Privacy Policy

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Last Updated: January 7, 2020

SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVACY NOTICES

1. Purpose: BioTissue® takes the protection of personal data very seriously. This Privacy Statement explains how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by BioTissue when you access or use our website. This Privacy Statement does not apply to information you may provide through other means, such as by email or via telephone, unless we specifically provide otherwise at the time of collection.

2. Acceptance of Terms: The BioTissue website (“Site”) is operated by BioTissue Holdings, Inc. (“BioTissue”). Your use of this Site is subject to this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use. By accessing and using our Site, and by providing us with your information, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement. Please note that we may revise this Privacy Statement from time to time without notice. We will post a prominent notice on this Site to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Statement. By accessing and using our Site after a change is made to the Privacy Statement, you agree to be bound by the Privacy Statement as revised.

3. Information We Collect and How We Use It

 

Personally Identifiable Information

BioTissue respects the privacy of visitors to our Site. BioTissue or its third-party service providers will collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, address or telephone number, only when you voluntarily submit it to us through our Site, such as in connection with the following: (a) sales and/or demonstration inquiry form; (b) partnering inquiry form; (c) blog comment submission; (d) job opportunity inquiry form or submission of job application; (e) email alerts request form; (f) contact us form; (g) product literature download form; (h) webinar registration form; or (i) other voluntary submission forms posted on our Site from time to time. The personally identifiable information you provide will be used for the purposes for which you supplied it, and for such other purposes that we describe in this Privacy Statement. We may also use the personally identifiable information we obtain about you in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection. We may also use that information to contact you from time to time. You have the option to opt-out at any time on any marketing communications or to request we correct or remove personally identifiable information you provide to us through this Site from our database, by emailing us with your request at [email protected]. We will update or remove information in response to your request when required by law and in certain other circumstances. Before BioTissue is able to correct any inaccuracies or delete any information, we may ask you to confirm your identify and to provide other details to help us respond to your request.

 

Public Content

Public content includes any information you submit to BioTissue on message boards, blogs, or other community features that are accessible by general visitors and other users. This information is public content because people do not need a password to access or view such on our Site. Prior to allowing you to post on our community feature, you may be required to submit your name and contact information (which will be treated as personally identifiable information as discussed above) unless you choose to include such information directly in your public post.

 

Information Collected Automatically

We collect certain information when you visit this Site. This information tells us such things as how many users visited and the pages they accessed. We may also use third-party tools that collect information about visitor traffic on our Site. We may collect this information either through “cookie” technology, “web beacons” or links. We may also use certain technologies to determine whether you have opened an email or clicked on a link within an email.

  • We use browser cookies on this website. Browser cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. We use browser cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited our site before and to help identify website features in which you may have the most interest
  • Web Beacons. Certain pages on our Site contain web beacons that allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, etc. With both cookies and web beacon technology, the information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable.

 

Information We Share

We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information about our Site visitors, except as described herein. We may share information provided by our visitors with our affiliates and third-party service providers we have retained to perform services on our behalf. These affiliates and third-party service providers are restricted from using or disclosing the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. Also, we may disclose information about you: (a) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (b) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials; or (c) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physician harm or physician loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We also reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.

 

Information We Transfer

We may transfer personal information we collect on this Site to other countries where we do business, but we will do so only for the purposes described above. When we transfer your information to other countries, we will protect that information as described here unless otherwise required by applicable laws. If you are visiting our Site from outside of the U.S., you may be transferring your personally identifiable information into the U.S. when you voluntarily submit your personally identifiable information through this Site. Many regions have data collection laws that differ from U.S. law. The transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of networks, servers and databases we operate or that are operated on our behalf.

 

Links to Third Party Sites

This Site may contain links to other third party websites. These links are provided as a convenience and BioTissue is not responsible for the content of those links or other third-party websites. Additionally, BioTissue does not control the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any linked website you visit.

 

Children’s Privacy

This Site is not directed to children under the age of thirteen and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen on the Site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of thirteen on the Site, we will delete the information from our records.

