Privacy

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne will collect the information you submit (including contact details and any health-related details you choose to provide) to respond to your enquiry and to assess potential eligibility for the PULSE registry and/or the ACCESS study.

Your information may be accessed by authorised members of the Site’s research team and relevant hospital staff on a need-to-know basis. Where required, information may be shared with ethics/governance bodies, regulators, or auditors in accordance with applicable law and approvals.

Your information will be handled in accordance with Australian privacy laws (including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles), as applicable, and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne’s privacy practices. Reasonable steps are taken to store information securely and to retain it only for as long as needed for the purposes described above or as required by law.

You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information. You may also make a privacy complaint if you believe your information has been handled improperly. Requests and complaints can be directed to St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne using the contact details below.

Note: Submitting this form does not mean you are enrolled in a study. If you are eligible and choose to participate, you will be provided with participant information and asked to give informed consent separately.

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