You care about the protection of your Personal Data – and so do we. At Invivyd, we work to maintain the privacy and data security of all Personal Information we collect or receive from you, including when you use an Invivyd website.
In this Privacy Notice, Invivyd, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Invivyd”) describes our general practices regarding how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Data of patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals — as well as other individuals with whom we interact, for example, research study participants, researchers, visitors to our online services, job applicants, service providers, business partners, and investors. Personal Data does not include, and this Privacy Notice does not apply to, aggregate information or information that has been de-identified or anonymized in accordance with applicable law. This notice also does not apply to workforce personal data. Should you have any questions about this Statement or how we handle Personal Information, please contact us at privacy@invivyd.com.
Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand how we collect, use, and share your Personal Data. Your use of the Site is also subject to our Terms of Use. Where applicable law requires a specific legal basis for our processing of your Personal Data, those legal bases are identified in the “Why We Process Your Personal Data” section below.
For Washington and Nevada residents, please visit our Consumer Health Data Privacy Statement for information about our practices in handling consumer health data as defined under applicable laws.
California, Connecticut, Nebraska, and Texas Residents: This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and retain your personal information. Please see the section Additional Terms Applicable to California, Texas, Connecticut, and Nebraska Residents Only below for additional terms that may apply to you.
Personal Information (which we also refer to as Personal Data), is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked to an identified or identifiable individual. This is information we obtain when you access and interact with our websites and other applications, including mobile applications (collectively “Site”), that directly link to this statement. Invivyd respects the privacy of visitors to the Site, and we recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of the Personal Data you share with us. It is Invivyd’s commitment that Personal Data collected will be used only for the limited purposes described in this Privacy Notice. Invivyd respects the personal and private nature of this information, and we are committed to appropriately protecting the Personal Data that we collect and using it in compliance with applicable privacy laws and regulations as well as Invivyd corporate policies and procedures. This Privacy Notice also answers certain specific questions that you may have regarding privacy and security of Personal Data. This Notice is intended to comply with applicable United States privacy and data protection laws, including state consumer privacy statutes.
This Notice defines and provides examples of Personal Data that we may collect and also explains our practices regarding that Personal Data. Personal Data is any information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact you. Examples of types of Personal Data that we may collect include the following:
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal data for purposes other than those permitted under applicable local law.
If you are a healthcare professional, we may collect Personal Data about you directly from you, from third-party sources such as the organization where you work, publicly available sources, interactions with Invivyd (including online available sources), participation in Invivyd-sponsored or Invivyd-supported initiatives such as clinical research and development activities, third-party databases, or reporters of pharmacovigilance events.
We may collect the following additional categories of Personal Data about health care professionals:
Invivyd may collect Personal Data from a variety of sources, including directly from you when you voluntarily provide it to us or when such information is requested in the course of your interactions with us. We also obtain your Personal Data from our business partners and affiliates, third parties you direct to share information with us, your browser or device, information generated from your online browsing and usage activity, or from public third-party sources.
We may also obtain Personal Data about healthcare professionals from third party sources. This information is used to verify such things as professional status, state license information, identity and specialty when providing tailored information, communications or products and/or services to healthcare professionals.
When you use our website or online services, we may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your device and how you use our site and applications. If you use an Invivyd mobile app, the app will explain what information it collects and what may be shared with Invivyd. We treat this information as Personal Data only when it, or other data that is associated with it, can be used to identify you. For more details, please see the “Cookies and Other Data Collection Technologies” section below.
We may obtain Personal Data relating to you from third parties, such as when we obtain contact data from marketing list suppliers to support our marketing and sales initiatives or when we obtain professional license information to confirm information provided by healthcare providers.
The third parties from whom we obtain Personal Data generally fall within the following categories:
We process Personal Data for the business and commercial purposes described in the bullet points below. The laws of certain jurisdictions require that we have a “legal basis” for our processing of Personal Data; where those laws apply, we have identified our legal bases in the first-line bullet points, and those legal bases apply only for those jurisdictions.
