1. Privacy Statement
1.1. The Federal Demonstration Partnership (the "FDP") operates this website (the "Website"). The primary purpose of the Website is to provide a Compliance Unit Standard Procedure ("CUSP") Sharing Site (the "Resource"), a research compliance knowledge sharing resource.
1.2. This page informs you (“You”) of the FDP policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of any information about You which can be used to identify You (“Personal Information”) that is received from You during Your use of the Website.
1.3. The FDP will use any Personal Information provided to personalize the Website and to contact You about the Resource. The FDP may occasionally contact You about the Resource and related activities. If You so choose, the FDP may occasionally contact You about other resources provided by the FDP. The FDP will never share or sell the Your Personal Information with third parties for commercial purposes.
1.4. Should You enter into an agreement with the FDP to use the Resource, the agreement will be subject to the separate Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.
2. Eligibility to use the Website
2.1. By using the Website, You agree to the collection and use of Your Personal Information in accordance with this policy.
2.2. Under no circumstances should You provide the FDP with any Personal Information about You or any other individual if such disclosure would be prohibited under applicable law or regulation or if such Personal Information would be classified as Sensitive Personal Information as defined in article 9 of the GDPR regulations, this includes (but is not limited to) any of the following:
● Race
● Ethnic origin
● Political views
● Religious views
● Trade union membership
● Genetic data
● Biometric data
● Health data
● Sexual orientation
3. Information Collection, Use and Retention (Website)
3.1 Procedure related information posted on the Website will be in the public domain. You are responsible for ensuring You do not include any Personal Information in procedure information you submit unless you agree to have such Personal Information posted in the public domain.
3.2. While using the Website, the FDP may ask You to provide Your country of residence via a browser function so that the FDP can customize the Website for use in that country. This information is stored using a cookie on the Your computer and is not stored or retained by the FDP.
3.3. The FDP will never ask for, and You should never offer, the following information:
● Sensitive Personal Information
● Account Passwords
4. Log Data
4.1. Like many website operators, the FDP will automatically collect information from Your browser whenever You visit the Website (the "Log Data").
4.2. This Log Data may include information such as the computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address; browser type; browser version; the pages of the Websites that were visited; the time and date of the visit; the time spent on those pages; and other statistics.
4.3. In addition, the FDP may use third party services such as Google Analytics that will anonymously collect, monitor, and analyze Website activity - no Personal Information will be shared with these third parties.
5. Data Transfers, Sharing, and Disclosure
5.1. The FDP will not share, sell, or disclose Your Personal Information to any third parties for commercial purposes.
5.2. The FDP will not knowingly or intentionally transfer Your Personal Information outside the United States for any purpose.
6. Cookies
6.1. Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to the browser from a website and stored on the computer's hard drive.
6.2. Like many sites, the FDP uses "cookies" to collect information and improve Your experience while using the Website. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept cookies, You will not be able to use many portions of the Website and Resource.
7. Security
7.1. The security of Personal Information is of utmost importance, but it should be noted that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While the FDP employs reasonable effort to protect Personal Information, the FDP cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. Consent
8.1. By using the Website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
8.2. You are responsible for ensuring that You do not submit any Personal Information prohibited under Section 2.2 of this Privacy Policy, that You have the right and authority to submit any Personal Information submitted by you, and that You only submit Personal Information you consent to being used as described in this Privacy Policy.
8.3. To withdraw consent, You must cease accessing the Website by deleting Your account and removing any related cookies.
8.4. For information on how to remove cookies please visit https://cookiesandyou.com.
9. Data Access Request
9.1. To see any Personal Information that the Website holds in connection with Your name and email address, please log in to Your User Profile.
10. Data Deletion Request
10.1. To delete all Personal Information that the Website holds in connection with Your name and email address, please log in to Your User Profile, navigate to the bottom of the page, and select "Delete Account".
11. Contact
11.1. For any questions about this policy, please contact the FDP using the email address cusp@thefdp.org.
12. Changes to This Policy
12.1. This policy is effective as of the 10th of May 2023 and will remain in effect until amended. If changes to its provisions are made in the future, they will be in effect immediately once posted on this page.
12.2. The FDP reserves the right to update or change the policy at any time and You should check this policy periodically. The continued use of the Website after the FDP posts any modifications to the policy on this page will constitute Your acknowledgement of the modifications and consent to abide and be bound by the modified policy.
12.3. If the FDP makes any material changes to the policy, the FDP will notify all account holders by email using the email address managed through each user account profile.
13. Current Version
13.1. The version reference for this website privacy policy is: CUSP_PP-1.0.0