Clinical.Site – Privacy Policy
Clinical.Site understands that you care about how information about you is used. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect information relating to individuals and all other types of information through our website and online services (the “Site”); how we maintain, use, and share that information; and how you can manage the way information about you is handled.
From What Sources Does Clinical.Site Collect Personal Information?
The only data about individuals that Clinical.Site collects directly is the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the device used by the individual to access the Clinical.Site platform and any information you choose to provide us, including on completed forms. The IP address is a number assigned to you by your Internet service provider, so you can access the Internet. Clinical.Site may obtain additional information about you from third parties who have represented to Clinical.Site that they have obtained it in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and have the legal right to provide it to Clinical.Site. We also collect information using cookies, as described below. Collectively, this information is referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Personal Information.”
1. Cookies
Most websites, including our Site, use a feature in your browser to set a small text file called a “cookie” on your computer. The site placing the cookie on your computer can then recognize the computer when you revisit the site to allow auto login and track how you are using the site.
When you visit our Site, our servers and/or those of our service providers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends, such as your web request, IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, time and date of use and other information.
The information we collect using cookies does not allow you to be personally identified, but we may link this information to other information that you submit while on our Site which does allow you to be personally identified.
You are free to decline cookies. When first accessing the Site, you can accept or reject all cookies. You can also change those actions at any time by altering your browser settings, as well as erasing cookies and being notified when a cookie is set. If you decline all cookies, the website will close, and you will not be able to access our services.
2. Third-Party Cookies
The use of cookies by our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company, and other service providers are not covered by our Privacy Policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners, affiliates, tracking utility company, and service providers may use session ID cookies in order to:
- personalize your experience
- analyze which pages our visitors visit
- provide website features such as social sharing widgets
- measure advertising effectiveness
- track which areas of our Site you visit in order to market to you after you leave.
3. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies and/or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Site, compile reports on the Site’s activity, and provide other services related to Site activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website. The Site does not use Google Analytics to gather information that personally identifies you. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt out of tracking of analytics by Google, click here.
Do Not Track Signals
Your browser or device may include ‘Do Not Track’ functionality. Our information collection and disclosure practices, and the choices that we provide to visitors, will continue to operate as described in this Privacy Policy, whether or not a Do Not Track signal is received.
Web Beacons
Our Web pages contain electronic images known as Web beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs) and are used along with cookies to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our Site is used.
How Does Clinical.Site Use Information?
Clinical.Site may aggregate collected information about our users in a form that does not allow users to be personally identified for the purpose of understanding our customer base and enhancing the services that we and our strategic partners and customers can provide you.
Clinical.Site will use Personal Information only in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently authorized by the individual to whom the information pertains. Specifically, we may use Personal Information and platform-use information to allow users easier and more efficient use of Clinical.Site and to understand how users use Clinical.Site’s platform in order to improve our user interface and detect problems and bugs.
To Whom May Clinical.Site Share Information?
- Service Providers, Partners, and Customers: Clinical.Site may, from time to time, disclose Personal Information or other collected information to service providers and partners providing functions related to our operation of the Site and for their business related to Clinical.Site activities that may be of interest to users of the Clinical.Site platform.
- Legal Reasons: We may disclose collected information, including Personal Information, to a third party, if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary or desirable: (i) to comply with lawful requests, subpoenas, search warrants, or orders by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (ii) to address a violation of the law; (iii) to protect the rights, property or safety of Clinical.Site, its users or the public; or (iv) to allow Clinical.Site to exercise its legal rights or respond to a legal claim.
- Buyer of the Company: If our company or substantially all of our assets are acquired, or in the event of a merger or bankruptcy, information about you and/or information you provide to Clinical.Site may be among the transferred assets. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information. Clinical.Site will only consent to a review of its records in the context of a potential acquisition or merger if an appropriate confidentiality agreement is in place.
How Can You Change or Delete Your Personal Information?
At any time, upon written request to Clinical.Site at privacy@Clinical.Site .org or at the postal address at the bottom of this form, you can obtain a copy of all Personal Information that Clinical.Site may have in its database about you, correct that information, and direct Clinical.Site to delete it or not to use or transfer it to third parties. For identification purposes, your request to Clinical.Site should include your Clinical.Site username and your email address. Clinical.Site will act on any such request within five (5) business days of receipt. We may contact you for further identification information. Should you direct Clinical.Site to delete your Personal Information, your ability to utilize Clinical.Site products and services may be terminated immediately, and you no longer will have access to the Clinical.Site platform.
Data Retention
Clinical.Site will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.