This Privacy Policy describes how Global Research Platforms, LLC and our affiliated entities (referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses and shares your personal information if you visit https://www.a4studydata.org/ or our services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”) or take other actions through the Services such as choosing to contact us, receive our communications, participate in or attend our events.

Personal Information We Collect
How We Use Your Personal Information
How We Disclose Your Personal Information
Your Choices and Control of Personal Information
Other Sites, Mobile Applications, and Services
Security Practices
International Data Transfers
Children
Notice to European Users
Retention
Changes to this Privacy Policy
How to Contact Us

Personal Information We Collect

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us, the services you use, and the choices you make. 

Information you provide to us. Personal information you provide to us through the Services may include:

Contact information, if you request communications from us, we have a form that allows you to provide details, such as your first and last name, email address, and postal or zip code. You are not required to provide any of these other than an email address so that we can fulfill your request to communicate with you. If you choose to provide a name in your request for communications, you are free to use a pseudonym.
Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us.
Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our Services, activities, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications. Content and data, such as photos, documents, deidentified research data, or other files you upload to our Services, which may be subject to additional notices and/or terms.

Information we obtain from third-party sources. We also obtain the types of information described above from third parties. These third-party sources include, for example: 

Third-party partners. Third-party researchers, institutions, and organizations, such as your employer, research sponsor, or consortium. 
Information we obtain from social media platforms. We may maintain pages on social media platforms, such as Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use, and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information we collect from Cookies and automated means. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you. For example:

Identifiers and device information, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, and the website you visited before browsing to our website.
Geolocation information, depending on your device and app settings. We may collect geolocation information when you use our Services, such as city, state, or geographic area.
Usage information, such as information about how you use the Services and interact with us, including information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Services, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and length of access.

We ask that you not provide us with any sensitive personal information (e.g., social security number, government-issued identification, payment card information, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services, or otherwise to us.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

To operate the Services. We use your personal information to:

provide, operate, and improve the Services;
facilitate social features of the Services, such as connecting researchers with similar research interests;
communicate with you about the Services, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
understand your interests and personalize your experience with the Services;
provide support and maintenance for the Services; and
respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.

For research and development. We analyze use of the Services to improve the Services and to develop new products and services.

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you marketing communications as permitted by law. You can opt out of our marketing and promotional communications as described below.

To comply with the law. We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Services; and (c) protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity.

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use, or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

To create aggregated or deidentifed information. We may create aggregated and deidentified information from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information deidentified information by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this deidentified information and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services and promote our business.

Use for new purposes. We may use your personal information for reasons not described in this Privacy Policy where permitted by law and the reason is compatible with the purpose for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, where required we will notify you and explain the applicable legal basis.

How We Disclose Your Personal Information

We do not disclose your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

Organizational Partners. We may share your personal information with organizational partners that assist us such as Gates Ventures, which helps Global Research Platforms by providing technical support, such as troubleshooting site issues and administrative assistance, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Service providers. We may share your personal information with third-party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services (such as customer support, website troubleshooting, hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services).

Professional advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

For compliance, fraud prevention and safety. We may share your personal information for compliance, fraud prevention and safety purposes described above.

Government Requests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy, we may preserve or disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or legal request or to protect the safety, property, or rights of Global Research Platforms or others. However, nothing in this policy is intended to limit any legal defenses or objections that you may have to a third party or government request to disclose your information.

Corporate transfers. We may transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a (potential) organizational transaction such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or in the event of dissolution.

Your Choices and Control of Personal Information

We provide a variety of ways for you to control the personal information we hold about you, including choices about how we use that information. In some jurisdictions, these controls and choices may be enforceable as rights under applicable law.

Access, portability, correction, and deletion. If you wish to access, copy, download, correct, or delete personal information about you that we hold, you may email us your request at info@a4studydata.org.
Restrict and object. You may have the right to request restriction on our processing of personal information, or to object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis of our processing of your personal information that impacts your rights. If you wish to make these requests, please email us your request at info@a4studydata.org.
Opt out of marketing communications. You may also opt out of marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email. Additionally, you may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Targeted advertising, sales, and automated decision-making. Note that we do not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the relevant U.S comprehensive privacy laws and have not done so in the past 12 months. We also do not conduct targeted advertising, or engage in automated decision-making that requires us to offer opt-out rights under applicable law.
Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information to provide the Services to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with the Services or certain features. We will tell you what information you must provide to receive the Services by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means. In some cases, you may provide a pseudonym, such as when you sign up for our email list.
Browser controls.
- Cookies and browser web storage. For information on how to disable cookies and other technologies used in the Services, see our Cookie Policy below.
- Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit www.allaboutdnt.com.

You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney, an authorized agent to make requests on your behalf to exercise your rights under applicable privacy laws and regulations. Before accepting such a request from an agent, we will require the agent to provide proof you have authorized it to act on your behalf, and we may need you to verify your identity directly with us.

