PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: July 25, 2024
Helio Genomics, Inc., (“we”, or “us” or “Company”) provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, share and protect the information you provide and that we collect on helioliverldt.com (our “Site”). BY USING THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE GIVING US YOUR INFORMATION, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully to ensure your understanding of our privacy practices. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not use our Site or give us any of your information. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Use. All capitalized but undefined terms in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Terms of Use.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Personal Information You Provide
We only collect Personal Information when you request information from us, or sign up for newsletters or other materials. We may collect Personal Information through various forms and in various places throughout the Site, including account registration forms, “contact us” forms, user complaint submissions, or when you otherwise interact with us. Such data fields include, but may not be limited to:
- - Name
- - Email Address
- - Address
- - Phone
1.2 Information We Collect As You Access and Use Our Site
a) Generally. In addition to any Personal Information that you choose to submit to us, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) collect certain information whenever you visit the Site (“Non-Personal Information”). Non-Personal Information may include the browser that you are using, the URL that referred you to our Site, and how and when you use the Site. We may use Non-Personal Information for various reasons, such as providing and enhancing the Site for you and other users. In addition, we may collect your IP address or other unique identifier that identifies the device from which you access the Site. This identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your device and which our computers use to identify you and your device. This information may be non-identifying or may be associated with you. If we associate any Non-Personal Information or information that identifies your device with your Personal Information, we will treat it as Personal Information.
b) Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a computer or other device when it is used to access our Site. We use cookies to personalize your preferences and track your visits to our web pages. Cookies work by assigning a number to the user that has no meaning outside of the assigning website.
Cookies on our Site that are supplied by us are called “first-party cookies,” while cookies on our Services that are provided by third parties are called the “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies are operated by third parties that can recognize your device across the Internet, such as when you visit other websites or mobile apps. Helio does not control how third-party cookies, or the resulting information, are used, and use of third-party cookies is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to check the websites of any third-party cookie providers for more information about how they use cookie information.
Helio uses cookies for a variety of purposes. For example, cookies can save your website preferences, tell us which pages are most popular or alert us when certain pages are receiving error messages. Such information helps us improve and optimize our Site. Helio uses the following different types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: Some of the cookies we use are necessary to provide our Site to you. Without such cookies, our Site cannot be provided to you. These cookies may be persistent cookies or session cookies.
- Functional cookies: Functional cookies collect information about how you use our Site, provide you with certain functions on our Site, and they remember your preferences. These cookies are generally persistent cookies.
- Analytics cookies: These cookies provide us information about your interactions on our Site to help us improve and maintain our Site. These cookies are typically session cookies.
Our cookie data retention periods vary based on the type of cookie. A “session cookie” collects and stores information about your interactions with our Site and is deleted after you close your browser. A “persistent cookie” saves information about you for longer periods of time, such as your registration ID and login password for future logins to our Site. The retention periods for persistent cookies vary and are dependent on the purpose of the cookie collection. If you are concerned about your cookies, you can delete cookie data as described below.
If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies, your browser allows you to deny or accept the use of cookies. Cookies can be disabled or controlled by setting a preference within your web browser or on your device, and you can delete cookies already set on your device at any time. If you choose to disable cookies on your device, some features of our Site may not function properly or may not be able to customize the delivery of information to you. Our servers automatically record information created by your use of our websites and we use visitor logs to compile anonymous statistics. The aggregate information is collected sitewide and contains anonymous website statistics and is not considered personal information. Our Site also uses Google Analytics to provide us information about the use of our Site. Google uses this information on behalf of Helio for the purpose of evaluating the use of our Site and providing us other services relating to Site activity and internet usage. Your IP address conveyed within the scope of Google Analytics is not associated with any other data held by Google. Google does offer a browser add-on to provide you an opt-out feature to prevent being tracked by Google Analytics, which you can access here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
c) Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons may be included in our Site. The web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored in a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Web beacons or similar technologies help us better manage content on our Site by informing us what content is effective, count users of the Site, monitor how users navigate the Site, count how many e-mails we sent that were actually opened or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed. We do not tie the information gathered by web beacons to our customers’ Personal Information.
d) Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on. We may use embedded scripts in providing the Site. If we do, the code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.
1.3 Information Third Parties Provide About You. We may, from time to time, supplement the information we collect about you through our Site with outside records from third parties in order to provide the Site to you, enhance our ability to serve you and to tailor our content to you. Any such third party communications must comply with applicable law.
2. How We Use The Information Described in This Policy
2.1 To Provide the Site. We use the Personal Information about you to communicate with you in response to your inquiries. We may communicate with you by email, telephone, or SMS or text message (with your consent), in accordance with your requests.
