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The webpages at www.icolabs.com
and www.iconlabinc.com (collectively "ICON Central Laboratories
website") are designed to provide information on ICON
Central Laboratories, Inc., as well as ICON Plc, ICON Clinical
Research Limited, Medeval Ltd and Managed Clinical Solutions
Inc. and Beacon Bioscience (collectively "ICON").
ICON cannot be held responsible for the content of external
web sites hyperlinked from this website. Access and use of
this website is subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and all applicable laws, statutes, and/or regulations.
ICON Central Laboratories Inc. and ICON Clinical Research
Limited may revise these terms and conditions from time to
time by updating this posting.
ICON will use reasonable efforts
to include accurate and up-to-date information on the ICON
Central Laboratories website, but ICON makes no warranties
or representations as to the accuracy of information presented
on this website. ICON shall not be held responsible for any
action taken that is based on the information presented on
the ICON Central Laboratories website, and by entering www.icolabs.com
or www.iconlabinc.com all users agree that all access and
use of this website, and any and all content presented on
it, is at the user's own risk. Neither ICON nor any party
involved in creating, producing or delivering this site shall
be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect,
or punitive damages arising out of user's access, use, or
inability to use the website, or any errors or omissions in
the content of the website. Any communication or material
you transmit to ICON via www.icolabs.com, www.iconlabinc.com
or Internet electronic mail is transmitted by you on a non-confidential
basis. ICON makes no promise, express or implied, not to use
such communication or material for any purpose whatsoever,
including reproduction, publication, broadcast and posting.
It is the policy of ICON to
enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent
permitted under law. All service names, regardless of whether
or not they appear in large print or with a trademark symbol,
are trademarks of ICON, its affiliates, or joint venture partners,
unless otherwise noted. The entire content of the ICON Laboratories
website including any images or text, is copyrighted and may
not be distributed, downloaded, modified, reused, reposted,
or otherwise used except as provided herein without the express
written permission of ICON. The use or misuse of these trademarks,
copyrights, or other materials, except as permitted herein,
is expressly prohibited and may be in violation of copyright
law, trademark law, communications regulations and statutes,
and other laws, statutes and/or regulations.
Privacy
Statement
At ICON we are committed to
protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site
without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes
we do need additional information about you in order to provide
the information or services you are requesting and this Privacy
Statement explains data collection and use in those situations.
Please read the complete Privacy Policy.
Collection
of your Personal Information
This provision applies to all
information collected or submitted on the ICON Central Laboratories
website. We will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you ("personal information", "personal
information data" or "data" as used herein)
or allows us to contact you. Personal information collected
by the website is often limited to e-mail address, language,
country or location, but may include other information when
needed to provide a requested service, where an employment
opportunity is being processed or where services as an Investigator
in a clinical trial are being offered. We collect information
in several ways, outlined below:
- On some pages you can register
to receive information on an automated basis. The type of
information you can register to receive in this manner may
include general corporate information about ICON such as:
- Marketing Information regarding
ICON Central Laboratories’ Services
- Educational Materials
- Press Releases
- News and Presentations
- SEC Reports
- Investor Relations Information
- Annual & Interim Reports
and Other Public Financial Information
- Other General Information
Updates
The personal information collected
when you register to receive information on an automated basis
is your e-mail address. You will have the option of canceling
your registration and removing your e-mail from the database
on each occasion that you receive an automated e-mail alert,
by clicking on an unsubscribe link on each e-mail alert message.
- On some pages you may choose
to provide personal information about yourself if you are
interested in pursuing an employment opportunity with ICON,
or if you are interested in providing clinical trial Investigator
services to ICON. In each case the information requested
will be dependent upon the area of interest being pursued.
- On some pages you may choose
to register to receive access to web casts, periodic updates
or information on specific ICON services. Generally the
personal information collected in such cases is your name,
title, company and e-mail address. This information is collected
for qualification and aggregate measurement purposes only.
- On some pages you can register
to receive customized information. This information is generally
collected on "Contact Us" forms where you may
choose to be contacted by ICON. The personal information
collected in these cases includes your name, title, company,
address, contact details and e-mail address.
- The ICON Central Laboratories
website also collects certain information about your computer
hardware and software. This information may include; your
IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name,
access times and referring web site addresses. This information
is used for the operation of the service, to maintain and
monitor quality of the service and to provide general statistics
regarding use of www.icolabs.com and www.iconlabinc.com.
Use
of your Personal Information
We may use your personal information
for the following purposes:
- To ensure that the website
is relevant to your needs.
- To deliver services and information
about ICON that you request.
- To assist ICON in creating
and publishing content most relevant to you.
- To alert you to updated information
about ICON and ICON services if you so request.
- To allow you access to limited-entry
areas of the website as appropriate.
ICON respects the privacy rights
and interests of its web site visitors, and the following
principles will be applied by ICON when dealing with personal
information data:
Data
Privacy Principles
- Data will be collected for
the purposes specified above and used accordingly. The collection
and processing of the data will be limited to these purposes
and you are hereby informed in advance of the purposes and
uses of such data.
- Data will be adequate, relevant
and not excessive relative to the purposes for which they
are processed.
- Data will be as accurate
as possible and, where necessary, kept up to date.
- Data will not be kept longer
than is appropriate or necessary for the purposes for which
it is being processed or local legal requirements.
- Data will be collected, used
and retained in accordance with the legal rights of the
data subjects.
- Appropriate technical and
physical measures will be taken to prevent unauthorized
access, accidental loss, destruction or damage to data and
any unauthorized organization, disclosure or processing.
We store the information you
provide in a secure electronic database in order to provide
you with the information and/or services you request. The
information is stored for the lifetime of the database unless
you request that it be removed.
