Privacy

Last updated February 5, 2024

This privacy notice for Adage Innovations, Inc. ("we," "us," or "our") describes what, how, and why we collect, store, use, and/or transmit ("process") your information while you use our online services ("Services") from our corporate main site https://www.adageinnovations.com, or access any affiliate websites broadcasting our products. This notice brings you awareness about your privacy rights and choices; if you do not agree with them, please do not use our services.

SUMMARY

When you visit, use, or navigate our websites, we may have access to your personal information depending on what information you provide, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

If the information we access is considered sensitive personal information, whether from you or from a third party, we follow regulatory requirements and best practices to secure that information with your consent or as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

We may share your information with a third party in specific situations and with a specific purpose. For instance, when you enter a form of payment, we may transmit that information to a payment processing service provider to process the transaction.

We have organizational procedures a security features in place to protect your personal information. However, 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 penetrate our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may include certain rights regarding your personal information.

The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting an inquiry via the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide/disclose to us when you register a personal account, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products, or otherwise when you contact us. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. This may include the following:

name
phone number
email address
mailing address
username
password
contact preferences
billing address
debit/credit card numbers

Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information:

financial data
biometric data
information revealing race or ethnic origin
student data

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument.

Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Google, Twitter, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will access information from your social media account according to your permissions. All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected. Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — may be collected automatically when you visit our Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

The information we automatically collect includes:

Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).
Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

2. HOW WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including creation, authentication, and management of user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share information with third parties in specific situations. In case a Business Transfer occurs, we may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. You have the option to accept or refuse certain cookies.

5. HOW WE MANAGE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS

If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook, Google, or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notices to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

6. IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?

We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are in United States. If you are accessing our Services from outside, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information in United States and other countries.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. However, we will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable law.

7. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than the timeframe in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. HOW WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE

We protect your personal information through 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 penetrate our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our services is at your own risk.

9. INFORMATION FROM MINORS

We do not knowingly or purposefully collect data from or market to individuals under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us.

10. ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

You may access, review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the data processed before withdrawal of your consent nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information according to lawful grounds other than consent.

Your account information: If you decide at any time to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: 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 services.

11. 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. As such, to the extent that such technology exists, we will 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, we will align with that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

12. PRIVACY RIGHTS FOR UNITED STATES RESIDENTS

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

Categories of personal information we may have collected in the past twelve (12) months:

Category	Examples	Collected
A. Identifiers	Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name	Yes
B. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law	Gender and date of birth	No
C. Commercial information	Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information	No
D. Biometric information	Fingerprints and voiceprints	No
E. Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements	Yes
F. Geolocation data	Device location	No
G. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information	Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activitiesBusiness contact details to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us
H. Professional or employment-related information	Student records and directory information	No
I. Education Information	Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics
J. Inferences drawn from collected personal information	Student records and directory information	No
K. Sensitive personal Information	Account login information, citizenship or immigration status, passport numbers, personal data from a known child, state id card numbers, debit or credit card numbers, biometric data, and precise geolocation	Yes

We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the services or for:

Category A - so long as the user has an account with us.
Category E - so long as the user has an account with us.
Category F - so long as the user has an account with us.
Category K - so long as the user has an account with us.

Category K information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. You have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information.

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.

We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider.

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be the “selling" of your personal information.

We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.

Virginia Residents

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA):

"Consumer" means a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.

"Personal data" means any information that is linked or linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person. "Personal data" does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.

"Sale of personal data" means the exchange of personal data for monetary consideration.

If this definition of "consumer" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal data.

Exercise your rights provided under the Virginia VCDPA:

Right to be informed whether we are processing your personal data;
Right to access your personal data;
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data;
Right to request deletion of your personal data;
Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us;
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling").

You may contact us using the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your rights, the authorized agent must provide proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Verification process:

We may request that you provide additional information necessary to verify you and your consumer's request. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request.
Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue delay, but in all cases, within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period may be extended once by forty-five (45) additional days when necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.

Right to appeal:

If we decline to act regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and the reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal our decision, please contact us using the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.

13. UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE

We may update this privacy notice from time to time to stay compliant with relevant laws.

The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

14. HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) using the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support, or by mail at:

Adage Innovations, Inc.
1100 Wythe St. #1801
Alexandria, VA 22307
United States

15. HOW TO REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please the contact information available on our corporate website https://www.adageinnovations.com/support.