Privacy Policy

Privacy policy for www.smerud.com

Effective from:  1 January 2023.

 This Privacy Policy applies to the website, www.smerud.com, owned and operated by Smerud Medical Research International AS (the “Site”). This page informs you about our policies regarding the collection of, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy.

 Smerud Medical Research International AS and its subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter ‘SMERUD’) is a European Contract Research Organisation (CRO) and drug developer. All information displayed by SMERUD on its website is intended to be correct, trustworthy and complete. However, the information on this Site is provided by SMERUD for general purposes only. SMERUD makes no warranties about the information contained herein for any purpose.

Information collected

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be

used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name, address, phone number and e-mail address (“Personal Information”).

We may also collect information regarding your use of our website by monitoring the use of cookies. This information (“Log Data”) may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. Please refer to the Cookie Policy.

Information used and processed

Information you submit is being collected and controlled by Smerud Medical Research International AS. Information may be shared with our affiliate companies, all having their offices within the EU/EEA. We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you services.

We collect Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing material or to respond to any questions or feedback you have submitted. We collect Log Data to see how you use the Site to make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to make improvements to any feedback you send us.

We will not sell or rent your data to third parties. Also, we will not share your data with third parties for marketing purposes. We process and keep all data within Europe.

 The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100{cc4e86d8526f9a7772c8ec50e0fa735d3191ea1de1b7e87bdcd550b9a80997cb} secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your rights

You have the right to be informed which of your personal data are being processed, as well as the details regarding the processing. You may request a copy of your personal data that is being processed. You have the right to rectify any inaccurate personal data being processed, as well as the right to update any incomplete personal data. You have the right to object to our processing of your contact data, as well as to ask us to erase such data.  

 You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. You may contact either the supervisory authority of your place of residence if you are a resident of the European Union, or the Competent Authority of our headquarters: the Norwegian Data Protection Authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@smerud.com, or by mail to:

Smerud Medical Research International AS, Thunes vei 2, N-0274 Oslo, Norway.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 1 January 2023 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the services after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will place a notice on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an e-mail to:  privacy@smerud.com, or by mail to Smerud Medical Research International AS, Thunes vei 2, N-0274 Oslo, Norway.