Effective Date: February 20, 2024
Biocodex, Inc. (“Biocodex”, “we”, or “us”), the maker of Florastor, DIACOMIT® and other leading therapeutic products, values your privacy and wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information we receive from patients, customers, health care providers (“HCPs”), recruits and job applicants, and others who interact with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we process Personal Information collected in the United States, including via www.biocodex.us, www.florastor.com, www.diacomit.com (the “Websites”), or otherwise through your online and offline interactions with us or our business partners.
This Privacy Policy is intended for users of our US Websites. For information about how Biocodex processes your Personal Information in countries other than the US, please visit https://www.biocodex.com/en/privacy/.
“Personal Information” means any information that directly or indirectly identifies or relates to you or other individuals. We collect different types of Personal Information depending on the context of your relationship with us.
Depending on how you interact with us, Biocodex may collect your Personal Information as follows:
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Identifiers – such as full name, postal address, online identifier, email address, phone numbers, date of birth, unique personal identifier, NPI number (for HCPs), or other similar identifiers.
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Protected Characteristics – including but not limited to age, race or ethnicity, gender, disability, or specific conditions. |
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Commercial Information – including but not limited to records of products or services purchased. |
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Internet or other electronic network activity information – including but not limited to your IP address, your online preferences, pages you visit, and links you click, as well as other interactions with our Websites or advertisements. |
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Geolocation data – including your device location if you choose to allow us to collect that from your browser in order to identify retailers of our products that maybe near you. |
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Professional or Employment Information – including, but not limited to professional, educational or employment related information. |
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Non-public Education Records – including but not limited to education information not publicly available. |
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Sensitive Personal Information – including but not limited to health- related information as such information that may be related to your purchase or use of our products. |
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Inferences drawn from any of these Personal Information categories, such as characteristics, behaviors on and off our Websites, purchase patterns, demographics, and household information. |
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The purposes for which we collect and use your Personal Information varies depending on the type of relationship you have with us.
We may use Personal Information for the following purposes:
We may aggregate or de-identify Personal Information and use the aggregated information to analyze the effectiveness of our services, to improve and add features to our Website, and for other similar purposes. In addition, from time to time, we may analyze the general behavior and characteristics of users of our Website and share aggregated information like general user statistics with prospective business partners. We may collect aggregated information through the Website, through cookies, and through other means described in this Privacy Policy. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, aggregated and de-identified data that cannot be re-identified are not considered Personal Information.
As outlined above, we may share your Personal Information with the following categories of third parties as part of our usual course of business:
Affiliates. We may share your personal information with our affiliated entities, including our parent company, Biocodex (located in France).
Service Providers and Contractors. In certain circumstances, Biocodex engages third party service providers and contractors to help us accomplish our business objectives. We may share the categories of Personal Information described above with our third party service providers and contractors without further notice to you, unless required by law. Service providers and contractors include, but are not limited to, providers of hosting services, cloud services, other information technology services, email solutions, data analytics services, marketing databases and solutions, or support and maintenance services for the Websites. Pursuant to our instructions, the service providers or contractors will access, process, or store Personal Information in the course of performing their duties to us. If the engagement involves the transfer of Personal Information, we require service providers and contractors to sign a data processing agreement consistent with this notice before we transfer any Personal Information to them. These companies do not have any independent right to share or use this information.
Third-party Partners and Advertisers. We may share your Personal Information with our business partners, including advertisers, marketing partners, retail partners, distributors, and online sellers, in order to market products and services that we believe may be of interest to you.
In addition, under certain circumstances, we may need to share your Personal Information with the following if required by law or contract:
Government Agencies, Regulators or Others for Legal Purposes. We may also share your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) prevent fraud, (iv) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users, or the public, or (v) protect against legal liability.
Business Transfers. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of all or a portion of our assets, or transition of service to another provider (collectively a “Transaction”), your Personal Information and other information may be shared in the diligence process with counterparties and others assisting with the Transaction, and also may be transferred along with other assets to a successor or affiliate of Biocodex Therapeutics as part of that Transaction.
