Clinical Research
Privacy Policy
Ark Clinical Research is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its users. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or any of our online platforms, including its affiliates.
COLLECTING YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect your information in various ways such as the following:
Personal Identifiable Information: When visiting our website or choosing to utilize one of our contact forms, you may be asked to provide your full name, email address, phone number, age, gender, ethnicity, and areas of interest.
System Collected Information: There are other information our system servers automatically collect that does not specifically reveal your identity, such as:
IP address- IP addresses are numerical sequences assigned to each computer that is connected to a communication network utilizing the Internet Protocol.
Cookies- Cookies are sets of data sent by an internet server to a browser to identify the user or track their access to the server. The use of cookies is to understand the viewer’s preferences, improve the site navigation experience, and track/analyze usage and other statistical information. Most websites automatically accept cookies, but you can modify the settings in your browser to decline, if you prefer.
Third Parties- We may use third parties to serve advertisements on other websites that might be of interest to you, based on the information collected about your use of our site and other websites.
Social Media
USING YOUR INFORMATION
Ark Clinical Research uses your information to provide the best client experience possible, whether it is through our website, over the phone, or in-person:
Provide you with opportunities to learn about our products, programs, or services that we believe may be of interest to you;
Receive access to information about our current and upcoming trials;
Receive any updates relating to our website, site location, or to the business as a whole;
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to optimize your experience with our website;
Respond to customer service inquiries/requests
DISCLOSING YOUR INFORMATION
Ark Clinical Research may share and disclose your information in certain situations, such as:
Under Applicable Law or to Protect Rights- In order to respond and comply to legal process, respond to requests from public and government authorities, or to protect the safety, rights, and property of others, we may share your information as permitted by any applicable law or regulation.
Third Party Service Providers- We may share your information to third party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email and text deliveries, hosting and marketing services.
Third Party Advertising- We may use third party advertising companies to post and maintain our ad pages on the website or any of our other online platforms. These companies may use the information from web cookies to optimize your browsing experience, and be able to advertise the latest services or products that may be of interest to you.
Our Affiliates- We may share your information with our affiliates. They would also be required to adhere to this privacy policy. Our affiliates include the parent company, any joint venture partners, other companies that we control, or are in common control with us.
SAFEGUARDING YOUR INFORMATION
Please know that we take organizational, technical, and administrative measures to help protect your personal information through our standard operating procedures, setting up firewalls, and restricted access. Although we take reasonable steps to prevent the misuse, interference, and unauthorized access, no security measures are impenetrable or guaranteed to be fully secure. There will always be some level of risk for sharing your personal information online.
POLICY FOR MINORS
We do not intentionally solicit or market to children ages 13 and under. We believe that minors ages 17 and under should obtain the consent of their parent(s) or guardian(s) prior to accessing this website or any of our online platforms. If you become aware of any information that had been collected in error, please notify us so that we may remove that information from our system.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Our sites may contain direct links to other websites or applications that are not affiliated with us. If you choose to use these links and leave our site, any information you provide to these third parties are not covered by our Privacy Policy. We strongly urge that you review the privacy policies of these third party websites and applications for your awareness prior to providing them with any personal information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these third party websites or applications that may come from any of our sites.
MODIFICATIONS TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may make changes or updates to the terms of our privacy policy at anytime. You will know if any modifications have been made by the “Last Updated” date posted at the bottom of this policy. It is up to the viewer to be informed of these updates by visiting our website from time to time. By continuing to use our website, you are acknowledging that you have been made aware and agree to the terms surrounding our privacy policy and practices presented to you. At any point, if any of these terms or information do not agree with you, please do not access this website.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us:
Ark Clinical Research
2600 Redondo Ave. Suite 400
Long Beach, CA 90806