Imprint:

Adams Consulting Services GmbH

Dr. Niels Adams

Hubertusstraße 75b, 82131 Gauting, Germany

info@adams-consulting-services.com

www.adams-consulting-services.com

Company Registration:

Amtsgericht München, Registernummer HRB 286132

Managing Director:  Dr. Niels Adams

USt-IDNr.: DE362582755

General Privacy Statement

The Adams Consulting Services GmbH (hereinafter “ACSG”) is committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy notice outlines the types of personal information we may collect; how we may collect, use, or share your personal information; steps we take to protect your personal information; and choices you have with respect to the use of your personal information.

This notice only applies to ACSG websites and digital resources that refer to this notice. Our websites also may contain links to third-party websites. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content of third-party websites or resources, and our privacy notice does not apply to any sites that are not affiliated with ACSG, even if you access them via a link on our site.

For the purposes of this privacy notice, “Personal Data” is any information by which you can be individually identified both directly and indirectly, including, but not limited to, your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.

ACSG complies with the privacy and data protection laws in force in Germany and the European Union (EU), namely the Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) / General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Minors

This website is not designed or intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect any personal data on this website from anyone under the age of 16 without the prior, verifiable consent of a parent or guardian. Such parent or guardian may have the right, upon request, to view the information provided by the child and require that it be deleted. Moreover, all minors should seek their parent’s or guardian’s permission prior to using or disclosing any personal data on this website or online resource. 

How and Why We Process Your Personal Data

On our website or other digital resources, as well as for legitimate business purposes as consulting services for biotech, pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies, ACSG may request personal data about you. Examples of personal data that we may collect that directly identifies you include your name, contact information, email address, and other information in combination with these identifiers. Further, we may collect certain personal data that does not directly identify you by name but could be used to identify that a specific computer or device has accessed our website. We may also process anonymized aggregated clinical data such as clinical study protocols, statistical analysis plans and clinical study reports that are required to develop the strategies for our clients. 

We may process your personal data for various reasons, including:

• To respond to your requests or inquiries

• To complete a transaction

• To maintain the website, including for security purposes

• To perform website analytics and measure website performance

Several digital resources we use, including on our website, may require personal data if you choose to use them, including surveys, registration, and content sharing features. ACSG and its business partners (such as service providers or other third parties who provide certain services to ACSG) collect this information only if you voluntarily provide it to us. Any personal data you provide to us on our digital channels will be used in accordance with this privacy notice. 

Cookies and Other Web Trackers

Our digital resources including our website may collect other basic information about you which may not directly identify you, but which may correspond with you or a particular device. We use some of this information to allow our websites to run, as well as to learn more about how our websites and online resources are used and to otherwise improve and administer these services. For example, we may collect the IP Address assigned to your computer by your internet service provider. This address may change each time you connect to the internet (a “dynamic” IP address), or it may remain the same (a “static” IP address).

Use of Data for Marketing

We do not sell or transfer your personal data to any non-affiliated entity. We also do not use third party advertising companies to place ads on other websites.

Information Sharing / Recipients of Personal Data

Recipients of your Personal Data

We will not share your personal data unless required for a purpose you have given explicit consent to, or if lawfully required:

• To conduct technical maintenance of our websites and other web platforms

• To respond to appropriate requests of legitimate government authorities, or where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.

International Transfers of Your Personal Data

Any personal data you may provide to us will be stored within the European Union (EU) and according to GDPR standards.

Retention / Storage Period of Your Personal Data

We will store your personal data for as long as required by applicable legislation or as necessary for the purpose for which the personal data was collected. We will erase any personal data once it is no longer required for the purpose as given consent to, or at the latest upon the end of the storage term set forth in applicable law.

Information About Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

In line with the GDPR you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• The right to request access to the personal data that we have about you

• The right to rectify or correct any personal data that is inaccurate or incomplete

• The right to request a copy of your personal data in electronic format so that you can transmit the data to third parties, or to request that we directly transfer your Personal data to one more third parties

• The right to object to the processing of your personal data for marketing and other purposes

•  The right to erasure of your personal data when it is no longer needed for the purposes for which you provided it, as well as the right to restriction of processing of your personal data to certain limited purposes where erasure is not possible

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided above.

Please note that erasure or restriction of processing is only possible if and to the extent that the processing of personal data is based on your consent or our legitimate interests. If data processing is based on consent, note that you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, but that the withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. In the event of an erasure request, we may retain a copy of your personal data for our record-keeping purposes and to avoid entering your personal data in our systems after your request.

If you believe or have the impression that our data processing does not comply with the GDPR, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Data Security

ACSG takes reasonable steps to protect personal data we access or receive from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Nevertheless, we make no guarantee as to the security of your personal data and disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all liability and damages caused by loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Incident Response Management

Any breach of security resulting to accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access to personal data transmitted, stored or handled in other ways is considered a Data Security Incident (DSI). Upon becoming aware of a DSI we will immediately initiate an investigation:

·       Information on the scope of the incident in question will be collected. All information gathered or discovered during a DSI will be strictly confidential throughout the investigative process.

·       If the DSI involves the unauthorized access or disclosure of personal data we will inform the respective person within 24 hours about

o   information relevant to the incident

o   any additional requested information to which they have a right to.

·       In the event the DSI is limited to ACSG’s systems not containing personal data, sensitive or confidential information, it will be at ACSG’s discretion whether or not to share information related to the incident with external stakeholders.

All reports generated during a DSI investigation along with any evidence gathered will be stored and managed by ACSG including data being backed up and stored in accordance with our regular backup procedures and in compliance with applicable law.