Privacy Policy | Crossover Search

1. Introduction

Welcome to the website of Crossover Search (the “Website”). Crossover Search (“we”, “us”, and “our”) is a executive search and consulting firm dedicated to the life sciences industry. Our work for our clients focuses on the recruitment, organizational development, and other consulting services (“Services”).

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Notice outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, retention, and sharing of your information when you visit our Website or use our Services. The personal information that we collect are used for providing and improving our Services. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Policy covers information received in electronic and all other formats.

By accessing and using our Website or Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Privacy Policy, do not access, or use our Website or Services.

2. Information we collect

We may collect personal data and information that you provide directly to us when you use our Website or Services, including but not limited to:

Personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, and mailing or business address;
Qualifications & Credentials such as title, position, business(es)/company(s)/industry(s)/institution name(s) for whom you work or provided services;
Educational qualifications and history;
Referral source data (i.e., how you ended up visiting our Website); and
Any other similar personally identifying information provided to us by you in connection with our Services or through our Website,

We may also collect information about you from outside sources. For example, we may obtain commercially available information about you from third-parties or receive information from third-parties who provide services for us through web-beacons and other technologies described in this Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may automatically gather general statistical information about our Website and visitors, such as IP addresses, browsers, pages viewed, number of visitors, etc., but in doing so we do not reference you by individual name, e-mail address, home address, or telephone number. We use this data in the aggregate to determine how much our customers use parts of our Website so we can improve our Website. We may provide this statistical information to third parties, but when we do so we do not provide personally-identifying information without your permission.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include (but are not limited to):

Cookies (or browser cookies). Cookies are small text files stored on your device that allow us to recognize your browser or device and remember certain information.
Web Beacons. Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) that may be included in our web pages and emails.
Server Logs. A “server log” is a record of activity created by a computer that delivers certain webpages to your browser. Certain activities that you perform on our Website may record information in server logs. For example, if you enter a search term on a website or enter your login information, the server logs may record the search term, the link you clicked on to bring you to our Website and/or information about your browser, such as your IP address and the cookies set on your browser.

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising.You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

3. How we use your personal data

We use and share the personal data identified in this Privacy Policy to perform our Services, as defined above. Additionally, we may use and share your personal data for the following additional purposes:

Operating and managing our Website and Services, including sharing your personal data with our service providers, including cloud-based information service providers whose products we use to store, manage, and access personal data;
Improving our Website and Services to better understand opportunities to improve the quality of our Services;
Updating our records;
In connection with any application for employment with Crossover Search; and
For compliance and investigation purposes, including any statutory or regulatory purpose which requires the processing of your personal data, legal and regulatory compliance, fraud and crime prevention, internal and external audits, and any other purpose for which valid consent is obtained.

4. How we store your data:

We will store your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the performance of our obligations or to achieve the purposes for which the information was collected, or as may be permitted under applicable law. To determine the appropriate retention period, we will consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the data; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the data; the purposes for which we process the data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means; and the applicable legal requirements.

5. Security:

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal data from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. As a result, while we try to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Our Website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

6. Note for European residents:

While our focus is generally on the United States, insofar as we may from time-to-time process personal data of individuals in the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, or the United Kingdom, which processing may be subject to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please note we will only process your personal data to the extent applicable law allows us to do so.

7. Third Party Practices:

The privacy policy of an advertiser, promotional service, or organization appearing on our Website may differ from ours. We encourage you to read that policy before responding to the offer.

Any third-party resources that can be accessed with hypertext links from this Website are not under our control and we are not responsible for any of these third-party resources. The third-party hypertext links that may be presented on this site are provided for your convenience only. The inclusion of any link on this site does not imply any recommendation, approval, or endorsement of that site by us. These links are not intended to state or imply that we or our affiliates, or associates are legally authorized to use any trade name, registered trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the links.

8. Children’s Privacy:

Our Website and Services are not intended for, nor targeted to, children under 18, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect information from children under 18. If we learn that we have received information directly from a child who is under the age of 18, we will delete the information in accordance with applicable law.

9. Changes to our Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for legal and regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any substantial changes through a notice on our Website or via email. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date written at the beginning of the Privacy Policy.

10. Contacting us regarding your personal data:

You can contact us at any time at Admin@crossoversearch.com to ask that we do any of the following:

Erase or delete all or some of your personal data.
Change, update, or correct your personal data.
Restrict how we use all or some of your personal data.
Provide you with a copy of your personal data.

We will consider and respond to any such requests promptly and otherwise in accordance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns with respect to our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at the above email address.