Last Updated: August 2024
This Privacy Policy explains how The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (“Wistar”, “we” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our publicly available websites (“Websites”) or our content on social media platforms (collectively, the “Services”), engage with us offline, or otherwise interact with us. This policy does not apply to websites or applications that are accessible as part of a business relationship with Wistar.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our Website(s) homepage). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our privacy practices and the choices available to you.
“Personal Information” means any information that relates to you and can—either on its own or in combination with other information—identify you as an individual. The Personal Information you provide may include but is not limited to:
Personal Information does not include information that has been de-identified or aggregated such that you can no longer be identified.
“Automatically Collected Information” means any information that is automatically collected when you access or use our Services. Automatically Collected Information is any information that you do not provide directly and may include:
“Collected Information” includes both Personal Information and Automatically Collected Information.
This section explains how we and our third-party service providers collect information regarding you or your devices through our Services, offline, or from other sources in a variety of ways, including:
As part of using our Services, you may elect to provide Personal Information to Wistar. Examples of when you may provide this information may include but are not limited to:
We may collect Personal Information from you through offline activities, e.g., if you attend one of our events, visit our business, or contact us over the phone or via email.
Wistar may receive Personal Information regarding you through other sources. Examples include publicly available databases or through our service providers who may share Personal Information with us regarding individuals who may be interested in our Services (e.g., potential donors or event attendees).
If you provide any Personal Information relating to other people, you represent that you have the authority to provide us with any Personal Information you disclose to us related to the third-party and to grant us the right to use the information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We and our third-party service providers may collect Automatically Collected Information in a variety of ways, including:
We (and our third-party service providers) use Collected Information (i.e., Personal Information or Automatically Collected Information) to provide, maintain, and improve our Services and to communicate with you. We and our third-party service providers may also use Collected Information for the following types of purposes, among others:
We may share Collected Information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by third parties to identify you.
Wistar is located in the United States, and you agree that we may store and process the information we collect anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States. We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures to protect your Collected Information and ensure it is used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have any security concerns, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contact Us” section below.
We retain Collected Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third-party websites/applications linked to from the Services. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates and these other websites and applications are not controlled by us. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which you interact. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.
The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 13.
Wistar is based in the United States, and we process and store information in the United States. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.
We may use a third-party payment service to process payments (e.g., donations) made through the Services. If you wish to make a payment through the Services, your Personal Information will be collected by such third party and not by us, and will be subject to the third party’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, those third parties’ collection, use, and disclosure of your Personal Information or Automatically Collected Information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (California’s “Shine the Light” law) permits users of our Services that are California residents and who provide Personal Information in obtaining products and services for personal, family, or household use to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If applicable, this information would include the categories of Personal Information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared your Personal Information for the immediately prior calendar year. You may request this information once per calendar year. To make such a request, please contact us using the information below. Please note, we do not disclose Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
Wistar may update this policy from time to time and at its own discretion. The “Last Updated” legend at the top of this policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised and the effective date of the Privacy Policy. Your use of the Services means you accept the terms of the Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@wistar.org or:
The Wistar Institute
Attn: Office of General Counsel
3601 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Please do not include sensitive information or payment information in your email or mail correspondence to us.