Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice

Effective September 2023

INTRODUCTION

Vaniam Group (“we” or “us”) wants to inform you about the ways we process your personal information. In this Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice we explain what personal information we collect, use, and disclose.

Personal information means any data relating to an individual who can be identified, directly or indirectly, based on that information. This may include information such as names, contact details, (online) identification data, online identifiers, or other characteristics specific to that individual.

This Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice applies when you visit our websites, solutions and other services, including email communications informing you of meetings and events, that refer or display a link to this notice (“Services”). This Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice may be supplemented or replaced by additional privacy statements or terms provided to you.

 

WHO WE ARE

Vaniam Group is an independent global healthcare communications company.

 

What We DO

Vaniam Group partners with R&D, medical affairs, and commercial teams throughout the product development life cycle—spanning discovery, launch, and ongoing market evolution.

General features of our web pages, such as website analytics, are used by us and our affiliates or subsidiary agencies and any associated personal data processing takes place on the basis of an arrangement that was put in place by Vaniam. Under this arrangement, Vaniam Group will at all times be available for data subjects to address any concerns or questions and/or allow them to exercise their rights under their local applicable data protection laws regarding their personal information.

We are committed to safeguarding the personal information of our clients, users, employees and other stakeholders, while helping our clients, employees, and partners create a deeper impact and make the right decisions.

If you wish to contact us in relation to questions regarding your personal information, we refer you to the ‘HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US’ section below.

 

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

The type of personal information we collect depends on your relationship with us and the Services we deliver to you. To that end, we may collect the following personal information about you:

  • Name and contact details such as, first and last name, email address, postal address, telephone number
  • Work-related information such as, job title, credentials, and other employment or education information
  • Usage information such as, behavioral information about how you navigate within the website, review our Services, etc.
  • Computer, device and connection information such as, IP address, browser type, and version and location

If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Services. Vaniam Group does not knowingly collect or maintain personal information (as defined by the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) from persons under 13 years of age. If Vaniam Group learns that personal information of persons under 13 has been collected on or through the Services, we will take appropriate steps to delete this information.

 

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We and our third-party service providers may collect personal information from the following sources:

  • Direct interactions, such as when you register for our Services or register for an event or meeting
  • Automated tracking technologies, such as information automatically collected about your interaction with our Services and websites using various technologies such as cookies, web logs and beacons and internet tags

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The personal information collected is used for the purposes for which you have provided it and might be further used for statutory or other legitimate purposes only. As an example, if you register for an event or request further information, we will use that information to provide you with the information you are seeking and to contact you in connection with future events.

Lawfulness of the processing is one of the main principles relating to the processing of your personal information – we apply the following legal processing grounds:

  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract, or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract
  • Processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests – for example, to improve the quality of our products and Services
  • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or that is otherwise lawful under the applicable data protection laws
  • With your given consent

Depending on how you interact with us and the Service, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • Administering our relationship with you and our business, such as providing and managing your access to and use of our Services. This processing is necessary for the performance of a contract
  • Improving our Services and developing new products, such as inviting you to participate in surveys or to personalize your experience with our Services. This processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests
  • Marketing, such as providing you with meeting and event information that we think you may be interested in. This processing is with your given consent or for our legitimate interests
  • Recruiting, such as assessing job applicants. This processing is in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract or with your given consent
  • Other general business support purposes, including but not limited to procurement, financial and fiscal management, risk and compliance management, and external reporting. This processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or that is otherwise lawful under the applicable data protection laws or for our legitimate interests.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

To be able to provide you the best possible Services and further our business operations, we may share certain information internally or with selected third parties. There might also be a certain statutory or legal obligation that we believe in good faith requires us to disclose your personal information externally. Parties we might share data with include:

  • Other affiliates or subsidiaries of Vaniam Group, e.g. for future events or meetings, or for providing underpinning technology to support the Services we are delivering
  • Our service providers, e.g., for managing or hosting services and/or underpinning technology for the Services we are providing, or for payment of any fees owed for Services
  • Other parties, e.g. as needed for external audits, compliance, risk management, corporate development and/or corporate governance related matters
  • Governmental authorities and regulators, as required under the applicable law

Whenever we share personal information internally or with third parties in other countries, we have appropriate safeguards in place in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, including as applicable, the EU Model clauses. As required under the applicable law, third parties are required to use appropriate safeguards to protect personal information, and they can only access the personal information that is necessary for performing their specific tasks.

