Effective date: 1 September 2018

This Privacy Policy tells you how we collect, use and share information we collect on our website www.escientpharma.com (“Site”) effective as of the date posted above.  By using the Site and submitting information you agree that we may use and disclose your information according to the terms of this Policy.

Information collected and how it is used

We collect personal information from you when you communicate with us through the Site.  If you contact us through our Site we collect your contact information including your name and email address and any information you reveal in your communication with us. We use the collected information for our general commercial purposes such as to improve our Site, grow our business, to respond to your inquiries or to provide information to you.

We automatically collect information that does not personally identify you when you visit the Site including your device’s IP address, and statistics about how you use the Site. This information helps us to design our Site to better suit our users’ needs. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Site, analyze trends, track visitor movements, and gather information that assists us in identifying visitor preferences.

Cookies and Do-Not-Track

We use cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, and similar technology to collect aggregate (non-personal) information about Site usage by all of our visitors and to help us remember you and your preferences when you revisit the Site. These cookies may stay on your browser into the future until they expire or you delete them. Cookies may be delivered in a first-party or third-party context. Escient may also use cookies and web beacons in association with e-mails delivered by Escient. The Site also captures limited information (user-agent, HTTP referrer, last URL requested by the user, client-side and server-side clickstream) about visits to the Site; we may use this information to analyze general traffic patterns and to perform routine system maintenance. You have many choices with regards to the management of cookies on your computer. However please note that if you choose to refuse or limit cookies from the Site you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Site.  Further general information about cookies and how they work is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.

We allow selected third parties to place cookies through the Site to provide us with better insights into the use of the Site or user demographics or to provide relevant advertising to you.  These third parties may collect information about a consumer’s online activities over time and across different websites when he or she uses our website. For instance the Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the Site analyze how users use the Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on Site activity for Site operators and providing other services relating to Site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.  By using the Site you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. We do not control the use of such third party cookies or the resulting information and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.

We do not use technology that recognizes a “do-not-track” signal from your web browser.

Children’s Privacy

This Site is not designed nor intended to be attractive to use by children under the age of 13.  We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13.  If you are under 13 please do not submit any information to us.

Accessing your information and your choices

You can update, amend or delete your information at any time by emailing us at info@escientpharma.com.

You can choose not to receive emails from us by “unsubscribing” using the instructions in any email you receive from us.  This will not stop us from sending emails to respond to your requests or about your transactions with us.

You can choose to delete or block cookies by setting your browser to either reject all cookies or to allow cookies only from selected sites.  If you block cookies performance of the Site may be impaired and certain features may not function at all.

Sharing your information

We may reveal information about you to unaffiliated third parties: (1) if you request or authorize it; (2) if the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you; (3) if the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others (e.g., to a consumer reporting agency for fraud protection etc.); (4) if the disclosure is done as part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services or assets (e.g., in the event that substantially all of our assets are acquired by another party, customer information may be one of the transferred assets); (5) if the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, processing orders, etc.); or (6) as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

We may share your information with our affiliated companies and they are permitted to use it for marketing purposes.

We may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-Personal Information, such as usage statistics, to our affiliates and third parties.

Your California Privacy Rights

California residents are permitted by California law to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with others for their marketing purposes.

We may share your personal information with others for their marketing use unless you tell us not to.  To opt-out or for further information please email us at info@escientpharma.com.   We will not share your information after we have received and processed your opt-out.

Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative and physical measures to protect information contained in our system against misuse, loss or alteration.  We may use standard SSL technology to protect information being transferred to our site, but no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Data Processing and Cross-Border Data Transfers

Our Site is maintained on servers located in the United States, and personal information submitted is stored on our servers in the United States.  If you are visiting our Site from outside the United States, please be advised that your information is transferred to our U.S. servers.  Disclosing your personal information to us pursuant to this Privacy Policy is at your own risk.  We strive to comply with U.S. laws but we make no representations that the practices described in this Privacy Policy are compliant with laws outside the U.S. that apply to the collection, security, use and disclosure of personal information.

Links to other sites

We may permit others to link to this Site or to post a link to their site on ours.  We do not endorse these sites and are not responsible for other sites or their privacy practices.   Please read their privacy policies before submitting information.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

As we grow and change we may amend this Privacy Policy.  The Policy in effect at the time you use the Site governs how we may use your information.  If we make material changes we will post the revised Policy and the revised effective date on this Site. Please check back here from time to time to review any changes.

Contacting us

This Site is owned and operated by Escient Pharmaceuticals.  You can contact us at 10578 Science Center Dr., Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, P. 858.617.8220, E. info@escientpharma.com.