Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 9, 2024

 

Apnimed Inc. (“Apnimed,” “we,” “us,” “our”) is committed to maintaining your privacy, and recognizes the importance of providing protection for any personally identifiable information that you choose to share with us (“Personal Information”). We have established this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to inform you about how we treat any Personal Information that you provide to us in the course of using our website, located at https://apnimed.com/ (“Website”).

 

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Website, you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data collection and use practices, please see our contact information below.

 

Collection of Personal Information

Personal Information You Provide
You may choose to provide us with the following information:

 

• Contact information, including your name and e-mail address, such as when you fill a form to express your interest in our products or clinical trials;
• Communications, that we exchange with you, including when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise
• Clinical trial eligibility information, we may collect information such as your city, ZIP Code, phone number, medical history and other health-related information to determine if you are an eligible participant, should you wish to participate in our clinical trials; and
• Other information, not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

 

Personal Information That We Collect Automatically
We and our service providers may automatically collect information about you or your mobile device, and your interactions over time with the Website, including through the use of cookies, pixels and other similar technologies.

 

The data we collect automatically may include:

 

• Device data, such as your mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP host address, unique identifiers, language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., WiFi, LTE, 4G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
• Online activity data, such as web pages or screens viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, browsing history, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, duration of access, and whether you have opened our marketing emails or clicked links within them.

 

Personal Information We Obtain From Third Parties

We may obtain information about you from outside sources. Such information may include information from third parties that you choose to share with us, such as when you choose to interact with us on our social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) These social networking services may be able to collect information about you, including your activity on the Website. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party’s policies or practices.

 

Use of Personal Information

We use Personal Information:

 

To Operate The Website and Provide Our Products and Services

 

• to provide the Website to you and to operate, maintain, secure and improve the Website;
• to communicate with you and provide you with information about products and clinical trials that you may be interested in;
• to operate, improve, and personalize the products and services we offer, and to give each user a more consistent and personalized experience when interacting with us; and
• to respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

 

For Marketing

We may send you direct marketing communications, to provide you with information about products and services that we think may be of interest to you. This includes communicating with you to follow up if you have expressed interest in connecting to Apnimed and adding you to our “Friends of Apnimed” e-mail list when you request us to do so, as well as to notify you of events via postal mail, email, and other means. We do not use clinical trial eligibility information for marketing purposes.

 

For Research and Development

We may create and use de-identified or aggregated information for our business purposes, including to analyze the effectiveness of our products and services, to improve and add features to our products and services, and to analyze the general behavior and characteristics of users of our products and services. We may use this anonymous, aggregated, or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes.

 

For Compliance and Protection

This includes:

 

• to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
• to protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
• to audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements as well as our internal policies;
• to enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Website; and
• to prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information to the following entities:

 

Affiliate Entities and Service Providers

We may disclose Personal Information to any affiliate entity of Apnimed and to our service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them (such as hosting, information technology, customer support, ecommerce platform, email delivery, and Website analytics services).

 

Professional Advisors

We may disclose Personal Information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

 

Law Enforcement and Other Authorities

We may disclose Personal Information to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the compliance and protection purposes described above.

 

Business Transferees

We may disclose Personal Information to acquirers and other relevant participants in business transactions (or negotiations for such transactions) involving a corporate divestiture, merger, acquisition, reorganization, liquidation, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale or other disposition of all or any portion of the business or assets of, or equity interests in, our business (including, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings), change in control or other sale by or of us or any affiliated entity (in each case whether in whole or in part).

 

Your Privacy Choices

Access to Correct Your Personal Information

To keep your Personal Information accurate, current, and complete, you may contact us using the information listed below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Information in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Website.

 

Opt Out of Marketing Communications

We may send you information or materials such as newsletters by email or postal mail when you submit your email or postal mail address via the Website. You may “opt out” of receiving the email from us by using the unsubscribe feature included in the email we send. Also, if you do not want to receive this information or materials, you can send an email with your name, mailing address and email address to info@apnimed.com. When we receive your request, we may take reasonable steps to remove your name from our address lists.

 

Opt Out of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website or use an online service. When you visit the website or use the service again, the cookie allows that website or online service to recognize your browser or device. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information. The Website may use cookies to help personalize your user experience.

 

We also use other data collection tools (such as web beacons and server logs) to help improve your experience with the Website. For example, we use Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the Website. The information generated by cookies and other tracking technologies about your use of the Website (including IP address) is transmitted to our data collection tool service providers. This information is then used by us to evaluate visitors’ use of the Website and to compile statistical reports on Website activity for us.

 

You may control the way in which your devices permit the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. If you so choose, you may block or delete our cookies from your browser:

 

• Blocking cookies on your browser: Although most web browsers accept cookies automatically, usually you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies. Most mobile devices also offer settings to reject mobile device identifiers. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. If you decide to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully use the features of the Website. Cookies may also be used at certain sites accessible through links on the Website. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
• Using privacy plug-ins or browsers: You can block the Website from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third-party cookies/ trackers.
• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Website and enhance our user experience. For more information on how Google uses this data, go to https:// policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. If you would like to opt-out from the use of your information by Google Analytics, you may use Google’s analytics opt-out browser add-on designed for this purpose.

 

If you have questions regarding the specific information about you that we process or retain, as well as your choices regarding our collection and use practices, please contact us using the information listed below.

 

Children’s Information

The Website is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under 13 years old through the Website. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Information through the Website. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to Apnimed through the Website, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

 

Links to Other Sites

Some of our Website features may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not under our control. Such links do not constitute an endorsement of those third parties or the content displayed on their sites. We provide these links to you only as a convenience, and any information you provide to those third parties will be used as described by the third parties in their own privacy policies. We expressly disclaim any and all liability for the actions of third parties, including but without limitation to actions relating to the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information by third parties.

 

Security Used & Retention of Personal Information

Apnimed uses commercially reasonable security measures designed to prevent unauthorized intrusion to the Website and the alteration, acquisition or misuse of Personal Information. However, the security of information transmitted over the internet cannot be guaranteed. You agree we are not be responsible for loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse of Personal Information that you provide through the Website that is stored by us, or for any damages resulting from such loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse.

 

Do Not Track

This Website does not currently take any action when it receives a Do Not Track request. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your webpage visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on the page. For details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.

 

Location of Data

Your Personal Information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States or any other country where we have facilities, and by providing us with your information, you consent to the transfer, storage and processing of such information outside of your state and/or country.

 

Job Applicants

When you visit the “Careers” portion of our Website, we collect the Personal Information that you provide to us in connection with your job application. This includes but is not limited to business and personal contact information, professional credentials and skills, educational and work history and other information of the type that may be included in a resume. This may also include diversity information that you voluntarily provide. We use this information to facilitate our recruitment activities and process employment applications, such as by evaluating a job candidate for an employment activity, to monitor recruitment statistics and to respond to surveys. We may also use this information to provide improved administration of our Website and services and as otherwise necessary (i) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us, (ii) to protect and defend our or others’ rights or property, (iii) in connection with a legal investigation and (iv) to investigate or assist in preventing any violation or potential violation of the law or this Privacy Policy.

 

Updates to Privacy Policy

The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is set forth at the top of this webpage. Apnimed reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes at this webpage. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Your continued use of this Website will be subject to the then-current Privacy Policy.

 

Contact Information; Questions and Changes in Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your Personal Information, please contact us at:

 

Apnimed
39 John F. Kennedy St., 4th Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138
1-877-APNIMED (1-877-276-4633)