PRIVACY POLICY

This website is operated by Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (“PhRMA”, "we", "our”, "us") and we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of visitors to our online properties. This privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") applies to our website located at www.Innovation.org (the “Services”). This privacy policy does not apply to any other website or service provided by us, our affiliates or clients, unless it appears on such website or service. By using and visiting the Services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information Collection

We may collect personal information when you voluntarily supply us with such information. You generally are not required to provide any information about yourself when you visit the Services. You may provide us with personally identifiable information by email or some other means. We also may collect certain information automatically when you visit the Services, including:

• Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, which is the number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet and that can sometimes be used to derive your general geographic area;
• Other unique identifiers;
• Your browser type and operating system;
• Sites you visited before and after visiting the Services;
• Pages you view and links you click on within the Services;
• Information collected through cookies and other similar tracking technologies.

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which we download onto your computer or device when you visit our Website. We may use information obtained from cookies or similar technology (such as clear gifs, web beacons, tags, etc.) for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing your communication and interaction with the Website. By using the Services, you consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies. You can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. However, if you choose to disable cookies and similar technologies, you may not be able to use certain services or features on the Services. Cookies and similar technologies are not used by us to automatically retrieve personally identifiable information from your device without your knowledge.

Local Storage & Other Tracking Technologies. We and third parties may use cookies, pixel tags (sometimes referred to as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs”), Local Shared Objects (sometimes referred to as “Flash Cookies”), and similar methods of storage (collectively “Storage Technologies”) to automatically collect or receive this information from your websites and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. Cookies are small bits of code stored by your computer’s web browser that may automatically identify your browser to the Services whenever your computer is used to visit the Services. Pixel tags are small images or pieces of data embedded in images that can recognize cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, a description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information from your computer or device. Local Shared Objects are similar to standard cookies but can be larger and are downloaded to a computer or mobile device by the Adobe Flash media player. By using the Services, you consent to our use of these Storage Technologies. You may opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting by refusing or disabling these Storage Technologies. For example, you can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. You may also take additional steps beyond changing your browser settings, such as controlling Local Shared Objects through the instructions on Adobe’s Setting Manager page. However, if you choose to reject these Storage Technologies, you may not be able to use certain services or features on the Services. To learn more about exercising this choice, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

2. Use of Information

We may use information that we collect through the Services for a variety of purposes, including to:

• Provide you with the services, and information you request and respond to correspondence that we receive from you;
• Contact you via email and otherwise about services that we think might be of interest to you;
• Maintain or administer the Services, perform business analyses, or for other internal purposes to improve the quality of our business, the Services, and other services we offer;
• and As otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.

3. Sharing of Information

We may share your information in certain situations:

Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers that perform certain functions or services on our behalf (such as to host the Services, fulfill requests, provide services, manage databases, perform analyses, provide customer service, or send communications for us).

Third-Party Cookies: Third parties may set their own cookies or similar web technologies to collect information about users’ online activities over time and across different websites.

Business Transfer: If we sell all or part of our business, or make a sale or transfer of assets, or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, a business reorganization, or similar event, we may transfer your information as part of such transaction.

Administrative or Legal Process: We may disclose your information to third parties in order to protect the legal rights, safety, and security of our organization, our corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, business partners, and the users of our Services; enforce our Terms of Use; respond to and resolve claims or complaints; prevent fraud or for risk management purposes; and comply with or respond to law enforcement or legal process or a request for cooperation by a government or other entity, whether or not legally required.

Other Parties With Your Consent: We may share personal information with other third parties when you consent to such sharing.

Aggregate Information: We may share aggregate information that does not specifically identify you, such as demographic and usage statistics, with third parties. In addition, we may allow third parties to place and read their own cookies, web beacons, Local Shared Objects, and similar technologies to collect information through the Services. For example, our third-party service providers may use these technologies to collect information that helps us with traffic measurement, research, and analytics.

4. Links To Other Web Sites

The Services may contain links to other websites or online services that are operated and maintained by third parties and that are not under the control of or maintained by us. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by us of those other websites, the content displayed therein, or the persons or entities associated therewith. This Privacy Policy does not apply to this third-party content. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites or services.

5. Security

We have adopted security procedures to help protect against loss, misuse, and unauthorized access to the information you provide to us. Please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure due to the inherent open nature of the internet. As a result, while we strive to protect your information and privacy, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to the Services.

6. Children’s Privacy

The Services are directed to a general audience. The Services do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent, except as permitted by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). If we learn that we have collected personal information from a user under 13, we will use reasonable efforts to locate and remove that information from our records. If you are under 13 years old and wish to ask a question or use this site in any way which requires you to submit your personally identifying information, please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.

7. Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our privacy practices. We will post a prominent notice through our Services to notify you of any material change, and indicate at the top of the notice when it was most recently updated.

8. Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship, (a) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, email address and mailing address and the type of services provided to the customer that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please contact Jon Tripp (jtripp[at]phrma.org) by email.

9. Do-Not-Track

We do not share information that we collect with third parties for the third party’s direct marketing purposes. Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to the websites with which the user communicates. Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. Because there currently is no industry standard concerning what, if anything, websites should do when they receive such signals, we currently do not take action in response to these signals. If and when a final standard is established and accepted, we will reassess how to respond to these signals. In some cases, third parties may be able to collect information about a user’s online activities over time and across different websites when he or she uses our Services.

10. Social Networking Services

We have worked with certain third-party social media providers to offer you their social networking services through our Services. For example, you can use third-party social networking services, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and others to share information about your experience on our Services with your friends and followers on those social networking services. These social networking services may be able to collect information about you, including your activity on our Services. These third-party social networking services also may notify your friends, both on our Services and on the social networking services themselves, that you are a user of our Services or about your use of our Services, in accordance with applicable law and their own privacy policies. If you choose to access or make use of third-party social networking services, we may receive information about you that you have made available to those social networking services, including information about your contacts on those social networking services.

11. International Users

Please note that the Services are directed towards users who reside in the United States. You understand that data stored in the USA may be subject to lawful requests by the courts or law enforcement authorities in the USA. By using the Services, you consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your information in and to the United States, or other countries and territories, pursuant to the laws of the United States. While some of these countries may not offer the same level of privacy protection as your own, we commit to uphold the privacy protections as explained in this Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of the Services, please contact Jon Tripp (jtripp[at]phrma.org) by email.