This Privacy Statement applies to owned and operated by Harper Global, ("We", "Us", "Our"). This Privacy Policy describes how Harper Global collects, uses, shares and secures the personal information you provide. It also describes your choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal information. This site was last updated on 9/12/2023. For any inquiries or comments regarding Harper Global's privacy program or security initiatives, please contact:
 

Shannon Duggan
Harper Global

14350 Mundy Drive, Suite 800, #122

Noblesville, IN 46060

Phone: 317.594.1500

Email: shannon@harperglobal.com
You may also contact our EU Representative, activeMind.legal at: eu-dataprotection@harperglobal.com

EU-US DPF, UK Extension to the EU-US DPF and Swiss-US DPF

Harper Global participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, and the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF We are committed to subjecting all personal data received from European Union (EU) member countries, the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) and Switzerland, respectively, in reliance on each Data Privacy Framework Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the DPF Principles, the DPF Principles shall govern. To learn more about the DPF Frameworks, and to view our certification, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Data Privacy Framework List. Participant Search (dataprivacyframework.gov)

 

Harper Global is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under each Data Privacy Framework Principle, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Harper Global complies with the DPF for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, UK and Switzerland, including the onward transfer liability provisions.

With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks, Harper Global is subject to the regulatory enforcement authority of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

In compliance with the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF and the Swiss-US DPF, Harper Global commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. European Union individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this privacy policy should first contact Harper Global at eu-dataprotection@harperglobal.com.

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In compliance with the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF and the Swiss-US DPF, Haper Global commits to refer unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-US DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-US DPF and the Swiss-US DPF to Insights Association, an alternative dispute resolution provider based in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your DPF Principles-related complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your DPF Principles-related complaint to your satisfaction, please visit https://www.insightsassociation.org/Resources/Data-Privacy-Framework/Information-for-EU-Swiss-Citizens-to-file-a-complaint for more information or to file a complaint. The services of Insights Association are provided at no cost to you.

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Under certain limited conditions, more fully described on the Data Privacy Framework website [How to Submit a Complaint Relating to a Participating Organization’s Compliance with the DPF Principles (dataprivacyframework.gov) for individuals to invoke binding arbitration before the DPF.

1. Harper Global Overview
Harper Global is a qualitative market research company based in the United States that conducts research worldwide. Qualitative research is conducted with a very small number of respondents, either in groups or individually and is used to gather initial respondent needs and obtain in-depth reactions to ideas and concepts. Harper Global conducts market research for a variety of pharmaceutical and health care related companies.

Harper Global is committed to the protection of personal and consumer data as modeled in its detailed privacy program and comprehensive security initiatives.
 

2. Collection and Use

We may collect the following personal information from you:
• Contact Information, such as name, email address, mailing address, or phone number;

We may use this information to:
•Send you requested product or service information
•Send you a newsletter
•Send you marketing communications
•Respond to your questions and concerns
•Enable you to post your resume, search job postings, and contact or be contacted by prospective employers

3. Sharing

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy. We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

Harper Global does not sell any personally identifiable information or process personal information in a way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by the individual. Respondent information is collected off-line for limited internal purposes directly related to market research. Information is obtained only for contact/honorarium purposes associated with each market research study. At the completion of a market research study, individual information is "desensitized" and reported in an aggregated form for market research analysis. Third party companies utilized by Harper Global must follow and adhere to the same privacy and security measures set forth by Harper Global to ensure privacy and security of information at all times. Client and business contacts may choose to contact Harper Global via email for additional information. Harper Global will use this information to contact you about the services that you have expressed an interest. Clients and business contact may also receive service related information or product/profile updates as they apply to business development opportunities at Harper Global. Please note: Harper Global does have first party cookies on its website, this is in place to track the number of hits to the web site and does not collect any other information.

Legal Disclaimer:

In certain situations, Harper Global may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request, to any other third party with your prior consent to do so, a court order or legal process served on our website. If Harper Global is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
 

4. Security, Data Integrity and Enforcement
Harper Global has several security initiatives in place to protect personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alterations and destruction. All data is deemed reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete and current.
All information is stored in a secure, sealed physical environment with controlled entry. Harper Global has physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in place to protect collected data from natural and malicious activity.

We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can contact Shannon Duggan at shannon@harperglobal.com

5. Opt-Out and How to Contact Us

Upon request Harper Global will provide you with information about whether we hold, or process on behalf of a third party, any of your personal information. To request this information please contact Shannon Duggan at shannon@harperglobal.com

Pursuant to conducting market research, we may employ several methods to contact people for market research studies, including, but not limited to telephone calls, faxes and email invitations. We will provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. To request to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information, please submit to Shannon Duggan at shannon@harperglobal.com. At any time, respondents have the option to limit the methods we use to invite participation in a market research study. Upon request Harper Global will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. If at any time your personally identifiable information changes, or you wish to opt-out of participation in future research, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by emailing Shannon Duggan at shannon@harperglobal.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail using the contact information below. Additionally, if you would like to unsubscribe to any of Harper Global's promotional materials or you wish to change any contact information please use the same contact information and put unsubscribe newsletter in the subject. Harper Global will respond to your request to access or delete personal information within 30 days.

If at any point you have any questions or comments regarding Harper Global's privacy program or security initiatives, please contact:
Shannon Duggan

Harper Global

14350 Mundy Drive, Suite 800, #122

Noblesville, IN 46060

Phone: 317.594.1500

Email: shannon@harperglobal.com

Passive Collection

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.

Tracking Technologies

Harper Global and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website or service.

We partner with a third party to [display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites]. Our third-party partner may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click here [or if located in the European Union click here]. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads.

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at shannon@harperglobal.com. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

NOTE: If at any point we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here or by means of a notice on our homepage prior to the change becoming effective.