Novogene respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy policy.
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Novogene collects and processes your personal data, including any data you may provide through our websites or when you use our services or request to receive information from us. It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.
Novogene is made up of different legal entities, details of which can be found in the Glossary. This privacy policy is issued on behalf of the Novogene Group so when we mention “Novogene”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy, we are referring to the relevant company in the Novogene Group responsible for processing your data. We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPO using the details set out below.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the Privacy Policy or our processing activities, depending on your country or region located, please email us or our data protection officer at the following addresses:
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the relevant data protection supervisory authority as listed below depending on your location. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach your relevant supervisory authority so, please contact us in the first instance.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material changes to this Privacy Policy if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Policy.
Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
To provide our product or services, Novogene may collect, receive and process biological samples to isolate and sequence DNA and RNA. Novogene only processes such genetic data that has been rendered anonymous in such a manner that the origin of such genetic data is not or no longer identifiable by us, however, it is possible that our analysis includes enough genetic markers to be unique to an individual, even if we have removed other names or identifiers.
Novogene may store resulting genetic data and use the genetic data to provide our products and services, and share relevant genetic data with an authorized research partner or client when necessary to enable the partner or client to validate a test finding and in accordance with rights granted to Novogene, such as under the relevant terms of products or services.
In some cases, Novogene may provide or facilitate interpretations of genetic data on behalf of its clients, including clinicians, business partners, and research partners. We require all of our clients to ensure that they obtain explicit and specific consent from whom genetic information is derived from to permit us to carry out our services and to process such genetic data. When a client obtains an informed consent, the client’s own privacy policy and informed consent practices will govern its collection, use, processing, storage, disclosure, and transfer of genetic data.
Novogene’s specific uses of genetic data are described in the table below. Please note that this table also explains the legal basis for processing genetic data and in what circumstances genetic data will be shared with a third party, if at all.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Click here to find out more about the types of lawful basis that we will rely on to process your personal data. Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.
(b) Contact
(a) Manage payments, fees and charges
(b) Collect and recover money owed to us
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
(e) Marketing and Communications
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy
(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey
(c) Profile
(d) Marketing and Communications
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services)
(c) Technical
(d) Usage
(f) Technical
(b) Usage
(e) Profile
(f) Marketing and Communications
We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.
We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).
You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.
We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.
Unless you tell us otherwise by “unsubscribing” or “opting out”, we may also contact you regarding other products, services and related information that may be of interest to you. You can exercise your right to prevent such contact by setting your preferences on the Site or sending a letter to Novogene to the address as set forth in the Controller section. Please note that you may not unsubscribe or opt-out of account management communications (e.g., billing, status emails, support issues).
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. You may set your browser software to reject cookies, but please note that some parts of our websites may become inaccessible or not function properly.
For more information about the cookies we use, please see cookie policy.
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at that time.
WE COMPLY WITH THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1998 (“COPPA”). COPPA REQUIRES THAT WEB SITE OPERATORS NEVER KNOWINGLY REQUEST PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION FROM ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 13 WITHOUT REQUESTING VERIFIABLE PARENTAL CONSENT.
In accordance with COPPA, we do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of 13. If we determine that a user of this Site is under the age of 13, we will not maintain or use his or her personally identifiable information. If you suspect that someone under the age of 13 has submitted their personal information through the Site, please contact us using the information as set forth in the Controller section.
We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table above.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We share your personal data within the Novogene Group. Novogene Group is headquartered in China and have affiliated companies located across the globe, for a complete list of Novogene affiliated companies, please refer to the Glossary section of this Privacy Policy.
You acknowledge and consent that any information you provide or that we may collect may be used, processed, and transferred to those countries or territories where one or more of Novogene Group’s affiliates is located and the laws of such countries or territories may not offer the same level of data protection as the country where you reside. However, Novogene seeks to utilize the same standards, at least as restrictive as the standard stated in this Privacy Policy, when dealing and transferring your data.
Novogene acknowledges and seeks to comply with the latest EU legal developments regarding data transfers to a non-EU country. In the event that your personal data, as referred to in this Privacy Policy, is transferred to a country outside of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Novogene ensures that appropriate data protection safeguards are in place, including but not limited to:
Please contact us for any queries related to the specific transfer mechanisms used by Novogene.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instruction, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see [your legal rights] below for further information.
