Center for Innovations and Bioinformatics (CIB) of Neurological Clinical Research Institute is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the users of this website.

This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect, how it is used and what your choices are. By using the CIB website, you agree to acceptance of this Website Privacy Policy. Please read the following carefully before using the site.

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Information We Collect

• IP Addresses- We collect and log the IP address of all visitors to Data4Cures.org. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. IP addresses allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with one another. We collect IP address information so that we can properly manage our system and gather information about how our site is being used. This includes the pages visitors are viewing. Your IP address may be associated with records containing personal information.

• Personal information- includes information that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, job title, email address or telephone number.

• If you submit to CIB any personal information relating to other people, you represent that you have the authority to do so and permit us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. By submitting personal information, you grant CIB the right to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of the website.

 

How We Use This Information

CIB uses the information you provide to fulfill online requests  and respond to customer service inquiries, or in other ways as allowed by law.

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We may use your information:

• To help us improve the services we offer

• To personalize your experience and inform you about the services within CIB

• To improve our website offerings and send you information and updates

• To respond to your questions and requests and improve customer service

• To administer a promotion, survey or other site features

• To communicate changes to our privacy policy or terms of use

 

Only those who need the information provided to perform a specific task have access to your information. These are authorized members of the CIB team. In some cases, third parties contracted by CIB may have access to your information to perform a specific task, for example, to send you an e-newsletter.

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Data Security

CIB makes every reasonable effort to ensure that your personal information remains as secure as possible. Accordingly, we prevent unauthorized access by a secure firewall and use of security technologies to protect the integrity and privacy of any personal information you provide.

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As an additional security measure, your personal information is also encrypted during transmission by Secure Socket Layer 128-bit encryption software. (Encryption is a common method used to transmit sensitive data across the Internet. Encryption temporarily makes the text unreadable during the time it is being transmitted over the Internet.) This is an industry standard.

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Although we endeavor to protect your personal information, CIB cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us through online applications, and you do so at your own risk. Depending on the nature of the inquiry, your communication could be discarded or archived. If you wish, you can contact us instead by telephone at the number provided throughout our site.

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Online Forms

Forms provided on CIB’s website may include event registration and newsletter signups. The information required to complete the transaction is noted on each specific form. Although we provide robust security measures to protect the transmission of information, CIB is not responsible if unauthorized parties gain access to the confidential information shared in the online forms.

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Newsletter/Press Release Subscriptions

If you subscribe to a newsletter, publication, press release or RSS feed published by CIB and distributed by email or RSS feed, we will maintain your email address in a private distribution list unless you have selected to "opt-out.” Messages sent electronically do not include recipients' email addresses or any other personal information.

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Email Information

Occasionally, we will request personal information from you in order to deliver materials you have requested, respond to your questions or provide information. CIB keeps personal information on file, but does not share, sell, license or transmit this information to third parties or external vendors unless required to do so by legal, judicial or governmental proceedings, or in order to provide the services requested. Please note that email is considered a nonencrypted (and, therefore, nonsecure) form of communication, and it can be accessed and viewed by others without your knowledge and permission. For that reason, to protect your privacy, please do not use email to communicate information that you consider confidential.

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Cookies

The CIB website may use "cookies" to determine the number of times a page on the website has been accessed. Cookies are small computer files that a website can transfer to your computer. Examples of information we collect include how often someone visits our site and what they do while on our site. We use this information in the aggregate to understand how our visitors as a group use different resources and to help us improve our site. We also collect information about the activity of individual website users. For users who have opted in to receive updates or other information from CIB via email, these reports may contain personal information.

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Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse them or to alert you when they are being sent. You can access the information on the CIB website without enabling cookies in your browser.

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Third-Party Vendors/Content Providers

CIB never shares any personal information you provide when requesting information with third parties, except as required by law or in order to provide the services requested. CIB occasionally will engage reputable third-party vendors to help us manage our website, provide content and information, and interact better with our patients and visitors.

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Links to External Websites

This Website Privacy Policy applies only to the CIB website. In order to provide website users with other helpful information, the CIB website contains links to other websites. However, CIB provides no authority over external organizations’ websites and this policy does not apply to external sites that are provided as links. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policies on any external websites before providing them with personal information.

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Changes to This Policy

CIB has the right to change or update this Website Privacy Policy from time to time without notice, so please review it periodically to keep informed of any changes. If you have questions about this privacy policy or concerns about how we collect, use or protect your personal information, please contact us at NCRIsupport@partners.org.

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Last updated: November 2020