 

Questions or Comments

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by emailing [email protected].

 

PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Effective: January 1, 2020

This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained in the BioTissue, Inc. Privacy Policy (above), and applies only to California residents (“You,” “your” or “consumer”).

Personal Information Collection and Purposes of Use

We collect and use information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you or your devices when you visit this website, provide us your personal information, or have a contractual or business relationship with us or any of our affiliates, (“Personal Information”). Such Personal Information includes direct identifiers like a name, postal address, email address, and indirect identifiers that may identify, relate to, or be associated with a particular individual, such as a telephone number, device identifier, IP address and browsing history, credit card information, or inferences about consumer preferences or characteristics.

We collect this Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • to respond to your inquiries and to fulfill your requests;
  • to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding this website, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies and/or other administrative information;
  • for audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended and are compliant with legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements;
  • for fraud or crime prevention, and for technical security monitoring purposes;
  • to facilitate the development of new products and services;
  • to enhance, improve or modify our website or products and services;
  • for data analysis that will allow us to understand website usage trends;
  • to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interests of our users.
  • to better understand you, so that we can personalize our interactions with you and provide you with information and/or offers tailored to your interests;

Our Personal Information Handling Practices in 2019

In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of Personal Information from California residents who have visited this website, provided us their Personal Information, or had or have a contractual or business relationship with us or any of our affiliates:

  • Direct identifiers as described above.
  • Indirect identifiers as described above.

We have collected such Personal Information from one or more of the following categories of sources:

  • Information that you submit or share directly with us, through registrations, surveys, applications, or telephone calls, and email and postal communications;
  • Information passively collected from cookies and other website analytics;
  • Information collected through third parties or from your browsing activity on other sites, such as on social media platforms, and public databases;
  • From one or more of our affiliates with which you have a business relationship;
  • Service providers with which we have a contractual relationship and to which you have provided your Personal Information

We collected such Personal Information for the purposes noted above (see “Personal Information Collection and Purposes of Use”) and in the BioTissue, Inc. Privacy Policy (see “How We Use and Disclose Information”):

We may have shared such Personal Information with the following categories of third parties:

  • Service providers that help us to run our business, such as call centers and order fulfillment and distribution companies, credit card processing companies, web hosting and development companies, and direct marketing agencies
  • Vendors that help us track the effectiveness of advertisements on our Sites
  • Vendors that help us to provide you with program, services or educational information we believe may be of interest to you
  • Third parties with which we jointly market a product
  • Affiliates and subsidiaries that may have or may want to seek a business relationship with you

We collected one or more of the following specific pieces of personal information:

  • Legal name, nickname, signature, email address, postal address, date of birth, physical characteristics or description, and/or geolocation data
  • Account name, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information and/or health insurance information
  • Online identifier, Internet Protocol address, Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

Unless specifically stated, we do not share, disclose or sell personal information to third parties for their own use, but we do share your personal information with our affiliates and trusted partners in arrangements that may meet the broad definition of “sale” under California law. In these arrangements, use of the information we share is limited by policies, contracts, or similar restrictions.

In the preceding 12 months we may have disclosed, shared or sold, as defined by California law, one or more of the above categories of personal information.

Your Privacy Rights

You have the following rights regarding our collection and use of your personal information. To exercise those rights, you must submit a request by either emailing us at [email protected] or calling 786-817-6690. We may ask you to provide additional information to verify your request. We may not discriminate against you if you exercise your rights as described in this notice. For example, we may not deny goods or services to you, or charge you different prices or rates, or provide a different level of quality of products or services.

Right to Information

You have the right to request the following information regarding the personal information we have collected about you:

  • Categories of personal information collected about you, and sources from which collected;
  • Our purpose for collecting personal information;
  • Categories of third parties with which the personal information was shared; and
  • Specific pieces of personal information collected about consumers.

