This notice and consent form (Notice) provides you with information on how Citeline (Citeline, we or us), will process your child's personal data in connection with our Connect platform. The online questionnaire (Survey) will ask you various questions related to your child's health such as:
We ask these questions to see if your child may qualify for clinical studies (Studies) being conducted by pharmaceutical companies and medical research organisations (Sponsors).
If your responses to the Survey on behalf of your child indicate your child is a potential candidate for a Study, you will have the option to provide your contact information and share your answers to the Survey for review and follow-up.
If at the end of the Survey, you decide that you would not like us to share any identifiable information about your child, simply exit the Survey without submitting the Survey. We will retain certain responses, but this data is anonymised and your child will not be identifiable from the information we collect.
If at the end of the Survey, you would like your child to be considered for a Study, we will ask you to provide your consent to Citeline collecting and sharing your child's information provided in the Survey with various Study locations, which may include hospitals and medical institutions (Sites). These Sites will use the personal data you provide to determine if your child is a candidate for the Study and will contact you directly regarding your child enrolling in the Study.
You are not agreeing to have your child participate in a clinical study through this Notice.
For the purposes of data protection laws, Citeline is a data controller.
The Sponsor is also a data controller. The Sponsor is the pharmaceutical company or medical research organisation conducting the Study. You will receive the name of the Sponsor and its contact details if you are contacted directly by a Site or patient recruitment agency regarding enrolling in the Study. At this time, the Sponsor will also provide its data privacy notice, including information regarding its data protection officer and how to contact that person (which may be via the Site where the Study is taking place).
For any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact our Data Protection Officer at Informa Plc, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, or you can contact our Privacy team by submitting a request here.
We will use your child's personal data to provide you with information about recruitment opportunities for Studies. In providing you with these opportunities and this information, Citeline may also need to share your child's personal data with the Site where the Study is taking place. Citeline may also process, transfer and disclose your child's personal data for the following additional purposes and to the following additional recipients:
Citeline will also provide certain de-identified data to Sponsors. This data will not contain your child's name, address or any other information that directly identifies you or your child.
We only share your child's personal data with third parties if and to the extent it is necessary for them to provide our services related to the Connect Platform to you.
Citeline will process your child's personal data in the United States. The data protection laws of the United States may not be equivalent to those in your country of residence.
However, we take steps to ensure that your child's personal data continues to be treated in accordance with this Notice and applicable data protection laws, regardless of where your child's personal data are processed. Where relevant, we enter into EU standard contractual clauses (or equivalent measures) with the party outside the EEA receiving the personal data. A copy of the relevant standard contractual clauses is available upon request.
We will only retain your child's personal data for 12 months from collection of the data from you, unless we need to retain your child's personal data for a longer period to meet our legal requirements or to defend or exercise our legal rights. In these cases, we will retain your child's personal data only for the period necessary for us to pursue the relevant purpose. Where required by local laws, your child's data will be blocked during this period.
When we no longer need to use your child's information, we will remove it from our systems and records and / or take steps to promptly anonymise it so that you can no longer be identified from it.
Data protection laws provide various rights for individuals in relation to their personal data. These rights are subject to certain limitations. To make a request you can contact Informa’s Privacy team via our online privacy form and submitting a request here. These rights include:
As mentioned above, the Sponsor is also a data controller. You will receive the name of the Sponsor and its contact details if you are contacted directly by a Site or patient recruitment agency regarding enrolling in the Study. At this time, the Sponsor will also provide its data privacy notice, including information about how to exercise your rights as against the Sponsor.
I acknowledge that I may withdraw my consent at any time by contacting Informa’s Privacy team via the online privacy form and submitting a request here.