Privacy Policy
Effective as of: September 28, 2021
Hyperscience respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your Personal Data. This “Privacy Policy” describes how Hyper Labs, Inc. and our subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Hyperscience”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collect and use your Personal Data and the privacy rights and choices you have with respect to your information collected in the www.hyperscience.com website, and any other website that we own or control and which posts this Privacy Policy (any, a “Site”). Hyperscience may provide you with additional or supplemental privacy notices at the time we collect your data, which will govern how we may process the information provided at that time.
The Site and the services we provide are designed for individuals acting in their business capacity, and prospective clients and their representatives. Our Site and services are not intended for personal, family, or household use. Accordingly, we treat all personal information covered by this Privacy Policy as pertaining to individuals acting as business representatives, rather than in a personal capacity.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to Hyperscience’s processing of employee or contractor data or your offline dealings with Hyperscience. We provide important information for individuals located in the European Union here.
We provide important information for individuals located in the European Union.
Personal information we collect
| Category of Personal Data collected | What this means |
|---|---|
| Identity Data | First name, last name. |
| Contact Data | Your home address, work address, email address and telephone number. |
| Marketing and Communications Data | Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences. |
| Usage Data | Inferred or assumed information relating to how you use the Site and interact with us, including any information that you submit to us through the Site. This is most often collated and grouped into “segments” (e.g., there may be a segment for men, living in London and aged under 25, who like sports). |
| Technical Data | Computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier, browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing to our Site, general location information such as city, state or geographic area; and information about your use of and actions on our Site, such as pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, navigation paths between pages, information about your activity on a page, access times, and length of access. This information is collected using cookies and similar technologies. Please refer to the Cookies and Similar Technologies section for more details. |
| Candidate Data | Information that you may submit in a job application, such as professional credentials, educational and professional history, and other information of the type included on a resume or curriculum vitae |
| Other Data | Other personal information you submit to us through the Site or our pages on social networks, such as information you may provide when interacting with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram |
Sensitive Personal Information
We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personal information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on the Site, or otherwise to us.
If you send or disclose any sensitive personal information to us when you use the Services, you must consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal information, you must not submit such sensitive personal information through our Site.
Aggregated Data
We also collect, use and share “Aggregated Data” such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your Personal Data, but once in aggregated form it will not constitute Personal Data for the purposes of the Privacy Policy is intended to meet our duties of Transparency under the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR” as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your computer or mobile device by a website. Our Site may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site.
We use two broad categories of cookies: (1) first party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device, which we use to recognize your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Site; and (2) third party cookies, which are served by service providers or business partners on our Site, and can be used by such service providers or business partners to recognise your computer or mobile device when it visits other websites.
Cookies we use
Our Site uses the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
| Type of cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Essential Cookies | These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our Site and to enable you to use some of its features. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services. |
| Functionality Cookies | These cookies allow our Site to remember choices you make when you use our Site. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-select your preferences every time you visit our Site. |
| Analytics and Performance Cookies | These cookies collect information about traffic to our Site and about how individuals use our Site. The information gathered may include the types of information described above in the section titled “Information automatically collected”. We use this information to help operate our Site more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information, monitor the level of activity on our Site, and improve the Site. We use Google Analytics, Marketo, Bizible, and VWO for this purpose. Google Analytics, Marketo, Bizible, and VWO use their own cookies. You can find out more information about Google Analytics cookies here and about how Google protects your data here. You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our Site by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here. You can find out more about Marketo’s privacy practices . You can find out more about Bizible’s privacy practices here. You can find out more about VWO’s privacy practices here. |
| Social Media Cookies | These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or “like” (or similar) button on our Site or you link your account or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. The social network will record that you have done this. Social networks use their own cookies. |
| Targeted and advertising cookies | These cookies track your browsing habits to enable us and third-party advertising networks to deliver ads that may be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests or browsing behavior. Based on the cookies that the third-party advertising network sets on our Site and other sites, advertisers can display advertisements that may be relevant to your interests on our Site and while you are on third party websites. You can choose to disable cookies, as described below, or to opt out of the use of your browsing behaviour for purposes of targeted advertising. For opt out instructions, please review the “Targeted online advertising” portion of the “Your Choices” section of this Privacy Policy. |
Disabling cookies
You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “settings,” “help” “tools” or “edit” menus). Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings.
For further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of our Site.
Other technologies
In addition to cookies, our Site may use other technologies, such as Flash technology to pixel tags to collect information automatically.
(i) Flash Technology
We may use Flash cookies (which are also known as Flash Local Shared Object (“LSOs”)) on our Site to collect and store information about your use of our Site. Unlike other cookies, Flash cookies cannot be removed or rejected via your browser settings. If you do not want Flash cookies stored on your computer or mobile device, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash LSO storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel at this website . You can also control Flash LSOs by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel at this website and following the instructions. Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash LSOs may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our Site.