Biocodex does not sell Personal Information, however, in some circumstances, we may disclose Personal Information to our business partners or third party partners. Under some laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), such disclosures could be characterized as a “sale” or “sharing” of Personal Information. If you would like to opt out of such sale or sharing of your Personal Information, please choose “Learn More” and “Disagree to All” on our cookie pop up when you visit our Websites or you may also email us at privacy@biocodex.com to ask us not to sell or share your Personal Information with any third parties. Please include the name of the website visited.
We and our third party service providers may collect Personal Information via our Websites, including through the following methods:
Your browser or device. Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Macintosh), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version and the name and version of the Services you are using. We use this information to ensure that the Services function properly.
Cookies. Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using. We use the following types of cookies on our Websites:
If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, you can disable them in your browser. Please note that opting out of or disabling cookies may disrupt the functionality of some features of our Websites.
Pixel tags and other similar technologies. Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Services to, among other things, track the actions of users of the Websites, measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.
Third Party Pixels. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements regarding goods and services that may be of interest to you when you access and use our Websites, purchase our products or use our services. Such advertisements may be based on information relating to your access to and use of our Websites, products, or services. To do so, these companies may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser (including through use of pixel tags). If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn about your choices in connection with it, please visit: https://thenai.org/opt-out/ and http://www.aboutads.info/.
Analytics. We use third-party analytics providers such as Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends. Google Analytics may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt out by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Adobe Flash (including Flash Local Shared Objects (“Flash LSOs”)) and other similar technologies. We may use Flash LSOs and other technologies to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of the Services. If you do not want Flash LSOs stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash LSO storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash LSOs by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash LSOs (referred to as “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash LSOs that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time). Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash LSOs may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including those used in connection with the Services.
Our Websites, products, and services are not directed to children who are under the age of 16. Biocodex does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 16 without express written consent of a parent or guardian. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided Personal Information through the Websites, please contact us and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
The Websites may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Biocodex, including social media services (“Third Party Websites”). The information that you share with Third Party Websites will be governed by the specific privacy policies and terms of service of the Third Party Websites and not by this Privacy Policy. By providing these links we do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed these sites. Please contact the Third Party Websites directly for information on their privacy practices and policies.
We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Information both online and offline from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from us may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via the Website or email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Information to Biocodex via the Internet. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website, or Third Party Websites.
We retain Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information, for as long as need or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was collected. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
Depending on your state of residence, you may have the following rights with respect to the personal information we maintain about you:
Requests to exercise these rights may be made by communicating with us using the contact information listed in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy. Please note that certain exceptions may apply to these rights, including the right to delete. Biocodex will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.
Only you, or a person that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. In the case of access, correction, and deletion, your request must be verifiable before we can fulfill the request. Verifying your request will require you to provide sufficient information for us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information, or a person authorized to act on your behalf.
You have the right to appeal any decisions Biocodex makes with regard to your rights request. If we deny your appeal and you are a resident of Washington or Texas, you have the right to contact your state’s Attorney General to submit a complaint.
Additional Rights
Additionally, residents of California may request a list of all third parties to which we have disclosed certain information during the preceding year for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
Some internet browsers have “Do Not Track” or “DNT” features which, when turned on, send a signal to a website that the individual visiting the website does not wish to be tracked. Such browser features and industry standards are not uniform, so our Website does not respond to DNT signals.
Finally, please note that marketing emails you receive from us will include an “unsubscribe” link. Please be aware, however, that unsubscribing from emails sent by one product or brand, may not unsubscribe you from emails pertaining to our other products. If you would like Biocodex to delete all of the Personal Information we maintain about you, including your email address, please submit a request to delete your personal information at the email address listed below.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes to this policy, we will post the updated version on our Website and indicate the date the policy was last updated. We encourage you to review this page periodically to check for any updates. Your continued use of our Website or Services indicates your consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy at the time of use.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@biocodex.com Please include your request and the name of the website visited.
US Mailing Address: 550 Hills Drive Suite 200B, Bedminster, NJ 07921.