Privacy Policy
In order to ensure transparency and give you more control over your personal information, this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, Biolojic Design Ltd. (“Biolojic”, “we”, “our” or “us”) use, collect and store personal information that we collect or receive from or about you (“you”) in connection with https://biolojic.com/ (the “Website”).
We greatly respect your privacy, which is why we make every effort to provide a platform that would live up to the highest user privacy standards. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can fully understand our practices in relation to personal information. Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory rights, including your rights to a remedy or other means of enforcement.
Table of contents:
- What personal information we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used
- How we protect and retain your personal information
- How we share your personal information
- Your privacy rights
- International transfers of personal information
- Use by children
- Interaction with third party products
- Analytic tools/ Cookies
- Contact us
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This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement material changes in the way we use your personal information, in a manner that is different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means and take any additional steps as required by applicable law.
- WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW IT IS USED
- We Process the Following Personal Information:
- Personal information you provide us through the Website. When you use the Website, and choose to: (i) fill a “Contact Us” form- we collect and process full name, email address, phone number, job title and company name, as well as other information you choose to share with us; (ii) apply for an open position- we collect and process full name, email address, and any and all information contained in your CV; (iii) enquire about partnership or collaboration with us- we collect and process full name, email address, phone number, job title and company name, as well as other information you choose to share with us
- Personal information you provide when contacting us via Email. When you choose to: (i) interact with us regarding partnerships, collaborations, demos, or for other business or media related requests and inquiries through our email address contact@biolojic.com- we collect and process your email address as well as any other information you choose to share with us; (ii) when you apply for a position by sending us an email to careers@biolojic.com – we collect and process your identification information (e.g., full name, citizenship, ID number, passport data, and date and place of birth), contact details (e.g., email address, home address and phone number) education and professional experience (e.g., CV information, cover letter, education, training history, and portfolio), and any other relevant information that you decide to share with us.
- Personal information automatically collected. We may automatically collect certain information through your use of the Website, such as cookies, pixels, tracking technologies and similar identifiers (“Technologies”), your Internet protocol (IP) address, and other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to your device, browser type and language, geo-location information, hardware type, operating system, internet service provider and other personal information about actions taken through the use of the Website.
- Personal information from Other Sources. We may obtain personal information when you interact with us through social media or other online platforms (e.g., when you attend a webinar or engage or communicate with us through our twitter account or LinkedIn page, we may collect and process your full name, username, job description, images, posts and any other information publicly available on these platforms or shared by you). We may also obtain personal information about you from other sources, including publicly or commercially- available information, and through third-party data platforms, partners and service providers.
- Personal information you provide to us in person. For example, when you visit one of our exhibition booths, attend one of our events or visit our offices and you provide us with your contact details as well as any other information.
- We process personal information for the following purposes:
- To allow you to make use of our Website. We will use your personal information to allow you to make use of our Website, including, (i) if you request a demo, we will use your personal information to process and answer your request for a demo; (ii) to answer your questions and to allow you to communicate with us (e.g., by using the contact option on the Website); (iii) to analyze your use of our Website and to improve our Website; and (iv) to customize your experience.
- For Administrative Purposes. we use your personal information (i) to respond to your questions, comments, and other requests for customer support, or information, including information about potential or future services; (ii) for internal quality control purposes; and (iii) to establish a business relationship.
- For hiring purposes. we use your personal information (i) to assess your suitability for employment, your compatibility with the open position description and needs and our company; (ii) to respond to your application and contact you in relation to the open position and; (iii) if relevant, to establish an employment relationship.
- To Market our Website and products. we use personal information to market our products. Such use includes (i) notifying you about offers and services that may be of interest to you; (ii) tailoring content, advertisements, and offers for you, including, targeting and re-targeting practices; (iii) conducting market research; (iv) developing and marketing new products and services, and to measure interest in Biolojic; (v) other purposes disclosed at the time you provide information; and (vi) as you otherwise consent.
- Security purposes. Some of the personal information mentioned in this Privacy Policy will be used for detecting, taking steps to prevent and prosecuting fraud or other illegal activity; to identify and repair errors; to conduct audits; and for security purposes. Personal information may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations carried out by the relevant authorities, law enforcement purposes, and/or to exercise or defend legal claims.
- De-identified and Aggregated Information Use. In certain cases, we may or will anonymize, aggregate and/or de-identify part or all of your personal information. This data may be used for both internal and external purposes, such as analyzing, enhancing, testing, training and improve Biolojic products and services (including through the use of artificial intelligence) and for research purposes. We may also share this aggregated information and/or disclose it to third parties without restrictions.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies. We use Technologies to automatically collect information through the Website, which in certain cases could be considered personal information. We use Technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your device that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with the Website. If you would like to opt out of the cookies and similar technologies we employ on the Website, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your browser or device permits or by changing your setting and preferences here.
- The lawful bases we rely on for processing personal information are (if and when applicable):
- The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal information;
- Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; and/or
- Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interest.
- HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
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- Security. We implement and maintain industry-standard technical, organizational and security measures designed to protect your personal information. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the personal information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration of our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.
- Retention of your personal information. Your personal information will be stored until we proactively delete it from our records, or until you send a valid deletion request. Please note that in some circumstances we store your personal information for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, and/or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your personal information or dealings.
We may share your personal information as follows:
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- The personal information Biolojic gathers may be shared with our partners and other third parties.
- We also share personal information about you with our affiliated companies .
