Cookie Policy

Effective Date: 03.Dec.2025

This Cookie Policy (this “Policy”) describes how Spectrum Science Communications and our affiliated businesses (collectively, Spectrum Science Clinical, Spectrum Science Advertising, Spectrum Science Consulting, Spectrum Science Communications, GHMC, “us” or “we”) use cookies and other similar technologies when you visit or use the websites or other online services that Spectrum Science Clinical, Spectrum Science Advertising, Spectrum Science Consulting, Spectrum Science Communications, GHMC, and “us” or “we” owns or controls, including the individual “Sites” and html-formatted emails (collectively, “digital services”). This policy is part of our privacy practices and should be reviewed with our Website Privacy Statement.

We are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring transparency about how and why we use cookies and similar technologies.

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

Cookies. Cookies are small text files installed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences as well as past actions on the site. The cookie can identify your device, your browser type, and track your activity on the site. In and of itself, that data is not identifiable, but it is considered personal data in some jurisdictions—particularly if it is combined with other information (such as where a website user has also signed up for an account on the website.)

Some cookies are “persistent”—meaning that they remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them, whereas others are “session cookies”—meaning that they are temporary and are automatically deleted when you close your browser Other tracking technologies. Like most websites, we also use certain tracking technologies such as:

Web Beacons/Pixel Tags: Small, transparent images or code snippets embedded in webpages or emails. They allow us to track when content is viewed or opened, and help measure the effectiveness of our communications and campaigns. Web beacons do not place information on your device, but they may work in conjunction with cookies to monitor website activity.
JavaScript Tags or software development kits (SDKs) : Pieces of code embedded in websites or mobile applications that allow us to collect and transmit usage data to our systems or trusted third-party providers. This usage data allows us to monitor usage of our websites, enable functionality, and integrate with third-party services such as analytics, advertising, and social media platforms.

WHY USE COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the website user’s experience. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. In addition, cookies can help us to analyze the use of our digital services and online content (analytics cookies) and they can also facilitate/track the interaction on our digital services and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.).

WHAT CATEGORIES OF COOKIES DOES SPECTRUM SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS USE?

We use the following categories of cookies on the Site:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store personal information directly but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social Media Cookies: These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They can track your browser across other sites and build up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.

DOES SPECTRUM SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS USE COOKIES FOR MARKETING AND ANALYTICS?

Yes, like most websites, we may use information collected from our cookies and similar technologies to identify user behavior and to serve content and offers based on your profile, and for the other purposes described below, to the extent legally permissible in certain jurisdictions, and in compliance with applicable requirements. In some cases, we can associate cookie information (including information from cookies placed via our advertisements on third party sites) with an identifiable individual. For example:

If we send you a targeted email, we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message.
When you click a link in a marketing e-mail you receive from us, we will also use a cookie to log what pages you view and what content you download from our websites.
Combining and analyzing personal data – We may combine data from publicly available sources, and from our different e-mail, website, and personal interactions with you (this includes information collected across our different websites such as when you connect to our websites social media). We combine this data to better assess your experience with Continuum Clinical.

WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR USING COOKIES?

In some jurisdictions where we operate (such as the EU/EEA, UK and Brazil, we are required to obtain express user consent before using any non-essential cookies or other similar technologies. Users from countries or regions requiring opt-in consent will see a ‘cookie banner’ appear with cookie choices before they can proceed to use our website. If you accept the use of cookies, you always have the right to change your preference at a later time by going to our cookie preference page. In other locations, including the US, we are required to offer opt-out mechanisms to use those technologies.

WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE?

Cookie Settings. You can use the Cookie Preferences Center to customize your cookie preferences at any time. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled. Also, your selections on the Site will not work to disable cookies and other tracking technologies placed on websites that are not owned or operated by us.
Using Your Browser. Certain browsers can be set to reject browser cookies. To disable cookies through your browser, follow the instructions usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser. Please note that removing or blocking cookies can impact your experience on the Site and some functionality may no longer be available.
Do Not Track (DNT). This is a feature used by some browsers to send a signal to websites to indicate that the browser should not be tracked, which will cause cookies used for purposes such as analytics and advertising to be disabled. As there are presently no current industry-wide uniform agreed and accepted standards on how DNT requests should be managed, currently we will not respond to any DNT signals.
Global Privacy Controls (GPC)/Opt Out Preference Signals(OOPS).
(https://globalprivacycontrol.org/) GPC/OOPS is a technical specifications designed to allow Internet users to notify businesses collectively of their privacy preferences, such as whether they want their personal information to be sold or shared. It consists of a setting or extension in the user’s browser or mobile device that alerts websites to the user’s preferences regarding cookies and selling/sharing user data. To date, the option to use these preferences is limited to certain browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, Brave Browser, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, and Librewolf. If you use other browsers such as Google Chrome, these options are not yet available, and you will manually have to opt out of cookies and other tracking mechanisms.
You can opt out of behavioral advertising. The Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising program provides consumers with the ability to opt-out of having their online behavior recorded and used for advertising purposes. To opt out of having your online behavior collected for advertising purposes, click here. Please note, some of the tracking technologies we use do not participate in the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. To get more information about how to opt out of having your online behavior collected through these tracking tools, click the link in the description of that tool. The Digital Advertising Alliance also offers a tool for opting out of the collection of cross-app data on a mobile device for interest-based advertising. To exercise choices for the companies participating in this tool, download the AppChoices app here. Certain choices you make are both browser and device-specific.
How to refuse all cookies. If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies (including those that are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Sites. Please visit https://allaboutcookies.org for further details.

We may have collected information about you from cookies and other technologies placed on your browser prior to any preference changes you may have made in the Cookie Settings or when disabling cookies from your browser. Once your preferences are set, we will honor your selections on a go forward basis, unless you change them as indicated above.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE PLACE ON THE DIGITAL SERVICES?

We have listed all cookies we use, and their purpose, grouped into categories as explained in more detail in the Cookie Preference Center and the Google Analytics and Tag Manager technology listed below.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. For example, we collect details of the site where the visitor has come from and the total number of times a visitor has been to our website. For more information about how to opt out of having your information used by Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Google Tag Manager: We use Google Tag Manager to implement Google Analytics and other tracking technology to track user behavior, traffic analysis and marketing optimization.

We use the tracking technologies to improve our site and visitors’ experience.

HOW IS THIS POLICY UPDATED?

We may update this Cookies Policy to reflect changes in applicable laws or requirements as well as in relation to our practices. The “Effective Date” at the top of the Policy will reflect the last revision, and in some situations (such as if we make material changes to the content or our practices), we may also notify website users via an alert on our cookie banner or other means. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.

WHO DO I CONTACT IF I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have any questions about this Policy or our digital services, please write to: Spectrum Science Communications, Attn: Privacy Officer, 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. You may also email us at privacy@spectrumscience.com, Attn: Privacy Officer.