This Cookie and Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

‍IMPORTANT NOTE: 
Our Services are hosted and operated in the U.S. If You are accessing our Website from a location outside of the U.S., Your connection will be through and to servers located in the U.S. and the Information You provide will be processed and securely maintained in Our web servers and internal systems (or those of our processors) located within the U.S. In accessing this Website or otherwise communicating with Us from outside the U.S., Your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the U.S. in accordance with this Cookie and Privacy Policy. The data protection, privacy and other applicable laws of the U.S. may not be as comprehensive as those laws or regulations in your country or may otherwise differ from the data protection or consumer protection laws in Your country. Your information may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and law(s) applicable in the U.S.

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

For the purposes of this privacy policy:
– Account means a unique account created for You to access Our service or parts of Our service.
– Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to MANUS BIO, 43 Foundry Ave., Ste. 230, Waltham, MA 02453, U.S.
– Cookies as defined below.
– Device means any device that can access the service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
– Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual as defined by applicable law.
– Service refers to the Website.
– Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the company to facilitate the service, to provide the service on behalf of the company, to perform services related to the service or to assist the company in analyzing how the service is used.
– Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit) or Your IP address.
– Website refers to Manus Bio, accessible from https://www.manusbio.com/
– You means the individual accessing or using the service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the service, as applicable.

While using Our Service, we may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information (personal data) that could be used to contact or identify You. We may currently process the following categories of Your Personal Data:
– Email address
– First name and last name
– Phone number
– Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
– Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., Your IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique Device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile Device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile Device You use, Your mobile Device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique Device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile Device.

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies we use may include:

‍Cookies. A Cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Service. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our Service may use Cookies. You can manage or disable the cookies that are not “strictly necessary” cookies at any time by adjusting your browser settings. Please refer to the settings menu of your browser for instructions on how to change your cookie preferences. If you choose to disable cookies, certain content may not be available. While browsers vary, the following links may be helpful:

(a) Cookie settings in Edge
‍(b) Cookie settings in Firefox
‍(c) Cookie settings in Chrome
‍(d) Cookie settings in Safari on Mac and Safari on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile Device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. 

‍Strictly Necessary/Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by Us. Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. Therefore, you cannot switch them off. 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the following purposes: 

‍Cookies Policy/Notice Acceptance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies administered by Us. Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of Cookies on the website.

‍Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by Us. Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences every time You use the website.

The Company may process Your Personal Data for the following purposes:

– To provide and maintain Our service, including to monitor the usage of Our service.

– To manage Your account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

– For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

– To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

– Where required under applicable data privacy laws, Manus Bio will not send any promotional materials to You unless You have opted into receiving these communications or You are an existing customer for similar goods and services or such laws otherwise allow Us to send these materials. At any time, You may opt out of sending you such promotional correspondence to You by contacting Us via email or postal mail as indicated below. You may also “unsubscribe” from Our email list at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in any communication from Us. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that if You opt out of receiving marketing-related emails from Us, We may still send You important administrative messages related to Our goods and services from which You cannot opt out.

– To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

– For business transfers: We may use Your Personal Data to evaluate or conduct 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 Us about Our Service users is among the assets transferred.

– For other purposes: We may use Your Personal Data for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve Our Service, products, services, marketing and Your experience.

We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:

– With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, to contact You.

– For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal 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.

– With affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case We will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

– With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

– With other users: When You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

– With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

The company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Under certain circumstances, the Company may also be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
– Comply with a legal obligation
– Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
– Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
– Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
– Protect against legal liability

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from our servers.

We are not directly subject to European data processing laws as we are solely based in the U.S. and are not targeting individuals in in the EU, Switzerland, and/or the U.K. for Our goods and services, but we voluntarily grant You the following data protection rights related to Your Personal Data that We process provided that You are a data subject on one of these jurisdictions and to the extent that You have these rights according to Your applicable law(s):

‍Right to be informed (GDPR Articles 12 to 14): Data subjects have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data.

‍Right to access (GDPR Article 15): Data subjects have the right to view and request copies of their personal data.

‍Right to rectification (GDPR Article 16): Data subjects have the right to request inaccurate or outdated personal information be updated or corrected.

‍Right to be forgotten/Right to erasure (GDPR Article 17): Data subjects have the right to request their personal data be deleted. Note that this is not an absolute right and may be subject to exemptions based on certain laws.

‍Right to data portability (GDPR Article 20): Data subjects have the right to ask for their data to be transferred to another controller or provided to them. The data must be provided in a machine-readable electronic format.

‍Right to restrict processing (GDPR Article 18): Data subjects have the right to request the restriction or suppression of their personal data.

‍Right to withdraw consent (GDPR Article 7): Data subjects have the right to withdraw previously given consent to process their personal data.

‍Right to object (GDPR Article 21): Data subjects have the right to object to the processing of their personal data.

‍Right to object to automated processing (GDPR Article 22): Data subjects have the right to object to decisions being made with their data solely based on automated decision making or profiling. 

(NOTE: We are not using your Personal Data for automated decision making or processing.)

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the privacy policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

We may update Our Cookie and Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Cookie and Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Cookie and Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Cookie and Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Cookie and Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.