- We use third party service providers to process your personal information for the purposes outlined above, including, without limitation:
- With cloud service providers for hosting purposes;
- With websites and web content creation platforms in order to help us manage our Website;
- With email providers, marketing, CRM, other similar tool providers;
- With artificial intelligence tools and features; and
- With analytic companies, in order to help us understand and analyze information we collect in accordance with this policy.
- To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts, banks or competent authorities, to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules (including, without limitation, federal, state or local laws), and requests of law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order, as well as for internal compliance procedures and to protect the safety, security, and integrity of Biolojic, our Website, customers, employees, property, and the public. We may use or disclose the personal information we collect to ensure that our users are complying with all applicable aspects of our policies.
- We may disclose personal information with our lawyers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain legal or other advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests;
- We may use or disclose the personal information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, cybersecurity threats, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of this policy, or as otherwise required or allowed by law and regulations;
- If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or all of our business, shares or assets to a third party, we will disclose your personal information to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the foregoing events (including, without limitation, our current or potential investors). In the event that we are acquired by, or merged with, a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or assign your personal information in connection with the foregoing events.
- Where you have otherwise provided your consent to us for sharing or transferring your personal information.
- YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
- The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by specific laws):
- You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing, where consent is the basis of processing.
- You have the right to request access to your personal information held by us, along with details on how it is processed, subject to certain conditions. You have the right to demand rectification of inaccurate personal information about you. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
- You have the right to object to unlawful data processing under certain conditions.
- You have the right to the erasure of past personal information about you (your “right to be forgotten”) under certain conditions.
- You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions, if you believe we have exceeded the legitimate basis for processing, the processing is no longer necessary, or if you believe your personal information is inaccurate.
- You have the right to data portability of personal information concerning you that you provided us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, subject to certain conditions.
- The personal information we collect is not used for automated decision-making and profiling, except for automated processes in the context of marketing. As stated above, you can opt out of direct marketing by contacting Biolojic directly or by following the instructions through the unsubscribe options in our email messages.
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- You can exercise your rights by contacting us at contact@biolojic.com. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. To protect your privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfil your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initial requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.
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- Marketing emails – opt-out: You may choose not to receive marketing email of this type by sending a single email with the subject “BLOCK” to contact@biolojic.com. Please note that the email must come from the email account you wish to block. Alternatively, if you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails, and we will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt.
- INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In order to run our business and provide our Website, we transfer personal information to certain countries around the world, including to our affiliates and service providers, many of whom are located outside of your jurisdiction. Therefore, your personal information may be processed in countries with privacy laws that are different from privacy laws in your country. Whenever personal information is transferred internationally, we ensure it is protected by using Standard Contractual Clauses or other lawful mechanisms:
- making sure the destination country has been deemed by the European Commission to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information; and/or
- by executing data onward transfer instruments such as data processing and protection agreements.
- USE BY CHILDREN. We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal information from, and/or about children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, do not provide any information to us without the involvement of a parent or a guardian. In the event that we become aware that you provided personal information in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at contact@biolojic.com.
- INTERACTION WITH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS. We enable you to interact with third party websites, mobile software applications and products or services that are not owned, or controlled, by us (each, a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services can collect personal information from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third Party Service.
- ANALYTIC TOOLS/COOKIES
Google Analytics. The Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to maintain and improve the Website and our products. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personal Information we collect. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You may learn more about how Google collects and processes data specifically in connection with Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
- We reserve the right to remove or add new analytic tools, cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies.
- SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW
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- General. This Privacy Policy for California Residents supplements and is expressly made part of the information contained in this Privacy Policy, and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this Privacy Policy to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its amendments and regulations (“CCPA”). Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Policy.
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- Categories of Personal Information. Personal Information collected in the last 12 months it is described above in Section 1. If you have further questions with respect the collection, use, disclosure or sale of your Personal Information, please make your request by contacting us at contact@biolojic.com.
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- Categories of sources. We obtain these categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
- Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete.
- Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Website(s).
- From third-party business partners, such as hiring platforms, who provide data services available in the public domain.
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- Your privacy rights:
- The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to individuals protected by the CCPA:
- Your privacy rights:
- You have the right to know what Personal Information is being collected about you, this includes the right to request that we disclose what Personal Information of yours we collect, use, disclose, and sell;
- You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your Personal Information (e.g. from our records and the records of our service providers). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your Personal Information, for example for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
- You have the right to know whether your Personal Information is sold or disclosed and to whom;
- You have the right to restriction of, or object to, processing of your Personal Information, including the right to opt in or opt out of sale of your Personal Information to third parties, if applicable, where such requests are permitted by law;
- You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA; and
- You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence (e.g. the Attorney General in your State). We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution. You have certain choices about your Personal Information. Where you have consented to the processing of your Personal Information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and prevent further processing by contacting us as described in this Privacy Policy. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use non-Personal Information regarding your activities on our services and for other legal purposes as described above. While we cannot guarantee privacy perfection, we will address any requests to the best of our ability as soon as possible. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.
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- You can exercise your rights by contacting us at contact@biolojic.com. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. To protect your privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfil your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initial requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.
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- Marketing emails – opt-out. You may choose not to receive marketing email of this type by sending a single email with the subject “BLOCK” to contact@biolojic.com. Please note that the email must come from the email account you wish to block.
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- Non-Discrimination. If you decide to exercise your rights, you will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. However, note that some features of our Website, our products and/or our services will not function without your Personal Information. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
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- Deny you goods or services.
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
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- NOTICE OF RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THE SELLING OR SHARING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not consider that we sell or share any Personal Information. Therefore, we have not sold or shared consumers’ Personal Information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months.
- CONTACT US. For any questions, concerns, or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at: contact@biolojic.com.