Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

OpenRoad Studies is an independent clinical study discovery and education resource and is a DBA of Oral Care Direct LLC. We are not a research organization, sponsor, investigator site, healthcare provider, or covered entity, and we do not provide medical advice. This policy explains what we collect through https://openroadstudies.com and how we handle it.

2. Information We Collect

• Information you submit: first and last name, optional email address, optional phone number, the study category you select, and any notes you choose to add.
• Consent records: which consent boxes you checked, the date and time, and the page where consent was given.
• Technical information: basic log data such as browser type, device type, and pages viewed.

We do not ask for and do not want health information, diagnoses, treatment history, or other sensitive personal data. Please do not submit it. We do not store health data in client-side code, browser storage, URL parameters, or third-party analytics.

3. How We Use Information

• To respond to your inquiry and send general educational information.
• To send the text messages you specifically opted in to receive.
• To offer a courtesy introduction to an independent program working in your stated area of interest.
• To maintain consent and opt-out records as required by applicable law.
• To operate, secure, and improve the website.

4. What We Never Do

We do not sell, rent, share, or transfer your information, including mobile numbers and consent records, to research organizations, study sponsors, drug development companies, data brokers, or third-party marketers for their own purposes. We do not use your information for automated eligibility decisions and we do not screen or qualify anyone for a study.

5. Courtesy Introductions

If an independent program appears to match the interest you stated, we contact you first and describe the program. Only if you separately agree do we share your contact information, and only with that one program, for the sole purpose of that introduction. You may decline at any time.

6. Service Providers

We use service providers for hosting, email delivery, and text message delivery. They may process your information only to provide those services to us and may not use it for their own purposes.

7. Text Messaging Privacy

Mobile information collected for text messaging is used only to deliver the programs you opted in to. It is never sold or shared with third parties for marketing. Full details are in our SMS Terms of Service.

8. Your Choices and Rights

• Stop text messages any time by replying STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or QUIT.
• Unsubscribe from email by using the link in any email or by writing to us.
• Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your information by emailing hello@openroadstudies.com.
• Residents of some states may have additional rights, including the right to opt out of sharing. We honor these requests regardless of where you live.

9. Data Retention and Security

We keep inquiry and consent records only as long as needed for the purposes described here or as required by law, and we apply reasonable administrative and technical safeguards. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

10. Children

This website and its forms are intended for adults 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect information from minors. If we learn that we have, we delete it.

11. Cookies

We use only the cookies needed to operate the site and understand general traffic patterns. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. The revised version takes effect when posted on this page with an updated date.