WHAT IS NeoThetis THERAPY SELECTION?
NeoThetis is a novel, non-invasive liquid biopsy test for therapy selection, that can guide towards the most optimal treatment for patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Performed via a simple blood draw, NeoThetis is painless for the patient and overcomes some of the challenges of tumor biopsy including tumor inaccessibility, hospitalization after surgery, and failure to reflect tumor heterogeneity.
Through proprietary, thorough and sophisticated analysis, NeoThetis can analyse minute amounts of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). This is cell-free DNA that is released from primary and metastatic tumor sites into the bloodstream of patients with cancer.
NeoThetis detects genetic mutations that drive cancers or are associated with resistance to treatment, while also assessing microsatellite instability (MSI). The unique test design ensures that NeoThetis can provide you with invaluable information and guidance on targeted therapy selection that could make cancer treatment more precise and beneficial for your patient.
WHEN CAN NeoThetis BE PERFORMED?
NeoThetis can be performed at diagnosis for therapy selection, or during disease progression, when the patient has acquired resistance to previous treatment, for therapy re-evaluation.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF NeoThetis?
- Guides therapy selection for targeted drugs, including immunotherapy
- Offers comprehensive genomic tumor profiling
- Captures intratumor and intertumor molecular heterogeneity, which cannot be identified with any other testing methods
- Can be performed when a tumor biopsy is not feasible:
- The primary or metastatic tumors are inaccessible
- The patient is unfit for invasive tissue sampling
- The tumor biopsy material is insufficient
- Further tissue biopsy is not clinically recommended
- Can identify mutations present in distant, non-operable metastatic lesions which cannot be identified with other methods
- Performed non-invasively, avoiding hospitalization and ensuring treatment can start faster
- Can be performed at multiple time points to reflect the current disease profile for the patient
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF PERFORMING NeoThetis
AT DIAGNOSIS:
- Can guide towards a beneficial therapy faster
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF PERFORMING NeoThetis
AT DISEASE PROGRESSION:
- Can identify mutations associated with resistance to a previous therapy
- Can guide therapy selection of metastatic disease
HOW DOES LIQUID BIOPSY DIFFER FROM OTHER ONCOLOGY TESTS?
NeoThetis therapy selection belongs to the NeoSENTIA liquid biopsy portfolio. NeoThetis is a non-invasive, precision medicine testing approach that can complement tissue biopsies or be performed in cases where tissues biopsies are not feasible. There are many advantages to performing tissue biopsies in terms of safety, accessibility and therapy guidance. What differentiates liquid biopsy from other oncology tests is the fact that it is a non-invasive test that can perform genomic profiling of tumors even for inaccessible locations, and the abilities to assess tumor heterogeneity and detect distant, non-operable metastatic lesions. No other current testing method has these unique characteristics, making liquid biopsy a dynamic solution that can empower you to enhance your patient's treatment and care.
WHY CHOOSE NeoThetis?
- Guides therapy selection
- Enables more precise and more informed clinical treatment and management
- Non-invasive and painless sample collection
- Includes testing for clinically-actionable genetic mutations associated with FDA or EMA approved drugs, including immunotherapy
- Captures tumor heterogeneity, providing comprehensive tumor profiling that is not obtained through traditional testing methods
- Can be performed when tissue biopsy is not feasible or the patient is unfit for invasive biopsy
- Can complement information obtained through tissue biopsy
- Provides information on relevant clinical trials associated with the variants identified
- Avoids potential hospitalization following tissue biopsy
- Fast turnaround time of results, ensuring treatment can begin faster
Recommendations by International Societies on Liquid Biopsy:
“The use of cell-free/circulating tumor DNA testing can be considered when a patient is medically unfit for invasive tissue sampling, or if in the initial diagnostic setting there is insufficient material for molecular analysis following pathologic confirmation”
NCCN, 2021
“Liquid biopsy can be used as the initial test for detection of T790M mutation for second-line treatment of EGFR-mutated NSCLC"
ESMO, 2020
NeoThetis TESTS
NeoThetis was developed taking into consideration international clinical practice guidelines for cancer treatment. The genetic variants and biomarkers included in each test were thoroughly selected as they:
- Have high clinical significance (Tier 1 and Tier 2 variants)
- Are associated with targeted therapies, including immunotherapy drugs, approved for use by the FDA or EMA
- Are included in clinical practice guidelines as set out by NCCN, ESMO and ASCO
- Are part of the inclusion or exclusion criteria for clinical trials
- Can be indicators for therapy resistance
MSI ASSESSMENT
Both panels test for Microsatellite Instability (MSI), which acts as a predictive biomarker for immunotherapy treatment. MSI testing significance has been emphasized by cancer societies like NCCN and ESMO.