(ii) Pixel Tags
We may also use pixel tags (which are also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) on our Site and in our HTML formatted emails to track the actions of users on our Site and interactions with our emails. Unlike cookies, which are stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device by a website, pixel tags are embedded invisibly on webpages or within HTML formatted emails. Pixel tags are used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of the Site, so that we can manage our content more effectively.
Do Not Track Signals
Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We do not currently respond to do not track signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit https://www.allaboutdnt.com.
How We Use Your Personal Information
To provide our Site
If you use our Site, we use your personal information to:
- operate, maintain, administer and improve the Site
- manage and communicate with you regarding your account with us, if you have one, including by sending you service announcements, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
- process and manage registrations you make through the Site, including for courses or events that we organize or host and to administer contests and other promotions
- better understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Site
- provide support and maintenance for the Site
- respond to your service-related requests, questions and feedback
To manage our recruiting and process employment applications
We process personal information, such as information submitted to us in a job application, to facilitate our recruitment activities and process employment applications, such as by evaluating a job candidate for an employment activity, and monitoring recruitment statistics).
To communicate with you
If you request information from us (such as signing up for our newsletter), register on the Site, register for a course or event that we organize or host, or participate in our contests or promotions, we may send you Hyperscience marketing and/or sales communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt out of such communications.
To comply with law
We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
With your consent
We will request your consent to use your personal information where required by law. If we request your consent to use your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent any time in the manner indicated when we requested the consent or by contacting us. If you have consented to receive marketing communications from our third party partners, you may withdraw your consent by contacting those partners directly.
To create anonymous data for analytics
We may create anonymous data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous data by excluding information that makes the data personally identifiable to you, and use that anonymous data for our lawful business purposes.
For compliance, fraud prevention and safety
We use your personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate to (a) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Site; (b) protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.
How We Share your Personal Information
Affiliates
We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries and corporate affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Visitors to the Site
Content you submit to the Site for public posting will be viewable by other users of the Site.
Service providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to administer and provide services on our behalf (such as customer support, hosting, email delivery, recruiting and applicant management, and database management services). These third parties may use your information only as directed by Hyperscience and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, and are prohibited from using or disclosing your information for any other purpose.
Professional advisors
We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement; Protection and Safety
Hyperscience may disclose information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as required by law, and disclose and use such information as we believe necessary or appropriate to (a) comply with applicable laws and lawful requests and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities; (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Site; (d) protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and (e) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity.
Business Transfers
Hyperscience may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential business transaction) such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy, in which case we will make reasonable efforts to require the recipient to honor this Privacy Policy.
Your Choices
In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users. Users who are located within Member States of the European Union, countries in the European Economic Area , the United Kingdom, and Switzerland (collectively, “Europe” or “European”) may read additional information about their rights below.
Access, Update, Correct or Delete Your Information
You may also contact us as described below to access, update or correct the personal information that Hyperscience maintains about you, or if you have additional requests or questions.
Marketing communications
You may opt out of marketing-related emails by clicking on a link at the bottom of each such email to access our preference center, or by contacting us at privacy@hyperscience.com. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
Targeted online advertising
Some of the business partners that collect information about users’ activities on our Site may be members of organizations or programs that provide choices to individuals regarding the use of their browsing behavior or mobile application usage for purposes of targeted advertising.
Users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here. European users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here, selecting the user’s country, and then clicking “Choices” (or similarly-titled link). Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above.
If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements online but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt out, not all companies that serve online behavioural advertising are included in this list, and so you may still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not listed.
Choosing not to share your personal information
Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information in order to provide services or the Site to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to receive the services by designating it as required in or on the Site or through other appropriate means.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. We take a number of organizational, technical and physical measures designed to protect the personal information we collect, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no security safeguards are 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.
Children
Our Site is not directed to children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
International Transfer
Hyperscience is headquartered in the United States and has service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction.
European Union users should read the important information provided here about transfer of personal information outside of the European Economic Area.
Other Site and Services
The Site may contain links to other websites and services. These links are not an endorsement, authorization or representation that we are affiliated with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites or services, and are not responsible for their actions. Other websites and services may follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites you visit and services you use.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Site. We may (and, where required by law, will) also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via e-mail (if you have an account where we have your contact information) or another manner through the Site.
Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Site (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Site after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns at all about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us at privacy@hyperscience.com or write to us at:
Hyper Labs, Inc.
Attn: Legal – Privacy
285 Fulton, Suite 45A
New York, NY 10007
In addition, individuals who are located in the European Union may contact us by mail at:
Hyperscience Ltd.
Attn: Legal – Privacy
5 Latchezar Stanchev Street
Sopharma Business Towers, Building A, fl. 9
1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
Additional Information for European Union Users
Personal information
References to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to “Personal Data” governed by European data protection legislation. Essentially, it boils down to: information about an individual, from which that individual is either directly identified or can be identified. It does not include ‘anonymous data’ (i.e., information where the identity of individual has been permanently removed). However, it does include ‘indirect identifiers’ or ‘pseudonymous data’ (i.e., information which alone doesn’t identify an individual but, when combined with certain additional and reasonably accessible information, could be attributed to a particular person).
