English MENU Home CCPA Privacy Notice for California Residents CCPA Privacy Notice for California Residents Effective Date: January 5, 2021 Syneos Health (“we”, “us”, “our”) is an end-to-end, fully integrated Business-to-Business solutions company servicing our customers, who are primarily biopharmaceutical and health care organizations (our “Customers”). We are required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to explain to California residents (“Consumers”) our online and offline practices with regard to how we collect, use and share their personal information, and the rights and choices we offer them regarding our handling of their personal information. If you wish to print this document, please click here for a printable format. Personal Information Defined When we use the term personal information in this notice, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal information does not include: Consumer information that is lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records. Consumer information that is de-identified or aggregated. Information generally excluded from the CCPA’s scope, including: Personal information that we collect about Consumers in their capacity as job applicants, employees, owners, directors, officers, medical staff members, or contractors (Associates), to the extent we process their personal information in the context of their employment or engagement with us. Emergency contact information our Associates provide to us, provided that such contact information is used solely as emergency contact information for the Associate. Personal information that we need to administer benefits for Associates, provided we use such information for the purposes of administering benefits. Personal information we obtain from Consumers who act as representative of other organizations and communicate with us or engage in transactions relating providing products and services to us or receiving products or services from us. Personal information that is either directly covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), or health and medical information we process as a provider or as a business associate to a covered entity that is not covered by CMIA and/or HIPAA but that is maintained, used and disclosed in the same manner as health or medical information that is covered by these laws; Personal information on that is processed for scientific research purposes, including clinical trials, provided that the information is processed subject to applicable ethics, confidentiality, privacy and security requirements; Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994; and Other information subject to an exemption from the CCPA’s coverage. Personal Information We Collect, Use and Share As we explain in our Privacy Notice: Cookies and other Tracking Tools We use cookies and other tracking tools to analyze website traffic and facilitate advertising. These cookies and other tracking tools may be shared with others in connection with advertising. We honor your advertising choices, and if you would like to opt out of our (and our third party advertising partners’) use of cookies and/or other tracking tools, please review the instructions provided in the Tracking Opt-Out section below. Directed Disclosures When doctors, candidates and other business representatives share their information with us in the context of interacting with us, it is with the understanding that we will broadly share their details with our actual and potential Customers. This is because our Customers are looking to provide services (e.g., therapies) to the businesses those individuals represent or obtain services from them (e.g., leading clinical trials, speaking at conferences, etc.). Facilitating these engagements is a core part of our business. We treat all doctors and other healthcare providers who visit our websites and provide information to us through our websites in their business capacity as representatives of their business (whether they act as sole proprietors or otherwise). How we collect, use and share personal information about Consumers. California residents have the right to opt out of the sale of their information by businesses that sell personal information. The CCPA defines a “sale” as the disclosure of personal information for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not offer an opt out from the sale of personal information because we do not and have not within at least the last 12 months sold personal information that is subject to the CCPA’s sale limitation. The CCPA also requires that we state that we have no actual knowledge that we have sold personal information of California residents 15 years of age and younger. The CCPA requires that companies disclose their collection and use of specific categories of personal information enumerated in CCPA. How and what personal information we collect about a Consumer, and the uses we make of the Personal Information we collect about Consumers, will vary and will depend upon our relationship with the Consumer. Below is a summary of how we currently collect, use and share personal information, and how we have used and shared the information in the preceding 12 months: Sources of Personal Information: As we explain in our privacy notice, we may collect and further process information that you provide us directly or that you direct others to provide us; information that we obtain about you from your interactions with us; or information we obtain in the ordinary course of business. For example, we may obtain information about you from you or at your direction, such as when you provide it to us or request that someone else to do so; from systems, such as when you take actions online that our systems record; from others, such as from public sources or from widely-available sources; from our affiliates; from companies and organizations who help us with our business operations and marketing activities, such as data brokers and data analytics provides, advertisers, and social networks, parties involved in mergers, acquisitions and transfers of some or all of a business; from companies and organizations who help us manage our Associates who are not employed by us; and from our Customers and business partners. Categories of Personal Information: Over the past 12 months, the categories of personal information we collect from Consumers, the uses we make of the personal information we collect, and the parties to whom we disclose this information are summarized below. Contact Us Call Our Team +1 866 875 1569 Write To Us Contact Us Privacy Links Privacy Notice Privacy Shield Biometric Information Commercial Information Education Information Financial Information Geolocation Data Identifiers Inferences Internet or Network Information Medical Information Unique Identifiers Physical Description Professional or Employment Information Protected Classification Characteristics Sensory Information Sensitive Personal Information We may also disclose all personal information (a) to our affiliates, (b) to comply with federal, state, or local laws; (c) to comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state, or local authorities; (d) to cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we believe may violate federal, state, or local law, (e) when we sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential business transaction), or (f) to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us. The Uses We May Make of Personal Information: How and why we use