 

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

Your personal information will be processed to the extent necessary for the performance of our obligations, and for the time necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is collected, in accordance with our data retention policies and the applicable data protection laws. When we no longer need your personal information, we will take all reasonable steps to remove it from our systems and records or take steps to properly anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it.

 

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We have put in place an internal framework of policies and minimum standards across all our businesses to keep your data safe. In addition, we limit access to personal information by our employees, business partners, service providers and third-party service providers to a ‘need-to-know’ basis. More specifically and in accordance with the law, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures (policies and procedures, IT security and others) to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal information and the way it is processed.

 

WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?

We will honor your rights under the applicable laws. To the extent provided under your local data protection laws, including the European data protection laws, your rights include the following:

  • Right of access (‘an overview of your personal information’): the right to get an overview of your personal information that we process.
  • Right to rectification (‘correct your personal information’): if your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, the right to ask us to rectify or complete your personal information.
  • Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): the right to request that we delete your personal information to the extent permitted by the applicable law. In certain circumstances, it may not be possible for us to accept your request; for example, when the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, or if the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract. In some cases, your personal information is necessary in order to provide the Services and if you do not provide such information to us then you may be precluded from accessing and using the Services or using certain Services features.
  • Right to data portability (‘transfer your personal information’): the right to ask us to transfer your personal information directly to you. This applies to certain personal information if processed by automated means and with your consent, or based on a contract you have with us. On your request, and where technically feasible, we will transfer your personal information to another party of your choice.
  • Right to restrict processing: the right to request that we restrict or stop the processing of your personal information held by us for a certain period of time, or for an indefinite period. In certain circumstances, it may not be possible for us to accept your request; for example, when the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, or if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds otherwise.
  • Right to object: the right to object to the processing of your personal information. The reasons for an objection should relate to your particular situation and be related to processing based on the legitimate interest condition. We will then no longer process the personal information, unless we can demonstrate compelling reasons otherwise. In certain circumstances, you have the unconditional right to object; for instance, in the context of direct marketing activities.
  • Withdrawal of consent: the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information at any time; for instance, after you consented to us keeping you informed about our Services, events and/or meetings, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.

To exercise your rights and/or for any other questions about the handling of your personal information, we refer you to the ‘HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US’ section below.

If you feel we are unresponsive or disagree with our data privacy practices, you can also file a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority.

 

THE USE OF COOKIES

Cookies or similar techniques (referred to collectively as “Cookies”) are small text files or pixels, which might be stored on your computer or mobile device. Cookies may be necessary to facilitate website browsing and making it more user-friendly. Third-party cookies may collect information to analyze personal browsing behavior.

We use cookies to optimize our websites and analyze website traffic. On occasion, if we have obtained your informed consent in advance, we may use third-party cookies, notably social media plugins, to enable you to share ideas and information related to us instantly and for our own marketing purposes.

We may use Cookies belonging to 1 of the 4 categories listed below. Our website cookie banner facilitates you to manage your preferences for the non-mandatory Cookie categories. The banner will also provide an overview of all Cookies used under the categories.

Necessary Cookies – these mandatory Cookies are needed for our websites to function properly.

Functional Cookies – these Cookies add additional functionality to our websites.

Performance Cookies – these Cookies support analytic services that help us to improve our website’s functionality and user experience.

Analytic Cookies – these are used to understand how visitors interact with the website.

Advertisement Cookies – these Cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns.

Change your Cookie consent preferences by clicking here.

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our websites may contain links to other Vaniam Group or third-party websites, which may have privacy notices that differ from ours. We are not responsible for the collection, processing, or disclosure of personal information collected through other websites.

We are also not responsible for any information or content contained on such websites. Links to other websites are provided solely for convenience. Your usage and browsing on any such website is subject to that website’s own policies. Please review the privacy notices posted on other websites that you may access through our website.

Vaniam Group may provide you with additional or different privacy notices, in specific instances, on how your personal information is collected and used for a specific Service.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

In addition to the information provided in this privacy policy, additional information for California residents can be found here.

 

HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US

If you have any questions about how we process your personal information or if you want to exercise one of your rights, you can contact us by emailing privacy@vaniamgroup.com.

If you feel we are unresponsive or disagree with our data privacy practices, you can also file a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority.

In response to a request, we might ask you to verify your identity if needed, and to provide information that helps us to understand your request better. If we do not grant your request, whether in whole or in part, we will explain why.

 

UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice or any other specific privacy statement. When making changes to this Privacy Policy & Cookie Notice, we will add a new date to this Privacy Statement. This version is effective September 2023.