Privacy Policy

Effective 15 September 2026 (business name updated 8 October 2026) · Controller: Curing the Cause (CEO Hyemin Kwon)

1. What we collect and why

We guide patients in Korea through metabolomic testing at the Metabolomic Medicine clinic in Athens. To do this we collect: contact details; the patient's and guardian's names (Korean and English), date of birth, sex, address, phone and email; the bank-transfer receipt; signed consent forms; and questionnaire answers about diet, medical history and metabolic type. Health information is sensitive data and is collected only with separate consent.

This website stores nothing on a server. Answers typed into the patient questionnaire (/q/) stay in your browser and reach us only through the "send link" you share on KakaoTalk. The chat widget (Channel Talk) collects device information and chat content on its own service.

2. Who receives it (transfer abroad)

Testing is performed by Metabolomic Medicine (Koubari 5, Athens 10674, Greece). At registration we send by email the patient's English name, date of birth, sex, address, phone, email, guardian details, the registration checklist, questionnaire answers and the payment receipt. The clinic keeps them under its medical-record policy. FedEx receives name, address and phone for kit delivery and sample return. You may refuse the transfer, but testing is then not possible.

3. Processors

Google (Gmail, Drive — email and file storage), Kakao (KakaoTalk channel — messaging), Channel Corporation (website chat), Netlify (website hosting; no personal data stored), and a translator where translation is requested.

4. Retention

• Consultation without a test: deleted five years after the last contact.
• Completed test: kept ten years after the last test is closed (written interview delivered), so repeat tests can be compared, then deleted.
• On request: deleted without delay unless a test is in progress.

5. Your rights

You (or the legal guardian of a child under 14) may ask to access, correct, delete or stop processing your data, or withdraw consent, via KakaoTalk or the email below. We answer within 10 days after verifying your identity.

6. Security

One account with two-step verification handles all data; files are kept in encrypted cloud storage, separated per patient and never shared; devices are locked and disk-encrypted; the questionnaire page is password-protected; expired data is deleted on schedule.

7. Contact

Privacy Officer: Hyemin Kwon (CEO)
Curing the Cause · U34-ho, 3F, 34 Yanggok 1-ro 56beon-gil, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do 10059, South Korea
kr.curingthecause@gmail.com

Changes to this policy are announced on this page at least 7 days before they take effect. On 8 October 2026 the business name changed from The Pink Pasta to Curing the Cause (큐어링더코오즈); how personal data is handled did not change.