“MSI testing is recommended for all patients with a personal history of colon or rectal cancer”
NCCN, 2021
“For stage 2 patients with colorectal cancer, molecular testing for MSI is suggested for treatment decisions”
ESMO, 2020
ROBUST TECHNOLOGY
NeoThetis is based on NIPD Genetics state-of-the-art cell-free DNA analysis technology. It features a novel assay design and proprietary bioinformatics. Utilizing a decade of experience in the field of cell-free DNA analysis, NeoThetis was developed to deliver superior liquid biopsy performance and clinically actionable results.
NeoThetis is based on a novel, target capture enrichment technology.
NOVEL BIOINFORMATICS
Innovative bioinformatics pipelines analyze the sequencing data produced from each sample, providing accurate detection for different types of genetic variants even at low levels of detection, and increase the sensitivity and specificity of NeoThetis
SUPERIOR VARIANT DETECTION
NeoThetis screens for
clinically
important
coding and selected
non-coding regions in genes of
interest, and covers single nucleotide
variants, small insertions and deletions, copy number alterations and rearrangements. This
increases the chances of identifying
mutations of strong or of
potential
clinical significance
MSI ASSESSMENT
NeoThetis tests for MSI via Next Generation Sequencing, a more sensitive
testing method compared to traditional MSI testing, since it allows for the detection of a higher number of loci
WHAT WILL THE REPORT TELL ME?
NeoThetis provides clinical interpretation and classification
of results that is tailored to the specified cancer type,
enabling for a precision medicine approach that benefits
the patient's clinical management and care.
-
RESULT ON MUTATIONS TESTED
Variants of strong and of potential clinical significance, variants
of uncertain significance
- COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS ON FINDINGS, INCLUDING VARIANT DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANCE
- GUIDANCE ON APPROVED TARGETED THERAPIES AND ASSOCIATION WITH RELEVANT CLINICAL TRIALS
WHAT CAN I DO AFTER NeoThetis?
NeoThetis can empower you to take informed and accurate decisions that can improve your patient's care. With the
information provided by NeoThetis, you will have a complete picture and invaluable, in-depth genetic insight of your
patient's tumor that will help you to:
- Decide on the most applicable course of treatment, optimal therapies and medications that will benefit your patient
- Assess your patient’s tumor from a molecular perspective
- Provide your patient with accurate prognosis
- Identify appropriate clinical trials
- Enhance clinical management, care and treatment for your patients
HOW TO ADMINISTER NeoThetis?
-
RECOMMEND NeoThetis TO YOUR
PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL
CANCER OR NSCLC
-
COLLECT A PERIPHERAL BLOOD
SAMPLE FROM YOUR PATIENT
-
SEND THE SAMPLE TO
NIPD Genetics
-
THE SAMPLE WILL BE ANALYZED
IN OUR LABORATORY
-
RESULTS WILL BE SENT TO YOU
WITHIN 6-9 WORKING DAYS FROM
SAMPLE RECEIPT
NIPD Genetics - Privacy Policy
General Statement
NIPD Genetics is a leading, innovative biotechnology company that designs, develops, and provides a
broad spectrum of healthcare services to its customers through its expansive portfolio of molecular
and clinical laboratory tests in all disciplines.
At NIPD Genetics we are committed to protecting and respecting our customer’s privacy and personal
information. Personal information or personal data means any information that identifies, relates to,
describes, is capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with
a particular individual, such as name, identification number, location data, an online identifier or to
one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social
identity of that individual.
NIPD Genetics collects and processes your personal information according to the General Data
Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Cypriot law providing for the protection of natural
persons with regards to the processing of personal data and for the free movement of such data (L.
125(I)/2018). The following principles lie at the heart of our approach to handling personal data:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency – We collect and process personal data in a lawful
and
transparent manner and clearly communicate to our customers how their personal data will be
used.
- Purpose limitation – We only use personal data for the purpose for which they have been
collected.
- Data minimization – We only collect the data that is absolutely necessary in relation to
the
purposes for which they are processed.
- Accuracy – We take every reasonable step to ensure that personal data collected are
accurate
and up to date.
- Storage limitation – We do not keep personal data for longer than it is needed. Personal
data are
periodically reviewed and erased if they are not needed or anonymized and stored for scientific
research purposes.
