Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use

MediaSphere Medical is the sole owner and acts as the data controller of the information collected on www.signalssummit.com. The information secured during registration is strictly utilized for internal use, in order to confirm registrants as qualified professional attendees to the Signals Summit. Communication directed towards registrants, is solely related to the Signals Summit educational programming. Registration to the Signals Summit confirms acknowledgment of the Privacy Policy.

We will not sell, share, or rent this information or use it in ways other than those outlined in this statement. Personal information provided by you during registration will be solely utilized to confirm your attendance and communicate information exclusive to educational program, including provision of information to access the live broadcast of the Signals Summit, registration reminders, and information to directly claim Continuing Medical Education credits commensurate with the extent of your participation within the Signals Summit.

Information that identifies you as a specific individual will not be disclosed to others without your permission, except for those specific circumstances described in this policy or unless the disclosure is necessary to provide services that you have requested. We will not ask your permission to collect or use aggregate information about website visitors or registrants, since aggregate information does not identify you as a specific individual.

We are entitled to use your personal information for the sole purposes set out in this privacy policy because (i) we have legal, regulatory and compliance obligations that we have to discharge to confirm your registered attendance as a qualified attendee and (ii) to ensure that you receive necessary information related to the Summit to enhance your attendance experience and (iii) to ensure that you have the opportunity to claim Continuing Medical Educational credits at the conclusion of the Summit and access the enduring on-demand Signals Summit video library..

Disclosures of Relationships and Competing Interests with Industry

As part of our commitment to transparency and accountability, and to attain the highest standards of excellence, MediaSphere maintains independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in educational programming. The Signals Summit requires faculty, to disclose and manage relationships between personal, professional, financial, or business interests when engaged in MediaSphere educational programming. Interests include relationships with for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations, and governmental agencies with interests or activities related to those of commercial supporter(s). While not all relationships are prohibited or harmful, full disclosure of such relationships is required and mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve potential or perceived conflicts of interest. Any relationship from the previous 12-month period that could influence objectivity related to Signals Summit needs to be disclosed.

All faculty disclosures are made available at the time of the Signals Summit.

Email Messages

Registration to the Signals Summit confirms that you consent to the receipt of information solely related to the Signals Summit. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail correspondence, you may opt-out of receiving these communications by following the "unsubscribe" or opt-out instructions in our e-mail messages. Unsubscribing will remove you from all future correspondence from the Signals Summit. Information captured during registration will not be sold or rented to any 3^rd party, or used for any purposes beyond direct communication related to Signals Summit programming.

Cookies

Like most websites, we use cookies to allow you to move more efficiently through our site. Cookies are small text files that allow us to recognize repeat users and facilitate their access to and use of the site. Cookies do not collect personally identifying information; they collect information related to the characteristics of your computer, or when and how you reached our website. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. They do not pose a threat to a user's system or files. We use this information only for purposes of planning and tracking, as well as assessing the technical function of our site. By understanding how our site is accessed, we can continually improve it to respond to users' interests.

However, we cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third parties hosting data on our behalf. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie feature. Please note that cookies may be necessary to enable you to use certain features on our website.

To learn more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Alternatively, you can search the internet for other independent information on cookies.

Links

The Signals Summit website contains an external link to the EDUCARE website of the educational grantor, Boston Scientific, which may use cookie technology to measure the effectiveness of information on their website, or may otherwise collect personally identifiable information from you when you leave this site. MediaSphere is not responsible for the privacy practices of such sites and we are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, services or other materials offered by them. Transactions that occur between you and the third party are strictly between you and them, and are not our responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personally identifying information. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected on our website.

Security of Your Information

We take every precaution to protect your personal information. All personal information collected on individuals is kept confidential and, in a firewall, protected and physically secure environment. Access to personal information is restricted to only those personnel with a legitimate business purpose. Servers used to store personally identifying information are kept in a secure environment.

Retention of Personal Information

We retain personal information provided by you for as long as such information is considered to be relevant for the legitimate purposes of the 2021 Signals Summit and future iterations, to respond to your requests or until you instruct us to remove such information by contacting us in the manner described below.

Do Not Track

MediaSphere does not track its users across third party websites and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, some third-party plug-ins may keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, to enable them to tailor your experience.

Your Rights

You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal data that we hold about you. These rights include:

the right to obtain information regarding the processing of your personal data and access to the personal data which we hold about you;
where you have actively provided your consent for us to process your personal data, the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note, however, that we may still be entitled to process your personal data if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so;
in some circumstances, the right to receive some personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or request that we transmit those data to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal data which you have provided to us;
the right to request that we rectify your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
the right to request that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal data but we are legally entitled to retain it;
the right to request that we restrict our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you ask us to restrict our processing of your personal data but we are legally entitled to refuse that request; and
the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection regulator if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us.

You can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out in the "How to contact us" section below.

Changes in our Privacy Policy

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be incorporated here so that you are always aware of the information we collect, the ways we use it, and any circumstances under which we disclose it. We may also contact you by e-mail to inform you of significant changes.

How to Contact Us

We invite your comments, requests and questions about our website, your experience with our site and services, and our Privacy Policy. Use our Contact Us page, e-mail or call +1.856.438.670