Hudson Valley Clinical Medicine Privacy Policy

Hudson Valley Clinical Medicine, PLLC (HVCM) understands that you value your privacy. We are a clinical trial site conducting clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies. This Privacy Policy explains the information we collect through www.hvclinicaltrials.com.

By using the HVCM services, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Information We Collect 

We collect the following categories of information when you access or use the Services, which may be considered personal information when maintained in identifiable form.

-   Information you provide directly to us.  We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you sign-up to receive communications or materials from us, inquire about, or participate in, our clinical trial services, or otherwise submit a form or share your information with us, such as:

-   Contact information, including your name, date of birth, email address, and telephone number;

-   Health information, such as information about clinical trials in which you are interested in participating and information relevant to eligibility for those trials;

-   Geographic information, including your state of residence;

-   Health information, such as information related to a disease or medical condition;

-   Correspondence you send to us; and

-   Other information that you provide through the Services.

We may aggregate or de-identify the information described above.  Aggregated or de-identified data is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

How We Use Your Information

We use and otherwise process each of the categories of information identified above for the following business purposes:

-   For clinical trial purposes.  We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to clinical trial participation and determining whether you meet criteria for our clinical trial services. Information submitted to us will be registered into our database, unless otherwise requested by you. Providing information to us does not obligate you to participate in any study.

-   Communicate with you.  We may use your information to communicate with you, including to send you information about clinical trial participation, send you marketing and promotional communications, and respond to your inquiries.

-   Compliance with legal obligations.  We may use your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations and to protect or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

-   Any other purposes disclosed to you.  We may use your information for other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or with your consent.

Sharing Information with Third Parties 

HVCM will not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.  However, we may share your information with the following parties:

-   Pharmaceutical and clinical research partners.  HVCM partners with pharmaceutical companies and clinical research partners to run our clinical trials.  We may share your information with our pharmaceutical partners associated with our clinical trial services.  If you are participating in a study, you can learn more by reviewing the relevant informed consent documentation.

-   Information.  We also may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

-   Legal purposes.  HVCM may disclose your information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims or government inquiries, and to protect and defend the rights, interests, safety, and security of HVCM, our affiliates, users or the public.

With your consent.  We may share you information for other purposes disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or pursuant to your consent.  For example, we may share your information as described in an applicable pre-screen or study informed consent form.