ClimateCrop, Inc. ("ClimateCrop," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you visit our website at climate-crop.org (the "Site"), contact us, or interact with us in the course of our business activities.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
The personal information we may collect in these contexts includes your full name, email address, telephone number, job title, organization or institution affiliation, mailing address, and any other information you choose to provide in your communications with us.
When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your visit. This automatically collected information may include:
This information is collected using cookies, web beacons, log files, and similar tracking technologies. For detailed information about our use of cookies, please review our Cookie Policy.
We may receive information about you from third parties, including:
We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:
When you contact us with inquiries about our research programs, technology platform, licensing opportunities, or partnership arrangements, we use your contact information to respond to your inquiry, provide requested information, and follow up on discussions you have initiated. This is our primary use of the information collected through contact forms.
We use contact and professional information to manage our relationships with current and prospective licensing partners, research collaboration partners, seed company partners, and public research institutions. This includes maintaining records of discussions and agreements, coordinating joint research activities, and managing the commercial aspects of our licensing programs.
With your consent where required by applicable law, we may send you communications about ClimateCrop's research milestones, new variety announcements, publications, conference presentations, regulatory developments, and other news relevant to the agricultural biotechnology sector. You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us at [email protected].
We use automatically collected information to analyze how visitors use our Site, identify popular content and functionality, detect technical errors, and make improvements to the Site's content, design, and performance. This analysis is conducted primarily in aggregate form and does not typically require us to identify individual visitors.
We use information about Site usage to monitor for suspicious activity, prevent unauthorized access, detect and address security vulnerabilities, and protect the integrity of our systems and data.
We may use and disclose personal information as required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, respond to lawful requests from government authorities, enforce our contractual rights, and protect the rights, property, and safety of ClimateCrop, our partners, and the public.
Information submitted through job applications or expressions of interest in employment or research positions at ClimateCrop is used to evaluate candidates, conduct recruitment processes, and, where applicable, onboard new employees and collaborators.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal information on the following legal bases under applicable data protection law:
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Site, conducting our business, and providing services to you. These service providers include web hosting and infrastructure providers, email service providers, analytics providers, customer relationship management software providers, and legal and professional advisors. We require our service providers to use your personal information only as directed by us and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
With your knowledge and in the context of specific business relationships, we may share relevant contact and professional information with our licensing partners, research partners, and co-development partners in connection with joint activities and projects you are involved in.
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, regulation, or legal process, including in response to valid court orders, subpoenas, or government investigations. We may also disclose information where we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of ClimateCrop, our partners, or the public, or to prevent or detect fraud.
In connection with any merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of ClimateCrop's business or assets, personal information held by us may be transferred to or reviewed by prospective or actual purchasers or other parties involved in the transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations.
We may share aggregate, anonymized, or de-identified information that does not directly identify any individual with third parties for research, analysis, or other purposes, including reporting on industry trends and Site usage patterns.
ClimateCrop is headquartered in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. When we transfer personal information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to the United States or other countries, we implement appropriate safeguards, which may include standard contractual clauses approved by relevant authorities.
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described in this Privacy Policy, and to comply with our legal obligations. Specifically:
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information:
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you may additionally have the right to:
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used, the right to delete personal information, the right to correct inaccurate personal information, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law, typically within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
Our Site is intended for professionals and researchers in the agricultural biotechnology sector and is not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly. If you believe we may have collected information from a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected].
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include encryption of data in transit using TLS/SSL protocols, access controls limiting personal data access to authorized personnel with a legitimate need, regular security assessments, and employee training on data protection practices.
While we take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee that your information will never be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed in a breach of any of our safeguards. In the event of a data breach affecting your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.
Our Site may contain links to websites, publications, and services operated by third parties, including academic journals, regulatory agency websites, and partner organization websites. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies and data collection practices, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our Site to improve your experience and analyze Site usage. For detailed information about our cookie practices, including how to manage your cookie preferences, please review our Cookie Policy at climate-crop.org/legal/cookies.html.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices. For material changes, we will provide more prominent notice, which may include notification by email where we have your email address.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
ClimateCrop, Inc.
Attention: Privacy Officer
14 Abba Hillel Silver Rd, Ramat Gan 52506
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
United States
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (919) 555-7100
For residents of the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, if you believe our processing of your personal information does not comply with applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence.