On the Mediford website, in order to outsource a portion of our personal information processing operations to a cloud service provider located in the State of California, United States of America, it is necessary to transfer your personal data to the United States. In the United States, information protection levels differ from those applied in Japan.
Under the Japanese Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), when transferring personal data overseas, we are required to provide customers with information prescribed by law and obtain their consent.
The information to be provided to customers regarding the overseas transfer of personal data in connection with the provision of this service is as follows:
Name of the Foreign Country
United States of America (State of California)
Information on the Systems for the Protection of Personal Information in the Foreign Country
- United States of America (Federal) :
https://www.ppc.go.jp/files/pdf/USA_report.pdf (Japanese only) - State of California :
https://www.ppc.go.jp/files/pdf/california_report.pdf (Japanese only)
Information on Measures Taken by the Third Party to Protect Personal Information
The relevant cloud service provider implements security control measures equivalent to those required of personal information handling business operators under Japanese law.