As required by law, for example, by:
Due to the nature of our business, Invivyd is subject to a number of legal requirements. As a result, Invivyd may be required to process Personal Data, for example, sensitive Personal Data (including health and medical information and mental and physical characteristics), in order to meet these obligations. We will process your Personal Data in accordance with our legal obligations and in a way that protects your privacy to the extent possible, for example, pseudonymizing information, while still complying with our legal obligations.
Invivyd may collect, use, share, transfer and otherwise process de-identified and aggregated information that it receives or creates for any purposes in its sole discretion, in compliance with applicable laws. Deidentified or aggregated information describes users as a group but does not reveal the identity of individual users. We will not attempt to re-identify aggregated or deidentified information. We may use de-identified or aggregate information to understand users’ needs, to determine user demographics and Website usage patterns, to determine what kinds of products or services we can provide, and to improve and enrich our products and services and the Website. Invivyd will maintain and use de-identified information only in de-identified form and will not attempt to re-identify it, consistent with applicable law.
Please refer to our Consumer Health Data Privacy Statement for additional information on the processing of Consumer Health Data as required by US state laws.
Invivyd may use and disclose Personal Data of healthcare professionals for the following additional purposes.
Invivyd does not sell, share, or otherwise distribute your Personal Data to third parties for their marketing purposes. Invivyd will share your Personal Data with third parties only in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. For example, we may share your Personal Data as follows:
When you visit our website or use our mobile applications, we may collect certain data by automated means, using technologies such as cookies that we may place on your computer when you visit our website, pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs, and web beacons. We may collect data about the device you use to access our website, the pages you visit on our website, the length of time you spend on pages on our site, your operating system, and platform type, browser type and version, domain, and other system settings, as well as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your device is located and the date and time you visit our sites, and the pages you visit. Our server logs also record the IP address of the device you use. We may collect information about the websites you visit before and after accessing our website.
Cookies are small pieces of data that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information in your browser. Cookies allow us to recognize you when you return. They also help us provide a customized experience and enable us to detect certain kinds of fraud. Note that while standard cookies have limited access to your device, other tracking technologies described in this Notice — such as pixel tags, local storage, and third-party advertising tools — may collect additional information about your device and online activity. Your web browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser. By not accepting cookies, some features on our website may not fully function, and you may not be able to access certain information on this website. Where required by applicable law, we will seek your affirmative consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device. You may control cookies through browser settings and site-level preference tools where available.
Invivyd may also make use of pixel tags and web beacons. These are tiny graphic images placed on website pages or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. When you access these pages, open, or click an email, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action. These tools allow us to measure response to our communications and improve our web pages and promotions.
In many cases, the data we collect using cookies and other tools is only used in a non-identifiable way, without any reference to Personal Data. For example, we use data we collect about all website users to optimize our websites and to understand website traffic patterns.
In some cases, we do associate the data we collect using cookies and other technology with your Personal Data. This Notice governs how we use that data when we associate it with your Personal Data.
Invivyd may have relationships with third‑party advertising partners that place advertisements on our websites and other websites and provide tracking and reporting services. These third-party advertising companies may place cookies on your computer when you visit our website or other websites so they can display targeted advertisements to you, but we do not sell any Personal Data to them as part of this process. However, this Notice does not cover the collection methods or use of the data collected by these vendors. For more information about third party advertising, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at www.networkadvertising.org.
Some web browsers incorporate a Do Not Track (DNT) or similar feature that signals to websites with which the browser communicates that a visitor does not want to have his/her online activity tracked. If a digital service that responds to a particular DNT signal receives the DNT signal, the browser can block that digital service from collecting certain Personal Information about the browser’s user. Where required by applicable law (including Colorado and Connecticut), Invivyd recognizes Universal Opt-Out Mechanisms (UOOMs) such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) as valid opt-out signals for the sale of personal data and targeted advertising. Colorado residents have the right to opt out of the processing of their personal data for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, and profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. Colorado residents may also appeal a denial of a privacy rights request by contacting us using the details in the “How to Contact Us” section below. If we deny your appeal, you may contact the Colorado Attorney General at https://coag.gov/office-sections/consumer-protection/. Outside of those legally required contexts, our websites may not respond to all browser-level Do-Not-Track signals, as no uniform technical standard for DNT has been established.
