Last Updated – December 06, 2024

This Privacy Policy for Purgo Biologics Inc. ( “Purgo”, “we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why we may collect, use, and otherwise process the personal information that you provide when you use our website( https://us.purgobio.com ) where this policy is posted, and our services.

You can use our website without providing any personal information. However, if you, as a data subject, wish to use certain services on our website, such as inquiring about our company or products, it may be necessary to process the personal information you provide with your consent.

The protection and security of your personal information is a high priority for Purgo.

It is important to us that you always know what personal information is collected during your visit, use of our website and services, as well as how we use said information afterwards.

Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices.

Please read this policy carefully. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us, as indicated at 10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY

section below.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. HOW DO WE USE AND WHAT LEGAL BASES TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND HOW DO YOU SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST
9. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?
10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY

1. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect personal information only with your prior consent or as permitted by applicable law.

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

When you visit and use our website, we may collect personal information depending on how you interact with us and the choices you make. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products or services, when you subscribe to our newsletter, when you participate in activities on the website, or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information we collect may include such as name, email address, country, and job title. If you use additional our services, we may collect additional personal information (such as your phone number, and address), depending on what you choose to provide.

Exemptions under Applicable Law

If the privacy act in your jurisdiction excludes de-identified or pseudonymized or publicly available information from its definition of personal information, we may lawfully collect that information in accordance with applicable law.

 

Do we collect any sensitive personal information? 

In Short: We do not collect sensitive information.

 

Some of the information may be considered “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs, your social security number, financial account information, your precise geolocation data, or your genetic data. We do not collect any sensitive information.

2. HOW DO WE USE AND WHAT LEGAL BASES TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We use your information to provide, improve, and administer our website or services, and to communicate with you, only when we have a valid reason to do so under applicable law.

 

We use your personal information depending on how you interact with our website or the service we provide, including:

• To respond to your inquiries, or to provide support you may have with our website.
• To provide the service you have requested.
• To improve our website, or our service.
• To comply with our legal obligations, respond to your legal requests, and to exercise our legal rights.

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

• Third Parties; Affiliates. We may share your information with our third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you. We may share your information with our affiliates for support, processing, and supply purposes. Our service providers, suppliers, other cooperation partners and affiliates may only process your personal information for our purposes. Any sharing of personal information with third parties and/or affiliates is subject to their compliance with our Privacy Policy and confidentiality terms.
• Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information to another company in connection with, or during negotiations for a merger, sale of the assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business, in which case we will seek to obtain written assurances that all personal information will be protected by that company. If we are involved in such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, we will continue to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information and will notify affected users, including through this Website, before their personal information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

Cookies and similar tracking technologies

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) when you visit, use, or navigate our website.

“Cookies” are small text files stored locally on the hard drive of your computer through your Web browser. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.

If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our website.

Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.

We use online tracking technologies on our website. This information collected through online tracking technologies is anonymous and primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal statistical purposes.

This information may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, information about how and when you use our website, and other technical information. This information does not specifically identify you and we do not use this information to draw conclusions about you.

Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy: https://us.purgobio.com/opt-out-preferences/.

Controls for do-not-track features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.

 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how people use our website, so that we can take action to improve your experience. We may use Google Analytics to collect information for statistics and Interests Reporting purposes, which is non-personally identifiable information.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services,

visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out at 2. HOW DO WE USE AND WHAT LEGAL BASES TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION? in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

We will delete or anonymize your personal information when we no longer have a legitimate business need to process it, or when legally required retention periods have expired.

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. 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, you should only access our website within a secure environment.

[ ※The European Commission and UK have recognized that the Republic of Korea provides an adequate level of data protection under the Privacy Act. More information is available at

Implementing decision – 2022/254 – EN – EUR-Lex

A guide to international transfers | ICO

7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect information from minors.

We do not knowingly collect or solicit information from minors.

By using our website, you represent that you are age of majority. The age of majority varies by country or territory. If we learn that personal information has been collected from a minor user, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such information from our records.

If you become aware of any information that we may have collected from a minor, please contact us at 10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY

8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS AND HOW DO YOU SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST?

In Short:  Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable Privacy laws.

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. These may include the right

• the right to know, access your personal information
• the right to delete your personal information
• the right to correct your personal information
• the right to non-discrimination
• the right to limit your sensitive personal information

[※ not currently applicable : We do not collect your sensitive personal information.]

• the right to opt-out of sale or sharing

[※ not currently applicable: We have not sold or shared, disclosed personal information with third parties for monetary consideration in the preceding twelve (12) months. We also will not sell or share or disclose personal information in the future belonging to our website users.]

California “Shine The Light” Law

If you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If the nature of the third parties’ business cannot reasonably be determined from the third parties’ name, we will provide examples of the products or services marketed if known to us. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information at Request your privacy rights below.

[※ not currently applicable: We do not currently disclose or share personal information with third parties for the direct marketing purposes.]

Request your privacy rights

You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY below or by submitting a data subject access request. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

 

Request Verification

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.

If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

 However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section 10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists.

However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary to respond to your service requests.

9. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to comply with applicable laws.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, you may contact us by email at privacy@purgobio.com or by mail at the address below:

Purgo Biologics Inc.

660 Daewangpangyo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-do 13494, South Korea

Phone number: +82-070-4827-1571