Protecting any personal data and information we may collect from or about users (“users”, “you”, “your” or “yourself”) of this website (hereinafter “Website”) is our priority. This Website is operated by Hellenic DNA Inc. (hereinafter “Hellenic DNA” and/or “HDNA”), a Corporation incorporated in New York. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter “Privacy Policy”) explains the collection, use,
maintenance, disclosure, transfer, and/or processing of the personal information you provide when you visit the Website and use the services offered through it (the “Services”), and our relevant practices. Throughout the Privacy Policy, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Hellenic DNA.
We advise you to review this Privacy Policy carefully and in its entirety before providing any information to us so that you fully understand your privacy rights and choices. Each time you visit our Website or provide us with information, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by this Privacy Policy. If there are any terms in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please do not provide us with any information, and discontinue use of our Website immediately.
We may revise and update this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion and without prior notice. Any and all modifications are effective immediately upon publication on the Website. You are expected to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes that are binding on you. Continued use of the Website following publication of the revised Privacy Policy means that you have accepted and agreed to the changes. For any questions or concerns about our practices, please refer to the end of this Privacy Policy for information on how to contact us. This Privacy Policy is effective as of March 2019.
Each time you visit, use, navigate and/or interact with the Website, we automatically receive and collect information on our server logs via automatic data collection technologies. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser type, device identification, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, geolocation data, log data, browsing activity, behavioral tracking, and/or other technical information.
We may use the information collected automatically in order to improve our Website, maintain the security and operation of our Services, deliver better and personalized Services, and for its internal analytics and reporting purposes.
We also collect information through “Cookies” and similar technologies. “Cookies” are identifiers transferred to and stored on your browser or device. These small text files that allow us to recognize your browser or device and tell us how and when pages and features in our Website are visited and by how many users, and are generally used to improve the user experience. You may be able to change the preferences on your browser or device to prevent or limit your device’s acceptance of Cookies, but this may prevent you from taking advantage of some of our features. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Notice.
You may voluntarily provide your personal information to us for us to render high quality Services. The collection of this information on or through the Website may occur when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our Services, fill in forms on our
Website, search queries on the Website, report a problem or otherwise contact us. The information for both children and those who are over the age of 15 is collected in the same manner regardless of age. However, the information for children who are under the age of 15
is collected only with Parent’s or Guardian’s prior consent (see section 3 below). The personal information we collect may include, but not be limited to, the following:
• first name and last name;
• contact information (email address and/or telephone numbers);
• demographic information (geolocation, age, occupation etc)
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Children under the age of 15: Our Services are also available to children under the age of 15, and such children may provide personal information to or on the Website with prior parental or guardian’s consent to do so. No child under the age of 15 may provide any information to or on the Website without prior verification of parental or guardian’s consent. If you are under the age of 15, do not use or provide any information to or on our Website without your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent. If we learn that personal information from users under the age of 15 has been collected without verification of parental or guardian consent, we will take reasonable measures to promptly either delete such data from our records or immediately seek the parent’s or guardian’s consent for that collection via email. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that we have information about your child who is under the age of 15, you may request information from us on the type of data being collected, view your child’s information, and/or, at your option, prohibit us from making further use of your child’s information by contacting us at [email protected].
Our Services sometimes link to other third-party business providers. As such, our Website mayvhave links to other websites operated by third parties, either being our partners or not. Some of these third-party websites may contain our brand names, trademarks and/or other intellectual properties that we own, if any. By visiting these third-party websites through the links on our Website, regardless of whether or not they contain our brand names, trademarks and/or other intellectual properties, be aware that we do not have control over them and their business practices, and that this Privacy Policy does not apply to them whatsoever. These websites have their own privacy policy, may collect different kinds of personal information and/or may process such information in different ways. We are not responsible for their practices and actions, nor your interactions with any of those third-party websites.
In order to enhance our ability to provide marketing, promotional offers, and/or Services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, social media platforms, and from other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion. If you interact with us on a social media platform using your social media account (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter etc), then we may receive personal information about you such as your name, email address, and/or gender. Any personal information that we collect from your social media account(s) depends on your social media account’s privacy settings.
We process your information based on legitimate business interest to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with applicable laws.
The information disclosed to us allows us to: (a) deliver and facilitate delivery of the Services to you; (b) provide you with information that you request from us or may be of interest to you; (c) respond to your inquires and solve potential issues you might have with the requested Service; (d) send you confirmation emails, newsletters, or important updates affecting your relationship with us; (e) allow you participate in interactive features on our Website; (f) request feedback and testimonials; (g) keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention; (h) save or protect your vital interest, such as to prevent harm; (i) identify usage trends to better understand how are Services are being used so we can improve them; and (j) for any other purpose with your consent.
We will not send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to protect your rights and comply with our obligations under applicable legislation.
All personal information is processed and stored securely in our database, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) or purpose(s)for which it was first collected with your consent, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
We will retain any personal information you submit to us, unless you make a request the modification or deletion of your personal information from our database any time by sending us an email to [email protected]. Please allow seven (7) business days to process your request(s). We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under applicable law at all times.
When you apply for Services offered, sponsored or implemented by third parties, you consent to our disclosing your personal information to those third parties. Those third parties may process your personal information pursuant to their own privacy policies. Additionally, you agree that we may use all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information you submit to us. Third parties with whom we are allowed to share your personal data are authorized to use your personal information in compliance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you acknowledge and agree that we bear no responsibility or liability regarding their actions or omissions whatsoever.
We may need to disclose, share, or transfer your personal information in the following situations:
(a) In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
(b) With any affiliated legal entities and businesses with whom we are under common corporate control. All of our affiliated legal entities and businesses that receive your personal information from us shall comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy with
respect to their use and disclosure of such information.
(c) With our third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to deliver such work. Such third parties will be directed by us to protect, hold, retain and safeguard your
personal information pursuant to our instructions and this Privacy Policy’s terms, and will be directed by us to not share further your personal information with any other organization.
(d) In the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or bankruptcy. Your personal information that is relevant to any part of our business will be transferred to the new owner or newly controlling party, who under the terms of this Privacy Policy will be authorized to use the data solely for the same purposes for which we had initially collected it.
(e) When necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law enforcement, a judicial proceeding, court order, or to protect the interests or safety of Hellenic DNA.
(f) If a disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit, protect our legal rights and legal rights of our business partners or other interested parties, for legitimate business purposes such as corporate audits, analysis, legal consultation, and/or consolidated reporting, to enforce our agreements with you, and to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.
Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these computer networks are located may not haveprivacy laws as protective as the laws in your country or jurisdiction.
California Residents: Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents are entitled to contact us to prevent disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes. In order to submit such a request, please contact us at [email protected] and allow seven (7) business days for a response.
EU Residents: The General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 currently in force, require us to protect the personal information provided. The legal basis we rely on in order to process your personal
information is that of consent, as set forth in Article 6 par. 1(a) of the GDPR. We are the “Data Controller” under European data protection laws of the personal information described in this Privacy Policy since we collect, determine the means and/or purposes of the data processing we perform, and store the personal data mentioned in this Privacy Policy. The Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Hellenic DNA can be contacted via email at [email protected], for exercise any of your data protection rights. You are entitled to the following:
• Right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate, or to complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions, as per Articles 17 and 19 of the GDPR.
• Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict your personal data under certain conditions, as per Articles 18 and 19 of the GDPR.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer your personal data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions, as per Article 20 of the GDPR.
We care about the security of your personal information, and use commercially reasonable physical, administrative, and technological safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through the Website. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy and our practices, you may contact us at [email protected].