2.2 IP Address. We may use your Internet Protocol (IP) address to administer our Site. Your IP address is used to help identify you, but contains no Personal Information about you.
2.3 Miscellaneous. In addition, we may use Personal and Non-Personal Information (collectively, “User Information”): (i) to improve the Site, to customize user experience with the Site, or to serve specific content that is most relevant to a user; (ii) to contact users with regard to use of the Site and, in our discretion, to make changes to the Site or our policies; (iii) for internal business purposes; (iv) for inclusion in our data analytics; (v) for research, consistent with applicable law; (vi) for complaint monitoring, and safety and reporting obligations, including product safety purposes; and (vii) for purposes disclosed at the time users provide us with their information, or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy.
3. How and When We Disclose User Information to Third Parties
3.1 Generally. We do not sell, share, rent or trade the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, other than as disclosed within this Privacy Policy or at the time you provide your information. We do not use your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes or share your Personal Information with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you consent to such use or sharing. We may share Non-Personal Information, such as aggregated user statistics and log data, with third parties for industry analysis, research, or for other business purposes.
3.2 Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Business Partners. We may share Personal Information with our subsidiaries, affiliates, and certain business partners for the purposes for which you provided the information or as reasonably necessary for our internal administrative and business purposes.
3.3 Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf. We use third party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide or perform certain aspects of the services on our behalf to host the Site, design and/or operate the Site’s features, track the Site’s analytics, provide customer support, perform technical services, or perform other administrative services. We may provide these vendors with access to User Information as permitted by, and in accordance with, applicable law. We will enter into special contracts with such vendors strictly limiting the vendors’ ability to use and disclose Personal Information and requiring the use of certain security measures by the vendors.
3.4 Administrative and Legal Reasons. If we receive requests for information from, or are obligated to supply information to government and law enforcement officials and private parties in regards to enforcing and complying with the law and in connection with private law suits, we will disclose User Information to these parties as we reasonably determine is necessary to comply with applicable law. For example, we may disclose User Information: (i) to satisfy any applicable law or regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests, regulatory compliance obligations, or legal process; (ii) to protect and/or defend our policies; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of the Company, our Site or any third party; (iv) to protect the safety of the public for any reason; (v) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; and/or (vi) to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, an illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity.
3.5 Business Transfer. We may, to the extent permitted by law, share all User Information with our subsidiaries and affiliates for internal, business related (non-marketing) purposes. We also reserve the right to disclose and transfer all User Information: (i) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Service; or (ii) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our interests and/or assets or other corporate change, including, during the course of any due diligence process, all to the extent permitted by law.
4. Retention of User Information
We will store User Information for as long as we need it to provide you our Site, to serve the purpose(s) for which your personal information was processed, as necessary to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, to enforce our agreements, to conduct research as permitted by applicable law, and for other business reasons consistent with applicable law.
5. Children’s Information
Our Service is not directed to nor intended for minors. As such, we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18. If we discover that we have collected Personal Information from a person under 18, we will promptly remove such information from our databases. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) and believe he or she has disclosed Personal Information to us, please contact us.
6. How We Protect Your Information
User Information is stored within our databases using industry-standard, commercially reasonable security practices and procedures, such as encryption, firewalls and SSL (Secure Socket Layers). However, as effective as such technology and efforts may be, no security system is infallible and impervious from attack or hacking. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that User Information won’t be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet or wireless communication, or accessed when stored on our or our service providers’ servers and any information you transmit to us, you do at your own risk.
7. Changes to this Policy
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy on our Site for the latest information on our privacy practices.
8. Your California Privacy Rights
California’s “Shine the Light” law, California Civil Code § 1798.83, requires that certain businesses respond to requests from their California customers (those with whom we have an established business relationship) asking about the business’ practices related to disclosing Personal Information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and wish to have further information, please contact us at Helio Genomics, 4978 Santa Anita Ave, Temple City, CA 91780 and use “California Marketing Request” in the subject line.
9. International Transfers of Personal Information
This Site is operated from the United States. We may store, process and transmit personal information in locations around the world, including locations outside of the country or jurisdiction where you are located. Such countries or jurisdictions may have data protection laws that are less protective than the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside. If you do not want your information transferred to or processed or maintained outside of the country or jurisdiction where you are located, you should not use our Site.
10. Third Party Links
The Site may contain links to various websites that we do not control. When you click on one of these links, you will be taken to another website which will maintain its own privacy policy. If you visit a website that is linked to the Site, you should consult that website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please send us an email at info@helioliverLDT.com.
You may also contact us at:
Helio Genomics9950 Research Dr.
Irvine, CA, 92618