In some circumstances, we will anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:
You have the right to access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
You have to right to request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
You have the right to request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Where we are relying on consent to process your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email us or our data protection officer at the address as set forth in the Controller section.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
Internal Third Parties. Affiliated companies in the Novogene Group acting as joint controllers or processors of your data:
External Third Parties
When you communicate with us over email, we process your data for communication purposes, and we store this data in our systems. If you are in the EEA, the controller of your personal data will be outlined in the signature of the email sender and the legal basis for processing your data will depend on the context of the communication. Your data is processed in order to communicate with you, provide you with information about our products and company or to process your inquiry and respond to your requests.
You have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising out of your situation. We will then no longer process your personal data, unless there are demonstrably compelling grounds for processing, which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
Any email communication based on a contract will be deleted as it is no longer needed for the performance of the contract or as soon as the contract is terminated, and legal retention periods have expired.
Our company is part of an international group of companies in which responsibilities exist across departments, companies, and national borders. For this reason, we may transfer personal information across borders. This only happens if appropriate safeguards are in place (see above Transfers of Information).
In providing Personal Information to Novogene Group through the Site or by using our products or services, you are consenting and agreeing to our collection and use of private data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This Policy does not apply to any third-party websites linked from the Site or that may provide links to the Site. Any use of such third-party websites shall be governed by the privacy and other policies of such other websites, and Pacific Biosciences accepts no responsibility for the privacy and/or security of any information you may submit to any third-party websites.
Please remember that any content you or any user uploads to our Services may be publicly available to other users by default and may be collected and used by these other users, and transferred, or made public, without our consent. Be careful not to include or attach any identifiers including, for example, labeling a file with an individual’s name, identifier, date of service, or other similar information. Any use or further disclosure of any content by another user of our Services is not a use or disclosure by us. We do not control the policies and practices of any third-party sites or services. Additionally, when you share information with third parties, that information may be passed along or made public by others. Therefore, anyone with access to such information can potentially use it for any purpose, including sending unsolicited communications
If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have additional rights as described below.
This Privacy Policy, together with our Cookie Policy, tells you about the ways in which we use your personal information (which is referred to as “Personal Data” in the GDPR).
You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. There are some exemptions and limitations in what we can provide in response to such requests, which means you may not always receive all the personal information we process. We will inform you if any exemption or limitation applies and what its impact is.
You have the right to ask us to correct personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete your personal information you think is incomplete.
You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. Where it is appropriate that we comply, your request will be fully actioned within 30 days. Please note that we may not always be able to remove your personal information from ongoing or completed research studies. We may also retain some account information related to purchase and service history. This enables us to provide ongoing support regarding prior purchases and services, and is also necessary for accounting, audit and compliance purposes. We may also retain limited backup copies and archival files of your personal information to satisfy our state and federal legal obligations or regulatory requirements, including those set by the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).
You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. For example, you can request that we limit the way in which we use your “Personal Data” (as defined by the GDPR) if you are concerned about the accuracy of the data or how it is being used.
You have the right to object to processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. Where it is appropriate that we comply with your request, we will stop processing your information for the use you have objected to.
You have the right to receive your personal information which you have provided to us. You also have the right to have us send your personal information to another organization where our lawful basis for the processing is your consent, or where the processing is necessary for the performance of an agreement and the processing is carried out by automated means.
If you are a California resident, you have the additional rights as described below.
In additional to the rights as described in other sections of this Privacy Policy, California law permits California residents to request and obtain from us twice a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed your personally identifiable information, if any, and as defined by California law for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the types of personally identifiable information disclosed to those parties. Novogene does not share your personally identifiable information with third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (instructions and description below), we will disclose to you:
We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosure we provide will only cover the 12- month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
California residents have the right to opt out of any sale of their personal information. You may enforce this right by email our data protection officer at dpo@novogene.com or write to us at: Novogene Corporation Inc, 8801 Folsom Blvd, Suite 290, Sacramento, CA 95628. Please note that we may continue to share your personal information with our affiliates, services providers, for such essential purposes described above and other such circumstances.
We support your ability to exercise your privacy rights. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our visitors who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please email us at dpo@novogene.com
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