Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 1st, 2023

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Lygos collects and uses Personal Data about you through the use of our website and through email, text, and other electronic communications between you and Lygos.

Lygos, Inc. (“Lygos,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the websites www.lygos.com and cbx.lygos.com (collective, the “Site”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through other means and does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on the Site.

If you are using the Site on behalf of your employer, company, or organization (the “Organization”), you represent and warrant that you have the authority to acknowledge this Privacy Policy on behalf of the Organization. If you (and your Organization, if applicable) do not agree to our Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. The term “you,” “your,” etc. refers to both you as an individual user and your Organization (if applicable).Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Site. By accessing or using our Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13 and children under the age of 13 are not permitted to use our Site. We will remove any information about a child under the age of 13 if we become aware of it.

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to us or through the Site. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on our Site or on or through any of its features, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Data from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from a child under 13, please contact us info@lygos.com or call us at (510) 356-0555.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect different types of information about you, including information that may directly identify you, information that is about you but individually does not personally identify you, and information that we combine with our other users. This includes information that we collect directly from you or through automated collection technologies.


Generally

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site (collectively, “Personal Data”), specifically information:

I. by which you may be personally identified, such as name, e-mail address, and other information you chose to submit to submit to us; and

II. about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access and use our Site, and usage details, such as traffic data, logs, referring/exit pages, date and time of your visit to or use of our Site, error information, clickstream data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through our Site.

We collect this information:

I. directly from you when you provide it to us;

II. automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies; and

III. from third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Site is:

I. information that you provide by filling in forms on Site. This includes information provided at the time of contacting us. We may also ask you for information if you report a problem with our Site;

II. records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us; and

III. details of transactions you carry out through our Site.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, specifically:

I. details of your visits to our Site, such as traffic data, location, logs, referring/exit pages, date and time of your visit to our Site, error information, clickstream data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Site; and

II. information about your computer, mobile device, and Internet connection, specifically your IP address, operating system, and browser type information.

The information we collect automatically may include Personal Data or we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Data we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:

I. estimate our audience size and usage patterns;

II. improve our business operations and services offering; and

III. recognize you when you return to our Site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

I. Cookies (or browser cookies). We and our service providers may use cookies and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our Site through your computer or mobile device. A “cookie” is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. On your computer, you may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser, and you may have similar capabilities on your mobile device in the preferences for your operating system or browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser or operating system setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you use or direct your browser to our Site.

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to collect certain information relating to your use of the Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the Site analyze how users use the site. You can find out more about how Google uses data when you visit our Site by visiting “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps,” (located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/). For more information regarding Google Analytics please visit Google’s website, and pages that describe Google Analytics, such as www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

How We Use Your Information

We use your Personal Data for various purposes described below, including to:

I. provide our Site to you;

II. provide you with information you request from us;

III. enforce our rights arising from contracts; and

IV. notify you about changes.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Data:

I. to present our Site and its contents to you;

II. to provide you with information that you request from us or that may be of interest to you;

III. to contact you in response to a request;

IV. to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;

V. to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;

VI. to notify you about changes to our Site;

VII. in any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and

VIII. for any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our goods and services that may be of interest to you, including through newsletters. If you wish to opt-out of receiving such communications, you may do so at any time by clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of these communications. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share, sell, or otherwise disclose your Personal Data for purposes other than those outlined in this Privacy Policy. We may disclose your Personal Data to a few third parties, including:

I. our affiliates and third party service providers that we use to support our business;

II. to a company we merge, acquire, or that buys us, or in the event of change in structure of our company of any form;

III. to comply with our legal obligations;

IV. to enforce our rights; and

V. with your consent.

We do not share, sell, or otherwise disclose your Personal Data for purposes other than those outlined in this Privacy Policy. However, we may disclose de-identified, aggregated information about our users without restriction.

We may disclose Personal Data that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

I. to affiliates, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and our Site (e.g., data storage, data processing, marketing, IT support, etc.);

II. to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Lygos about our Site users are among the assets transferred;

III. to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;

IV. for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and,

V. with your consent.

We may also disclose your Personal Data:

I. to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;

II. to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; and,

III. if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Lygos, our customers, supporters, partners, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Data you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with control over your Personal Data:

I. Tracking Technologies. You can set your browser or operating system to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

Promotional Emails from Lygos. If you do not wish to have your email address used by Lygos to promote our products and services, you can opt-out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email or other marketing communications you receive from us. This opt out does not apply to information provided to Lygos as a result of your use of our services.


Your Rights and Choices Regarding Your Information and Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may review and change your personal insformation by contacting us.

Please Contact Us if you have any questions or concerns about our collection or use of your Personal Data or if you wish to access and modify certain Personal Data we have about you. Please notify us of any changes or errors in any Personal Data we have about you to ensure that it is complete, accurate, and as current as possible. We may not be able to delete certain Personal Data if we believe it would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Data Security

Information transmitted over the Internet is not completely secure, but we do our best to protect your Personal Data.

We have implemented data security measures designed to secure your Personal Data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. We use encryption technology for information sent and received by us. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of Personal Data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site, or in your operating system.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

Information transmitted over the Internet is not completely secure, but we do our best to protect your Personal Data.

We have implemented data security measures designed to secure your Personal Data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. We use encryption technology for information sent and received by us. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of Personal Data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site, or in your operating system.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

We will post any changes to our Privacy Policy on our Site. If we make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we may notify you of such changes through your contact information and invite you to review (and accept, if necessary) the changes.

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the Site’s home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ Personal Data, we will notify you by email to the email address we have on file for you and/or through a notice on the Site’s home page. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for whether we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and reviewing this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

You may contact us through the contact information below.

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or otherwise need to contact us, you may contact us at the contact information below or through the Contact Us page on our Site.

How to Contact Us:

Lygos, Inc.

1249 Eighth Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 356-0555

Email: privacy@Lygos.org