- Integrity and confidentiality (security) – Appropriate technical and organizational
measures are
in place to ensure that personal data are adequately protected from any unauthorised or illegal
processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage.
- Accountability – We, at NIPD Genetics, are committed to compliance with all legal
requirements
and promote internal practices to achieve the highest standards for personal data privacy.
NIPD Genetics has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing and
ensuring that personal information is collected and processed in line with these principles. The contact
details of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be found below:
Email address: dpo@nipd.com
Postal address: 31 Neas Engomis street, 2409 Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus
Telephone number: + 357 22266888
By accessing or using our products or services, or by transmitting information to us by email or other
electronic means, you accept our policies, procedures and practices described in this Privacy Policy. If
you do not agree with our policies, procedures and practices as described, you can choose not to
access or use our products or services or not to transmit personal information to us.
This Privacy Policy applies to NIPD Genetics facilities, its websites www.nipd.com,
www.nipdlabs.com,
www.nipdlabs.com.cy and their subdomains, that link to this
privacy pol icy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
We collect and process several types of personal information from and about users of our websites
and of our products and services, including:
- Personal and sensitive information: some of our products and services may involve testing
of
biological samples that we or our customers use to create test reports, genotyping or sequencing
services for research or clinical purposes and the receipt, creation, or analysis of genomic or other
data derived from samples, including through our customer’s use of our software as a service
product. In receiving samples and providing our products and services, we may obtain your name
and surname, date of birth, email address, home address, telephone number, gender, ethnicity
and other health related information.
- Computer, device and browsing information: as you interact with our products and services
online, including this website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain
information about your computer or device, as well as browsing actions and usage patterns. This
data may include your IP address, browser type or version.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies. You can control
cookies by adjusting your cookies settings.
Information about children
If you are under 18 years of age, do not register on our website or provide any information about
yourself to us. We do not provide our products or services directly to children or proactively collect
their personal information. Despite this prohibition, it is possible that we may sometimes be given
information about children while handling samples from our customers in our clinical labs, or through
use of our products and services by our customers and partners. If we become aware that we have
inadvertently collected personal information from children under the age of 18, without parental
consent, we will take the necessary steps to delete it as soon as possible in compliance with applicable
laws.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is collected by NIPD Genetics for the following purposes:
- To provide you with our products and services, respond to your inquiries or fulfill your requests
and otherwise manage your relationship with us. The legal basis for processing is to meet the
requirements of a contract, to comply with our legal obligations and/or because we have a
legitimate interest in responding to requests for information about our products and services.
- To communicate with you about content and product offerings, newsletters and event invitations
which are relevant to your interests and in line with your preferences. The legal basis for processing
is the individual’s explicit consent prior to sending the information and managing individuals
preferences.
- To process and respond to complaints. The legal basis for processing is to meet a legal obligation.
- To monitor and record information relating to the use of our products and services, including our
website. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest in order to improve our products
and services and our website for individuals.
To provide our products and services, NIPD Genetics may collect, receive and process biological
samples to isolate and sequence DNA. NIPD Genetics may then store resulting genetic information
and use genetic information to provide our products and services. In some cases, NIPD Genetics may
provide interpretations of genetic information on behalf of its customers, including healthcare
providers. This is only done pursuant to a written contract or a Sample Information Form with a
patient’s informed consent and is subject to applicable legal and ethical safeguards.
This sensitive information described above is collected by NIPD Genetics for the following purposes:
- To provide support and maintenance services to customers who use our products and services –
The legal basis for processing is to meet the requirements of a contract.
- To provide genotyping and sequencing services and analysis for our customers, including
healthcare providers. The legal basis of this processing is to meet the requirements of a contract
or as allowed in the Sample Information Form with a patient’s informed consent.
- To conduct genotyping and sequencing services and analysis for quality control, process and
product development and improvements, and optimization in our labs to reflect quality
improvements and advances in our technology. The legal basis for processing is the patient’s
informed consent given through the Sample Information Form.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers
located outside your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection
laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Cyprus and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer
the data, including personal data, to Cyprus and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your
agreement to that transfer.
NIPD Genetics will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and
in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal information will take place to
an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your
data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
NIPD Genetics complies with the General Data Protection Regulation and will not sell or trade your
personal information.
NIPD Genetics may disclose your personal information in the good faith that such action is necessary:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of NIPD Genetics
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our products and services
- To protect against legal liability
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifiers.
