Advanced eClinical Training (ACT)

Privacy Policy


Effective Date: 02/07/2022 

Site(s) Covered: advclinical.org learn.adclin.org

[email protected]


Table of Contents

Introduction

Advanced eClinical Training (ACT) owns and operates the website(s) at advclinical.org and learn.adclin.org. We collect information from our visitors. If you fill out a contact form, you may elect to give us personally identifiable information, such as your full name, e-mail address, phone number. 


ACT values your privacy and is committed to transparency about our data practices. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our websites and any other platforms where ACT collects or processes personal data. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, as it outlines your rights regarding the data we collect and the ways in which we use it.


Information Collection and Use

a. Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including but not limited to:

Use of Information: The information you provide allows us to deliver services, respond to inquiries, personalize communications, and support your experience with ACT.

b. Automated Data Collection

We may collect certain data automatically when you interact with our websites, such as:

Note: You may disable cookies in your browser, though this may affect site functionality.


SMS/MMS Messaging Consent

By opting in through our contact form at https://advclinical.org/contact/, you agree to receive SMS/MMS messages from ACT regarding course updates, promotions, and other program-related information. Consent to receive messages is not a condition of purchase.

Message Details:

Privacy Assurance: No mobile information (including opt-in data and consent) will be shared with third parties for marketing purposes. ACT does not sell or disclose phone numbers or other personal information to external parties for marketing.


Disclosure of Information

We value your trust and are committed to transparency in our data practices. ACT does not sell or rent personal data to third parties for marketing purposes. Information may only be shared under specific circumstances, as outlined below:

  1. With Service Providers: We may share data with trusted service providers for purposes such as:

    • Website hosting

    • SMS/email communication

    • Payment processing

  2. Legal Obligations: Information may be disclosed to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal requests.

  3. Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction.


Data Security

ACT implements industry-standard security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. While we strive to safeguard your personal information, no system can guarantee absolute security. We encourage you to exercise caution when sharing sensitive information online.


User Rights and Choices

You have the right to access, modify, and delete your personal information under applicable laws. Additionally, you may:

For assistance with accessing, updating, or deleting your data, please contact [email protected].


Children's Privacy

ACT does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will promptly delete it.


Changes to this Privacy Policy

ACT reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically. Significant changes will be communicated through our website, with the effective date of the latest update displayed at the top of this page. Continued use of our services after any update signifies your acceptance of the revised policy.


ACCEPTANCE OF RISK 

By continuing to our Website in any manner, use of the Products and/or Services, you manifest your continuing asset to this Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge, agree, and accept that no transmission of information or data via the internet is not always completely secure, no matter what steps are taken. You acknowledge, agree, and accept that we do not guarantee or warrant the security of any information that you provide to us, and that you transmit such information at your own risk. 


GDPR 

Please be advised the data processing activities take place in the United States, outside the European Economic Area. Data may also be transferred to companies within the United States, but will only be done so in a manner that complies with the EU's General Data Protection


Regulation or GDPR. 

CCPA - CALIFORNIA USERS & RESIDENTS 

Please be advised that data processing activities may take place outside the State of California. All storage and collection of data is done so in a way that complies with the California Consumer Protection Act or CCPA, enacted January 2020. California Users and Residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared, or sold; to delete personal information held by Advanced E Clinical Training; to opt-out of the sale of their personal information; and to non-discrimination when a consumer exercises privacy rights under the CCPA. Such rights can be exercised by contacting us at [email protected]. 


YOUR USER RIGHTS 

You have many rights in relation to your Personal Data. Specifically, your rights are as follows: 


Such rights can all be exercised by contacting us at the relevant contact information listed in this Privacy [email protected] 


WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT 

Personal information collected through a contact form may include your full name, email, and any other details you choose to share. If you provide information to us about any person other than yourself, you must ensure that they understand how their information will be used and that they have given their permission for you to disclose it to us and for you to allow us, and our service providers, to use it. 

a) Registered users: You, as a user of the Website, may be asked to register in order to use the Website, become a Member, or to purchase the Goods available for sale. 


