Privacy policy and cookie usage

The Clinical Trials Research Centre (CTRC) is sensitive to privacy issues on the internet. We believe that it is important that you know how we treat the information about you that we receive online.

Information collected

In general, you may visit the site without telling us who you are or revealing any personally identifiable information about you. Our servers collect the domain names, the operating system in use (for example Apple, Windows or Linux) and the browser (for example Firefox or Internet Explorer). This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, the average time spent on the site and the pages viewed. CTRC uses this information to measure the use of our site and to improve the content of our site. Email addresses and other personally identifiable information, such as first and last name, telephone number and other similar information, are known only when they are voluntarily provided.

Use of your information

We may use the personal information you provide for any of the following purposes:

1. to understand the use of our site and make improvements;
2. to respond to specific requests from visitors;
3. to protect the security or integrity of our site when necessary.

At times, we may conduct online surveys to better understand the needs and profiles of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will try to let you know how we will use the information at the time we collect it from you on the internet.

Disclosure of your information

Unless otherwise disclosed during the collection, personally identifiable information that may be collected in connection with visitors to this site is retained by CTRC. We never sell, transfer or otherwise disclose this personally identifiable information outside this organisation, except where disclosure is required by law.

Other websites

This site may contain links to other sites operated by third parties. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those other sites. We may revise this privacy statement from time to time. You are responsible for checking this policy when you visit our site to review the current policy. If you do not agree with the policy, you should stop using the site immediately.

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. A cookie is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall personal information previously indicated by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

Some cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. If you choose to block them, some aspects of the site may not work for you. We use cookies to monitor site traffic through our statistics package, Google Analytics.