You have the right to request the following information regarding the personal information we have sold or disclosed about you:

  • Categories of your personal information sold in the preceding 12 months;
  • Categories of third parties to whom your personal information has been disclosed;
  • Categories of personal information that we disclosed about consumers for a business purpose.

Right to Opt Out of Sharing, Disclosure, or Sale of Personal Information

You have the right to direct us to not share, disclose, or sell your personal information. To exercise this right, you or your authorized representative may submit a request by clicking on the following link:

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

Right to Request Deletion

You have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have about you. However, we are not required to delete information if it is necessary to retain your information to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or a transaction reasonably anticipated within the context of our or one of our affiliate’s ongoing business relationship with you, or to otherwise perform a contract we have with you.
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impact the achievement of such research, if you have provided informed consent.
  • Facilitate solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us or one of our affiliates.
  • Comply with a legal obligation.
  • Otherwise use the personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which it was provided.

Contact Us

You can contact us with questions about this Privacy Notice for California Residents or to exercise your rights as described in this Notice.

Telephone number: 786-817-6690

Email or Web address: [email protected]

Postal address: 7300 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 700, Miami, FL 33126

 

SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVACY NOTICE FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS

Effective: January 1, 2020

This Supplemental Privacy Notice for Nevada Residents adds to the information contained in the BioTissue, Inc. Policy (above), and applies only to Nevada residents (“You,” “your” or “consumer”).

Personal Information Collection and Purposes of Use

We collect certain personal information of Nevada consumers through our Internet websites or other online service. This information includes one or more of the following elements of personally identifiable information:

  1. A first and last name.
  2. A home or other physical address that includes the name of a street and the name of a city or town.
  3. An electronic mail address.
  4. A telephone number.
  5. An identifier that allows a specific person to be contacted either physically or online.
  6. Any other information concerning a person collected from the person through the Internet website or online service of the operator, and maintained by the operator in combination with an identifier in a form that makes the information personally identifiable.

We collect this personal information for the following purposes:

  • to respond to your inquiries and to fulfill your requests;
  • to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding this website, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies and/or other administrative information;
  • for audits, to verify that our internal processes function as intended and are compliant with legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements;
  • for fraud or crime prevention, and for technical security monitoring purposes;
  • to facilitate the development of new products and services;
  • to enhance, improve or modify our website or products and services;
  • for data analysis that will allow us to understand website usage trends;
  • to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, so that we can adapt our campaigns to the needs and interests of our users.
  • to better understand you, so that we can personalize our interactions with you and provide you with information and/or offers tailored to your interests.

Your Privacy Rights

Right to access and/or correct your personal information, or opt out of sale of personal information.

If you would like to review, correct, or update your personal information, you or your authorized representative may submit your request to [email protected]. We will respond to your verified request as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than sixty (60) days after receipt. If circumstances cause any delay in our response, you will be promptly notified and provided a date for our response.

We generally do not disclose or share personal information for profit. Under Nevada law, you have the right to direct us to not sell or license your personal information to third parties. To exercise this right, if applicable, you or your authorized representative may submit a request to [email protected]. We will respond to your verified request as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than sixty (60) days after receipt. If circumstances cause any delay in our response, you will be promptly notified and provided a date for our response.

Contact Us

You can contact us with questions about this Privacy Notice for Nevada Residents or to exercise your rights as described in this Notice.

Email or Web address: [email protected]

 

CONTACTING US

BioTissue, Inc. located at 7300 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 700, Miami, FL 33126, is the company responsible for collection, use, and disclosure of personal information under this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via one of these methods:

  • By email – [email protected]
  • or on the Site, via the CONTACT US section
  • or by phone:
    For Consumers and Professionals: If you are in the US, call toll-free 786-817-6690
  • or please write to the following address:

Consumer Care Center BioTissue, Inc., 7300 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 700, Miami, FL 33126

 

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. Your use of the Service following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. We recommend that you regularly review the Privacy Policy when you visit the Service. This policy was last updated on January 6, 2020.