Last Updated January 24, 2020
This website is operated by Acurian, Inc., (“Acurian,” “we,” “our”) on behalf of Accelerated Enrollment Solutions (“AES”). AES is a business comprised of the legacy companies Acurian, Synexus Clinical Research Limited and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Synexus”), and Optimal Research, LLC (“Optimal”).
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of personal information that we collect through globalaes.com (the “Website”), how that information is used and disclosed, and the choices that Website visitors have with respect to their personal information. For more information about how Acurian, Synexus, and Optimal collect, use, and disclose personal information through their own websites and offline activities, please review their privacy policies via the links below:
If you are a resident of the State of California, this Policy also incorporates Acurian’s Privacy Notice for California Residents, which includes additional information required to be provided under California law.
The Personal Information We Collect and How We Collect and Use It
In addition to the uses described above, we may also retain and use the personal information we collect about you:
How We Share your Personal Information
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties to accomplish the purposes set out above and for the additional purposes set forth below.
Cookies / Tracking Technologies
As is true of most web sites and applications, we gather certain information the use of our Website automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically-collected log information with other information we collect about you. We use this information to analyze the use of our Website and to improve the Website’s functionality.
We also use cookies. A cookie is a data file that is placed by a website operator on the hard drive of a visitor’s computer to their site. First-party cookies (those placed by Acurian) and third-party cookies (those placed by other parties with whom we work) may be placed on your computer when you visit our Website for the following purposes: to improve the user experience and facilitate your use of the Website, including by allowing the Website to remember you and your preferences as you browse through different pages, and to allow us to perform site analytics. One of the ways that we do this is through the use of Google Analytics. For more information about how Google Analytics uses and processes data, please visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
We and third parties with whom we work may also place cookies and use web beacons on the Website to collect information about your browsing activity, and use that information to deliver content relevant to your interests, including our advertisements, on our Website and elsewhere on the internet. We may also use those technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that has been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an advertisement.
At this time, we do not respond to browser “do not track” signals, however most browsers will allow a visitor to choose which cookies can be placed on his or her computer, and to delete or disable cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, you may still use our website, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Website may be limited.
Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information
Information Security
We maintain information security safeguards that are reasonably designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, and alteration. Please note however that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.
Data Protection Laws
In jurisdictions with data protection laws, we will ensure that individuals can exercise all relevant informational rights regarding their personal information we process, including the rights of access and correction, to prevent direct marketing, block processing, and erase data.
Links to Third Party Website
Our Website includes links to other websites and applications (including but not limited to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter) whose privacy practices may differ from ours. If you submit personal information to any of those websites and applications, your information is governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement of any website you visit.
Inquiries, Complaints, and Requests to Exercise Rights
All communications, queries, requests to exercise informational rights (e.g. access to data) or complaints should be addressed:
Children Under 13
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to us through the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information through our Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 through the Website we will delete that information.
Changes to the Policy
From time to time, we may make changes to our Policy to keep it current with industry standards and as required by law. We will post the date of the most recent revisions on this page. Please check back here from time to time to make sure that you are current and up-to-date on our Policy. Please keep in mind that your continued use of our Web site means that you accept this Policy. If we make a material change to this Policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page prior to the changes taking effect.