Privacy Policy

The policy came into effect from September 28th 2016. DDi is committed to respecting the privacy of individuals. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice to explain our online information practices and the choices you have about the way your personal information is collected and used.

Why we collect personal data

From time to time DDi may collect personal data for specific and limited purposes to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our products. This information is collected in several ways. On few products, you can register to receive customized information. In order to provide this customized information, DDi requests certain personal data.

For example, if you are an investigator, DDi requests your personal data to identify and contact individual investigators to determine their interest and expertise in participating in clinical trials.

Investigators selected to conduct clinical trials may need to provide additional information so they may be compensated for their participation.

If you are interested in an employment opportunity at DDi, then we request and process your personal data to match your qualifications with open positions and to contact you regarding your interest. Investigators selected to conduct clinical trials may need to provide additional information so they may be compensated for their participation.

Sharing and Usage

We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone for their promotional use without your advance permission or unless in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you e-mails based on your request for information, and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.

In case of merger or bankruptcy, client’s information that corresponds to this privacy policy will be discussed and consent will be taken, if information needs to be shared with any 3rd party.

How we use this information

The information provided by you is stored in a database in order to provide you with the information you requested. This information will only be shared with employees of DDi and only to the extent necessary to accommodate your request.

DDi does not share your information with outside third parties without your explicit consent.

DDi is a global company with offices and databases throughout the world. DDi may transfer your data to one of its databases or offices which are outside your country of domicile. DDi takes measures to protect data that is so transferred.

You have right to:

  • Request a copy of your data that you have provided to DDi
  • Correct your data
  • Invoke binding arbitration to the further processing of your data, in which instance we may be unable to continue any function for which the data was obtained (with the consequential effects)
  • Prevent the further transfer of your data to third parties where there are inadequate data protection arrangements.

How we protect your data

DDI has put into place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to protect and secure the information collected online and to prevent unauthorized access.

DDi protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects compliance with its GDPR obligations applies to goods and services offered to EU residents or when the behavior of EU residents is monitored.

Rights of Subject:

Right to data portability: Requires entities to send personal data back to the data subjects for them to transmit it elsewhere more easily.

Right to be forgotten: Requires entities to erase personal data without “undue delay.”

Subject access right (SAR): Allows subjects to gain access to their personal data free of charge and within a month of the request.
Right to not be subject to profiling: Allows subjects to opt out of profiling activities.

Right not to use data beyond its original purpose: Data must not be accessed for any purpose other than the intended use.

Exceptions

Except as described above, we will not otherwise use or disclose any of your personally identifiable information, except to the extent reasonably necessary: (i) to correct technical problems and malfunctions and to technically process your information; (ii) to protect the security and integrity of our Website; (iii) to protect our rights and property and the rights and property of others; (iv) to take precautions against liability; (v) to the extent required by law or to respond to judicial process; or (vii) to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information to law enforcement agencies or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety, as applicable.

Use of cookies

At present we are not using cookies but may offer this option in the future in order to allow site visitors to personalize their experience. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the hard drive of your computer. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site.

A cookie enables to track and target your interests to enhance the experience on any site. We receive IP addresses in the normal course of the operation of our Web site. An IP address is a number assigned to you by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet. Although we do receive IP addresses, we do not use them to personally identify you or disclose them to others.

Children’s online privacy protection

Protecting children’s privacy is important to DDi. Accordingly, we do not collect or maintain information from our products from individuals we know are below the age of 13. Additionally, no part of DDi is structured to attract anyone below 13 years of age.

How we protect your privacy

We use appropriate security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system.

Payments:

No payments are being taken on web site.

Why did you receive E-mail newsletters from us?

Our e-mail marketing is permission based. If you received a mailing from us, our records indicate that (a) you have expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future (“opt-in”), or (b) you have registered or purchased or otherwise have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings.
If you believe you have received unwanted, unsolicited, purporting e-mail sent via this system, please forward a copy of that e-mail with your comments to abuse@ddismart.com

How can you stop receiving e-mail from us?

Each e-mail sent contains an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving e-mail from us, or to change your expressed interests. If you wish to do this, simply follow the unsubscribe link or Update Profile links at the end of any e-mail.

Use of Web Beacons

When we send you an e-mail, we may include a Web Beacon in it to allow us to determine, the number of people accessing our e-mail. When you click on a link in an e-mail, we may record this individual response to allow us to customize our offerings to you.

Web Beacons collect only limited information, such as a cookie identifier, time and date of a page being viewed, and a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides (the URL).

Web Beacons can be refused when delivered via e-mail. If you do not wish to receive Web Beacons via e-mail, you will need to disable HTML images or refuse HTML (select Text only) e-mails via your e-mail software.

No representation/no liability

DDi makes no representations about the content of the information found on this Web site. The information presented on this Web site is provided to you “as is,” without any warranty, implied or expressed, including by way of example but without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise.

Under no circumstances shall DDi assume liability for the use or interpretation by you of information found on this Web site; rather, this will be your responsibility.

DDi expressly disclaims liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages arising out of your visit to this Web site and/or the information contained on this Web site, even if DDi is proven negligent.

How to contact us
All communications, questions or concerns about these privacy policies should be addressed to:

DDi LLC,
Information Privacy Office,
New Jersey (HQ), 4 Independence Way,,
Suite 110, Princeton,
NJ 08540, Tel: (877) 877-1519
privacy@ddismart.com

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