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Learn MoreOn Tuesday our Founder and Chief Mission Officer @KathyGiusti will be speaking on a panel alongside @ANordenMD of @cotahealthcare and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron of the @NIH at @TheAtlantic’s #PeopleVCancer Summit. Learn more about the summit here: https://t.co/lQlmtSFBu7
Great crowd today at our final Patient Summit of 2019, in Toronto! Our thanks to Drs. Trudel and Reece of @PMResearch_UHN for hosting us and to @MyelomaCanada for the warm welcome!
On Tuesday our Founder and Chief Mission Officer @KathyGiusti will be speaking at @theAtlantic People Vs Cancer Summit. The event will be streamed live – stay tuned! #peoplevcancer
Webinar - Maintenance Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Patients: Understanding Treatment Options
Wednesday, November 20th - 3:00pm ET
Wednesday, December 18th - 1:00pm ET
Laugh for Life
May 6, 2020 - Ziegfeld Ballroom
Chicago Awards Dinner
Fall 2020 - Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
On Tuesday our Founder and Chief Mission Officer @KathyGiusti will be speaking on a panel alongside @ANordenMD of @cotahealthcare and Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron of the @NIH at @TheAtlantic’s #PeopleVCancer Summit. Learn more about the summit here: https://t.co/lQlmtSFBu7
Great crowd today at our final Patient Summit of 2019, in Toronto! Our thanks to Drs. Trudel and Reece of @PMResearch_UHN for hosting us and to @MyelomaCanada for the warm welcome!
On Tuesday our Founder and Chief Mission Officer @KathyGiusti will be speaking at @theAtlantic People Vs Cancer Summit. The event will be streamed live – stay tuned! #peoplevcancer
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With your consent: In respect of certain cross-border personal data transfers, such as in research studies that you provide consent to enter, we will obtain your consent to transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA after first informing you about the possible risks of such a transfer.
By contract: We will transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA if the transfer is necessary to the performance of a contract between you and MMRF, or if the transfer is necessary to the performance of a contract between MMRF and a third party, and the contract was entered into in your interest.
In addition, we may transfer your Personal Data outside the EEA if the transfer is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or to protect your vital interests.
Service Providers: We share your Personal Data with third-party service providers who complete transactions or perform services on our behalf or for your benefit, such as for payment processing, marketing, analytics, processing employment applications and performing human resources administration or to verify customer data, such as mailing addresses.
Affiliates: We may share your Personal Data with affiliated legal entities within our family of companies for purposes and uses that are consistent with these Disclosures.
Business Partners: We may share your Personal Data with our business partners for the purpose of administering programs and services, such as Rallybound, if you elect to make an online donation
Third-Party Mobile App Providers: With your knowledge and consent, the Website may gather and transfer your Personal Data, including location information, from and to other applications, functions and tools within your mobile device.
Social Media Platforms: We may also use services provided by third parties (such as social media platforms) to serve targeted ads to you on third party platforms. We may do this by providing a hashed version of your Personal Data to the third party for matching purposes. Please review Your Ad Choices below for more information, including how to opt-out of interest-based advertising.
Legal Process, Safety and Terms Enforcement: We may disclose your Personal Data to legal or government regulatory authorities as required by applicable law. We may also disclose your Personal Data to third parties as required by applicable law in connection with claims, disputes or litigation, when otherwise required by applicable law, or if we determine its disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of you or us, or to enforce our legal rights or contractual commitments that you have made.
Business Transfers: Your Personal Data may be disclosed as part of a corporate business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets, and could be transferred to a third party as one of the business assets in such a transaction. It may also be disclosed in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on any affected Website of any change in ownership or uses of Personal Data, as well as your choices regarding Personal Data about you.
Information You Provide
We collect Personal Data you provide, for example when you enter the data into form fields on our Website. For example, we may collect:
| Category of Personal Data | Purposes of Processing (see also Additional Uses of Personal Data below) |
Legal Bases for Processing |
| Contact Information
name (individual and/or organization/company), physical address, telephone number, email address, and other electronic contact information (such as Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Myspace accounts) |
To administer your account and the Website, authenticate you as a user, and communicate with you
To help you find a research study as a research subject To notify you of events that may be of interest to you and to provide you with event resources |
To process transactions requested by you and meet our contractual obligations
Legitimate interests Your consent, when applicable |
| Demographic Information
including your age, occupation/employer information, donation information/history, educational history and participation at MMRF events |
To notify you of events that may be of interest to you, to target and deliver relevant offers and ads, to support our operations, and to improve our products and services including the Website
To register you for professional education |
Legitimate interests
Your consent, when applicable |
| Payment Information
including credit card number (and expiration date), billing information (such as individual/company name, physical address, telephone number) |
To process donations and investments that you make online. For more information regarding our privacy practices related to donors, please see our Donor Privacy Policy
To improve our donations and investments platforms, to personalize your customer experience and to contribute to our marketing efforts, for example, by analyzing information about what products are viewed, when you browse items but do not make a donation or investment. |
To process transactions requested by you and meet our contractual obligations
Legitimate interests Compliance with legal obligations Your consent, when applicable |
| Health Status of you and your Family
including your interest in participation in studies related to multiple myeloma |
To help you identify research studies that may be of interest to you
To help identify treatments and resources that may be able to assist you To connect you with advice from nurses] To help you identify treatment centers |
Your explicit consent, when applicable |
| Investment Interests
Including your interest in investing in potential treatments |
To identify your interests in investing in research carried about by MMRF | Legitimate interests |