Cookies are sent to your browser when you visit a website and stored on your device. Tracking
technologies used on the website are beacons, tags and scripts, to collect and track information and
to improve and analyze our websites.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our websites and collect
certain information. This includes information about the computer or device you are using, such as
Internet protocol (IP) address, information about the browser type or version, the pages of our
website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device
identifiers and other diagnostic data.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However,
if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our websites.
Examples of Cookies we may use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our websites.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Visitor behavior cookies. To understand how visitors use and navigate the websites
Keyword cookies. To understand how visitors discover the websites.
ANALYTICS
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our websites.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.
Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service. This data is shared with
other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of
its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing
the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript
(ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web
page
SECURITY OF DATA
We are committed to protecting the security of the information we collect, and we take reasonable
physical, technical, and administrative safeguards such as data anonymization and encryption to help
protect personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access or use. It is your
responsibility to protect the confidentiality of your passwords, and any other access features
associated with your access or use of the website or our products and services, as well as to adhere
to any applicable Terms of Use or other contract between us and you or your organization.
PERSONAL DATA RETENTION
We may retain collected information even after you remove it from the website, our Services, or our
Products, to comply with applicable law, to resolve disputes, to enforce any rights in connection with
the website, our Services, or our Products, and to use as provided in this Privacy Policy, the Terms of
Use, or an applicable contract between us and you or your organization. How long we retain specific
personal information varies depending on the purpose for its use and we may delete or retain your
personal information in accordance with applicable law.
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate, maintain or operate our websites
(“Service Providers”), to provide the websites on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to
assist us in analyzing how our websites are used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and
are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our websites may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party
link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy
of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of
any third-party sites or services.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting
the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change
becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy
are effective when they are posted on this page.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
NIPD Genetics ensures that it can respond immediately to requests that you make for the exercise of
your legal rights in accordance with data protection laws. These rights are as follows:
- The right to withdraw consent at any time – in cases where processing is based on your
consent
- The right of access – at any given time you have the right to know what information about you
we hold and receive information about the processing activities we perform
- The right to rectify – you have the right to correct, amend and complete personal data that is
incomplete
- The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – you can request that your personal information
is deleted
- The right to object – you can object at any time to our processing of your personal information
- The right to restriction of processing – this applies in the event:
- You dispute the accuracy of your personal information and until it is verified
- You oppose to the deletion of personal data and ask instead to delete the use of it
- The personal information is no longer necessary for us
- You object to the processing and we are considering whether our legitimate grounds
for processing prevail over the reasons you oppose to the processing
- The right to data portability – at any given time you have the right to receive the personal
information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format
(pdf, word etc.). You also have the right to request that these data are transferred to another
service in a safe and secure way
You also have the right to lodge a complaint at any time to the Office of the Commissioner for Personal
Data Protection.
We encourage you to contact us, should you wish to practice any of your legal rights or you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, by sending an email to NIPD Genetics’ Data Protection Officer at
dpo@nipd.com.
Effective date: 18/06/2021
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Innovative bioinformatics pipelines analyze the sequencing data produced from each sample, providing accurate detection for different types of genetic variants even at low levels of detection, and increase the sensitivity and specificity of NeoThetis
SUPERIOR VARIANT DETECTION
NeoThetis screens for
clinically
important
coding and selected
non-coding regions in genes of
interest, and covers single nucleotide
variants, small insertions and deletions, copy number alterations and rearrangements. This
increases the chances of identifying
mutations of strong or of
potential
clinical significance
MSI ASSESSMENT
NeoThetis tests for MSI via Next Generation Sequencing, a more sensitive
testing method compared to traditional MSI testing, since it allows for the detection of a higher number of loci
NeoThetis screens for clinically important coding and selected non-coding regions in genes of interest, and covers single nucleotide variants, small insertions and deletions, copy number alterations and rearrangements. This increases the chances of identifying mutations of strong or of potential clinical significance
MSI ASSESSMENT
NeoThetis tests for MSI via Next Generation Sequencing, a more sensitive
testing method compared to traditional MSI testing, since it allows for the detection of a higher number of loci
NeoThetis tests for MSI via Next Generation Sequencing, a more sensitive testing method compared to traditional MSI testing, since it allows for the detection of a higher number of loci
WHAT WILL THE REPORT TELL ME?
NeoThetis provides clinical interpretation and classification of results that is tailored to the specified cancer type, enabling for a precision medicine approach that benefits the patient's clinical management and care.
