SMO-USA, Inc. is diligent in complying with its responsibilities and obligations to treat personal information appropriately. This privacy policy applies to the SMO-USA, Inc. website and our data collection activities in connection with the services we provide to our clients.

This privacy policy is intended to provide you with information regarding the way SMO-USA, Inc. uses information collected from this website and in connection with the services it provides to help you make informed choices about the information you may submit to us.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

Information Collected via our Website
Our Website does not automatically collect individually or personally identifiable information from those who visit our Website ("Users"). We do not presently use "cookies" (information transferred to a User's hard drive by the web site for record keeping, site navigation or content purposes) in connection with our Website, but we reserve the right to do so in the future and this Privacy Policy will be amended accordingly.

While our Website produces logs capable of identifying the home servers or IP addresses of Users and tracking the pages accessed and information downloaded, we only use this information to gain a greater understanding of who uses our Website and what information they are seeking from us. We use this information to consider how to improve our Website and to change the content of the Website to provide information of greater interest to Users. We do not use this information to identify individual Users and we do not share this information with third parties except those who are directly involved in the development of our Website.

Information submitted to SMO-USA, Inc. through our Website
In some areas of our Website you are offered the opportunity to submit information about yourself or your business to the Website.

Medical investigators and other clinical research professionals who have an interest in working with SMO-USA, Inc. in clinical studies may submit information to our Investigator Database. Information gathered via the Investigator Database is used to prescreen Investigators who may be interested in working with us.

Patient Volunteers who may be interested in participating in a clinical study being conducted by SMO-USA, Inc., or those acting on their behalf, may submit information to our Website, including personal information, may expect that we will share that information with a current or future medical investigator conducting a study that could potentially meet the stated interests of the Volunteer. If a User sends an unsolicited email through our Website regarding a clinical study, we reserve the right to use or disclose the information contained in the email to third parties without seeking any additional consent from the User.

Other entities seeking to do business with SMO-USA, Inc. should not submit unsolicited confidential or proprietary information to our website. SMO-USA, Inc. reserves the right to use or disclose unsolicited information for any purpose.

Our Website also has email links to SMO-USA, Inc. departments such as the Contact Us page and various other pages. Information submitted via these links will be used for the purposes described on the page containing the link. You may expect that information submitted via the links will be shared with the appropriate SMO-USA, Inc. employee necessary to take action on the information or request submitted. For example, resumes and information related to those seeking employment will be shared with the staff of the SMO-USA, Inc. Human Resources Department and other SMO-USA, Inc. employees involved in the hiring process.

Information Collected in Connection with the Services We Provide
As a pharmaceutical, biotechnical, and medical device development services provider, we collect and analyze data related to the development of therapeutic compounds and devices which may include personal or individually identifiable data. We are restrained by various agreements with our clients from disclosing the information we collect in connection with the services to third parties and our employees enter into confidentiality agreements with us to limit their disclosures of information. Disclosures of personal or individually identifiable data of those involved in the services we provide will only be made pursuant to informed consent documents executed by those involved in the services we provide. We do not transfer personal or individually identifiable information to third parties other than those that are working with us on a project or our clients and only then as authorized pursuant to appropriate consent documents .

Other Possible Uses
SMO-USA, Inc. strives to keep personal or individually identifiable data confidential and will ordinarily not disclose such data in the absence of an appropriate authorization. However, there may be circumstances in which we required to disclose such data by law, regulation, court order, liability concerns or to address the security and integrity of our Website. In those circumstances, we will make reasonable efforts to notify those affected prior to the disclosure.

Children and this Website
This SMO-USA, Inc. Website is not intended or designed to attract children. We do not collect or seek to collect information or data on our Website from children under the age of 13 nor do we desire to receive any information or data from children who visit our Website. Questions regarding SMO-USA, Inc.'s compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or SMO-USA, Inc.'s inadvertent collection of such data should be addressed to privacy@smo-usa.com

How to Update and Access the Information We Collect About You
SMO-USA, Inc. makes every effort to ensure the information we collect is reasonably related to the purpose of collection and that it is accurate. If you have submitted information to our Website you may update the information you submitted by submitting it through the same manner you initially submitted the information or by submitting the information to us via our "Contact Us" page.

If you would like to review the information maintained about you by SMO-USA, Inc. that is covered by this privacy policy, you may submit a request to privacy@smo-usa.com. You may expect that your identity will be verified prior to the production of any records or any change being made to the information.

Security
The data we collect in connection with the services we provide is subject to a number of laws and regulations and we will maintain the data in compliance with those laws and regulations. SMO-USA, Inc. has committed substantial resources in its information system and physical security and we will continue to take reasonable precautions intended to protect personal or individually identifiable data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

Comments and Complaints
Comments regarding the SMO-USA, Inc. Privacy Policy or complaints regarding the manner in which personal or individually identifiable information has been used should be directed to privacy@smo-usa.com , SMO-USA, Inc., 8014 Cumming Highway, Suite 403-346, Canton, GA 30115, or by calling 770.704.8215. Within a reasonable time following the receipt of a complaint, SMO-USA, Inc. will contact the complainant, conduct an internal investigation and report back to the complainant in an effort to resolve the matter quickly.

In the future, we may amend this Privacy Policy as our information practices change. Any such changes will be posted to this site prior to the implementation of any changes.