Effective date: October 13, 2023
Lumicell Inc. (“Lumicell”, “we”, “us” or “our) conducts business within the United States. We understand the importance of privacy to our customers, visitors, suppliers, business partners, employees, and other individuals (“you”, the “user”, or “data subject”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
Some of the information we collect through this Site or through use of our Services may be “Personal Data” as defined below. This Lumicell privacy policy (“Policy”) applies only to information collected through the website on which it is posted (“Site”) as well as any other applications (apps), events, newsletters, communications, or services provided by or on behalf of Lumicell that link to or reference this Policy (“Services”). It does not apply to third-party platforms, to other Lumicell-operated websites or other Lumicell-operated platforms where it is not linked or referenced. This Policy may be supplemented or amended from time to time by additional privacy notices (“Privacy Notices”), provided at the time we collect your information. For example, certain pages of this Site may contain Privacy Notices providing more details about the information we collect on those pages, why we need that information, and choices you may have about the ways we use that information. In other cases, specific Privacy Notices may be required to comply with the privacy laws of one of the countries, provinces, or states in which we do business.
Among other things, this Policy describes:
If you have a disability, you may request access to this Policy in an alternative format by contacting contact@lumicell.com.
Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
By using this Site, including your choices regarding cookie settings, or using the Services, you are acknowledging and agreeing to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any additional Privacy Notices that apply to you). If you do not agree to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any Privacy Notices that apply to you), you may not use this Site or the Services. If you have questions about this Policy, or any Privacy Notice, please contact us using the information provided below.
Where any of your Personal Data is processed based on your consent, you may revoke your consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any Privacy Notices that apply to you) by contacting us directly.
This Policy is a component of the Terms of Use that govern your use of this Site. A link to our Terms of Use is also provided through the Privacy Statement link near the bottom of each page of this Site.
Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, or other notices on this Site, this Policy and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Lumicell with respect to your use of this Site. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use. There may be additional terms that apply to particular materials on or sections of this Site.
Lumicell reserves the right to update or modify this Policy and any Privacy Notice, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of the Policy or Privacy Notice on this Site. These changes will only apply to the information we collect after we have posted the revised Policy or Privacy Notice on this Site.
Your use of this Site or the Services following any such change constitutes your agreement that all information collected from or about you after the revised Policy is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Policy. You may access the current version of this Policy at any time by clicking on the link marked “Privacy Statement” near the bottom of each page of the public areas of this Site.
How we collect Personal Data will depend upon the nature of your dealings with us. We collect and use non-Personal Data differently from Personal Data. Whenever it is reasonable and practical to do so, we will collect your Personal Data directly from you. We may also collect Personal Data from third parties, including in the course of providing products to you such as from our distributors, your healthcare practitioners, your caregiver/family member, guardian, publicly available information and databases supplied by third parties.
If you are one of our suppliers, distributors or a healthcare professional that uses our products, your Personal Data may be collected from you, your employer, other employees, or third parties. Similarly, if you are a prospective employee, we may collect information through third parties such as recruiters.
If you choose not to provide some Personal Data to us, this may affect our ability to provide products or services to you.
Generally, Personal Data we may collect might include but is not limited to:
It is important that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please let us know if your Personal Data changes.
If you are a someone who uses our products including clinical trial participants: we may collect additional specific information about your use of our products and you, such as your gender, date of birth, your medical history and conditions, treatment, device information, family and social history, medical inquiries you or your physician make, and adverse events you report. We may receive some of this information from third parties, such as our distributors or your health care professional. Some of this information may be, but is not always, anonymized, or de-identified. If you are a clinical trial participant, your information will be used in accordance with the informed consent and applicable law.
If you are a supplier, customer, distributor, or a healthcare professional that uses our products: we may collect additional specific information including information about your professional details, practice specialty and areas of interest, membership of professional associations, product usage and your dealings with us.
If you are an employee, contractor or applicant: we may collect additional specific information including your gender, date of birth, contact details, information collected in our employment records, including tax file number, job application, reference checks, curriculum vitae/resume, records of training, documentation of performance appraisals and disciplinary matters, employment terms, and medical condition or history. We may receive some of this information from third parties such as recruiters or from reference checks.
Lumicell collects the information you manually provide (e.g., using your keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen) when you use this Site. For example, we collect the information you provide if you choose to complete a questionnaire, contact us with questions, or otherwise interact with this Site. Some of the information you may choose to manually provide will be Personal Data including but not limited to:
Lumicell collects information through this Site that is sent to us automatically by your web browser or mobile device. This information may include but is not limited to:
The information we receive may depend on your browser or device settings as well as your cookie settings. The information we receive from your web browser and device typically is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable. However, we may combine it with other information that either does, or may, identify you.
We use “cookies” and other technologies to collect information and support certain features of this Site. For example, we may use these technologies to:
The information we collect using cookies and similar technologies is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable, but we may link it to Personal Data that you provide. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may choose to reject cookies in your cookie settings when you visit our Site. You may also set your browser to reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. Although you are not required to accept cookies when you visit this Site, you may be unable to use all of the functionality of this Site if you or your browser rejects cookies.
In addition to the cookies Lumicell delivers to your computer or mobile device through this Site, certain third parties (Tracking and Performance Cookies) may deliver cookies to you for a variety of reasons. For example, we may use a web analytics tool that helps us understand how visitors engage with our Sites.
Other third parties may deliver cookies to your computer or mobile device for the purpose of tracking your online behaviors over time and across nonaffiliated websites and/or delivering targeted advertisements either on this Site or on other websites.
You have choices about the collection of information by third parties on our Sites. You may use the cookie pop-up banner on the Site to decline non-essential cookies. Additionally, you may download an Opt-out Browser Add-on to opt-out of Google Analytics by clicking here. Similarly, to opt-out of cookies used for interest-based advertising by similar services globally, click here or here.
