Hyperion Website Privacy Policy
Welcome to www.hyperion.com (the “Site”), a U.S.-based website owned and operated by Hyperion Therapeutics (“Hyperion”).
Hyperion is committed to safeguarding your privacy, and this privacy policy describes the types of information we collect about you on our Site; how your information may be used and when it may be disclosed; your choices about the use and disclosure of your information; and how your information is protected.
1. Information Collected
We receive and store information about you that you voluntarily provide through the Site, including name and email addresses. You can choose not to provide this information to us, but this may limit the features you are able to access on the Site. For example, some information about you may be required in order for us to receive and respond to your online inquiries.
We also automatically collect information about your computer when you visit the Site. For example, we will collect your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and web browser software (such as Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) and the Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) for websites that you visit before or after coming to the Site. We use the automatically-collected information to help improve your user experience.
In addition, when you visit the Site, we may assign your computer a "cookie" (a small, unique identifier text file) which is stored on your computer in order for our Site to recognize you when you visit our Site and improve your experience on our Site and features offered on the Site.
We also may allow third-parties, including our authorized service providers, to use cookies and other technologies to collect information about users who view or interact with the Site. The information they collect may be used to track Site usage and gauge the effectiveness of any marketing efforts. We do not provide any personal information to these third parties. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
The Site is a general audience website and not designed for children under 13 years old. Accordingly, Hyperion will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Site.
2. Use of Your Information
We may use the information you provide for the following general purposes: to respond to your inquiries; to provide you with the products and services you request, including newsletters and other communications; to measure interest in and improve the features, performance and functionality of our services and Site; to solicit information from you; to prevent potentially illegal activities; to enforce our Terms of Use; and for other purposes described to you at the point of collection.
Please review “Your choices with respect to the Collection and Use of Personal Information” below.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We generally do not sell, trade, or rent your information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information to the following entities:
- Third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including customer service, business analytics, marketing, and other services in connection with operating the Site. These companies will have access only to your information needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use your information for any other purpose.
- Business entities with whom we partner to jointly offer you products and services. If we share your personal information in such instances, the third-party recipients of your information will agree to appropriate confidentiality and security measures and will also agree to provide you with the opportunity to unsubscribe from their commercial email messages.
We also may share your personally identifiable information:
- When advisable or necessary to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
- As necessary, in Hyperion’s sole discretion, to protect the perceived rights, safety and property of Hyperion, users of the Site, and the public.
- In connection with a change of control or operations, including without limitation in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, restructuring or any other transfer of Hyperion's assets, or a transfer of the Site operations (each a “Corporate Transaction”). In the event of a Corporate Transaction, a transfer of your information may occur and any acquirer of Hyperion or its assets may continue to use your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We may also create anonymous information records from your information to develop content and services and may share this anonymous information with third-party advertisers and investors.
Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies of common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this privacy policy.
Other than as set out above, you will be notified when information your provide will be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to opt-out of such sharing.
4. Access To Your Information
You may obtain a copy of your information that you provide through the Site, or request that Hyperion update or make changes to such information, by sending an email to privacy@hyperiontx.com.
5. Your Choices With Respect To The Collection and Use of Your Information
- As noted above, you can choose not to provide Hyperion with your information.
- You may stop the delivery of commercial email communications by following the instructions to unsubscribe to such communication that accompanies each communication you receive from us. Please note that we may send you other types of transactional and relationship email communications, such as service announcements and administrative notices, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
6. Security
No website can guarantee security and therefore, Hyperion cannot guarantee that no unauthorized individual will obtain access to your information stored on our servers and databases. However, Hyperion has implemented commercially reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security procedures to help protect your information. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access your information, and they only may do so for permitted business functions.
7. Third Party Websites
Our provision of a link to any other website is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or its content. Websites to which this Site links do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your information.
8. Changes To This Privacy Policy
Hyperion may update this Privacy Policy in the future to reflect changes in our privacy practices, our Site functionality, or applicable legislation, so please check back often. We will notify you about material changes to this Privacy Policy by sending a notice to the email address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on the Site.
9. How You Can Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@hyperiontx.com or write to us at:
Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc.
Attn: Privacy
601 Gateway Blvd, Suite 200
South San Francisco, CA 94080
This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 24, 2009.