研究者隐私声明

研究者隐私声明

隐私保护承诺

Fortrea, Inc., which has a place of business at 8 Moore Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27709, which, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "Fortrea", “We”, “Us” or “Our”), is committed to protecting your (“Your” or “You”) information that We may collect or which You may submit to Fortrea, including whether collected through www.Fortrea.com or other Fortrea Websites or mobile applications that also link to this privacy statement (collectively, the “Website”). For more information on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information collected via Our Website, please read the Website Privacy Policy on www.Fortrea.com.

This privacy statement (the "Privacy Statement") describes the types of information We may collect, how We may use Your information, how that information may be disclosed by Us, and Your rights in relation to Your information.

收集您的信息

我们收集和处理以下信息（包括您的可直接或间接识别您个人身份的个人数据）：

  • Unique Identifiers such as Your full name, initials, signature including e-signature, online identifier, email address, telephone number (work and mobile), postal address, pager number, fax number;

  • Professional or employment related information, such as Your CV/resume details, job title, institution details, professional qualifications, specialty and therapeutic expertise, educational history, clinical trial experience and performance history, conflicts of interests or potential conflicts in relation to Your participation in particular clinical trials (if relevant));

  • Financial information, such as Your bank account number, bank account details, information related to and required for the purposes of processing payments for services You provide to Us.

Information Collection Sources

我们获得上述信息的方式如下：

  • Directly from You, such as from documents or forms You provide to Us, or preferences You express or provide when accessing or responding to Our services, surveys, questionnaires;

  • Indirectly from You, such as by observing Your activity when receiving, using or accessing Our services;

  • From third-parties, such as from public registries, subscription databases, central IRBs, ethic committees, regulatory authorities, clients/sponsors or other third party vendors that We use to provide services to You.

We obtain personally identifying information about You only if You voluntarily choose to provide such information via correspondence with Us or via documents or forms You provide to Us. Feedback forms used in Fortrea correspondence specifically request that You do not include personal information such as user names, passwords, social security numbers, and private health information. 通过Fortrea反馈表格进行的通信被存储在第三方服务器上，然后由Fortrea人员下载。

我们可能需要根据法律要求或者因为我们与您之间的任何合同关系而收集有关您的某些个人信息。未能提供这些信息可能会阻碍或延迟我们对这些义务的履行。

我们如何使用您的信息

We use Your information for the following purposes and Our processing bases are:

  • Identification and authentication: We use Your identification information to verify Your identity when You conduct clinical trials, and to maintain the security of Your information. We use Your information for this purpose so that We can comply with Our contractual obligations to You, including to confirm Your ability to provide Your services and where applicable to process payments and other financial transactions for You.

  • Communicating with You: We will use any of the categories of Your information when We communicate with You, for example if We wish to contact You further regarding clinical trial opportunities, to send You alerts, reminders, event registrations, surveys, questionnaires and other notices concerning Our products or services, appointments, events or news that may be of interest to You, or if You contact Us with questions. It is in Our legitimate interests to be able to provide You with appropriate responses.  It is in Our legitimate interests to be able to notify You of clinical trials for which You may be suitable, provide You the alerts, reminders, event registrations, appointments, send you surveys, questionnaires or news that may be of interest to You and this allows Us to fulfill Our contractual obligations to You in this regard.

  • Investigator database: We will add Your information to Our investigator database and use it, in accordance with Your preferences, to identify and notify You of clinical trial opportunities. In addition, this allows Us to fulfill Our contractual obligations to You so that We can identify and notify You of clinical trials that may be suitable for You.

  • Future clinical trials: We will collect and use Your contact information and information about Your performance to help evaluate clinical studies, investigators, and institutions to be considered and contacted for future clinical trials. It is in Our legitimate interests to be able to use Your information in accordance with Your preferences, to identify and notify You of future clinical trial opportunities and to support the development and evaluation of future clinical trials. For these purposes, Your information may be disclosed to Fortrea’s affiliates, subsidiaries and third parties that conduct clinical research trials.

  • Exercising rights and legal/contractual obligations: We will use any of the categories of Your information as necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of Us or others, to fulfil our contractual obligations to You, to exercise Our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, for example to detect, prevent and respond to fraud claims, intellectual property infringement claims or violations of law or the contract that We have with You, to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order or governmental regulations. It is in Our legitimate interests to use Your information for these purposes.

When We process Your information to meet Our legitimate interests (including for the purposes of communicating with You and exercising Our rights as set out above), We balance these against Your fundamental rights and freedoms and put in place safeguards to protect Your privacy.