During the process of your registration, we will collect some of the following Personal Data from you through your voluntary disclosure: 


Personal Data may be asked for in relation to: 

I) Interaction with our representatives in any way 

II) making purchases 

III) receiving notifications by text message or email about marketing 

IV) receiving general emails from us 

V) commenting on our content or other user-generated content on our Website, such as blogs, articles, photographs or videos, or participating in our forums, bulletin boards, chat rooms or other similar features 

By undergoing the registration process, you consent to us collecting your Personal Data, including the Personal Data described in this clause, as well as storing, using or disclosing your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

b) Unregistered users: If you are a passive user of the Website and do not register for any membership, purchases or other service, you may still be subject to certain passive data collection ("Passive Data Collection"). Such Passive Data Collection may include through cookies, as described below, IP address information, location information, and certain browser data, such as history and/or session information. 

c) All users: The Passive Data Collection which applies to Unregistered users shall also apply to all other users and/or visitors of our Website. 

d) Sales & Billing Information: In order to purchase any of the goods on the Website, you will be asked to provide certain credit information, billing address information, and possibly additional specific information so that you may be properly charged for your purchases. 

e) Email Marketing: You may be asked to provide certain Personal Data, such as your name and email address, for the purpose of receiving email marketing communications. This information will only be obtained through 

your voluntary disclosure and you will be asked to affirmatively opt-in to email marketing communications. 

f) User Experience: From time to time we may request information from you to assist us in improving our Website, and the Goods we sell, such as demographic information or your particular preferences. 

g) Content Interaction: Our Website may allow you to comment on the content that we provide or the content that other users provide, such as blogs, multimedia, or forum posts. If so, we may collect some Personal Data from you at that time, such as, but not limited to, username or email address. 


WHAT YOUR INFORMATION IS USED FOR – PURPOSE 

Advanced E Clinical Training uses your personal information to provide you with guidance and to help us understand your needs and interests for our Goods & services. Specifically, we use your information to provide personalized services and support, to communicate with you, and to update you about our products and services.


Information that does not identify you personally, but that may assist in providing us broad overviews of our customer base, will be used for market research or marketing efforts. Such information may include but is not 

limited to, interests based on your cookies. 


Personal Data that may be considered identifying may be used for the following: 

a) Improving your personal user experience 

b) Communicating with you about your user account with us c) Marketing and advertising to you, including via email 

d) Fulfilling your purchases 

e) Providing customer service to you 

f) Advising you about updates to the Website or related Items 8. 




INFORMATION FOR MARKETING PURPOSES 

If you subscribe to the Advanced E Clinical Training newsletter and offers, either directly through our website or by filling in an inquiry form, you will receive our newsletter and promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting. 

We do not seek to collect personally identifiable information from you that you do not want collected. You can opt out or in to our e-marketing at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails, signing up to our newsletter via the sign-up page, or emailing [email protected] with your request. 


PUBLIC INFORMATION 

We may allow users to post their own content or information publicly on our Website. Such content or information may include, but is not limited to, photographs, comments, status updates, blogs, articles, or other personal snippets. Please be aware that any such information or content that you may post should be considered entirely public and that we do

not purport to maintain the privacy of such public information. 10. HOW 


PERSONAL DATA IS STORED 

We use secure physical and digital systems to store your Personal Data when appropriate. We ensure that your Personal Data is protected against unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction. 

Please note, however, that no system involving the transmission of information via the internet, or the electronic storage of data, is completely secure. However, we take the protection and storage of your Personal Data very seriously. We take all reasonable steps to protect your Personal Data. 

Personal Data is stored throughout your relationship with us. We delete your Personal Data upon request for cancelation of your account or other general requests for the deletion of data. 


In the event of a breach of your Personal Data, you will be notified in a reasonable time frame, and we will follow all applicable laws regarding such breach. 


HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION 

This site collects information from its Users and visitors in two (2) ways: actively and passively. 

Active information collection 

Active information collection refers to instances in which we gather information from you when you fill it in and send it to us, such as by completing a contact form or signing up for an electronic newsletter. 


Active information collection can include both personally identifiable information (e.g., your full name or information that is unique to you) and non-personally-identifiable information (e.g., which page of the site you were on when you filled out a form). 


In addition to when you fill out a form on our website, we also collect information from you when you interact with us through other channels – yes.

Passive, automatic information collection 

Passive information collection refers to instances in which we collect information from you that you have not actively provided. 

We may use technology to passively collect non-personally identifiable information while you visit [email protected]. This type of information may include the type of web browser you use, the operating system you use, the date and time of your visit, the specific pages you visit, and the address of the website you visited prior to entering our site. 


COOKIES 

This website, as with most websites, works best when allowed to use cookies. We use cookies in a responsible manner to give you the best user experience possible on our website. 

By using the Advanced eClinical Training website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies which are small text files that store non-personally identifiable information about you, either temporarily in connection with your Internet Protocol (IP) address. If you elect not to receive cookies, you may be able to view some, but not all, of the content on this site. 


We may collect information from you through automatic tracking systems (such as information about your browsing preferences) as well as through information that you volunteer to us (such as information that you provide during a registration process or at other times while using the Website, as described above). 

For further information and support, you can also visit the specific help page of the web browser you are using 


***You acknowledge that third-party social network privacy policies are subject to change - You agree that we are not responsible for any updated privacy policy changes of third parties. You agree that you are responsible for your consent of the use of the third-party social as of the date of Your usage*** 


WHO CAN ACCESS YOUR DATA/THIRD PARTIES 

We will never sell or rent your data to third parties, only sharing information when it is required to fulfill our obligation to you. 