-
RESULT ON MUTATIONS TESTED
Variants of strong and of potential clinical significance, variants of uncertain significance - COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS ON FINDINGS, INCLUDING VARIANT DETAILS AND SIGNIFICANCE
- GUIDANCE ON APPROVED TARGETED THERAPIES AND ASSOCIATION WITH RELEVANT CLINICAL TRIALS
WHAT CAN I DO AFTER NeoThetis?
NeoThetis can empower you to take informed and accurate decisions that can improve your patient's care. With the information provided by NeoThetis, you will have a complete picture and invaluable, in-depth genetic insight of your patient's tumor that will help you to:
- Decide on the most applicable course of treatment, optimal therapies and medications that will benefit your patient
- Assess your patient’s tumor from a molecular perspective
- Provide your patient with accurate prognosis
- Identify appropriate clinical trials
- Enhance clinical management, care and treatment for your patients
HOW TO ADMINISTER NeoThetis?
-
RECOMMEND NeoThetis TO YOUR
PATIENTS WITH COLORECTAL
CANCER OR NSCLC
-
COLLECT A PERIPHERAL BLOOD
SAMPLE FROM YOUR PATIENT
-
SEND THE SAMPLE TO
NIPD Genetics
-
THE SAMPLE WILL BE ANALYZED
IN OUR LABORATORY
-
RESULTS WILL BE SENT TO YOU
WITHIN 6-9 WORKING DAYS FROM
SAMPLE RECEIPT
NIPD Genetics - Privacy Policy
General Statement
NIPD Genetics is a leading, innovative biotechnology company that designs, develops, and provides a broad spectrum of healthcare services to its customers through its expansive portfolio of molecular and clinical laboratory tests in all disciplines.
At NIPD Genetics we are committed to protecting and respecting our customer’s privacy and personal information. Personal information or personal data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual, such as name, identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that individual.
NIPD Genetics collects and processes your personal information according to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Cypriot law providing for the protection of natural persons with regards to the processing of personal data and for the free movement of such data (L. 125(I)/2018). The following principles lie at the heart of our approach to handling personal data:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency – We collect and process personal data in a lawful and transparent manner and clearly communicate to our customers how their personal data will be used.
- Purpose limitation – We only use personal data for the purpose for which they have been collected.
- Data minimization – We only collect the data that is absolutely necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed.
- Accuracy – We take every reasonable step to ensure that personal data collected are accurate and up to date.
- Storage limitation – We do not keep personal data for longer than it is needed. Personal data are periodically reviewed and erased if they are not needed or anonymized and stored for scientific research purposes.
- Integrity and confidentiality (security) – Appropriate technical and organizational measures are in place to ensure that personal data are adequately protected from any unauthorised or illegal processing and accidental loss, destruction or damage.
- Accountability – We, at NIPD Genetics, are committed to compliance with all legal requirements and promote internal practices to achieve the highest standards for personal data privacy.
NIPD Genetics has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) who is responsible for overseeing and ensuring that personal information is collected and processed in line with these principles. The contact details of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be found below:
Email address: dpo@nipd.com
Postal address: 31 Neas Engomis street, 2409 Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus
Telephone number: + 357 22266888
By accessing or using our products or services, or by transmitting information to us by email or other electronic means, you accept our policies, procedures and practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies, procedures and practices as described, you can choose not to access or use our products or services or not to transmit personal information to us.
This Privacy Policy applies to NIPD Genetics facilities, its websites www.nipd.com, www.nipdlabs.com, www.nipdlabs.com.cy and their subdomains, that link to this privacy pol icy.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTION AND PROCESSING
We collect and process several types of personal information from and about users of our websites and of our products and services, including:
- Personal and sensitive information: some of our products and services may involve testing of biological samples that we or our customers use to create test reports, genotyping or sequencing services for research or clinical purposes and the receipt, creation, or analysis of genomic or other data derived from samples, including through our customer’s use of our software as a service product. In receiving samples and providing our products and services, we may obtain your name and surname, date of birth, email address, home address, telephone number, gender, ethnicity and other health related information.
- Computer, device and browsing information: as you interact with our products and services online, including this website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your computer or device, as well as browsing actions and usage patterns. This data may include your IP address, browser type or version. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies. You can control cookies by adjusting your cookies settings.
Information about children
If you are under 18 years of age, do not register on our website or provide any information about yourself to us. We do not provide our products or services directly to children or proactively collect their personal information. Despite this prohibition, it is possible that we may sometimes be given information about children while handling samples from our customers in our clinical labs, or through use of our products and services by our customers and partners. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from children under the age of 18, without parental consent, we will take the necessary steps to delete it as soon as possible in compliance with applicable laws.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is collected by NIPD Genetics for the following purposes:
- To provide you with our products and services, respond to your inquiries or fulfill your requests and otherwise manage your relationship with us. The legal basis for processing is to meet the requirements of a contract, to comply with our legal obligations and/or because we have a legitimate interest in responding to requests for information about our products and services.
- To communicate with you about content and product offerings, newsletters and event invitations which are relevant to your interests and in line with your preferences. The legal basis for processing is the individual’s explicit consent prior to sending the information and managing individuals preferences.
- To process and respond to complaints. The legal basis for processing is to meet a legal obligation.
- To monitor and record information relating to the use of our products and services, including our website. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest in order to improve our products and services and our website for individuals.
To provide our products and services, NIPD Genetics may collect, receive and process biological samples to isolate and sequence DNA. NIPD Genetics may then store resulting genetic information and use genetic information to provide our products and services. In some cases, NIPD Genetics may provide interpretations of genetic information on behalf of its customers, including healthcare providers. This is only done pursuant to a written contract or a Sample Information Form with a patient’s informed consent and is subject to applicable legal and ethical safeguards.
This sensitive information described above is collected by NIPD Genetics for the following purposes:
- To provide support and maintenance services to customers who use our products and services – The legal basis for processing is to meet the requirements of a contract.
- To provide genotyping and sequencing services and analysis for our customers, including healthcare providers. The legal basis of this processing is to meet the requirements of a contract or as allowed in the Sample Information Form with a patient’s informed consent.
- To conduct genotyping and sequencing services and analysis for quality control, process and product development and improvements, and optimization in our labs to reflect quality improvements and advances in our technology. The legal basis for processing is the patient’s informed consent given through the Sample Information Form.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside your province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Cyprus and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to Cyprus and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
NIPD Genetics will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
NIPD Genetics complies with the General Data Protection Regulation and will not sell or trade your personal information.
NIPD Genetics may disclose your personal information in the good faith that such action is necessary:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of NIPD Genetics
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our products and services
- To protect against legal liability
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifiers. Cookies are sent to your browser when you visit a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies used on the website are beacons, tags and scripts, to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our websites.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our websites and collect certain information. This includes information about the computer or device you are using, such as Internet protocol (IP) address, information about the browser type or version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our websites.
Examples of Cookies we may use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our websites.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Visitor behavior cookies. To understand how visitors use and navigate the websites
Keyword cookies. To understand how visitors discover the websites.
ANALYTICS
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our websites.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page
SECURITY OF DATA
We are committed to protecting the security of the information we collect, and we take reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards such as data anonymization and encryption to help protect personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access or use. It is your responsibility to protect the confidentiality of your passwords, and any other access features associated with your access or use of the website or our products and services, as well as to adhere to any applicable Terms of Use or other contract between us and you or your organization.
PERSONAL DATA RETENTION
We may retain collected information even after you remove it from the website, our Services, or our Products, to comply with applicable law, to resolve disputes, to enforce any rights in connection with the website, our Services, or our Products, and to use as provided in this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, or an applicable contract between us and you or your organization. How long we retain specific personal information varies depending on the purpose for its use and we may delete or retain your personal information in accordance with applicable law.
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate, maintain or operate our websites (“Service Providers”), to provide the websites on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our websites are used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our websites may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
NIPD Genetics ensures that it can respond immediately to requests that you make for the exercise of your legal rights in accordance with data protection laws. These rights are as follows:
- The right to withdraw consent at any time – in cases where processing is based on your consent
- The right of access – at any given time you have the right to know what information about you we hold and receive information about the processing activities we perform
- The right to rectify – you have the right to correct, amend and complete personal data that is incomplete
- The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) – you can request that your personal information is deleted
- The right to object – you can object at any time to our processing of your personal information
- The right to restriction of processing – this applies in the event:
- You dispute the accuracy of your personal information and until it is verified
- You oppose to the deletion of personal data and ask instead to delete the use of it
- The personal information is no longer necessary for us
- You object to the processing and we are considering whether our legitimate grounds for processing prevail over the reasons you oppose to the processing
- The right to data portability – at any given time you have the right to receive the personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (pdf, word etc.). You also have the right to request that these data are transferred to another service in a safe and secure way
You also have the right to lodge a complaint at any time to the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection.
We encourage you to contact us, should you wish to practice any of your legal rights or you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, by sending an email to NIPD Genetics’ Data Protection Officer at dpo@nipd.com.
Effective date: 18/06/2021
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