Personal Information may vary based on our relationship with a Consumer. Below is a summary of the uses we make of Personal Information. Improve and Develop our Business. Provide, Manage, and Receive Products and Services. Operate our Business. Comply with Legal and Compliance Requirements. Interact with and Manage Associates. Protection of Our Company and Others. California Residents’ Privacy Rights The CCPA grants Consumers with certain rights, which are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. This section describes these rights. If we are not able to complete some or all of a Consumer’s verifiable consumer request, we will communicate the reason to the Consumer in writing. We treat all doctors and other healthcare providers who visit our websites as representatives of their business (whether sole proprietor or otherwise). We receive information about them in their business capacity, and this section does not apply to information related to such business contacts. Information. Consumers can request, twice every 12 months, information about the personal information we have collected about them and how we have used and shared their Personal Information during the past 12 months. We have made this information available to California residents without having to request it by including it in this notice, above. Access. Consumers can request, twice every 12 months, a copy of the personal information that we have collected about them over the past 12 months. In certain cases, we are not permitted by the CCPA to provide you with certain sensitive information in response to an access request, such as your social security or driver’s license number. Deletion. Consumers can ask us to delete the personal information that we have collected from them. In certain circumstances, the CCPA allows us to deny Consumer requests to delete their personal information, such as where we need the information to complete a transaction for which the personal information was collected or where we need the personal information to comply with a legal obligation. Consumers are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination. How to Submit a Verifiable Consumer Request To request access to or deletion of personal information, Consumers can contact us as follows: call 866-875-1569 email data.privacy@syneoshealth.com website: https://www.syneoshealth.com/california-rights Identity verification. The CCPA requires us to verify the identity of the individual submitting a Consumer request to access or delete personal information before providing a substantive response to the request. Where possible, we will attempt to verify your identify by asking you to confirm information that we have on file about your or your interactions with us. Where we must ask for additional personal information to verify your identity, we will only use it to verify your identity or your authority to make the request on behalf of another consumer. You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your rights Authorized agents. You can designate an “authorized agent” who has registered with the California Secretary of State to submit verifiable consumer requests on their behalf. You can also make a Consumer request on behalf of your minor child. We will require the authorized agent to have a written authorization confirming that authority. How We Respond to Verifiable Consumer Requests We will acknowledge receipt of your verifiable consumer request within 10 days of our receipt of your request, and we will endeavor to substantively respond within 45 days of our receipt of your request. If we need to extend our response time (up to 90 days from receipt of your request), we will inform you in writing of our reasons for doing so. We will deliver your personal information via your online account with us, if you have one, or by other secure electronic means. If we are unable to process your verifiable consumer request in whole or in part, we will explain our reasons for doing so. Please note that we do not typically charge a fee to respond to verifiable consumer requests unless they are excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that your verifiable consumer request warrants the assessment of a fee, we will inform you of the reasons supporting our determination and provide you with our estimate of the costs to fulfill your request before we take action to enable you to determine whether you would like us to complete your request. Requesting Additional Information If you have any questions or comments about this notice or how we handle personal information, you may contact us via mail at: Attn: Privacy Office Syneos Health 1030 Sync Street Morrisville, NC 27560 United States of America You may also contact us via email at: data.privacy@syneoshealth.com. Changes to This Privacy Notice We may periodically update this notice. When we post changes to this notice, we will also revise the “Last Updated” date appearing at the top of the notice. If there are material changes to this notice, we will notify you by e-mail or by means of a notice on our home page. We encourage you to review this notice periodically to be informed of how we are using your information and to be aware of any changes to it. Your continued use of the Sources after the posting of any amended notice shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Any changes to this notice are effective immediately after we post it. Tracking Opt-Out Guide Like many companies online, we use services provided by Google, Facebook and others companies that use tracking technology. These services rely on online tracking technologies – such as cookies and web beacons – to collect directly from your device information about your browsing activities, about your interactions with websites, and about the device you are using to connect to the Internet. There are a number of ways to opt out of having you online activity and device data collected through these services, which we have summarized below: Blocking cookies in your browser. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies, including cookies used for interest-based advertising. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Blocking advertising ID use in your mobile settings. Your mobile device settings may provide functionality to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your mobile device for interest-based advertising purposes. Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our websites from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers. Platform opt-outs. The following advertising partners offer opt-out features that let you opt-out of use of your information for interest-based advertising: Google: https://adssettings.google.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/ads Advertising industry opt-out tools. You can also use these opt-out options to limit use of your information for interest-based advertising by participating companies: Digital advertising Alliance: http://ptout.aboutads.info Network Advertising Initiative: http://ptout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 Interested in Syneos Health? Get In Touch Connect Syneos Health Syneos Health® (Nasdaq:SYNH) is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization. Our Company, including a Contract Research Organization (CRO) and Contract Commercial Organization (CCO), is purpose-built to accelerate customer performance to address modern market realities. 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