Cookie Policy
1 What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file that is placed by the server of a website in
the browser of your computer or on your mobile device when you visit
the website. The cookie contains a unique code that allows Novo
Nordisk to recognize your browser during your visit to our website
(called a “session” cookie), or later at repeated visits (called
“persistent” cookie). Each cookie is unique to your web browser.
Cookies may be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or
by partners that cooperate with the website, so called “third party cookies”.
Cookies generally make the interaction between the user and the
website easier and faster and help the user to navigate between the
different parts of a website. Cookies may also be used to make the
content of the website more relevant for the visitor and to adapt it
to his personal tastes and needs.
2 Use of cookies on novotrials.com
2.1 The owner of novotrials.com is:
Novo Nordisk A/S
Novo Alle 1
DK-2880 Bagsvaerd
Denmark
Tel. + 45 4444 8888
Novo Nordisk uses cookies to enhance the functionality of the
website by storing your preferences. On novotrials.com Novo Nordisk
uses necessary cookies, functional/preference cookies, statistical
cookies and marketing cookies.
2.2 Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to visit the site and to use
certain parts. If you reject these cookies certain features of the
website will not work properly.
2.3 Functional cookies/Preference cookies
Functional/Preference cookies are cookies that facilitate the
functioning of the website and make it more enjoyable for visitors.
They ensure a more personalized browsing experience. For example:
cookies that remember your language preference.
2.4 Analytical/statistical cookies
We use analytical cookies to collect information about the use of our
website, with the intention to improve the content, to match it to the
wishes of the visitors, and to increase the serviceability.
2.5 Marketing cookies
These are cookies that we use to offer you personalized and more
relevant advertisements, to determine how many times a specific ad has
already been shown, to calculate the effectiveness of a particular
advertising campaign, to track data about previous visits and to share
collected data with third parties involved, such as advertisers. They
are used on the website and placed on your device by third parties.
2.6
The use of statistical, functional and marketing cookies
on novotrials.com require consent from the user. The user may at any
time withdraw their consent to use cookies. See section 5 of this
Cookie Policy for information about cookie management and deletion of
cookies.
3 Third party cookies
3.1
Novo Nordisk may use third party cookies, which are cookies that are
placed in the user’s browser by a third party that is not Novo
Nordisk. The data, which is collected using third party cookies will
not be available to Novo Nordisk but will only be collected and used
by the third party for their own purposes. Novo Nordisk may e.g. embed
photos and video content from websites such as YouTube. As a result,
when you visit a Novo Nordisk website with content embedded from other
websites, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. Novo
Nordisk does not control the dissemination of these cookies. You
should check the relevant third party website for more information
about their use of cookies.
3.2
Our websites use embedded "share" buttons to enable users
to easily share information with friends through a number of popular
social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged
in to their service. Novo Nordisk does not control the dissemination
of these cookies and you should check the relevant third party website
for more information about their use of cookies.
4 Cookies used on our websites
Novo Nordisk uses the cookies that are described in detail
on novotrials.com in the cookie banner. In the cookie banner you can
find information about the cookie name, who is setting the cookie, a
description of the cookies and when the cookie expires.
5 Cookie management
5.1
You must indicate if you allow cookies to be placed on your device or
disable the use of certain types of cookies. If you do not accept the
use of certain cookies, some features of the site may not work, or you
may not be able to use certain services on the websites.
5.2
If you wish to restrict or block the use cookies, you must indicate
your preferences via the cookie banner shown on the website. You may
also restrict the use of cookies through your browser settings. The
Help function within your browser should tell you how.
5.3
Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which
contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety
of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from
your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For
information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you
will need to refer to your handset manual.
5.4
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality
of novotrials.com.
6 Data privacy
6.1
When you visit our website, we automatically collect general
information about your computer and its location as well as the
website you came from, if applicable. This information cannot be used
to identify you as an individual. This information is only used in
aggregate form to inform us where our visitors come from, what they
look at and act on, and where the most time is spent.
6.2
Whenever we ask you for any personally identifiable information that
can be used to identify you as an individual, we will ask for your
consent and we will always provide an explanation as to why we collect
the information, how we collect it, how we store it and how we plan on
treating and using it.
6.3
We will only collect and store personally identifiable information
for the purpose stated during the collecting process. When we finish
processing your information for the stated purpose(s), we will erase
and destroy it to ensure your privacy.
6.4
Some data are collected by using cookies based on our legitimate
interest in and for the purpose of improvement of our website and your
user experience, statistical purposes for our website, functional
purposes for use of our website and to enable us to optimise the use
of our website for marketing purposes.
6.5
For each type of cookie used to collect personal data for specified
purposes, Novo Nordisk will only process the personal data collected
via cookies for the specific purposes for which you have provided your
consent in the cookie banner.
6.6
All your personal data will be treated in confidence and will only be
used in compliance with the purposes stated above.
6.7
Novo Nordisk may engage third party service provider and they will
have access to and process your personal data and we may transfer
personal data to other Novo Nordisk group entities.
6.8
If a third party provider processes your personal data outside the
EU/EEA, this will take place based on the EU Commission’s Standard
Contractual Clauses and the transfer to other Novo Nordisk group
entities outside the EU/EEA will be based on Novo Nordisk’s Binding
Corporate Rules, which you can find here.
6.9
6.1.8 According to the data protection rules you have the following
rights. To exercise these rights, please contact Novo Nordisk on privacy@novonordisk.com.
- You can get an overview of what personal data we have about
you;
- You can get a copy of your personal data in a
structured, commonly used and machine-readable format;
- You
can get an update or correction to your personal data;
- You
can have your personal data deleted or destroyed;
- You can have us stop or limit processing of your personal
data;
- If you have given consent for us to process
your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Your
withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried
out before you withdrew your consent;
- You can submit a
complaint about how we process your personal data to a Data
Protection Authority.
Under applicable law, there may be limits on these rights depending
on the specific circumstances of the processing activity. Contact us
as described in Section 1 with questions or requests relating to these rights.