Privacy Policy

At Clariness GmbH, (hereinafter to be referred to as ClinLife), we understand that protecting the privacy of visitors to our Web sites is very important and that information about your health is particularly sensitive. That's why we have taken the necessary steps to meet worldwide data privacy requirements. Please review this Privacy Statement to learn more about how we collect, use, share and protect information online.

You can visit our Web sites without providing any personal information. We collect personal data only when you provide it to us, through registration, completion of forms or e-mails. The data we collect will only be used for the purpose of supplying you with the requested products or services or for other purposes for which you have given your consent, except where otherwise provided by law.

The use of the service offered by ClinLife.com (ClinLife account and / or application for a study) is free of charge for non-commercial purposes.

Consenting the Collection and processing of personal data at ClinLife

When you contact ClinLife via its website to register for participation in a study, for an account or a service, you are asked to provide personal information. By providing your personal information to ClinLife via its website, you consent to the storage and procession of your personal data.
We only retain personal data for as long as is necessary for us to render a service you have requested or to which you have given your consent, except where otherwise provided by law (e.g. in connection with pending litigation).

Purpose of Use

Personal data you have submitted to ClinLife, will only be used for the purpose indicated. E.g. to send you information about clinical trials or to stay in touch with you in relation to the ClinLife products and services.

The type of data that is transmitted to ClinLife depends on the particular study or account that you have signed up for. This will be pointed out to you during the registration process. You may be asked to provide your first and last name, address, age, year of birth, gender, e-mail address and your health status. ClinLife limits the collection and processing of personal data on those who are absolutely necessary for the purpose of their use.

Right of Cancellation

You have the right at any time to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data in the future. Again, just send an e-mail to the address given below.

Use of data (personal)

We collect personal data only when you provide it to us

When you sign up we will collect your personally identifiable information (such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other identifying information) and you will lose your anonymous status.

The database and its contents remain at our company and stay with data processors or servers acting on our behalf and responsible to us. The database is located in Germany and is solely subject to employees of ClinLife.

Personal data about a particular medication or disease state is only used to inform you of new clinical trials and will only be shared with clinical trial centers in order to contact you in connection with clinical trial. Such third parties are restricted from using this data in any way other than providing services for or on behalf of ClinLife or its affiliates.

Non Personal Information We Collect

When you visit our website we do not collect personal data without your permission. However, we may collect certain anonymous data (which do not allow conclusions on your person), such as the name of your Internet service provider, if your computer is configured to allow this. You can change the settings for most computers so that the capture of many of these data is not possible.

These data allow us to evaluate the interests of our customers on our website and conduct other market surveys, e.g. track surfing habits on our website. This also enables us to collect anonymous information about visitors that have learned from our site via advertising in the Internet.

Use of personal data, data sharing and transfer

We only collect personally identifiable information about you if you choose to give it to us. We do not share any of your personally identifiable information with third parties for their own marketing use unless you explicitly give us permission to do so.

Clinlife will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your Personal Data to third parties except as provided in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose your Personal Data to other ClinLife affiliates worldwide that agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Personal Data may also be transferred to third parties who act for or on our behalf, for further processing in accordance with the purpose(s) for which the data were originally collected or may otherwise be lawfully processed, such as services delivery, evaluating the usefulness of this website, marketing, data management or technical support. These third parties have contracted with us to only use Personal Data for the agreed upon purpose, and not to sell your Personal Information to third parties, and not to disclose it to third parties except as may be required by law, as permitted by us or as stated in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data collected from you may also be transferred to a third party in the event that the business of this site or a part of it and the customer data connected with it is sold, assigned or transferred, in which case we would require the buyer, assignee or transferee to treat Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Also, Personal Data may be disclosed to a third party if we are required to do so because of an applicable law, court order or governmental regulation, or if such disclosure is otherwise necessary in support of any criminal or other legal investigation or proceeding.

Cookies Google Analytics

ClinLife may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, as mentioned above please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of a ClinLife website. By using a ClinLife website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Data Security

ClinLife uses technical and organizational security precautions to protect your data from manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are continuously revised based on new technological developments. It is, however, your personal responsibility to ensure that the computer you are using is adequately secured and protected against malicious software, such as trojans, computer viruses and worm programs. You are aware of the fact that without adequate security measures (e.g. secure web browser configuration, up-to-date antivirus software, personal firewall software, no usage of software from dubious sources) there is a risk that the data and passwords you use to protect access to your data, could be disclosed to unauthorized third parties.

Right of Access and Correction

When you use our services, we make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your personal information and either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data at your request if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. We ask individual users to identify themselves and the information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed before processing such requests, and we may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Contact

For questions or if you wish ClinLife to amend or delete your profile just send an e-mail to the address given in the imprint or contact the Data Security Officer at the address below:

Clariness GmbH
Rütersbarg 46
22529 Hamburg
E-mail: info@clariness.com
Web: www.clariness.com

Please consult your GP or local pharmacist

This site and its services are for consumer educational use only. Nothing contained in this site is or should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The services provided on this site are here to educate consumers on health care and medical issues that may affect their daily lives. This site and its services do not constitute the practice of any medical, nursing or other professional health care advice, diagnosis or treatment.

We advise users to always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions regarding personal health or medical conditions. Never disregard, avoid or delay in obtaining medical advice from your doctor or other qualified health care provider because of something you have read on this site. If you have or suspect that you have a medical problem or condition, please contact a qualified health care professional immediately.

Last updated: 14. April 2011