Thank you for visiting our web site. We are committed to protecting your privacy at CRI Worldwide. 

To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This privacy policy tells you how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted.  Changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

Your privacy is important to us.  We will not collect any personal information from you that you do not volunteer, and we are the sole owner of all information collected on this site. We do not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any way that we have not mentioned in this statement.

CRI Worldwide follows the HIPAA Policy Act in order to ensure the protection of participant rights.  The HIPAA Act includes national standards for electronic healthcare transactions.

Collection of Information

We collect personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, phone number, email addresses, diagnosis, etc., only when evidenced it is voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The information you provide may be used  for the  CRI Worldwide database.  Also, the information you provide may help us to determine which studies you may qualify for.

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the CRI Worldwide website. Visitors to the web site are personally responsible for the information that they voluntarily submit to CRI Worldwide. 

Distribution of Information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable.

We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation. We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes. This data does not contain behavioral or identifying information about any individual member, unless that member has given us permission to share that information.
We may provide third party companies with home address or email address when submitted to our web site to provide delivery of newsletters and study updates.
We are not responsible for any breach of security or for the actions of these parties.

What We Do With Your Information

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure.  We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our services.
• We may periodically send informative emails about new studies which we think you may qualify for using the email or home address which you have provided.
• We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.

Only you may provide us with the authorization to use the information supplied for the purposes for which it was provided.  The information provided may or may not be stored in CRI Worldwide’s database.  Under certain circumstances, CRI Worldwide also has the right to suspend or terminate a visitor’s right to submit information to the website.  Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

If you believe that any information we have on file is incorrect or incomplete, please fill out the form on the Contact Us page as soon as possible and we will get back to you shortly.

Security of Your Information

Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.

For More Information Regarding Our Privacy Policy

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 
1 (866) 549-3112.