Controller
Hyper Labs, Inc. is the controller of your personal information for purposes of European data protection legislation. See the Contact Us section above for contact details.
Processing principles
When Hyperscience processes personal information of individuals in the EU, Hyperscience adheres to certain data processing principles. Under these principles, personal data is:
Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject
Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes
Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed
Accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
Kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed
Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures
Hyperscience implements appropriate technical and organizational measures that are designed to give effect to these data protection principles.
Legal bases for processing
We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it as listed below, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will update this Privacy Policy and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
In respect of each of the purposes for which we use your Personal Data, the GDPR requires us to ensure that we have a “legal basis” for that use. Most commonly, we will rely on one of the following legal bases:
Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (“Contractual Necessity”).
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (“Legitimate Interests”). More detail about the specific legitimate interests pursued in respect of each Purpose we use your Personal Data for is set out in the table below.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (“Compliance with Law”).
Where we have your specific consent to carry out the processing for the Purpose in question (“Consent”). Generally, we do not rely on your Consent as a legal basis for using your Personal Data other than in the context of direct marketing communications.
We have set out below, in a table format, the legal bases we rely on in respect of the relevant Purposes for which we use your Personal Data.
| Purpose | Category(ies) of Personal Data involved | Why do we do this | Our legal basis for this use of data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account Creation | Identity DataContact Data | To process and manage registrations you make through the Site, including for courses or events that we organize or host and to administer contests and other promotions | Contractual Necessity. |
| Operate the Site | Identity DataContact Data | To operate, maintain, administer and improve the SiteTo better understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the SiteTo respond to your service-related requests, questions and feedback | Contractual necessityLegitimate InterestsWe have a legitimate interest in providing you a good service, with updates on our Sites and related offers where you have purchased or shown interest in similar services from us. |
| Compliance, Fraud Prevention and safety | Identity DataContact Data | To keep our website, our services and associated systems operational and secureTo enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Site | Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the ongoing security and proper operation of our services, website and associated IT services and networks. |
| Troubleshooting | Identity DataContact Data Technical Data | To track issues that might be occurring on our systems, provide support and maintenance for the SiteTo manage and communicate with you regarding your account with us, if you have one, including by sending you service announcements, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages | Legitimate Interests.It is in our legitimate interests that we are able to monitor and ensure the proper operation of our Sites and associated systems and services. |
| Marketing | Identity DataContact Data Marketing and Communications Data | To form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. You will have the ability to opt out of such communications. If you have consented to receive marketing communications from our third-party partners, you may withdraw your consent by contacting those partners directly | Consent. |
| Job application | Identity DataContact Data Candidate Data | To manage our recruiting and process employment applicationsTo facilitate our recruitment activities and process employment applications, such as by evaluating a job candidate for an employment activity, and monitoring recruitment statistics | Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in considering your job application. |
If you have questions about the legal basis of how we process your personal information, contact us at privacy@hyperscience.com.
Use for new purposes
We may use your Personal Data for reasons not described in this Privacy Policy where permitted by law and the reason is compatible with the purpose for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the applicable legal basis.
Retention
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
When we no longer require the personal information we have otherwise collected about you, we will dissociate such information from the information attached to your content. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you), in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Your rights relating to your Personal Data
European data protection laws give European Union users certain rights regarding their personal information. If you are located within the European Union, you may ask us to take the following actions in relation to your personal information that we hold:
- Opt-out . Stop sending you direct marketing communications. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.
- Withdraw consent. This right only exists where we are relying on consent to process your Personal Data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to the certain specific functionalities of our Site. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
- Access . Provide you with information about our processing of your personal information and give you access to your personal information.
- Correct . Update or correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
- Delete . Delete your personal information.
- Transfer . Transfer a machine-readable copy of your personal information to you or a third party of your choice.
- Restrict . Restrict the processing of your personal information.
- Object . Object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis of our processing of your personal information.
If you want to exercise any of the rights described above, you can submit these requests by email to privacy@hyperscience.com or our postal address provided above. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions. If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your personal information or response to your requests regarding your personal information, you may contact us or submit a complaint to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction. You can find your data protection regulator here.
Cross-Border Data Transfer
As you can see from the above, we share your Personal Data both with our affiliated companies and certain external third parties who are based outside the European Economic Area. Any processing of your Personal Data by these parties will involve an export of your Personal Data outside the European Economic Area.
Whenever we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area or the UK to countries not deemed by the European Commission to provide an adequate level of personal information protection, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
- Pursuant to the recipient’s compliance with Standard Contractual Clauses, or Binding Corporate Rules
- Pursuant to the consent of the individual to whom the personal information pertains
- As otherwise permitted by applicable European requirements.
Please contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal information out of Europe.