Last Updated: August 28, 2021



Introduction

DUCKWEED BIOTECH CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your privacy through the Company’s compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information the Company may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, www.duckweed.bio, or other sites referencing this policy (individually and collectively, the “Website”), and the Company’s practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information the Company collects on the Website and in electronic messages between you and the Website.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • the Company offline or through any other means (including the Company’s affiliates and subsidiaries); or,
  • Any third party (including the Company’s affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

If you do not agree with the Company’s policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after the Company makes changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children Under the Age of 16

The Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the Website. The Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to the Company. If the Company learns that it has collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, the Company will delete that information. If you believe the Company might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact the Company (see Contact Information below). California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see California Privacy Rights below for more information.

Information the Company Collects About You and How the Company Collects It

The Company collects several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:

  • Personal information. The term “personal information” when used in this privacy policy, except for the California Privacy Rights section below, means information by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline.
  • Information that is about you but individually does not identify you.
  • Information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and usage details.
  • Information you provide us relating to a potential job posting.

The Company collects this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to the Company, including when you fill in forms on the Website.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

Information the Company Collects Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with the Website, the Company may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The Company also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Click here for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on this Website and how the Company responds to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.

The information the Company collects automatically is only statistical and does not include personal data. It helps the Company to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling the Company to (1) estimate the Company’s audience size and usage patterns, and (2) recognize you when you return to the Website.

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the Company’s system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How the Company Uses and Discloses Your Information.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

How the Company Uses Your Information

The Company uses information that it collects about you or that you provide to the Company, including any personal information:

  • To present the Website and its contents to you.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To notify you about changes to the Website or any products or services the Company or its distributors are developing, testing, offering or providing, as applicable.
  • In any other way the Company may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

The Company may disclose aggregated information about the Company’s users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

The Company may disclose personal information that it collects or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates.
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties the Company uses to support the Company’s business.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • With your consent.
  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

Choices About How the Company Uses and Discloses Your Information

The Company strives to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to the Company. The Company has created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see California Privacy Rights for more information.

Data Security

The Company has implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although the Company does its best to protect your personal information, the Company cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. The Company is not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Changes to the Company’s Privacy Policy

It is the Company’s policy to post any changes the Company makes to the Company’s privacy policy on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, contact the Company at info@duckweed.bio.

California Privacy Rights

This section (California Privacy Rights) supplements the information contained in the rest of this privacy policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (as used in this section, “you” or “consumer”). The Company intends for this section to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this section.

Information the Company Collects

The Website collects personal information. The term “personal information” when used in this section means information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device. Personal information does not include publicly available information from government records or deidentified or aggregated consumer information.

In particular, the Website has collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last 12 months:

  • Category
  • Examples
  • Collected
    1. Identifiers.

      A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

      Yes.

    2. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).

      A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.

      Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

      Yes.

    3. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

      Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).

      No.

    4. Commercial information.

      Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

      No.

    5. Biometric information.

      Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.

      No.

    6. Internet or other similar network activity.

      Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

      Yes.

    7. Geolocation data.

      Physical location or movements.

      Yes.

    8. Sensory data.

      Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

      No.

    9. Sensory data.

      Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

      No.