Privacy Notice – Npms-BUPRENORPHINE-NALOXONE Education Program
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
We may collect, use, retain and disclose certain Personal Information relating to healthcare professionals who are licensed and practising in Canada, including physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists, and who enroll in the Npms-BUPRENORPHINE-NALOXONE Education Program (the “Education Program”) provided by Pharmascience Inc. (collectively, “Pharmascience” or “we”).
“Personal Information” means any information that relates to an identifiable individual. For the purposes of the Education Program, this includes your name, professional title, medical licence number, email address, province of practice, language preference, account information, and information relating to your participation in and completion of the training.
How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
Personal Information is used to create and administer your account, process your enrollment, communicate with you about the Education Program, deliver and administer the training in your preferred language, assess and confirm your completion of the training, and maintain records relating to your participation. Pharmascience may also verify your professional credentials, licence status and province of practice with the applicable provincial regulatory body.
The platform will provide Pharmascience with information relating to your participation in and completion of the training. Pharmascience will maintain a record of healthcare professionals who have successfully completed the Education Program and this record may be provided to Health Canada upon request in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements.
Health Canada may require participants to repeat the training or renew their completion status periodically. Pharmascience may use your contact information to notify you of material changes to the Education Program and of any applicable retraining or renewal requirements.
As our business operations or systems evolve, we may need to replace or engage additional service providers. In such cases, the necessary Personal Information may be transferred to those service providers to ensure continuity of services, subject to appropriate confidentiality and Personal Information protection measures.
When Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?
We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties that require access to it to develop, host, maintain, administer or support the Education Program website and the purposes described in this Privacy Notice. These third parties are subject to contractual obligations regarding the confidentiality and protection of Personal Information. They may include:
- Service providers engaged by Pharmascience to develop, host, maintain, and support the Education Program website and related systems;
- Technology, communication, cloud-hosting, and support service providers involved in the operation of the Education Program; and
- Health Canada or other applicable regulatory or professional authorities where required by law, regulation, or upon a valid request relating to Pharmascience’s regulatory obligations.
As our business operations or systems evolve, we may need to replace or engage additional service providers. In such cases, the Personal Information required for the provision of services may be transferred to those service providers to ensure continuity of services, subject to appropriate confidentiality and Personal Information protection measures.
How Do We Protect Your Personal Information?
Pharmascience maintains reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards designed to protect your Personal Information against loss, as well as unauthorized access, copying, use, modification, and disclosure.
Pharmascience and its service providers may store or process your Personal Information outside Quebec and Canada, where it will be subject to local laws, provided this is done in accordance with applicable laws and appropriate safeguards are in place to ensure adequate protection. Other jurisdictions may have laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of your Personal Information to government authorities in circumstances that differ from those applicable in Canada. Your Personal Information will not otherwise be disclosed except as described in this Privacy Notice or as required by law.
How Long Is Your Personal Information Retained?
Pharmascience will retain your Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Personal Information relating to your enrollment, participation and completion of the Education Program will be retained in accordance with Pharmascience’s records retention policies and applicable legal requirements, and will then be securely destroyed or anonymized when its retention is no longer necessary.
Your Rights
Subject to the conditions and limitations set out in applicable laws, you may:
- Request access to the Personal Information we hold about you;
- Request the correction of any inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated Personal Information;
- Request the deletion of certain Personal Information, subject to applicable legal obligations;
- Exercise, where permitted by law, your right to data portability with respect to your Personal Information.
If you wish to (i) withdraw your consent, (ii) exercise any of the rights described above, or (iii) ask a question regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact Pharmascience’s Privacy Officer in writing at cpo@pharmascience.com.
Withdrawal of your consent may prevent Pharmascience from enrolling you in, or allowing you to continue participating in the Education Program where the relevant Personal Information is necessary for those purposes or must be retained by law.
Acknowledgement and Consent
By checking the consent box, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Notice and consent to the collection, use, disclosure and retention of your Personal Information in accordance with its terms.