This website may use social media plugins (e.g., the Facebook “Like” button, “Share to Twitter” button) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit our website, the operator of the social plugin can place a cookie on your computer, enabling that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our site. If you are logged into the social media website (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) while browsing on our website, the social plugins allow those social media websites to share data about your activities on our website with other users of their social media website. For example, Facebook Social Plugins allows Facebook to show your Likes and comments on our pages to your Facebook friends. Facebook Social Plugins also allows you to see your friends’ Facebook activity on our website. Invivyd does not control any of the content from the social media plugins. For more information about social plugins from other social media websites, you should refer to those sites’ privacy and data sharing statements.
We may use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) on our online services to process information about your use of our online services, for example, knowing which webpage referred you to our services, understanding which pages you visited or usage trends, providing certain features to you, and assisting with fraud prevention. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy. To prevent Google Analytics from using your information for analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on here.
Some of our online services may integrate third-party advertising technologies that allow for the delivery of relevant content and advertising on non-Invivyd services or that you use. The ads on third-party services may be based on various factors, such as the content of the page you are visiting, your searches, demographic data, and your activities on our websites and third-party services.
We neither have access to, nor does this Privacy Notice govern, the use of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be placed on your device to access the Services by non-affiliated third parties. To learn more about certain third-party trackers used for interest-based advertising, for example, through cross-device tracking, and to exercise certain choices regarding such technologies, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), Digital Advertising Alliance-Canada, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance, or your device settings if you have the DAA or other mobile app that allows you to control interest-based advertising on your device. We do not control these opt-out links or whether any particular company chooses to participate in these opt-out programs.
The opt-outs described at the links above are device- and browser-specific and may not work on all devices. If you clear cookies on your device or in your browser, you will have to go through the process of opting out again. If you choose to use any of these opt-out tools, this does not mean you will cease to see advertising. Rather, the ads you see will just not be based on your interests.
We are committed to protecting your Personal Data and ensuring it is handled lawfully, transparently, and accurately. Depending on your jurisdiction of residence or location, you may have certain rights with respect to your Personal Data. We will honor your requests in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and may need to verify your identity before responding. Please note that some rights may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.
To the extent provided under applicable law, you may contact us at any time to exercise the following rights:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails, text messages, or other marketing communications at any time by following the opt-out instructions included in the communication (for example, by clicking an unsubscribe link in an email or texting “STOP” in response to a text message).
Please note that even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send you important transactional or administrative messages, such as account updates, service notifications, program changes or expirations, product safety information, or other communications necessary to provide our services or comply with legal obligations.
You can manage cookies and similar tracking technologies through your browser settings. Browser options vary, so please consult your browser’s “Help” section for details on available controls. Where applicable, you may also opt out of certain interest-based advertising through industry programs, such as those offered by member companies of the Network Advertising Initiative (www.networkadvertising.org).
In certain circumstances, we may use automated processing, including profiling, to evaluate Personal Data for purposes such as risk assessment, fraud prevention, reporting, or recruiting. Automated decisions may be made where such processing is:
Subject to applicable legal requirements and limitations, you may request additional information about automated decision-making that applies to you, object to its use, or request that an automated decision be reviewed by a human.
To submit a privacy request or exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us at privacy@invivyd.com or using the contact details provided in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Notice.
Invivyd has implemented a data security program that contains administrative, technical and physical controls that are designed to reasonably safeguard your Personal Data from unlawful use and unauthorized disclosure. However, no system is completely secure or error-free. We do not, and cannot, guarantee the complete security of your personal information.
We retain personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Notice and to comply with legal and regulatory obligations. Retention periods vary depending on the category of data and the purpose for which it was collected. Factors we consider include: the nature and sensitivity of the data, applicable legal or regulatory retention requirements, whether a legal hold applies, and the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations. We will delete or anonymize personal data when it is no longer needed for these purposes.
