The group of Epigenic (Shanghai) Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Epigenic" or "we") is aware of the importance of personal information to you and will take every effort to keep your personal information safe and secure. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") will explain to you the purposes, manner and extent to which our products and services collect and use your personal information, your rights to your personal information, and will describe to you the security precautions we have taken to protect the security of your personal information.
We are committed to maintaining your trust in us and abide by the following principles: consistent authority and responsibility, explicit purpose, least necessity, security assurance, open and transparency, etc. Meanwhile, we warrant that we will protect your personal information by taking appropriate measures in accordance with the mature security standards in the industry. Personal information means all information recorded, electronically or otherwise, that can, alone or in combination with other information, identify a natural person's personal information.
Before using this website and our products or services, please read this Policy carefully and understand our practices for the protection of personal information of customers. If you do not agree to the processing of your personal information in any manner described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide your information or upon a request and stop using this website. By your continued use of this website, you agree to our terms regarding your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
This Policy will help you to understand:
I. How we collect and use your personal information
II. How we use cookies and similar technologies
III. How we share, transfer or publicly disclose your personal information
IV. How we protect your personal information
V. How we store your personal information
VI. Your rights to your personal information
VII. How we deal with personal information of minors
VIII. Third party service providers and their services
IX. How your personal information is transferred globally
X. How to contact us
XI. Policy Update
I How we collect and use your personal information
1. We collect personal information to enable us to operate more efficiently and to provide the best user experience for you.
2. We collect personal information from: (1) information provided by you to us; (2) information collected in the course of your use of our products or services by recording how you interact with our website, products or services, for example, through cookies, contact forms, Baidu statistics and other technologies; and/or (3) information obtained from third parties.
3. The information we collect depends on the websites you visit, the products or services you actually use, the circumstances under which you interact with us, the choices you make and your privacy settings, and may include information relating to your device, log, browser history and contact forms.
4. You are fully aware that, pursuant to the applicable laws, we are not required to obtain your prior consent for collection and use of your personal information in the following circumstances:
(1) In relation to the performance of our obligations under laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and the security of national defense;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health or material public interest;
(4) Directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution, etc.;
(5) To protect your or other individuals's life, other properties and other significant legal rights and interests, but with difficulty in getting your personal authorization;
(6) The personal information involved in connection with which you have already disclosed to the public;
(7) Where it is necessary to enter into and perform the contract you have agreed upon with us;
(8) Collected from lawful public information, such as lawful news reports, government information disclosure and other channels;
(9) Where it is necessary to maintain the safe and stable operation of products or services, such as discovering and disposing of failures of products or services;
(10) Where it is necessary for news organizations to carry out legitimate news reports;
(11) Where it is necessary for academic research institutes to carry out statistical or academic research in the public interest, and when the results of academic research or deion are provided to external parties, the personal information contained in the results is de-identified.
II How We Use Cookies and Similar Technologies
1. A cookie is a small text file that a website server places on the client side (on your computer, mobile phone or other smart terminal) when you browse the web, which can be used to improve your user experience.
2. We may collect and use your information through cookies and store that information as log information. We use our own cookies in order to provide you with a more personalized user experience and service, and for the following purposes:
(1) Remembering your identity. For example, cookies help us to store your preferences or other information that you provide to us;
(2) Analyzing your use of our services. For example, we may use cookies to learn what you do with our services, or which web pages or services are most popular with you;
(3) You can reject or manage cookies through settings such as your browser. Please note, however, that if you disable cookies, you may not have the best experience with the services, and the availability of certain features may be affected.
While we use cookies for the above purposes, we may provide non-personally identifiable information collected through cookies to other partners for statistical processing for use in analyzing how our users use our services and for service optimization.
Cookies and similar technologies placed by other partners may be used in our products and services. These cookies and similar technologies may collect non-personally identifiable information about you for use in analyzing how our users use the services, sending you links to services that you may be interested in, or evaluating the effectiveness of the services. The collection and use of such information by these third-party cookies and similar technologies is not governed by this Policy, but rather by the privacy policies of the respective users. We are not responsible for third-party cookies and similar technologies.
3. You can reject or manage cookies and similar technologies in Options/Preferences of the browser that you are using. Please note, however, that if you disable cookies or similar technologies, you may not have the best experience with the services, and the availability of certain services may be affected.
III How We Share, Transfer or Public Disclose Your Personal Information
1. How We Share or Transfer Your Personal Information
In order to provide you with better and higher quality products and services, we may, in some cases, entrust certain of your personal information to our partners. We will enter into strict confidentiality agreements with the companies, organizations and individuals that we entrust with the processing of your personal information, which shall specify the matters, period, nature and purpose of the data processing and the responsibilities of both parties. The parties are required to process your personal information only in accordance with our requirements, this Policy and any other relevant confidentiality and security measures. If you refuse to allow our vendors to collect the personal information necessary to provide the services in providing the services, you may not be able to enjoy the services provided by such vendors in the course of using the services on this platform.
In the event of merger, acquisition or bankruptcy, if there is transfer of personal information, we will require the new company or organization holding your personal information to continue to be bound by this privacy policy, otherwise we will require such company or organization to seek authorization from you again. If there is no transfer of personal information, we will fully notify you, and will delete or anonymize all personal information in our possession. Domestically, in previous acquisition or merger activities, the management data (including user data) of the acquired or merged entities will be handled and protected in accordance with the same standards and requirements as for the owned data of Epigenic.
