Effective Date: August 24,2023
PanAmerican Clinical Research understands the importance of protecting your personal information. We are committed to being transparent and fair when we collect and use your personal information and to complying with the data protection laws that apply in the countries where we operate. PanAmerican Clinical Research bases its general privacy practices on the principles and requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This Notice describes our general privacy practices and applies to the information we collect through our websites or when you communicate with us by email, phone or other means. When you access or use our websites, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Notice and understand its contents. Your use of our websites is subject to this Privacy Notice and any applicable Terms of Use.
This Privacy Notice applies to all users of our websites around the world. Unless stated otherwise, this Notice does not apply to any third-party sites that may link to, or be accessible from, our websites.
In this notice, the term “personal information” refers to information that identifies a living individual or can be used by itself or in combination with other information to identify a living individual.
PanAmerican Clinical Research collects the personal information we need to provide our services. We collect personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, you may provide:
We also collect personal information automatically as you navigate through the Site, through your browser and the use of cookies and other tracking technologies, which allows us to store information about your connection and preferences and make your use of the site easier and more customized. The collected information may include:
For more information about the information we collect automatically, please read our complete Cookies Policy
PanAmerican Clinical Research only collects and uses your personal information when we have a lawful basis for doing so. We use the personal information we collect to administer our websites, provide services, communicate with you and facilitate changes in our business, as required by law or with your consent. For instance, we may use or disclose personal information for purposes of:
We may share personal information as follows:
PanAmerican Clinical Research does not sell your personal information to any third parties or share it with any third parties for marketing purposes.
In GDPR terms, our lawful bases for processing your personal information are as follows:
PanAmerican Clinical Research keeps your personal information for as long as we need it to carry out the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws and regulations.
We use administrative, organizational, technical and physical safeguards to protect the personal information we collect and process. Our security controls are designed to maintain data confidentiality, integrity and an appropriate level of availability.
If you apply online for a job or consultant opportunity with PanAmerican Clinical Research, PanAmerican Clinical Research collects a broader range of personal information, including:
We collect this information in several ways. Much of it is provided by you when you complete the application or registration forms. In addition, we may obtain information from your resume, CV or any other documents you upload, or from your LinkedIn profiles. We may also seek information from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers (typically only after an offer has been made).
We use this personal information to:
We may share your personal information internally with people involved in the employee recruitment and hiring processes and/or consultant recruiting and engagement processes, and others who need access to the information to perform their jobs, including recruiters, HR staff, Procurement or Contract Management staff, IT staff, proposal staff, hiring managers and interviewers.
We will not share your data with third parties unless we offer you employment or engagement as a consultant, at which point we will share your data with former employers to obtain references and with background-check providers to obtain necessary background checks.
If your application for employment is successful, the personal information we collect during the recruitment process will be transferred to your HR personnel file (electronic and/or paper) and retained during your employment and thereafter for the periods outlined in PanAmerican Clinical Research’s Record Retention Policy.
If your application for employment is unsuccessful, we will keep your personal information on file for as long as we are required to do so by applicable law. If you consent to allow us to keep your personal data on file beyond that period, we will hold it until you withdraw your consent or ask to have your personal information deleted, as described in the “Your Rights” section below. This allows us to consider you for hire for future positions that may become available.
If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the right to:
Data subjects may exercise these rights by contacting PanAmerican Clinical Research at contact@panamclinicalresearch.com. PanAmerican Clinical Research will notify the data subject of action taken on the request within 30 days after receipt (or within 90 days where an extension is warranted by the complexity and volume of requests).
You may also lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. When we make these updates, we will change the “Effective Date” above. If there are any material changes in this Privacy Notice, we will post a notice on this website. We encourage you to periodically review this page to make sure you have the most current information on our privacy practices.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice, please contact us via email at contact@panamclinicalresearch.com.