HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Our primary goal in collecting personal information from you is to:
- verify your identity,
- provide our services to clients;
- help us improve our products and services and develop and market new products and services,
- carry out requests made by you to us,
- investigate or settle inquiries or disputes,
- comply with any applicable law, court order, other judicial process, or the requirements of a regulator,
- enforce our agreements with you,
- protect the rights, property or safety of us or third parties, including our other clients and users of the Site,
- provide support for the provision of our Services, and
- use as otherwise required or permitted by law.We set out in more detail the specific ways in which we may use your personal information below. Please note that these examples are non-exhaustive and may be subject to local rules and restrictions – we will only carry out these activities to the extent permitted by local law. If local law requires us to obtain consent in order to process the personal information as described, then we will do so.
Client administration.
Information we collect with respect to our clients and potential clients is used to enable us to respond to client requests, to administer client accounts with us, to conduct credit checks, and to verify and carry out financial transactions for payments made to us.
Who do we share personal data with for this purpose?
We may share such personal data with our third party vendors (such as our payment service providers or IT providers), financial institutions, group companies, affiliates, professional advisors, regulatory bodies or other law enforcers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Informational inquiries.
We may collect information for requests for information about our company. Contact information may be requested, together with details of other personal information that is relevant to these inquiries. This information is used in order to enable us to respond to your requests.
Who do we share personal data with for this purpose?
We may share such personal data with our clients, group companies, affiliates, or agents, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Surveys or voting polls.
We may collect personal information from you via surveys or voting polls. Participation is voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose information. At times, you may have to register to vote or to take part in a survey. We would use that information to report the results of the survey or vote.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our clients, group companies, affiliates, survey partners or agents, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Industry information.
We collect, and maintain databases containing, information about Healthcare Professionals, allied Healthcare Professionals, subject matter experts and other professionals in the medical communications, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or media industry collected by us or by our trusted third-party service providers. Such information may include an individual’s name, business contact details, professional interests and affiliations. This information may be information that is voluntarily supplied to us by those individuals through our Site or in other situations (such as public speaking events), or information that is public or available in third-party databases or via third-party content platforms (including social media platforms). Further we may collect and/or review other publicly available media and other content including content made available through scientific literature, public news sites and social media sites to understand what people are saying about a particular therapeutic area, us and our clients. We use this information to inform the provision of our services to our clients. We may also use this information for our own internal administrative and promotional purposes. We make efforts to minimize the use of this information to that which is strictly necessary for our legitimate business interests.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal data with our clients, group companies, affiliates, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Social media.
We may collect or process individuals’ personal data who engage with us through our social media channels (including by visiting our social media pages or otherwise communicating with us via social media). We may also operate our client’s social media pages, accounts or channels acting on their behalf.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our clients, group companies, affiliates, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Insight and analysis.
We may analyze individuals’ contact details with other personal information that we observe about them from their interactions with our Site, our email communications and/or with our services.
We may use log files and other tracking technologies to collect personal information from the computer hardware and software used to access the Sites, or from mobile devices. This may include an IP address to monitor Site traffic and volume.
This information is used to create insights about our visitors’ browsing habits on our Site.
By using this information, we are able to measure the effectiveness of our content and how visitors use our Site and services. This allows us to learn what pages of our Site are most attractive to our visitors, which parts of our Site are the most interesting and what kind of features and functionalities our visitors like to see.
We also use this information for marketing purposes (see the MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS section below for further details).
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our group companies, affiliates, third party vendors (such as our analytics providers or other IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Marketing communications.
We may carry out marketing activities using your personal information. In particular, we may use personal information to form a view on what we think the individual may want or need, or what may be of interest to the individual. We may use that information to provide individuals with marketing information about our events and services we feel may be of interest.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share your information with our group companies, affiliates, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Receipt of services.
If we have engaged you or the organization you represent to provide us with products or services (for example, if you or the organization you represent provide us with services such as IT support or financial advice), we will collect and process your personal information in order to manage our relationship with you or the organization you represent, to receive products and services from you or the organization you represent and, where relevant, to provide our Services to others.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our clients, group companies, affiliates, partners, agents, third party vendors or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Recruitment
If individuals apply for a job with us or otherwise express an interest in working for us, we will collect contact details and CV or resume information from the individual. We use such personal information for the following purposes: a) to assess the individual’s suitability for any position for which they applied (or future positions for which we think the individual may be suitable) including employment or freelancer positions, summer placements or internships and also any business support or services role whether such application has been received by us online, via email or by hard copy or in person application; b) to take any steps necessary to enter into any contract of employment (or otherwise) with the individual; c) to comply with any regulatory or legal obligations in relation to any such application; and d) to review our equal opportunity profile in accordance with applicable legislation. We do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, ethnic origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability or any other basis covered by local legislation.
Who do we share your personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our group companies, affiliates, third party vendors or professional advisers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Visiting our premises.
If an individual visits any of our premises we may collect contact information as part of our sign in process. We may also capture their image on our surveillance camera or CCTV.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share such personal information with our clients, group companies, affiliates, recruitment partners or agents, third party vendors (such as our IT providers) or advisers or law enforcers or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.
Business administration and legal compliance
We may use your personal information for the following business administration and legal compliance purposes:
- to comply with our legal obligations;
- to enforce our legal rights;
- to protect the rights of third parties; and
- in connection with a business transition such as a merger, reorganization, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets.
Who do we share personal information with for this purpose?
We may share personal information with our clients, group companies, affiliates, agents, partners, third party vendors or professional advisers, emergency service providers or law enforcers or other regulatory bodies (including tax and social security authorities) or such other third parties as indicated in the SHARING YOUR INFORMATION section below in connection with this purpose.