2. How We Publicly Disclose Your Personal Information
We will publicly disclose your personal information only under the following circumstances:
(1) After obtaining your express consent; or
(2) Disclosure Based on Law: Where we are compelled by law to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, action or compulsory request by a governmental authority, we may disclose your personal information if we believe in good faith that the disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your security or the security of others, investigate fraud or respond to a governmental request.
3. Exceptions to Authorizations for Sharing, Transfer or Public Disclosure of Personal Information
You are fully aware that, pursuant to applicable law, we may share, transfer or publicly disclose your personal information without your prior written consent under the following circumstances:
(1) Relating to the performance of our obligations under laws and regulations;
(2) Directly related to national security and the security of national defence;
(3) Directly related to public safety, public health or material public interest;
(4) Where the case is directly related to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment execution, etc.;
(5) In order to protect your or other individuals' life, property and other significant legitimate rights and interests, but with difficulty in obtaining your authorization;
(6) The personal information involved is already disclosed to the public by you on your own; and
(7) The information which has been legally and publicly disclosed, such as your personal information collected from lawful news reporting, government information disclosure or other channels.
4. Please be aware that according to legal provisions, the sharing or transfer of personal information which has been de-identified and it is ensured that data recipients cannot recover and re-identify the subjects of the personal information do not belong to the sharing, transfer and public disclosure of personal information, and such data will be stored and processed without your notice and consent.
IV How we protect your personal information
1. How we protect your personal information
We take reasonably practicable technical security and organizational measures to safeguard the information we collect in connection with the services. We have used industry-standard security safeguards to protect the personal information you provide against unauthorized access, public disclosure, use, modification, corruption or loss of the data.
2. Notification and response to personal information security incidents
Please note that no website, internet transmission, computer system or wireless connection is completely secure, although we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information. After the occurrence of a personal information security incident, we will notify you immediately as required by the relevant laws and regulations of: basic information and possible impacts of the incident, any action we have taken or will take in response to the incident, suggestions for taking precautions and reducing the risk at your own discretion and remedial actions that may be taken against you. We will promptly inform you of the incident by email, letter, telephone, push notification, etc. Where it is difficult to inform the subject of personal information individually, we will publish the relevant announcement in a reasonable and efficient way. Meanwhile, we will also report the personal information security incident responses to the relevant regulatory authorities.
V How we store your personal information
1. This platform complies with the provisions of laws and regulations, and the personal information and data we collect about you will be kept in the servers in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. Exceptions include the following circumstances:
(1) There are explicit provisions in laws and regulations;
(2) With your express authorization;
(3) You conduct cross-border transactions and other personal initiatives through the internet.
2. The personal information we collect will be retained for the minimum period necessary to fulfil the collection purpose described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law or regulation. We will not delete or anonymize your personal information if such retention periods have not expired.
3. If for any particular reason we cease operating some or all of our products or services, we will immediately notify you and cease the collection and processing of personal information relating to the products or services, and will at the same time delete or anonymize any personal information we hold in connection with the products or services, unless otherwise required by law or regulation.
VI Your Rights to Your Personal Information
We respect your rights to your personal information. You enjoy the following rights to your personal information: right to information, access, correction, deletion, withdrawal consent and complaint.
You have the right to exercise the above rights by contacting us in the manners disclosed in this Policy. You may change the scope of your authorization for us to collect personal information or revoke your authorization, by deleting information, turning off permission settings on your devices, or changing the relevant product or feature setup pages. If you withdraw your consent for authorization, we will not be able to continue to provide the services corresponding to the withdrawn consent or authorization. At the same time, we will no longer process the personal information corresponding to it, provided, however, that your decision to withdraw consent will not affect the previous processing of personal information that was based on your authorization.
VII How We Deal with Personal Information of Minors
Our products, websites and services are not available to minors. If we collect personal information of minors on occasion, we will attempt to delete the relevant information as soon as possible after verification. If you find that we collect personal information of minors when using our products and services, please contact us at the contact information set forth in this Policy. After receipt of your notice, we will check and delete relevant information in a timely manner if it is proved to be true.
VIII Third Party Service Providers and Their Services
Our website, products, applications and services may contain links to third party websites, products and services. You may choose whether or not to access or accept third party websites, products and services.
We are unable to control the privacy and data protection policies of third parties, and these third parties are not bound by this Policy. Before disclosing personal information to third parties, please refer to the privacy policies of those third parties.
IX How Your Personal Information Is Transferred Globally
If some of the products or services we provide cross borders, we need to transfer your personal information offshore from the place where you are located. In this process, we will strictly implement in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations and keep your personal information secure.
X How To Contact Us
If you have any questions concerning this Policy, you may contact us in the following ways: info@epigenictx.com.
XI Policy Update
We reserve the right to update or modify this Policy from time to time, but we will not impair your existing rights hereunder without your express consent. We will post notices on this website of all material changes to this Policy.
If you do not agree to this Policy, we will not be able to collect and use the information necessary to provide services to you.
This Policy becomes effective on the date it is updated.