Privacy Policy
CorNeat Vision Ltd. (“Company”, “We”, “Our” or “Us”) is committed to protect your privacy and the Personal Data (as defined below) you provide us.
Because We care about you and your privacy, We want you to understand how We collect, use and disclose your information and what We do to protect your personal information.
This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy"), details Our information gathering and dissemination practices regarding Our website www.corneat.com (the "Website") and any other communication with Us.
This Privacy Policy outlines the types of Personal Data that We gather about individuals, how We collect and make use of such data, including saving, processing and sharing the data with third parties (including those located outside the State of Israel), etc.
Whenever in this Privacy Policy We refer to “you” or “yours”’ the intention is to all users who make use of the Website and/or individuals who contact Us and provide Us with Personal Data.
We collect Personal Data through the Website operated by Us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy and through any other communication with Us.
If you do not want Us to collect, use, or share your information in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you should not access or use the Website and/or provide Us with your Personal Data. By accessing or using the Website and/or providing Us with your Personal Data, you expressly acknowledge that you understand and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, and agree to the processing of your Personal Data as specified herein.
The Company is the data controller in respect of the processing activities outlined in this Privacy Policy.
You are aware that your Personal Data, may be stored on Company’s database and that providing the Personal Data is subject to your wish and your consent. However, if you do not provide Us with the Personal Data that We request, or prohibit Us from collecting such Personal Data, We may not be able to provide you with the services.
Collection of Personal Data
1. The information We collect may include individually identifiable information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual or may – with reasonable effort – identify an individual (“Personal Data”).
Such Personal Data may include, without limitation, your name, gender and organization or corporation in which you are employed or associated, if relevant; contact information such as email address, phone number, country of residence, and address; online identifiers (i.e. online data collected from the user’s devices and protocols such as the Internet Protocol address related to the electronic device from which the request is sent); professional interests; health related information such as medical indications and your interest in our clinical trials; and a record of the correspondence between us.
2. By analyzing the information We receive, including all information concerning users, We may compile statistical information ("Statistical Information"). Statistical Information is anonymous and aggregated and We will not link Statistical Information to any Personal Data.
3. In addition, We use analytics tools, including "Google Analytics” to help Us understand how the Website is used by visitors. Such tools collect information such as how often users visit the Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites and mobile applications they have used prior to visiting the Website. Google Analytics Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found here.
4. If you submit any Personal Data about other people to Us, you are representing that you have the authority to do so and that you are permitting Us to use the Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
How We Use the Personal Data
5. We collect, use, share, and otherwise process your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.
6. We use and process the Personal Data and other information We collect for the following purposes, among others:
6.1. Data Analysis – to better understand your needs and interests, so that We can personalize Our interactions with you and provide you with information, content and/or offers that We believe will be relevant to you.
6.2. Development & Improvements – to enhance, improve or modify the Website, Our products and services and to facilitate the development of new products and services.
6.3. Services and Pre-Sale Information – to provide you information, services and products.
6.4. Marketing – to send you marketing communications, updates and newsletters and present personalized content. Please note that We may contact you by email, post, telephone, SMS and through other communication channels such as social media platforms.
6.5. Communication – to respond to your inquiries, comment and complaints, to fulfill your requests and to otherwise provide customer service; to present you with business opportunities; to send updates regarding Our Website, this Privacy Policy and/or other administrative information.
6.6. Audits & Security – to meet legal, security, processing, and regulatory requirements.
6.7. Additional Usage – We may use and disclose your Personal Data as We believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) to comply with legal process or
applicable law, which may include laws outside your country of residence; (b) as permitted by applicable law, which may include laws outside your country
of residence; (c) to enforce this privacy policy; and (d) to protect Our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of Our affiliates.
7.In addition, where allowed by applicable law, We may use and disclose information that is not in personally identifiable form for any purpose.
Bases to Use Your Personal Data
8. We rely on a number of legal bases to use your Personal Data in these ways. These legal bases include where:
8.1. necessary to perform the contractual obligations in Our Terms and Conditions;
8.2. necessary in order to provide services to you;
8.3. you have consented to the processing;
8.4. necessary to comply with a legal obligation, a court order, or to exercise or defend legal claims;
8.5. necessary for the purposes of Our or a third party's legitimate interests, such as those of other visitors or Our vendors;
8.6. necessary to protect your interests, or those of others.
9. We share your information, including Personal Data, with third parties including, but not limited to, the following:
9.1. Service providers and suppliers who assist Us in providing services. Examples of such service providers and suppliers are: Our manufacturers, Our distributors, IT service providers, legal advisers, accountants, suppliers of payment services, data analysis, social media services etc.
9.2. Our marketing and advertising partners, in order to provide you with more relevant advertising on Our Website and to encourage you to return to Our Website.
9.3. We may disclose and transfer your Personal Data to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of the Company’s business and assets.
9.4. We may transfer and disclose information, including your Personal Data, to third parties to comply with any legal obligation; at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation or otherwise requiring disclosure (including without limitation to meet law enforcement requirements and for the purposes of national security); to verify or enforce Our Terms of Use; or to otherwise protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Us, the public and/or other users of Our Website and/or any third party.
10. We may transfer your Personal Data outside of the State of Israel for the purposes and in the manner, set out in this Privacy Policy, including for processing and storage by service providers, suppliers, marketing, advertising partners etc.
Your Rights
11.If you reside in the European Union, you have certain rights under European Data Protection Law with regard to your Personal Data. You have the right to:
11.1. Request access to your Personal Data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about you and to check that We are processing it lawfully.