Data submitted through our forms is accessible only by Advanced E Clinical Training and is stored on secure servers. 


You acknowledge that although our website and communications may contain links to other websites, we are not the owners of these sites, and therefore are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. 

We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personally identifiable information that you send us is accurate, current, and complete. If you wish to correct or delete your personally identifiable information, please contact us by email at [email protected] (please write “delete personal info” in the subject line and provide each email address you would like us to remove), by post at Advanced eClinical Training, 133 clarendon street , Unit 170360, SMB 10370, Boston MA 02117. 


Advanced E Clinical Training contracts with third-party service providers and suppliers to deliver products and services. Suppliers and service providers are required to keep confidential the information received on behalf of Advanced E Clinical Training and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services that are performing for Advanced E Clinical Training and Advanced E Clinical Training’s clients. ***IF DO NOT CONTRACT WITH THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TAKE OUT*** 


We may utilize third party service providers ("Third Party Service Providers"), from time to time or all the time, to help us with our Website, and to help serve you. www.thinkific.com. 


We may use Third Party Service Providers to email solicitations about our

products and services . We use this information to understand patterns of usage of, and to improve, the Website. We only share your Personal Data with a Third Party Service Provider if that provider agrees to our privacy standards as set out in this Privacy Policy. In these instances, the Third Party Service Provider will have access to your Personal Data. 

We may allow third parties to advertise on the Website. These third parties may use cookies in connection with their advertisements (see the "Cookies" clause in this Privacy Policy). 

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Privacy Policy, we may provide your Personal Data to a third party or to third parties in order to protect the rights, property or safety, of us, our customers or third parties, or as otherwise required by law. 

If your Personal Data might be provided to a third party in a manner which is other than as explained in this Privacy Policy, you will be notified. you will also have the opportunity to request that we not share that information. 


DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA 

Although our policy is to maintain the privacy of your Personal Data as described herein, we may disclose your Personal Data if we believe that it is reasonable to do so in certain cases, in our sole and exclusive discretion. 


Such cases may include, but are not limited to: 

a) To satisfy any local, state, or Federal laws or regulations 

b) To respond to requests, such discovery, criminal, civil, or administrative process, subpoenas, court orders, or writs from law enforcement or other governmental or legal bodies 

c) To bring legal action against a user who has violated the law or violated the terms of use of our Website 

d) As may be necessary for the operation of our Website e) To generally cooperate with any lawful investigation about our users

f) If we suspect any fraudulent activity on our Website or if we have noticed any activity which may violate our terms or other applicable rules 




CHILDREN ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT 

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States' consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online. 

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 18. 16. CAN-SPAM Act 


The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. 


We collect your email address in order to: 

Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions 

Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders 

Send you additional information related to your product and/or service 

Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred 


To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:

Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses. Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way. 

Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used. 

Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly. 

Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email. 

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence. 

CALIFORNIA USERS & RESIDENTS - CCPA. 

Please be advised that data processing activities may take place outside the State of California. All storage and collection of data is done so in a way that complies with the California Consumer Protection Act or CCPA, enacted January 2020. California Users and Residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared, or sold; to delete personal information held by Advanced E Clinical Training; to opt out of the sale of their personal information; and to non-discrimination when a consumer exercises privacy rights under the CCPA. Such rights can be exercised by contacting us at [email protected]. 


SOCIAL NETWORK PLUGINS: 

This Website incorporates plugins and/or buttons for social networks, in order to allow easy sharing of content on your favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed so as not to set any cookies when accessing the page, to safeguard the privacy of users. Cookies may be set, however, if you make voluntary use of the plugin. Please note that if you browse while being logged into the social network then you have already consented to the use of cookies conveyed through this Website at

the time that you registered with the particular social network. 


The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are governed by the respective privacy policies of the social networks, which 

can be found below: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies 

Twitter: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter cookies 

Google+: http: //www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies Pinterest: https://about.pinterest.com/it/privacy-policy 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy 

Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en SnapChat: https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-policy 


HOW TO CONTACT US 

You have the right to view, edit, or request the removal of your personal data from Advanced E Clinical Training. 

Please be in touch with any questions or clarification of this policy. Advanced eClinical Training 

133 Clarendon Street, Unit 170360, SMB 10370, Boston MA 02117 [email protected]


UPDATES TO THIS POLICY 

We reserve the right to update this policy at any time to take account of new data protection legislation and to reflect our current business practices. If we do change the policy, the new policy will be posted

here, along with its revision date. We encourage you to check this policy periodically and before each instance in which you provide personally identifiable information to us.