Privacy policy of breast cancer screening survey

Last Update: June 09, 2023

We request you to go through the terms of this Privacy Policy in detail, and in case you do not
agree with it or any part of it, we request you to refrain from accessing the site to prevent any
indirect or direct collection of your data.

Introduction

Breast Cancer Screening Survey is a part of academic research study requiring voluntary filing
and submission of survey forms with pre-specified data fields and optional ability of subscribing
to the alerts or updates via email. In connection with the same, this Privacy Policy details the
practice and procedures that we follow for collecting, processing, storing, and safeguarding your
data when you visit our website and/or fill and submit the survey form through it.

Collection of Data/Information

We are the administrator of your data, and we ensure due compliance of GDPR and other
applicable laws in the process of collection, processing, storing and safeguarding your data.

Purpose and Manner of Collection

For the purposes of research study, your personal data is collected through a Survey Form
voluntarily filled and submitted by you. The ambit of collection is limited to the specific data
fields in the survey form that you specifically choose to provide, and we process the said data by
reasonably anonymizing it to the extent that it does not render the Survey Form infructuous.
In case if you voluntarily opt to share your email address in the concerned data field, then the
same is processed without anonymity and for the additional purpose of enabling us to provide
you alerts or updates by way of blogs, newsletters, etc.
For the purposes of improving functionality, accessibility, and security of the website and gather
general traffic analysis and feedbacks, we may also collect your technical and usage data, which
generally includes your Internet Protocol address, browser and its plug-ins’ details, time zone
setting and location, operating system and platform, analytics and other information on how you
use the site.

Period of Collection

We will retain your data only for the period necessary to reasonably fulfill the purposes we
collected it for, and for compliance with other legal and regulatory requirements.
Data that has been converted to anonymous form may be retained in the archives for academic
viewing of the research study by us or other third parties.

Disclosure of Data/Information

While the purpose of collection of data has been detailed above, we will use and/or disclose your
data only for the legitimate reasons within the contours of what law allows us to do, which
broadly includes:

  • Conducting the academic research study, and/or  other academic requirements;
  • Sending you alerts, updates, and other information on email in case if you opt for it;
  • For yours and ours necessary legitimate interests;
  • For the functionality, improvement, accessibility, analytics, and security requirements of
    the site, and understanding your interaction with the site; and
  • Complying with legal or regulatory obligations

We may disclose your Personal Data/Information to third parties only in the ways described
hereunder:

  • To the people working on the research study and our research partners including the
    institute and organization to which the research is to be submitted; and
  • To the third party or outside service providers of us, who provide services such as data
    analysis and assessment, plagiarism checking services, IT services, email delivery
    services, legal services, and other similar services.

Storage of Data

Personal data/information that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored outside the
European Economic Area (“EEA”), for which, we will take all steps reasonably necessary and in
our knowledge and control to ensure secure treatment of your data in accordance with this
Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy does not cover other websites that we might add links to.

Your Rights

You have various rights under the applicable laws and regulations, some of which include:

  • right to request us to inform you what personal data we have of you;
  • right to revoke your consent from collection and processing of your data;
  • right to request that your data be supplemented or updated;
  • right to request that your data be deleted, limited, rectified, temporarily or permanently
    withheld from processing if it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were
    collected.

Such demands or requests by the Users shall be duly communicated to us in a reasonable and
official manner.

In Case Where Data/Information of Others is Provided by You

For entering any personal data/information of other persons, you are allowed to do so only under
condition that applicable laws are not violated, and such persons whose data is entered, have
agreed and consented to the use of their personal data/information, and their rights are not
violated.

In any case, it is clarified that we shall not be responsible, liable, or otherwise obligated to such
persons in any manner whatsoever for the use of their personal data/information by you for any
purpose, whether lawful or unlawful.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may modify or alter any part of this Privacy Policy from time to time without express notice
to you. However, with every such change, we will also update the date in “Last Update” section
at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to
be informed of updates.

In any case, it is clarified that we shall not be responsible, liable, or otherwise obligated to such
persons in any manner whatsoever for the use of their personal data/information by you for any
purpose, whether lawful or unlawful.

Contact

You may contact us at any time for the purposes mentioned in this policy or for exercising any of
your rights at info@breastcancerscreeningsurvey.com with ‘Data Protection’ as a prefix in the
subject line of the email.