IQVIA Privacy Policy</a>, IQVIA Canada takes a very active approach in elaborating and implementing any additional policies and procedures needed in the Canadian context. Chief among these are IQVIA Canada&rsquo;s <a href=https://www.iqvia.com/locations/canada/"-/media/c79583f8986f40c89614e47324c17c95.ashx">Code for the Management of Protected Information Respecting Health Professionals (Excluding Quebec)</a> and its <a href=https://www.iqvia.com/locations/canada/"-/media/84f75a72f1f84b54a4740159469b15b7.ashx">Code for the Management of Personal Information Respecting Health Professionals in the Province of Quebec</a>, both of which are developed to reflect the principles of the Canadian Standards Association&rsquo;s Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information (CAN/CSA-Q830-96). Every member of IQVIA Canada&rsquo;s work force, from its Senior Executives on down, shares in the responsibility of ensuring that our activities meet or exceed industry best practices in the area of privacy protection. In addition, our Canadian Information Governance Counsel, comprised of stakeholders from across the company, provides targeted oversight on the implementation, optimization, and enforcement of our privacy-related policies and procedures. </p> <p>Amongst other things, our privacy-related practices include: </p> <ul> <li>Ensuring complete patient privacy by never collecting patient-identifiable information for the production of our data offerings.</li> <li>Requiring all staff to sign confidentiality undertakings every year, and to complete regular privacy and information security trainings, as a condition of employment.</li> <li>Requiring all clients to follow strict confidentiality requirements tailored to each of our data products, including contractual confidentiality provisions, codes of conduct, data policies, and/or confidentiality user guides.</li> <li>Maintaining an open and transparent approach with regulators and other privacy stakeholders, including annual reporting on certain key datasets and related information handling practices.</li> </ul>" /> IQVIA Privacy Policy</a>, IQVIA Canada takes a very active approach in elaborating and implementing any additional policies and procedures needed in the Canadian context. Chief among these are IQVIA Canada&rsquo;s <a href=https://www.iqvia.com/locations/canada/"-/media/c79583f8986f40c89614e47324c17c95.ashx">Code for the Management of Protected Information Respecting Health Professionals (Excluding Quebec)</a> and its <a href=https://www.iqvia.com/locations/canada/"-/media/84f75a72f1f84b54a4740159469b15b7.ashx">Code for the Management of Personal Information Respecting Health Professionals in the Province of Quebec</a>, both of which are developed to reflect the principles of the Canadian Standards Association&rsquo;s Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information (CAN/CSA-Q830-96). Every member of IQVIA Canada&rsquo;s work force, from its Senior Executives on down, shares in the responsibility of ensuring that our activities meet or exceed industry best practices in the area of privacy protection. In addition, our Canadian Information Governance Counsel, comprised of stakeholders from across the company, provides targeted oversight on the implementation, optimization, and enforcement of our privacy-related policies and procedures. </p> <p>Amongst other things, our privacy-related practices include: </p> <ul> <li>Ensuring complete patient privacy by never collecting patient-identifiable information for the production of our data offerings.</li> <li>Requiring all staff to sign confidentiality undertakings every year, and to complete regular privacy and information security trainings, as a condition of employment.</li> <li>Requiring all clients to follow strict confidentiality requirements tailored to each of our data products, including contractual confidentiality provisions, codes of conduct, data policies, and/or confidentiality user guides.</li> <li>Maintaining an open and transparent approach with regulators and other privacy stakeholders, including annual reporting on certain key datasets and related information handling practices.</li> </ul>" />

Privacy and Data Governance Commitment

Responsible Handling of Health Information in Canada

In addition to complying with the IQVIA’s Group’s many policies and procedures relating to information governance, privacy, and data security, including the IQVIA Privacy Policy, IQVIA Canada takes a very active approach in elaborating and implementing any additional policies and procedures needed in the Canadian context. Chief among these are IQVIA Canada’s Code for the Management of Protected Information Respecting Health Professionals (Excluding Quebec) and its Code for the Management of Personal Information Respecting Health Professionals in the Province of Quebec, both of which are developed to reflect the principles of the Canadian Standards Association’s Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information (CAN/CSA-Q830-96). Every member of IQVIA Canada’s work force, from its Senior Executives on down, shares in the responsibility of ensuring that our activities meet or exceed industry best practices in the area of privacy protection. In addition, our Canadian Information Governance Counsel, comprised of stakeholders from across the company, provides targeted oversight on the implementation, optimization, and enforcement of our privacy-related policies and procedures.

Amongst other things, our privacy-related practices include:

  • Ensuring complete patient privacy by never collecting patient-identifiable information for the production of our data offerings.
  • Requiring all staff to sign confidentiality undertakings every year, and to complete regular privacy and information security trainings, as a condition of employment.
  • Requiring all clients to follow strict confidentiality requirements tailored to each of our data products, including contractual confidentiality provisions, codes of conduct, data policies, and/or confidentiality user guides.
  • Maintaining an open and transparent approach with regulators and other privacy stakeholders, including annual reporting on certain key datasets and related information handling practices.
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