You will be directed to an industry-developed website that contains mechanisms for choosing whether each listed entity may collect and use data for online behavioral advertising purposes. It may be that some of the third parties that collect interest-based information on this Site do not participate in the industry-developed opt-out website, in which case the best way to avoid third-party tracking of your online behaviors may be through your browser settings and deletion of cookies. Please note that the industry-developed opt-out mechanisms are device and browser specific. If you wish to opt-out from having interest-based information collected by participating entities across all devices and browsers, you need take the steps outlined above from each device and browser.
We may process the Personal Data we collect/receive under the following legal bases.
We may use the information we collect through this Site for various purposes, including but not limited to:
Generally, the purpose for which we collect Personal Data will be apparent from the way in which we collect it or will be disclosed before or at the time of collection. We may use your information, including Personal Data to:
Our headquarters are in the United States. We may disclose your information to other companies, or to databases or servers overseas which may be provided to us by our third-party service providers. As a result, your Personal Data is sometimes shared with others and transferred and processed outside of your home country. We may share your Personal Data with:
We will not sell, share, or otherwise distribute Personal Data about you to any person, except as provided in this Policy and in accordance with applicable law and regulation. The circumstances in which we may disclose that information include where:
Lumicell takes reasonable precautions to provide a level of security appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we collect. Although we seek to use reasonable measures to help protect your information against unauthorized use or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of information provided over the Internet or stored electronically, whether by us or a third party.
We may store, collect, transfer, and process your Personal Data in a country other than your country of residence. These countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, or countries in the European Union. The data protection and other laws of countries to which your information may be transferred may be different in your country.
We will always keep Personal Data for the period required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance, codes of conduct, product approvals, license requirements, ethical and safety requirements. We may also maintain your information as required to comply with any contract of which we are a party. Otherwise, we keep your Personal Data:
This Website is not targeted to children under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data about such children. If we discover that a child has provided us with Personal Data online through this Website, we will delete this information as quickly as possible. If you believe we may have received Personal Data from a child under the age of 18, please contact us immediately.
You may revoke your consent for the receipt of marketing communications that we send to you at any time by using the “unsubscribe” functionality included in our emails to you or by contacting us directly. You should note that this will not affect all communications from us, such as notices we are legally obligated to provide or if we are responding to an email you send us.
Your rights will vary depending on which laws apply, and different laws may apply depending on where or your data is located. You may make a request to exercise any rights that you may have, and we will comply with any laws that apply. You may have the following rights:
This Policy applies only to the Lumicell-operated websites on which it is posted. Lumicell and its affiliates may operate different websites for different purposes and in different countries, where different laws may apply. If you visit another Lumicell website, please take a moment to review the privacy policy posted on that site to learn what information may be collected through that site and how it is processed. This Site may also contain links to websites that are not operated by or on behalf of Lumicell or its affiliates. These links are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the products sold or information provided through these websites, nor any association with their operators. Lumicell does not control these websites and is not responsible for their data practices. Any information you provide to third parties on their websites is covered under their privacy and data collection policies and is not covered by this Policy. We recommend you review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any Personal Data
If you have any questions regarding this policy or about our privacy practices, or need to contact us for purposes related to this Policy, please contact us using the below information:
Lumicell, Inc.
One Newton Place
275 Washington St.
Suite 200
Newton, MA 02458
United States
Website: https://lumicell.com
Email: contact@lumicell.com
Phone number: 617-404-1001
You may also contact your local supervisory authority or regulator for more information about your privacy rights.
If you are a resident of one of the following states, you have the rights set forth in the applicable section.
If there are any conflicts between the applicable section and any other provision of this Privacy Policy and if you are a resident of the state, the portion that is more protective of Personal Information willcontrol to the extent of the conflict. If you have any questions about this section or whether any of the following rights apply to you, please contact us via the contact information provided below.
Effective October 13, 2023
“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.
“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Site does not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.
California’s Shine the Light law
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us using the contact information provided in this Policy.
California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us using the contact information provided in this Policy and include the email address associated with your account.
Be aware that your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Effective June 30, 2024
Categories of Consumer Health Information We Collect and Share
If you are a Washington resident, this addendum applies to you and you have the rights set forth in this section. Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section below for instructions regarding how to exercise these rights.
“Consumer Health Data” is used in this addendum as it is defined in the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA). It generally includes any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to a Washington resident and that identifies that individual’s past, present, or future physical or mental health status. Excluded from Consumer Health Data are certain types of health information, such as when we must collect, use and disclose health information to meet our regulatory obligations or as part of a clinical trial. We do not collect, share, or sell Consumer Health Data unless we have your consent.
See the chart below for categories of Consumer Health Data we may collect and process about you, if you give us your consent.
Category of Consumer Health Data |
Purpose for Processing Data |
Source of Information |
Shared/Recipients |
Individual health conditions, treatment, diseases, or diagnosis |
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Dynamics interventions |
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Health-related surgeries or procedures |
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Use or purchase of prescribed medication |
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Bodily functions, vital signs, symptoms |
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Diagnoses or diagnostic testing, treatment, or medication |
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Genetic data |
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Precise location information that could reasonably indicate a consumer’s attempt to acquire or receive health services or supplies (geofencing) |
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Data that identifies a consumer seeking healthcare services |
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Exercising Your Rights Under MHMDA
As a resident of Washington, you have the right to:
You may request that Lumicell take the actions outlined in the paragraphs above to exercise your rights under MHMDA by submitting a request, at any time, to Lumicell. Lumicell must respond within forty-five (45) days unless an extension is requested (for up to 45 additional days).