Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Grouped. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website or use our services and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, username or similar identifier
• Contact Data: Email address, telephone numbers, and mailing address
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services
• Profile Data: Your username and password, research interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses

3. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To register you as a new user and manage your account
• To provide you with the services you have requested
• To match you with relevant research studies and opportunities
• To process and manage your participation in studies
• To send you notifications about studies and updates
• To improve our services and user experience
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with:

• Research institutions and study coordinators you choose to participate with
• Service providers who help us deliver our services
• Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers
• Regulators and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes.

6. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Withdraw consent at any time

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, and applicable legal requirements.

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: