Privacy Policy

    This website (hereinafter referred to as the "Website") is provided by Beijing Avistone Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "we" or "us"). 

    Processing your personal data

We fully understand the importance of personal information to you and will make every effort to protect your personal information. We are committed to maintaining your trust in us. We will strictly comply with applicable Chinese laws, regulations, and standards, adhering to the principles of legality, legitimacy, necessity, and good faith. We will clearly inform you of the rules, purposes, methods, scope, and duration of our collection and use of your personal information and obtain your corresponding consent.

Below, we will provide you with information on how we process your personal information when you use our Website.

1. Collection and Use of Your Personal Information Necessary for Using Our Website
2. Visit our Website

    When you visit our Website, your browser transmits specific data to our web server. This is necessary for technical services and to provide you with the requested information. To assist you in visiting the Website, the following data will be collected, temporarily stored, and used:

    · IP address (region)

    · Date and time of access

    · Pages visited

    · Frequency of visits

    Additionally, to protect our legitimate interests and comply with Chinese laws and regulations regarding the storage of network logs (which require network logs to be retained for at least six months), we will store such data for a limited period to enable confirmation of personal information in the event of 1) unauthorized access or attempted access to our servers; or 2) requests from relevant government authorities.

1. Cookies settings

    What are cookies?

    This Website uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files stored on your terminal memory via your browser. These files contain specific information (such as visit location (only up to the provincial level), visit time, etc.) that your browser may (depending on the retention period of cookies) send back to us during your next visit to our Website. We would like to use cookies to better understand your use of our Website. This will help improve your future experience on our Website. You may delete them at any time using browsers or operating system software with built-in cookie clearing functions.

    What cookies do we use?

    We use functional cookies, without which our Website's functionality would be limited.

    Depending on your consent

    We only use optional cookies with your prior consent. When you first visit our Website, a banner will appear requesting your consent to cookies. If you consent, we will place a cookie on your computer, and the banner will no longer appear as long as the cookie remains valid. After the cookie expires, or if you actively delete the cookie, the banner will reappear during your next visit to our Website and request your consent again.

    How to clear cookies

    You can choose to completely clear cookies from your browser cache or delete cookies from the operating system cache files. Both methods will remove all cookie information from your device until you revisit the Website.

1. Information on safety and quality complaints
   

    This Website is not designed for reporting safety and quality issues related to Avistone Biotechnology products, including side effects, lack of efficacy, medication errors, unauthorized imported drugs/suspected counterfeit drugs, drug misuse, off-label drug use, quality complaints, and/or other circumstances. To report any malaise or product quality issues after using Avistone Biotechnology products, you may contact your doctor, pharmacist, or local drug regulatory authority. Or, you can also reach us directly through the following channels. For product quality issues, please contact: 400-602-8668 ext. [1]. If you have any malaise after using Avistone Biotechnology products, you may contact us via: (1) Email: pv@pearlbio.cn; (2) Phone: 400-602-8668 ext. [2].

If you choose to report safety or quality issues related to Avistone Biotechnology products to us, we will process your information in accordance with applicable laws and may need to contact you for further verification. Subsequently, we may need to report the issue you raised to the drug regulatory authorities. In such cases, our report to the drug regulatory authorities may include your personal information. If our other affiliates and partners are obligated to report to their respective drug regulatory authorities, we may also forward your information to them.

1. Cross-Border Data Sharing/Transfer

    Sharing/transferring data with other companies under Avistone Biotechnology (cross-border transfer)

    As we are a company headquartered in China, to centrally manage our partners and project participants globally, we may share your personal information with other companies under Avistone Biotechnology. Where required by applicable laws, your personal data may be processed, accessed, or stored in countries/regions outside your own. In accordance with laws, regulations, and regulatory requirements, we will inform you through agreements or product pages about the name or title of overseas recipients, contact details, processing purposes, processing methods, categories of personal information involved, as well as the methods and procedures for you to exercise your legal rights against overseas recipients. We will obtain your separate consent, except where laws do not require individual consent. We will take necessary measures such as signing agreements and conducting security audits to require overseas institutions to keep confidential the personal information they obtain from you.

