Privacy Policy

We at Hyalex Orthopaedics, Inc. (“Hyalex”) know you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to the operation of this website (“Site”). By using or accessing the Site in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the following ways.

1. What does this Privacy Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy covers our treatment of personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that we gather when you are accessing or using our Site, but not to the practices of companies we do not own or control, or people that we do not manage. We gather various types of Personal Information from our users, as explained in more detail below.

Our Site is not intended to attract children, and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information of anyone under the age of 13. If you believe your child is using our Site, please contact us online in the “Contact Us” section of our Site, so we can investigate and delete any applicable data.

2. What Information Does Hyalex Collect?

Categories of Personal Information We Collect:

• Internet or Similar Network Activity Information.
  • Technical information collected from your computer or mobile device (e.g. your IP address, browser type, operating system)
  • Information about your usage of our Site (e.g. the pages you visit, the search terms you use, information about how often you connect to the Site, and the pages you visit on the Site)
  • Information which we may generate as a result of your use of our Site.
• Other Personal Information. Any personal information that you choose to provide in correspondence and any communications with us and that we need to retain in order to manage and/or address our communications with, or requests from, you or to comply with our legal obligations (for example, name, phone number, email address, postal or mobile number).

The following section provides additional information about how we collect your Personal Data.

Information Collected Automatically
The Site uses cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript (collectively, “Cookies”) to enable our servers to recognize your web browser and tell us how and when you visit and use our Site, to analyze trends, learn about our user base and operate and improve our Site. Cookies are small pieces of data– usually text files – placed on your computer, tablet, phone, or similar device when you use that device to visit our Site. We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties, including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s). Please note that because of our use of Cookies, the Site does not support “Do Not Track” requests sent from a browser at this time.

We use the following types of Cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies. Necessary Cookies enable core functionality. The Site cannot function properly without these Cookies, and these Cookies can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
• Functional Cookies. These Cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Site, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Site. These Cookies help us to personalize our content for you, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our Site. If you do not allow these Cookies, some or all of the related services may not function properly.
• Performance/Analytical Cookies. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Site such as by collecting information about the number of visitors to the Site, what pages visitors view on our Site and how long visitors are viewing pages on the Site. For example, Google, Inc. (“Google”) uses cookies in connection with its Google Analytics services. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You have the option to opt-out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page at www.google.com/privacy_ads.html or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to analyze our Site, which helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymized.

You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies through your internet browser’s settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your computer. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some of the services and functionalities may not work.

To explore what Cookie settings are available to you, look in the “preferences” or “options” section of your browser’s menu. To find out more information about Cookies, including information about how to manage and delete Cookies, please visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/ or http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Hyalex uses Personal Information to contact you when necessary, to respond to your inquiries for additional information, to provide additional information according to your preferences and for our other business purposes. Sometimes this information is used to send you information about Hyalex and its products, services and business partners. At your election at any time, you may choose to stop receiving future communications from Hyalex (see below).

3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We process Personal Data to operate, improve, understand and personalize our Site. We use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To meet or fulfill the reason you provided the information to us.
• To communicate with you about the Site, including Site announcements or updates.
• To provide support and assistance for the Site.
• To personalize website content and communications based on your preferences.
• To respond to user inquiries and fulfill user requests.
• To improve and develop the Site, including testing, research, analysis and development.
• To protect against or deter fraudulent, illegal or harmful actions and maintain the safety, security and integrity of our Site.
• To comply with our legal or contractual obligations and resolve disputes.
• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
• For any other business purpose stated when collecting your Personal Data or as otherwise set forth in applicable data privacy laws.

We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

As noted in the list above, we may communicate with you if you’ve provided us the means to do so. Also, we may receive a confirmation when you open an email from us, which helps us improve our Site.

4. Will Hyalex Share Any of the Personal Information it Receives?
Hyalex may freely use this information for its business purposes, and may disclose such information, in a form that does not personally identify you, to any other person or entity. We may share statistical or aggregated non-personal information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors and other third parties. This data is used to customize Hyalex website content and advertising to deliver a better experience to our users. Hyalex may also share any information (personally identifiable or otherwise) it may have collected if Hyalex believes it is necessary to (a) comply with law or court order or (b) protect and/or defend Hyalex’s rights, safety, or property, or those of any other person or entity. If we (or our assets) are acquired, or if we go out of business, enter bankruptcy, or go through some other change of control, personal information collected as described in this Privacy Policy could be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party.

5. California Privacy Rights
While Hyalex does not provide personal information to third parties for their use in marketing, under California law, California residents have the right to opt-out of such use of their Personal Information if it occurred.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Hyalex reserves the right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a notice at the Site. Information collected by the Service is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of use.

You may be able to add, update, delete, correct or otherwise change your information by contacting Hyalex, as provided below.

7. How to Contact Us
Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices, your privacy choices, including those related to our use of your Personal Information, or this Privacy Policy. You can always reach us online at https://hyalex.com/. You may contact us to delete, update, or correct the Personal Information that you provided to us through the website.

If you choose to contact us via mail at the address below, please provide your name, address, email address, along with your questions, comments, or requests.

info@hyalex.com
Hyalex Orthopaedics, Inc.
99 Hayden Ave. Building D, Suite #340
Lexington, MA 02421