This site is owned and operated by Invivyd in the United States. This site is not directed to users outside of the United States. If you are visiting this site from a country other than the United States, your communication with us will result in the transfer of data across international boundaries. The level of legal protection for Personal Data is not the same in all countries. However, we will take the security measures described in this Notice in an effort to keep your data secure.
This Notice only addresses the use and disclosure of Personal Data by Invivyd. We may provide links to outside websites or advertisements for third parties that have their own Policies regarding data collection, use and disclosure. The terms of usage and other conditions of use posted on those websites, and not the policies and procedures we described here, apply to those websites. We cannot guarantee the privacy standards of websites to which we link or be responsible for the contents of other sites. Additionally, this Privacy Notice is not intended to be applicable to any linked, non-Invivyd website. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the Policies provided by all third parties prior to providing them with data or taking advantage of an offer or promotion.
Invivyd is committed to protecting the privacy of children. This website content and services are not intended for, or designed to attract, children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Data of anyone under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent. Certain states impose enhanced protections for minors: California and Connecticut protect minors up to age 16 from having their data sold or shared without opt-in consent; other states may impose additional consent or data-handling requirements for individuals under 18. We apply the most protective standard required by applicable law based on the user’s state of residence. We apply additional care when processing data of individuals we know or have reason to believe are minors, consistent with applicable law. No Personal Data should be submitted to Invivyd through the website by visitors who are less than 13 years old. If we learn that personal data of a child was collected without required parental or guardian consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Please contact us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below to make us aware of Personal Data that we process about a Minor without consent. This website and its content are intended for adults and are not directed at, designed to attract, or targeted to children. Invivyd does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose Personal Data from children without verifiable parental or guardian consent.
Invivyd may, at any time, revise this Privacy Notice by updating this posting. If we make revisions to this Privacy Notice, we will update the date of this Privacy Notice. We will continue to use and/or disclose Personal Data in accordance with the version of this Notice that was in effect at the time the Personal Data was collected, unless you have agreed to have an updated version of the Privacy Notice apply to the Personal Data collected while a prior version of our Privacy Notice was in force.
You understand and agree that your continued use of the Site on and/or after the effective date means that the collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Data is subject to the updated Notice.
Except to the extent we receive your authorization or as permitted or required by applicable law, we will handle your data in accordance with the terms of the Notice in effect at the time of the collection.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Notice is governed by the internal substantive laws of the laws of the State of Connecticut, without regard to its conflict of laws principles, except where superseded by applicable state or federal privacy law. Nothing in this Notice limits or waives any rights you may have under the privacy laws of the state in which you reside. If any provision of this Notice is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Notice, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Any portions of this Notice are void to the extent they are prohibited by applicable law.
We do not unlawfully discriminate against individuals for exercising their privacy rights. Please contact us if you have any questions or comments about our privacy practices, your privacy choices, or this Notice. You can always reach us by e-mail or telephone at privacy@invivyd.com, or +1 781-819-0080. You may contact us to update or correct your Personal Data that you provided to us through the Site.
If you choose to contact us via mail at the address below, please provide your name, address, email address, and information about the communication that you do not want to receive.
Invivyd, Inc.
Attn: Chief Privacy Officer
209 Church Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Under the California Consumer privacy Act (“CCPA”), the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”), the Connecticut Data privacy Act (“CTDPA”), and the Nebraska Data Privacy Act (“NDPA”), residents in each of these respective states are provided with additional rights regarding use of their Personal Information subject to certain limitations such as (a) exceptions permitted by applicable law and (b) verification of your identity.
This Section provides additional terms that apply to residents of California, Texas, Connecticut, and Nebraska. In the event of a conflict between this Section and the remainder of this Privacy Statement (“Statement”), this Section shall take precedence for California, Texas, Connecticut, and Nebraska residents. In this section only, any capitalized terms not defined in this Statement have the meanings set forth in the CCPA, TDPSA, NDPA, and the CTDPA.
