Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at MoleculeMarket (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your Personal Information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices with regard to your Personal Information, please contact us at info@moleculemarket.com. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information provided to MoleculeMarket in connection with the Services that identifies an individual, or as otherwise defined in the applicable laws where you reside.

This privacy policy describes how we might use your  when you register as a buyer or seller on moleculemarket.com (the “Site”), or if you otherwise use the Site. In this privacy policy, we refer to the MoleculeMarket platform, website, and all services associated with MoleculeMarket as the “Services.” The purpose of this privacy policy is to explain to you in the clearest way possible what Personal Information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

Please read this privacy policy carefully, as it will help you understand what we do with the Personal Information that we collect.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal Information you disclose to us

We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Site or express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Site (such as registering as a seller or buyer), or otherwise when you contact us.

The Personal Information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Site, the choices you make, and the Services you use. The Personal Information we collect may include the following:

  • Registration data, such as your name and contact information.
  • Information about your organization or institution.
  • Information that you otherwise post to the Site.

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

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Site. 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 and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics, and reporting purposes. This information may also be used to generate reports on market trends that may be shared with our partners.

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

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use the information we collect about you (including Personal Information to the extent applicable) for various purposes, including to:

  • provide, maintain and improve our Site and Services;
  • provide you with the Services you have requested;
  • verify your identity;
  • send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
  • assess, process, and manage your application to buy or sell on the Site;
  • respond to comments, questions, complaints, requests and provide customer service;
  • obtain analytics data;
  • communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards, and events offered by MoleculeMarket and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
  • carry out any reasonably related secondary purposes; or
  • carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.

2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your Personal Information for a specific purpose, which includes those purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your Personal Information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

Legal Obligations: We may disclose your Personal Information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

Vital Interests: We may disclose your Personal Information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your Personal Information in the following situations:

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.

Affiliates. We may share your Personal Information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

Business Partners. We may share your Personal Information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions, or for market research or analytics.

Other Users. When you share Personal Information or otherwise interact with public areas of the Site, such Personal Information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the in perpetuity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Site, and view your profile.

3. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information that enables us to provide a good user experience for the Site. You may adjust your computer or browser settings to disable certain cookies or tracking technologies, however such adjustments may interfere with the user experience.

4. IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our 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, and in and other countries.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom (UK), then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will however take necessary measures to protect your Personal Information in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only keep your Personal Information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your Personal Information for longer than 12 months after you terminate your account on the Site.

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.

6. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. 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 at info@moleculemarket.com.

7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

If you are a resident in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your Personal Information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data- protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account, you can contact us at info@moleculemarket.com

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and Personal Information from our active databases. You must indicate if you want your account information to be deleted immediately. If you do not indicate that you want your information deleted, we may maintain and use the information provided to us for a period of 12 months. We may retain some information in our files beyond that 12 month period to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our terms of use, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list — however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may email us at info@moleculemarket.com

8. 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. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently 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 in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

The CCPA provides for certain disclosures about your rights and the Personal Information we collect, disclose for a business purposes, and sell. To view this information or exercise your rights under the CCPA, visit our California Privacy Compliance Statement.  

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared Personal Information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. 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 policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a policy of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at  info@moleculemarket.com.

12. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the Personal Information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your Personal Information, contact us at info@moleculemarket.com.

Last updated August 24, 2021