Definition
What cookies are
A cookie is a small file a website stores on your device. It lets the site recognize your browser on a later visit, remember a preference, or record that a page was viewed. Similar technologies, such as local storage, serve comparable purposes and are covered by this policy.
Cookies on this site are small in number. When you arrive on a comparison page for an RTSM or IRT platform, or open a capability guide on an adjacent eClinical system such as CTMS, EDC, eTMF, eCOA or ePRO, the site stores nothing on your device about which product you read. It records only what is needed for the page to work and, if you accept it, a page-view signal we read in aggregate.
Most cookies expire within a short window — hours to a few months. A cookie we set for a session ends when you close the browser; a preference cookie lasts longer so the site does not ask the same question twice. Where a cookie carries an identifier, that identifier is not your name, your email address, or any trial-related information; we do not collect that kind of data on this site.
Category one
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the site to function, for example to keep a form submission working or to apply your cookie choices. They cannot be switched off through the site, because the site would not operate correctly without them.
In practice, this category covers a short list: a cookie that holds your cookie preferences so the choice panel does not reappear on every page, a cookie that keeps a session intact while you complete a contact form, and a cookie that protects against cross-site request forgery during a form submission. None of them holds information about which RTSM comparison or capability guide you read, and none is shared with an advertising network.
Because these cookies are required, they are set whether or not you accept the optional categories. Blocking them at the browser level will make parts of the site — most visibly the contact form — stop working, and will not stop the site from asking for your cookie decision again on the next visit.
Category two
Measurement cookies
We use measurement cookies to understand which pages are read and how visitors move through the site. The data is used in aggregate to improve coverage and navigation. It is not used to build an advertising profile of you.
For a resource like this one, aggregate reading matters. It tells us whether a page on RTSM supply logic is being read alongside a page on IRT licensing models, or whether a comparison between a full eClinical suite and an RTSM-only module answers the question it was written for. It does not tell us who you are, it does not reach into your professional context, and it never sees a sponsor-relevant identifier from your browser.
Measurement cookies on this site are optional. If you do not accept them, the aggregate counts lose your visit but nothing about your browsing changes. If you accept them, the resulting reports are read internally and are not sold, shared with data brokers, or combined with a third-party identity graph.
Control
Managing cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking them entirely or deleting those already stored. Blocking all cookies may affect how parts of the site behave. Where applicable law requires consent for a category of cookie, we ask for it before that category is set.
Every mainstream browser exposes the same three controls: a list of cookies already stored, a switch to block cookies from specific sites, and a way to clear stored data on demand. The exact wording differs — Chrome talks about site data, Safari separates prevent-cross-site-tracking from block-all, and Firefox offers a Total Cookie Protection mode that partitions third-party storage. Each will hold against the cookies this site sets.
If you use a private or incognito window, cookies set there are discarded when you close the window; the site behaves normally but does not recognise you on a return visit. If you browse with cookies blocked entirely, the informational pages — including this cookie policy, the privacy policy and every capability guide — still read correctly.
Providers
Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by services we use for hosting and site measurement. Those providers process data under their own policies. We choose providers that limit processing to what the site needs and do not permit the sale of visitor data.
On this site, a third-party cookie appears when a hosting edge service needs to distinguish a cached response for one visitor from another, or when a measurement service records a page view in aggregate. Both are narrow, both are named in the provider's own cookie notice, and neither is used to run an advertising audience on a visitor to sudova-agent.com.
We review the provider list when the site changes, and a provider that stops meeting the constraint above is removed. If you would like the current provider list for the site, write to [email protected] and we will send it.
Versioning
Changes to this policy
We update this policy when the cookies used on the site change. The current version is always the one posted here, and the effective date moves when the policy is revised.
A material change — for example, adding a category of cookie the site did not previously operate, or replacing a hosting provider with one that sets a different set of cookies — is applied to this page before the change takes effect, and the effective date at the top of the document moves with it. Non-material edits, such as clarifying a sentence or correcting a link, are made without changing the effective date.
If you have a question about a specific version, quote the effective date shown at the top of the document in your message so we can match it to the change recorded. Read the current version of the privacy policy and the terms of service alongside this page.