Further, to honor any of your consumer requests, we will need to verify your identity to the degree of certainty required by law. We may verify your request by asking you to send it from the email address associated with your account or requiring you to provide information necessary to verify your account.

We may decline your requests where granting the request would be prohibited by law, could adversely affect the privacy or other rights of another person, would reveal a trade secret or other confidential information, or would interfere with a legal or business obligation that requires retention or use of the information. Further, we may decline a request where we are unable to authenticate you as the person to whom the information relates, the request is unreasonable or excessive, or where otherwise permitted by applicable law. If you receive a response from us informing you that we have declined your request, in whole or in part, you may appeal that decision by submitting your appeal info@a4studydata.org, using the contact method described at the bottom of this privacy policy.

Other Sites, Mobile Applications, and Services

The Services may contain links to, or content or features from, other websites and online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third-party websites, mobile applications, or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites and mobile applications and online services you use.

Security Practices

The security of your personal information is important to us. We employ a number of organizational, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International Data Transfers

We are headquartered in the United States and have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred outside of your state, province, or country to the United States or other locations where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children

The Services are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect, sell, or share personal information from, anyone under the age of 16. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian, we will delete it. We encourage parents with concerns to contact us at info@a4studydata.org.

Notice to European Users

The information provided in this section applies only to individuals in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom (collectively, “Europe”).

Personal information. References to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to “personal data” governed by European data protection legislation.

Controller and Representative. Global Research Platforms is the controller of your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection legislation.

Legal bases for processing. The legal bases of our processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy will depend on the type of personal information and the specific context in which we process it. However, the legal bases we typically rely on are set out in the table below. We rely on our legitimate interests as our legal basis only where those interests are not overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or our processing is otherwise required or permitted by law). If you have questions about the legal basis of how we process your personal information, contact us at info@a4studydata.org.

Details regarding each processing purpose listed below are provided in the section above titled “How We Use Your Personal Information”.

Processing purpose	Legal basis
To operate the Services	Processing is necessary to perform the contract governing our provision of the Services or to take steps that you request prior to signing up for the Services. If we have not entered into a contract with you, we process your personal information based on our legitimate interest in providing the Services you access and request.
For research and development To send you marketing communications For compliance, fraud prevention and safety To create aggregated or deidentified data	These activities constitute our legitimate interests.
To comply with law	Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
With your consent	Processing is based on your consent. Where we rely on your consent you have the right to withdraw it any time in the manner indicated when you consent or in the Services.

Retention

We retain personal information where we have an ongoing legitimate organizational need to do so (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested; to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements; to establish or defend legal claims; or for fraud prevention). When we have no ongoing legitimate organizational need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended version on the Services and indicating the effective date of the amended version. We may announce any material changes to this Privacy Policy through the Service and/or via email if we have your email address. In all cases, your continued use of the Services after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your assent to the amended Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or our privacy practices, email us at info@a4studydata.org.

Cookie Policy

Effective as of June 28, 2024.

This Cookie Policy explains how Global Research Platforms and our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies in connection with https://www. a4studydata.org/ and any other website that we own or control and which posts or links to this Cookie Policy (collectively, the “Sites”).

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies serve different purposes, like helping us understand how a site is being used, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving your browsing experience.

Our Sites may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them).

We use two broad categories of cookies: (1) first party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device, which we use to recognize your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Sites; and (2) third -party cookies, which are served by service providers or business partners on our Sites, and can be used by these parties to recognize your computer or mobile device when it visits other websites. Third party cookies can be used for a variety of purposes, including site analytics, advertising and social media features.

For example, on the Sites, we use cookies and other technologies in the following categories described in the table below.

Type	Description	Who serves the cookies/technologies	How to control them
Analytics	These cookies help us understand how our Services is performing and being used. These cookies may work with web beacons included in emails we send to track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients.	Matomo	You have the ability to disable or enable “Analytics Cookies” in the cookie consent banner (TrustArc) implemented on the GRIP website. The default is set to "No".
Essential	These cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of our Services (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).	Global Research Platforms	See ‘your choices’ below.

Other technologies

In addition to cookies, our Sites may use other technologies, such as Flash technology and web beacons (pixel tags) to collect information automatically.

Web Beacons

We may also use web beacons (which are also known as pixel tags and clear GIFs) on our Sites and in our HTML formatted emails to track the actions of users on our Sites and interactions with our emails. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device by a website, pixel tags are embedded invisibly on webpages or within HTML formatted emails. Pixel tags are used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of the Sites, so that we can manage our content more effectively.

Your choices

Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Sites may not work properly.

We also may offer cookie preference management tools in connection with the Sites. Where we do, we strive to offer you options to opt-in or opt-out of certain cookie and other technology practices as may be required by applicable law.

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our Sites.

For more information about how we collect, use, and share your information, see our Privacy Policy.

Changes

Information about the cookies we use may be updated from time to time, so please check back on a regular basis for any changes.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at info@GRIP-research.org.

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