Cookies Policy

Cookies and Other Files

Like many websites, we may use “cookies” to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s memory for record-keeping purposes. We may use cookies to improve the quality of the Services, including for storing user preferences and tracking user trends. We may utilise persistent cookies to save your registration/member ID and login password for future logins to the Services. We may utilise session ID cookies to enable certain features of the Services, to better understand how you interact with the Services and to monitor aggregate usage by Company users and web traffic routing on the Services. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are usually deleted from your computer when you log off from the Services and then close your browser. Third party advertisers on the Services may also place or read cookies on your browser. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions or functionalities of the Services.

Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. When you use the Services, our servers may record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. When you use the Services, we may employ clear GIFs (also known as web beacons) or similar mechanisms which are used to track the online usage patterns of our users anonymously. No Personally Identifying Information from your Company account is collected using these clear GIFs. In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients. The information is used to enable more accurate reporting and make the Services better for our users.

Identity Theft and Related Abuses

Identity theft and the practice currently known as “phishing” are of great concern to Company. Safeguarding information to help protect you from identity theft is important to us. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information, your account ID, login password, or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. For more information about phishing, visit the Federal Trade Commission’s website.

Our Policy Toward Children

The Services are not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect Personally Identifying information from children under 18. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with Personally Identifying Information, we will delete such information from our files.

Security

Company is very concerned with safeguarding your information and protecting the security of your Personally Identifying Information and Genomic Data. We use appropriate, industry-typical security measures and technology to protect against unauthorised access to, or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of, user information covered by this Privacy Policy (excluding any such data that may be publicly shared in accordance with this Privacy Policy). In this regard, we employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your Personally Identifying information from unauthorised access. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored “personal data” (as defined in applicable statutes on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the Site or Services in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as these are consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

International Transfer

Your information may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located in the United States of America as well as other locations and jurisdictions where we conduct business, which may be outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, Company transfers Personally Identifying Information to the United States and processes it there, and your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. With respect to Personal Data subject to the PDPL, GDPR, transfers of such Personal Data outside the Turkey, the EU/EEA are performed subject to appropriate safeguards such as standard data protection clauses adopted or otherwise approved by the EU Commission or Turkey in accordance with the GDPR and PDPL, respectively.

Limitation of Liability

Even though Company has taken reasonable commercial steps and efforts to prevent your Genomic Data, Personally Identifying Information and other information covered by this Privacy Policy from being accessed, used, intercepted or disclosed by unauthorised individuals in violation of this Privacy Policy, you should know and you acknowledge that Company cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with your information. You expressly acknowledge and agree that uploading, posting, providing, storing, using, analysing and/or modifying your Genomic Data, Personally Identifying Information and other information on or into the Site, NGS Cloud or other Services, and the use of all such Services, are all done at your sole risk and responsibility. You expressly acknowledge that Company is not liable for

(i) any special, indirect, consequential, incidental or punitive damages, costs, or liabilities whatsoever arising out of or resulting from your use of the Site, NGS Cloud or other Services, including from your uploading, posting, providing, storing, using, analysing and/or modifying your Genomic Data, Personally Identifying Information and other information; or

(ii) any loss, disclosure or use of your Genomic Data, Personally Identifying Information or other information.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via [email protected] or at Pairend Biyoteknoloji, Çeçen Sokak No.: 25 D16 Akasya Kent Etabı A3 Blok Acıbadem Üsküdar/İstanbul, Turkey.