SHORT FORM PRIVACY NOTICE
Effective Date: 09/01/2020
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its affiliates, Regeneron Ireland Unlimited Company and Regeneron UK Limited (together, “Regeneron,” we,” “us” or “our“) is committed to respecting your privacy. THIS SHORT FORM PRIVACY NOTICE DESCRIBES OUR POLICY IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ACCESS OR USE [insert website URL] (the “Website”) and provides a concise overview of how we handle your personal information. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE.
Our complete Privacy Notice can be accessed here. It provides more details on the collection, storage, use and disclosure of the personal information we process about you and how you can access or seek to amend that information. In case of any discrepancies between this Short Form Notice and our complete Privacy Notice, the practices described in the complete Privacy Notice will apply. We may amend this Short Form at any time
Regeneron is a data controller for the purposes of European data protection laws. Regeneron’s Data Protection Officer can be reached at:
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Attention: Data Protection Officer
dataprotection@regeneron.com .
Information We Collect About Your Use of The Website
When you access any portion of the Website, we collect Google Analytics data (pages visited, time spent on the site, browser and device type, language and date of your visit) as required by Google Analytics to process Website data.
How Do We Use Your Information?
When you give your consent to do so, Personal Information will be collected to determine your eligibility, study application and recruitment, to contact you and to perform clinical trials. Such Personal Information includes name, e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, age/date of birth, government identification numbers, and other information you may choose to provide to us.
Who Do We Share Your Information with?
Your Personal Information will be accessible to Regeneron’s employees and any companies that work with Regeneron, such as clinical research organizations and their staff, to help organize and perform clinical trials.
We may also share your Personal Information with trusted third party suppliers, following appropriate due diligence, and which are contractually obligated to provide services to us in a manner consistent with this notice.
Please note that we may need to disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law, to exercise and protect the legal rights of Regeneron or its personnel and representatives, and to investigate, prevent or respond to suspected illicit activities, including fraud and threats of harm to individuals.
How Long Do We Retain Your Personal Information
Your Personal Information will be processed only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice. Unless we have a specific need to retain it, your Personal Information shall be held for no longer than five (5) years.
International Transfers
We collect and receive data from inside and outside of the United States. We will use European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses as a legal mechanism for data transfers from the EU.
Your Rights and Choices
Your right to make informed decisions about information collection is important to Regeneron. Please note that you always have the right to:
- obtain confirmation that Regeneron has collected your personal information and information about how we use your personal information
- verify the accuracy of your personal information
- request that we correct, update, amend, delete, or transform your personal information into anonymous form
- request that we stop or restrict our use of your personal information (including opting-out of receiving emails or calls from us)
- Withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Information for the purposes described above at any time and at no cost or detriment to you. If you withdraw your consent for use of your personal information for any or all of these purposes, please note that you will no longer be considered for study recruitment.
To exercise any of these privacy rights, please contact us at dataprotection@regeneron.com. Please know that in order for us to respond to your request we may require that you verify your identity.
If you need further assistance regarding your rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@regeneron.com, and we will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or with the Irish Data Protection Commission, our lead supervisory authority in Ireland, whose contact information is available here.
Children
We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of children. Our Websites are neither intended for children nor are they designed to attract child users. Our Websites, their content and our services are intended for users over the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under age eighteen (18). When a user discloses Personal Information on the Websites, the user is representing to us that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age. If we learn a user under the age of eighteen (18) has volunteered personally identifiable information on our Websites, or a provider has volunteered information about a patient who is identified as younger than eighteen (18), we will delete such information from our active databases.
For additional details, please see our full privacy notice.
