Privacy Policy

GIC, Inc. knows that you care how we use and protect the data you submit to us and other information we may gather from you. To show our commitment to your privacy and to explain how we use and protect your information, GIC has implemented this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

Your use of our services and the GIC website (the “Site”) is voluntary; if you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not submit your data on any of our websites (collectively the “Sites”). This privacy policy applies only to the data/information obtained by our sites from the user, but not data/information obtained by any other means (online or offline).

Information GIC May Collect From You

Account related

When you inquire about our offerings, register for our services or request access to our web applications on our Site and during your use of the Site and services, we may collect information that identifies you as an individual (“personally identifiable information”), such as: your name, company or organization name, title, email address, postal address and telephone numbers. In case of purchasing product subscriptions or any services, we may ask for billing information, such as credit card details. If you contact us, we may keep a record of all or some of this data for reference in case of your follow-up communication with us.

Usage Data

For maintenance, updating and administration of our websites, web applications and other related services, our servers may automatically collect your usage data. This data includes the browser you use, operating system on your your computer, your Internet service provider’s domain details, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, pages you visited on our Site and other Site usage patterns.

Cookies

Cookies are used to track your activity on our sites and they enable us to give you the best and enhanced website functionality experience. Cookies are small data chunks that our servers send to your browser while using our sites, and are saved on the hard drive of your computer. Most browsers come with settings that enable you to accept/reject cookies from any site. Rejecting all cookies, however, may influence your experience on our sites. If you choose to accept cookies from us and our associates, you are agreeing to let us and our associates install cookies on your computer.

Technical Data

GIC collects and stores the genomic sequence data that you submit to the Site to implement any or all of analysis pipelines, which may have been derived from a sample taken from a human or other organism, as well as metadata and other information related to the sequence data that you provide in connection with your use of our services. We rely on you to obtain all necessary permissions and informed consents from the donors of samples from which you derive the sequence data you submit. We also rely on you to insure that all sequence data derived from human samples have been de-identified by removing any information that would enable GIC or a third party to associate the sequence data with a specified individual.

Security of Your Information

We take organizational, technical and administrative measures designed to protect the information you provide through the Site that is under our control. For example, only our employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information and all employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Further, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 2048 bit encryption on all web pages where your personally identifiable information is collected or where you upload sequence data to protect its transmission over the Internet. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so as a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure the security of information you transmit to us, we transmit to you or that we store. If at any time you believe that your interaction with the Site is no longer secure, please let us know as soon as possible. Further, if you register and create a profile on the Site, your profile and the data submitted by you to the Site are password-protected. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Also remember to sign out of your GIC account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to prevent others from accessing your information and data.

How Your Information May be Used

We may use personally identifiable information about you to contact you and provide services to you, at your request. We may use it to provide you with a personalized experience on our Site and to communicate with you through periodic messages regarding new service features and related products and services provided by our partners, events, and other information and notices we believe you may find interesting or useful. Your credit card information (if applicable) may be used by our financial services providers only for payment processing and fraud prevention.

We use the automatic usage information collected to maintain, secure and improve our Site, and to understand your interests when visiting our Site.