Processing
of Personal Information
This site and the electronic
database have security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction
of the information under our control.
By submitting your personal
information you agree that ICON may process it for the purposes
and in accordance with the principles outlined herein.
- ICON processes personal information
data fairly and lawfully for the purposes as outlined herein
only.
- Processing for these purposes
includes obtaining, recording, holding, organizing, transferring,
adapting, amending, recovering, consulting, using, limiting,
disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making
available, aligning, blocking, destroying and erasing data.
In the case of processing employment opportunities with
ICON processing of data may include, but is not limited,
to:
- Candidate status
- Work history/job data
- Education
- Compensation
- Employer feedback
This list is not exhaustive
and may be changed and/or added to from time to time.
Information
Collection
- Subject to local legal requirements,
ICON may use external services to collect, process and/or
validate personal information data. ICON requires that any
such external service will ensure adequate protection for
personal information data and complies with local legal
requirements.
- ICON may collect candidate
feedback and opinions periodically (e.g. surveys) for business
purposes, such as improving processes, subject to local
legal requirements. You may respond to these surveys voluntarily
or may elect not to respond and will not suffer reprisals
for your decision. These guidelines will be applicable to
personal information provided as response to the surveys.
Disclosure
Within
- To operate as a global business
it may be necessary to process and transfer personal information
data within ICON businesses. This may involve transferring
personal information data outside the European Economic
Area (EEA) to the USA and elsewhere.
- Processing and/or transfer
of personal information data and release of such information
within ICON and/or to third parties outside the European
Economic Area is subject to local law and, where required,
will be subject to your consent, as well as ensuring adequate
security measures.
Disclosure
to Third Parties
- ICON may be obliged to disclose
certain personal information data to third parties such
as Government Authorities.
- It may be necessary to disclose
certain personal information data to a supplier or contractor
organization supplying services which require the use and/or
creation of personal information data.
- It may also be necessary
to disclose personal information data so as to protect the
legal interests and other rights of ICON, subject to local
legal requirements.
Data
Security
- ICON has in place security
to protect manual and electronic processing of personal
information data and prevent its misuse, subject to local
legal requirements.
- ICON also ensures adequate
security is observed by third parties and affiliates processing
personal information data on behalf of ICON, subject to
local legal requirements.
Sensitive
Personal Data
ICON ensures special protection
for Sensitive Personal Data. This is defined by ICON as:
- demographic data (e.g. sex,
race, color, ethnic or national origin, religion, philosophical
or political beliefs, trade union membership and criminal
proceedings); and
- medical data (e.g. pre-placement
medicals, and other medical documents produced for the purposes
of employment, such as, drug screen results); and
- personal financial data.
- ICON may process this type
of data for the purposes of equal opportunities monitoring,
or if it is prescribed by law, or it is needed for the protection
of life, health or freedom, or if it is required for the
performance of your employment contract, subject to appropriate
security safeguards and local legal requirements.
- If required by local law,
your explicit consent may be obtained to the processing
of sensitive personal data.
Exceptions
Except as described herein, we will not otherwise use or disclose
any of your personal information, except to the extent reasonably
necessary:
- to correct technical errors
and to technically process your personal information;
- to protect the security and
integrity of the ICON Central Laboratories website;
- to protect any ICON property
or rights or obligations and/or the property, rights or
obligations of third parties where ICON may have an obligation
or liability in respect of these;
- to take precautions against
potential liability on the part of ICON;
- to any extent required by
law, applicable regulation or judicial process;
- to any extent permitted under
any other applicable legal or regulatory provisions to provide
information to law enforcement agencies or to provide information
in respect of a matter related to public safety.
Use
of Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data
(alphanumeric identifiers), which can be stored on the hard
drive of your computer through your Web browser (if you accept
cookies). ICON uses cookies to assist in the collection of
site usage statistics as described herein, and to allow site
visitors to personalize their experience by accessing information
relevant to their area of interest.
Usage of a cookie is not linked
to any personal information while on the ICON Central Laboratories
website.
We receive IP addresses in the
normal course of the operation of this website. An IP address
is a number assigned to you by your Internet service provider
so you may access the Internet. Although we do receive IP
addresses, we do not use them to identify you personally or
disclose them to others.
Your
Access To Personal information Data
- You have the right to see
personal information that ICON holds about you (subject
to certain legal limitations).
- To do this you should refer
to "Contact Information" below.
- ICON will confirm your rights
of access to such personal information data. This may include
the origin of such data, the purposes for which it has been
collected, processed and transferred and the recipients
of such data.
- ICON will allow you to view
your personal information data within a reasonable period,
within relevant legal time limits and subject to local legal
requirements.
- You are encouraged to ensure
that personal information data is kept up to date and amend
any such data, which is inaccurate or out of date (e.g.
name and address).
- If you disagree with the
accuracy or completeness of any personal information data,
please notify ICON in accordance with "Contact Information";
below ICON will endeavor to resolve any issues concerning
your personal information data in accordance with relevant
procedures.
Children's
Personal Information
ICON Central Laboratories website
is a general audience site and no part of the site is structured
to attract children. It is ICON's view that the nature of
the subject matter is unlikely to be of general interest to
children but notwithstanding this, ICON does not knowingly
collect any personal information from children.
Notification
of Changes
As this website and ICON evolve
and as privacy laws and regulations change, it may be necessary
to revise or update our Privacy Policy. When we do we will
also revise the "last updated" date at the top of
the Privacy Policy.
Contact
Information
Should you have any questions
or comments about this Privacy Statement, please contact us
at 631.777.8833 or send an e-mail to info@iconlabinc.com. |
