Privacy Policy | solvecmt

Solve CMT Research Program Website

The Solve-CMT website is tools of the CMT Research Program at University of Miami. It is not for medical care, advice, or treatment. Do not use the Solve-CMT website in place of seeing a healthcare provider.

The Solve-CMT website is tools of the CMT Research Program at University of Miami. Solve-CMT (“we” or “us”) is a research program funded by the U.S. government and research foundations. This Privacy Policy says what information we will collect through the Solve-CMT website. It also says what we will do with this data. By visiting the Solve-CMT website you agree to this Privacy Policy.

Data We Collect

When you visit the Solve-CMT website, we do not collect information about the way you use the website. We do not use cookies. We do not track your activities on the website.

We may ask web service providers to tell us about Solve-CMT website traffic. Web service providers are the companies that host websites as well as the Google Analytics platform.

If you want to join Solve-CMT, we will ask you to create an account with DocuSign. DocuSign is the contracted company with a secure environment that collects all our personal information for the study. DocuSign has its own privacy policies (https://www.docusign.com/company/privacy-policy). When you create an account using the DocuSign platform, we will collect a username, a password, and your email address.

How we protect your privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Data we have about you will be stored on protected computers. We will limit who can see this data. We will tell you if there is a serious data breach.

We will obtain a Certificate of Confidentiality from the U.S. government. This Certificate may help us keep your data private. For example, it may help us fight requests for data from law enforcement.

When and Why We Disclose Data

The purpose of Solve-CMT is to help researchers make discoveries. Study data we collect through the website will be stored in the Solve-CMT research database. Researchers will use this database for their studies. You can learn more about the use of your study data in the consent forms.

We will disclose (give out) data that we collect through the Solve-CMT website only for the reasons we list here. Other than these reasons, we will not sell, rent, lease, give, or share your data without your permission.

Reasons we disclose data:

For research as indicated above.
For legal reasons. We may give out data if we are required to by law. Otherwise, we will not give out data in any civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceedings. In cases where the law says we are required to give out data, we will try to give out as little data as possible. We will try to protect your privacy as much as we can. Whenever possible, we will tell you if we have to give out data.
For security.
To make sure the website works the way they are supposed to.
To improve the website.

Data Security

We take data security seriously. We use systems and procedures to the Solve-CMT website and its link to the DocuSign website. These systems and procedures help us prevent loss, theft, and misuse of your data. They help us prevent data breaches. Still, no matter what we do, we cannot promise that the data we collect from you is completely secure. There is a chance that your data could be compromised. We believe the risk is very small, but it is not zero.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. We will post updates on this website. If we make big changes, we will try to tell you directly. For example, we may send you an email or put a pop-up message on the website or app. If you visit the website or take part in Solve-CMT, it means you agree to the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments or requests, please contact us at solve-CMT@med.miami.edu

Versions

Here is a list of the versions of this Privacy Policy

Version 1 (1 May 2020)