Worldwide Transfer of Your Information

Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country other than the one in which it was provided including the U.S.A. (i.e., a 'Recipient' country). Fortrea will use approved mechanisms as required under applicable data protection laws for any such information transfer to a Recipient country. 如果您对您信息的传输有任何疑问，请通过下文列出的详细联系方式与我们联系。

Third Party Disclosures

We may share Your information with third parties under the following circumstances:

  • Agents, contractors and business partners: We may share Your information with agents, contractors or business partners of Fortrea whether based in Your country or a Recipient country, in connection with services that these individuals or entities perform for, or with, Fortrea. We may, for example, provide Your information to agents, contractors or partners for hosting Our databases, or for data processing services such as data analytics, or so that they can mail You the information that You requested.

  • Affiliates and subsidiaries: We will share Your information with Our affiliates and subsidiaries for the purpose of identifying skills, facilities and any other information relevant to the performance of services for clinical trials being conducted by Us and/or Our affiliates on behalf of Fortrea’s sponsor(s). For more information about Our affiliates and subsidiaries, please visit the Fortrea Website.

  • Sponsors: We may share Your information with sponsors of clinical trials to identify skills, facilities and any other information relevant to carry out clinical trials, including compliance with contractual obligations.

  • Governmental, Regulatory, Judicial, Law enforcement or other third party bodies: We may share Your information with law enforcement agencies, courts, regulators (including health regulatory authorities), government authorities, IEC, auditors or other third parties based locally or abroad, where We believe such disclosure is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation, or otherwise to protect Our rights or the rights of any third party, including to identity or locate anyone for the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders.您放弃并保证我们免于因此类披露以及由于我们或执法机构进行调查而采取的任何行动所导致的任何索赔。

  • Business / Asset Sale or Assignment: We may share Your information with any third party that purchases, or to which We transfer, all or substantially all of Our assets and business to which the information relates.


Information Security, Storage and Retention

We implement technical and organisational measures appropriate to the risk to Your personal information that We process. These measures are aimed at protecting the on-going integrity, availability and confidentiality of Your personal information for as long as We process Your information. However, while We take appropriate steps to safeguard the security of Your personal information, the transmission of information over the Internet is not completely secure and therefore Internet use by You for the sharing of Your personal information is at Your own risk.

We will retain and use Your information for as long as We have a relationship with You and to the extent and for a period permitted under applicable law, including as necessary to comply with Our legal, regulatory and any contractual obligations, maintain business records for analysis and/or audit purposes, resolve disputes, defend or bring any existing or potential legal claims, enforce our legal agreements and policies, protect Our rights and property and respond to any complaints regarding the services provided by You.

We will keep Your information in Our investigator database for a period of 10 years for the purposes of assessing whether You are suitable for future clinical trial opportunities and notifying You of those opportunities.

We will delete Your information when it is no longer required for any of the purposes referred to in this Privacy Statement. If there is any information that We are unable, for technical reasons, to delete entirely from Our systems, We will put in place appropriate measures to prevent further processing or use of Your personal information.

Your Rights Over Your Information

You have certain rights regarding Your personal information, subject to local law.其中包括以下权利：

  • 访问您的个人信息；

  • rectify the personal information We hold about You;

  • 删除您的个人信息；

  • 限制我们对您个人信息的使用；

  • 反对我们对您个人信息的使用；

  • 以可用的电子格式接收您的个人信息并将其传输给第三方（数据可携带权）；以及

  • 向您当地的数据保护机构（如果您所在的国家有此类机构）投诉。

We encourage You to contact Us to update or correct Your information if it changes or if the information We hold about You is inaccurate.请注意，为了满足您的请求，我们可能会要求您提供其它信息。

Please note that should You request that Your information be deleted You may continue to receive materials for a short period while We are updating Our lists. Your records will then be permanently deleted from Our investigator database.

Where We have obtained Your consent to process Your information, You have the right to withdraw such consent at any time by contacting Us using the details under the section "Contact Us" below.

If You would like to discuss or exercise such rights, please contact Us at the details below. 

联系我们

Fortrea Inc., is based in the USA and is the controller responsible for the personal information that it collects and processes.

如果您对使用您的信息的方式有任何疑问或顾虑，请通过以下邮寄地址与我们联系：8Moore Drive, Durham, North Carolina27709，收件人为：Data Controller, Law Department。 Our Data Protection Officer can also be contacted via email at [email protected]。

A list of the Fortrea subsidiaries and affiliates that process Your personal information as described in this Privacy Statement, can be obtained from the Data Protection Officer at [email protected].

The data protection representative of the Company in the European Union is Fortrea Belgium SRL, Avenue du Bourget 501130 Brussels, Belgium. The data protection representative in the United Kingdom is Fortrea Development Limited, 5 Foundation Park, Roxborough Way, Maidenhead, SL6 3UD United Kingdom.

更新与变更

我们可能会不时对本隐私声明进行修改或更新。 Changes and additions to the Privacy Statement are effective from the date on which they are published.

Where changes to this Privacy Statement will have a fundamental impact on the nature of the processing of Your information, or otherwise have a substantial impact on You, We will give You sufficient advance notice so that You have the opportunity to exercise Your rights (e.g. to object to the processing).

This Privacy Statement is dated November 2024.