessments; and
  • incident-response procedures.

No Internet-based transfer or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely risk-free. Customers are responsible for securing their own devices, email accounts, passwords and downloaded documents.

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Retention and deletion

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide and support services, maintain security, resolve disputes, manage legal claims, comply with tax and accounting requirements and meet other lawful business purposes.

Medical documents

Unless a different period is disclosed for a particular service, uploaded medical documents and completed translation outputs are removed from the active customer-service environment within seven days after delivery or project closure.

A different period may apply where the customer requests and authorises an extension, the service remains incomplete, a correction or dispute is ongoing, retention is necessary for security or fraud investigation, retention is legally required, a legal hold applies or the document forms part of a separately authorised continuing service.

Unpaid translation enquiries

Files uploaded for unpaid or unclosed translation enquiries are automatically removed from our systems after 14 days.

Medication assessment records

Unpaid medication assessment records are de-identified 60 days after they are created: your name, email address, answers and results are removed, and a record that no longer identifies you (such as country and medicine names) is kept for statistics. Paid assessment records are kept for as long as needed to provide the service, honour any credit and meet our legal record-keeping duties.

Self-completion tool audit records

Audit records of the self-completion tool (which fields were entered, by whom and when, the form and help-text versions, and your confirmation before download) are kept separately from the generated form and retained for as long as reasonably necessary to evidence compliance with Japanese law, resolve disputes and meet legal-record requirements, which may be longer than the seven-day period for documents.

Activity logs and security records

Activity and security logs are kept for up to 6 months to evidence payments, credits and our handling of your records. After 60 days, file names, medicine details, IP addresses and browser details are removed from them. When an unpaid assessment is de-identified, or a record is deleted, any email address remaining in these logs is replaced within one day by a coded value that cannot be turned back into your email address; we can match it only if you give us your email. Abuse-prevention counters are deleted after 7 days.

Telephone call records

Call recordings, transcripts and call summaries from our AI receptionist are deleted from the telephony provider’s systems 60 days after the call. The call summary emailed to our team is handled under our email retention and the CRM rules below. Website chat conversations are deleted from the same provider’s systems 60 days after the chat, and the internal chat notification is handled in the same way as call summaries.

Customer relationship (CRM) records

We review our CRM records regularly. Contact records of people who did not become clients, have not agreed to receive updates from us and no longer have an active record with us are deleted.

Backups and system records

Deletion from the active environment may not immediately remove all information from encrypted backups, disaster-recovery systems, security logs, email systems, audit records or records required by law. Residual copies are protected and removed or overwritten according to the applicable retention cycle. Some providers keep short-term operational logs under their own retention rules (for example, up to 90 days). These are outside our seven-day active-environment deletion period.

Account, payment and tax records

Account and administration information may be retained while the account is active and for a reasonable period afterwards. Invoices, transaction records and related business records may be retained for the period required under applicable tax, corporate and accounting laws.

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Cookies and similar technologies

Our website may use essential cookies and similar technologies for security, network management, sessions, language preferences, forms, authentication and core functionality.

Subject to applicable consent requirements, we may use analytics services to understand page visits, performance, traffic sources, device categories and interaction with public pages. Advertising or conversion-measurement technologies, where used, are described through the website’s cookie settings or Cookie Policy.

Customers may manage non-essential cookie preferences through the available cookie-control interface and browser settings.

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Children and authorised representatives

Our standard services are intended for persons aged 18 years or older.

We may process information relating to a person under 18 where a parent, guardian or legally authorised representative requests the service, a clinic lawfully provides the information, processing is necessary for the requested service and applicable authority requirements are satisfied.

A person under 18 should not independently submit medical, identity or payment information without an authorised adult’s involvement. We may request evidence of identity, guardianship or authority.

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Your privacy rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to request:

  • confirmation of whether we hold or process your information;
  • access to, or a copy of, personal information;
  • correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
  • deletion, erasure, restriction or cessation of use;
  • cessation of certain disclosures;
  • withdrawal of consent;
  • objection to certain processing;
  • portability of eligible information;
  • information about relevant overseas disclosures; and
  • review of certain processing involving automated systems.

These rights are not absolute and legal exceptions may apply. We may request information reasonably required to verify identity and authority before responding.

Requests for access, correction, cessation of use or other rights may be sent by email to [email protected]. We aim to acknowledge requests promptly and respond within the period required by applicable law. We do not ordinarily charge for privacy requests, although a reasonable fee may apply where permitted by law.

You can also ask us to delete your information directly on the MedicTranslate Platform, using "Delete My Data" at platform.medictranslate.com. We confirm the request with a code sent to your email address. Unpaid medication assessment records and their uploaded files are deleted when you confirm. Paid records, transaction records, translation jobs and service requests are not deleted automatically; our team reviews them and replies to you, and some records are kept as described under "Retention and deletion".

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Privacy complaints

You may contact us if you believe that we have not handled personal information appropriately.

Please include sufficient information for us to understand what occurred, the information involved, when it occurred, the service concerned and the outcome sought.

We will seek to acknowledge the complaint, assess whether further information is required, investigate the matter, communicate the outcome and take appropriate corrective action where necessary.

We aim to provide a substantive response within 30 days. Depending on applicable law, you may also have the right to complain to Japan’s Personal Information Protection Commission, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, a relevant EU supervisory authority or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Data and security incidents

MedicTranslate maintains processes for assessing and responding to suspected privacy and security incidents. Where an incident occurs, we may contain and investigate it, assess risk, take remedial action, preserve evidence and notify affected individuals, providers, business partners or regulators where required by law.

Please contact us promptly if you believe that an account has been compromised, a document was sent to an incorrect recipient, an unauthorised person accessed information or another privacy or security event occurred.

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Third-party websites and services

Our website or communications may contain links to third-party websites or services. Those parties may collect and process information under their own privacy policies and terms. MedicTranslate is not responsible for the privacy practices of an independent third party merely because we provide a link to its service.

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Business customers, clinics and partners

Where a clinic, hospital, employer, insurer, travel provider or other organisation purchases or coordinates a MedicTranslate service, that organisation may provide information to us, we may process information according to its lawful instructions, and additional contractual privacy and security terms may apply.

Each party’s responsibilities depend on the service arrangement and applicable law.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes to our services, technology, providers, information-handling practices, legal requirements or transparency standards.

The current version will be published on our website with its effective date and version number. Where required by law, or where a change materially affects how existing information is processed, we will provide additional notice or seek further consent.

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Language and interpretation

This Policy may be provided in English, Japanese or another language. The English and Japanese versions are intended to describe the same information-handling practices.

If an inconsistency is identified, please contact us so that it can be reviewed. The interpretation required by mandatory applicable law will prevail.

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Contact us

株式会社MedicTranslate — MedicTranslate Co., Ltd.

Email: [email protected]

Address:
c/o SHINKA Hyogo
56 Naniwamachi, Chuo-ku
Kobe, Hyogo 650-0035
Japan

Questions about your personal information?

Contact MedicTranslate for access, correction, deletion, restriction, consent withdrawal or privacy complaint requests.

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