California, Texas, Connecticut, and Nebraska residents may exercise the following rights regarding their Personal Information:
California residents may direct us not to sell or share your Personal Information at any time. Texas, Nebraska, and Connecticut residents may direct us to cease processing their Personal Information for targeted advertising, selling their Personal Information, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Honoring Opt-out Preference Signals. California, Texas, and Connecticut residents may opt out of third-party Cookies on the Invivyd Website by sending an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) on the browsers or extensions that support such a signal. To download and use a browser supporting the GPC browser signal, click here: globalprivacycontrol.org/orgs.
If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser you use.
You may also submit an opt-out request by:
You may appoint an authorized agent to submit a request to opt out on your Personal Information. If you choose to use an authorized agent, the authorized agent must provide signed permission from you to that the authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if we do not have proof that they are authorized by you to act on your behalf.
California residents have the right to access any of the following which occurred in the prior 12-month period: (a) the categories of Personal Information we collected from you, (b) the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected, (c) the business or commercial purpose for collecting your Personal Information, (d) the categories of third parties with whom we shared your Personal Information, and (e) the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected from you.
Texas, Nebraska, and Connecticut residents have the right to confirm whether we are processing your Personal Information and to access such Personal Information.
You have a right to request that we delete Personal Information we collected from you. We will comply with such requests, and direct our service providers to do the same, subject to certain exceptions permitted by applicable law.
You have a right to request that we correct your inaccurate Personal Information. If you request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information about you, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct it. If necessary, we may ask that you provide documentation showing that the information we retained is inaccurate.
You may request a copy of the Personal Information you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
How to Exercise Your Rights of Access, Deletion, Correction and Portability. To exercise your rights described in this Section, you may submit your request to us by contacting us at any of the following:
Verifiable Consumer Request. In order to verify your request to exercise your rights, except for the right to opt out, you must provide sufficient information to allow us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information. You must describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to your request.
When we receive your request to exercise your rights: (a) we will acknowledge receipt of your request; (b) we will try to match the information you provide in making the request with information we already maintain; (c) if required to verify your identity, we may ask you to provide additional information, including Personal Information; (d) we will consider various factors when determining how to verify your identity, such as the sensitivity and value of the data, the risk of harm, and the likelihood of fraud.
We will only use the Personal Information we collect during the verification process for the purpose of verifying your identity. If you maintain an account with us, we may use that account to respond to your request and/or verify your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity as required by applicable laws and regulations, we will decline to comply with your request, and let you know why.
When We Will Respond. We will try to respond to your request to exercise your privacy rights within 45 days. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period. For California residents, any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide you with that Personal Information. We may charge a fee to process or respond to your request if it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.
Who May Exercise Your Rights? You may only make a request to exercise your rights on behalf of yourself. A parent or legal guardian may make a request on behalf of his or her child.
Texas, Nebraska, and Connecticut residents may submit a request to opt out through an authorized agent. California residents have the right to submit any privacy right request through an authorized agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf to exercise your rights by doing the following: (1) provide the authorized agent written permission to do so; and (2) verify your identity. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if we do not have proof that they are authorized by you to act on your behalf. We will not require authorized agents to verify your identity to effectuate an opt-out request. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if we do not have proof that they are authorized by you to act on your behalf.
Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for requesting to exercise any of your privacy rights.
Shine the Light. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to privacy@invivyd.com or write to us at: Invivyd Inc., 209 Church St New Haven, CT 06510.
Right to Seek an Appeal. If you disagree with our refusal to take action on your request to exercise your privacy rights, you have the right to ask us to reconsider. You must submit your request within 60 days of your receipt of our denial. You may submit your request to us by:
Appeal Timeframe. Once we receive your request, we will acknowledge and start processing your request. Within 60 days of receiving your request, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to your request, including a written explanation of the reasons for our decision.
This Notice is written to comply with the provisions of all applicable privacy laws and regulations as well as Invivyd corporate policies and procedures.