Privacy policy

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Contact information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, organization, and job title.

• Professional information provided when you contact us regarding our services, collaborations, research activities, or employment opportunities.

• Information you provide voluntarily, including information submitted through website forms, emails, enquiries, or document uploads.

• Technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and website usage information.

• Cookie and analytics information, where applicable and subject to your choices and applicable requirements.

We ask that you do not submit sensitive personal or health information through general website contact forms unless specifically requested through an appropriate secure process.

How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and requests.

• Provide information about our services and capabilities.

• Communicate with clients, partners, investigators, healthcare organizations, and other stakeholders.

• Evaluate potential business or research collaborations.

• Process recruitment or professional enquiries.

• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website.

• Maintain appropriate business and administrative records.

• Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, and professional obligations.

Where required, we process personal information on an appropriate legal basis, including consent, contractual necessity, legitimate business interests, or compliance with legal obligations.

Clinical Research and Healthcare Data

VI-Research provides clinical research, health economics and outcomes research, market access, scientific communications, patient engagement, training, and healthcare consulting services.

Personal or health-related information processed as part of a specific research project is governed by the applicable study protocol, informed consent documentation where applicable, contractual arrangements, regulatory requirements, ethics approvals, and study-specific privacy and data-protection procedures.

This website Privacy Notice does not replace any study-specific privacy notice or informed consent documentation provided to research participants.

Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information.

Where necessary, information may be shared with authorized service providers, professional advisers, research partners, clients, regulatory authorities, or other parties involved in providing our services or meeting legal and regulatory requirements.

We require appropriate confidentiality and data-protection safeguards where third parties process personal information on our behalf.

International Data Transfers

As an organization supporting regional and international projects, VI Research may work with organizations located in different countries.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take appropriate measures to protect the information and comply with applicable data-protection requirements.

For clinical research and healthcare information, any transfer or hosting arrangements are additionally subject to applicable regulatory, ethical, contractual, and data-localization requirements.

Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

Access to personal information is restricted according to business need and applicable confidentiality requirements.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to satisfy applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, research, and record-retention requirements.

Retention periods may therefore differ depending on the nature of the information and the activity concerned.

Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand website usage, and improve user experience.

Where required, non-essential cookies will be used subject to your consent. You may also be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or the cookie controls available on our website.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on the applicable law and circumstances, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.

• Request deletion of information where legally applicable.

• Object to or request restriction of certain processing.

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

• Request information regarding how your personal information is processed.

Certain rights may be subject to legal, regulatory, research, or record-retention requirements.

Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. VI-Research is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. We recommend reviewing the applicable privacy notice when visiting third-party websites.

Updates to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice periodically to reflect changes in our practices, services, technology, or applicable requirements.

The latest version will be published on this webpage with the updated revision date.