Privacy Policy

Cardiovascular Clinical Science Inc. operates the ccstrials.com website, which provides the SERVICE. This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

This Privacy Policy applies to Website visitors, business contacts, and investigators who submit information through the Website forms (for example, “Contact Us” and “Investigator Database”). It does not apply to research participant-facing study materials or clinical trial participant recruitment content. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information when you use the Website and related forms. The Personal Information that we collect are used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at ccstrials.com, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies

COOKIES SETTINGS

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how our visitors use our website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies may involve identifiers and may constitute Personal Information under applicable law. All information these cookies collect is used to improve how our CCS website works.

Targeting/advertising and tracking Cookies

These cookies may be used to deliver content more relevant to you and your interests and to measure the effectiveness of campaigns where applicable. They may also be set by third parties when content is embedded (for example, YouTube). Where required by law, these cookies are used only after you provide consent.

Cookie Inventory (including expiry or duration)

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons: 

• To facilitate our Service; 

• To provide the Service on our behalf; 

• To perform Service-related services; or

• To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

Website-related service providers may include: 

• OneTrust (cookie consent management); 

• Google Analytics (Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4) (analytics); 

• YouTube (embedded video content) where used;

• [Website hosting provider] (Website hosting provider); 

• [CDN/WAF provider] (CDN/WAF provider), if applicable

Contact Us and Investigator Database submissions are routed to a CCS email inbox and are not processed through a third-party forms platform, CRM, or ticketing system.

Investigator Data Sharing

CCS does not share investigator information submitted through the Website with sponsors or other third parties for feasibility matching or outreach at this time.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Examples of safeguards may include encryption in transit, access controls, and logging.

International Transfers

Website and form submission data are processed in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. Where required, CCS will implement appropriate safeguards for international transfers, including the European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transfers of personal data from the EEA and the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) or the UK Addendum to the EU SCCs for transfers from the United Kingdom, as applicable.

Retention

We retain Personal Information only for as long as needed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Retention periods (or criteria) for Website records are as follows:

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights such as access, correction, deletion, objection, restriction, portability, and the right to withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent). To exercise your rights, contact us at dpo@ccstrials.com. We may request additional information to verify your identity before responding.

If EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

If Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA) applies, you may request access to and correction of your Personal Information and you may challenge our compliance by contacting us at dpo@ccstrials.com. You may also contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) if you have unresolved concerns.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at dpo@ccstrials.com.

Cardiovascular Clinical Science Inc.
75 Kneeland St., Suite 702
Boston, MA 02111, USA

 12Feb2026