We share information only when necessary and only for the purposes stated in this statement. If there are any changes to the purpose of processing your personal information, your consent will be required separately.

1. Sharing/Transferring Data for the Purpose of Entrusting Processing

    For the data processing purposes described in this statement, we may use professional service contractors and share the data we collect with them. These service contractors are strictly selected and supervised by us. We solemnly commit to complying with the relevant laws and regulations regarding entrusting processing. Before sharing your information, we will conduct an assessment in accordance with the laws and regulations. We will safeguard the security of your personal information by signing legal documents with service contractors and implementing necessary security measures, etc. According to relevant entrusted agreements, service contractors may only process your personal information based on our instructions and strictly in accordance with our directions.

We only share information when necessary and such sharing is limited to the purposes stated in this statement. If there are any changes to the purpose of processing your personal information, your consent will be required separately.

1. How We Protect and Store Your Personal Information

    In accordance with laws and administrative regulations, we have implemented necessary measures (including but not limited to: establishing internal management systems and operational procedures, classifying and managing personal information, reasonably determining operational permissions for personal information processing, conducting regular security education and training for employees on implementing security technical measures such as encryption and de-identification, and formulating emergency response plans for personal information security incidents) to protect your personal information and prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, use, alteration, damage, or loss of data. Nevertheless, such measures are not 100% effective, and therefore, we do not guarantee the security of your personal information and disclaim all liability and damages to the maximum extent permitted by law resulting from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We recommend that you take all available precautions to protect the personal information you provide on this Website. If you know or have reason to believe that your personal information has been lost, stolen, misappropriated, or otherwise compromised, or if there is any actual or suspected theft of your personal information, you may contact us using the information provided below.

Your information will be stored on data processors or servers acting on behalf of and accountable to our company. We will take all reasonable measures to ensure that we do not collect irrelevant personal data. The collected personal information will be retained for the period necessary for the company's reasonable business service purposes or as required by laws and regulations or regulatory requirements. Upon expiration of such period, unless obtaining your separate consent or permitted by applicable laws, we will delete or anonymize the collected personal information.

If it is necessary to collect your sensitive personal information for the purposes stated in this statement, we will obtain your further consent.

1. How We Handle Minors' Personal Information

    If we have collected personal information of minors under the age of 14 with the consent of their parents or guardians, we will not use or disclose the minors' personal information unless permitted by law, with the consent of the minors' parents or guardians, or as necessary to protect the minors. We will also delete such personal information of minors as soon as possible.

1. Information About Your Rights

    Under applicable data privacy laws and regulations, in principle, you are entitled to the following rights:

• The right to be informed about your personal information stored by us;
• The right to request access, copying, and transfer of your personal information;
• The right to request correction, supplementation, or restriction of the processing of your personal information;

• The right to request deletion of your personal information under the following circumstances:
  • If our processing of your personal information violates the law;
  • If we collect and use your personal information without your consent;
  • If our processing of your personal information violates the agreement between you and us;
  • If we no longer provide products or services to you;
  • Or if the retention period has expired;
  • You withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data;
  • Other circumstances stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

• You may withdraw your consent to the collection, processing, and use of your personal information at any time in the future. However, your withdrawal of consent does not affect the collection, use, processing, and storage of your personal information prior to the withdrawal. For further information, please refer to the above section on processing data based on your consent.

    In accordance with legal and regulatory requirements, we may be unable to respond to your request under the following circumstances:

• Matters related to national security;
• Matters related to public safety, public health, or significant public interests;
• Matters related to criminal investigation, prosecution, and trial;
• Evidence that you are abusing your rights;
• Responding to your request would severely infringe upon the lawful rights of you or other individuals or organizations;
• If you want to exercise your rights, please submit a request through the contact information listed in Article 7 below.

1. Contact Information

    If you have any questions regarding privacy, such as any inquiries about this statement or any related complaints or opinions, please contact us via email at [privacy@avistonebio.com]. We will respond within 15 business days.

1. Revision of Privacy Statement

    We may update our privacy statement from time to time. Updates to our privacy statement will be posted on our Website. Revisions shall take effect immediately upon publication. Therefore, we recommend that you visit our Website regularly to stay informed about any possible updates.