11.2. Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data We hold about you corrected, though We may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to Us.
11.3. Request erasure of your Personal Data. This enables you to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data where there is no good reason for Us continuing to keep and/or process it. You also have the right to ask Us to delete or remove your Personal Data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where We may have processed your information unlawfully or where We are required to erase your Personal Data to comply with local law. Note, however, that We may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which, if applicable, will be notified to you at the time of your request.
11.4. Object to the processing of your Personal Data where We are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you wish to object to processing on this ground, as you believe that it impacts on your fundamental rights. You also have the right to object where We are processing your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, We may demonstrate that We have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights.
11.5. Request restriction of the processing of your Personal Data. This enables you to ask Us to suspend the processing of your Personal Data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want Us to establish the Personal Data’s accuracy; (b) where Our use of the Personal Data is unlawful but you do not want Us to erase it; (c) where you need Us to hold the Personal Data even if We no longer require it, as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to Our use of your Personal Data but We need to verify whether We have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
11.6. Request the transfer of your Personal Data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with you.
11.7. Withdraw consent at any time where We are relying on consent to process your Personal Data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, We may not be able to provide certain products or services to you.
11.8. To lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority.
Please note that We have appointed Prighter as Our privacy representative in the European Union and as a point of contact for residents of the European Union. Prighter gives you an easy way to exercise your privacy-related rights (e.g. requests to access or erase personal data). If you want to contact Us via our representative Prighter or make use of your data subject rights, please visit: https://prighter.com/q/15760271166.
12.If you reside in the United Stated of America, you have certain rights under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with regard to your Personal Data which contains protected health information (“PHI"). You have the right to:
12.1. Request access to your PHI. This enables you to receive a copy of the PHI We hold about you and to check that We are processing it lawfully.
12.2. Request correction of your PHI that We hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate PHI We hold about you corrected, though We may need to verify the accuracy of the new PHI you provide to Us.
12.3. Request an accounting of disclosures. We will provide you with an accounting of disclosure of your PHI made by Us in the six years prior to the date on which your request was made.
12.4. Request restrictions. This enables you to request special privacy protections (such as restriction of use and/or disclosure) for your PHI held by Us.
12.5. Request confidential communications. This enables you to request an alternative means or location for receiving communications of PHI by means other than those that We typically use.
For residents of the United States of America, please note that you can easily submit your requests by filling out the following form.
13. If you reside anywhere outside the European Union or the United States of America (including Israel) your rights to review, edit or amend Personal Data held on Our Databases will be in accordance with applicable Israeli law, including the provisions of the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981. If you want to review, correct, update, have a complaint, opt-out from Our mailing lists or if you just have questions, please contact Us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below.
14. You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, We may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, We may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
15. We may need to request specific information from you to help Us confirm your identity and to ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request.
Security
16. The security and confidentiality of your information is important to Us. We implement reasonable administrative, organizational and technical safeguards and security measures to protect Personal Data from unauthorized access, disclosure, destruction or alteration, accidental loss, misuse or damage. We regularly review and monitor such safeguards and security measures.
17.Please keep in mind that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. As a result, although We strive to protect your Personal Data, We cannot promise or guarantee that such information will be immune from any wrongdoing, malfunction, unlawful interception or access, or other kinds of abuse and misuse.
18.If you have reason to believe that your interaction with Us is no longer secure, please immediately notify Us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section, below.
19. To the extent permitted by applicable law, We will retain your Personal Data for such period as is necessary to satisfy or to fulfill the following:
19.1. The purposes for which that Personal Data was provided;
19.2. An identifiable and ongoing business need, including record keeping;
19.3. A requirement to retain records that may be relevant to any notified regulatory investigations or active legal proceedings;
19.4. To comply with any applicable law, regulation or legal process, including, without limitation, court orders and/or compulsory disclosures required by governmental authorities.
20. We may store your Personal Data for longer periods of time, for instance where We are required to do so in accordance with legal and/or regulatory requirements and in order that We will have an accurate record of your dealings with Us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or if We believe that We need to store your Personal Data in order to fulfill the legitimate interests of the Company and third parties, such as, to provide a defense in the case of legal procedures, etc.
21. Unless specifically requested, We ask you not to disclose any sensitive personal data (e.g., health information, national identification number, data related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, ideological or other beliefs, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background, trade union membership, or administrative or criminal proceedings and sanctions).
Use By Minors
22. The Website is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18 years of age. In the event that you become aware of Our collection of Personal Data of an individual under the age of 18 who has used our Website without parental permission, please update Us immediately.
Updates to Our Privacy Policy
23. This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you, and any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Policy through the Website.
24. We recommend that you periodically check and review this privacy policy so that you know what Personal Data We collect, how We use it, and with whom We share it. Responsibility for being acquainted with the changes, if any, made to and/or by this Privacy Policy, rests with you alone.
Contact Us
25. If you have any concerns or questions about this Privacy Policy or about how We process your Personal Data, please contact Us at info@corneat.com or via the contact form on our “Contact Us” page.
26. Alternatively, letters may be sent to the following address: CorNeat Vision Ltd., 4 HaSheizaf St., Ra’anana, Israel, 4366411.
Governing Laws
27. Use of the Website, you interaction with Us, and this Privacy Policy, is subject to the laws of Israel. The sole jurisdiction for any matter and/or dispute relating to issues of privacy regarding the Website, any content available through the Website and this Privacy Policy will be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Last updated on: February 8th, 2024
