Genetics & IVF Institute

Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Genetics & IVF Institute, Inc.  (“GIVF”, ”us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://givf.com website (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Site.  By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. 

Scope

GIVF is a non-clinical entity that owns and operates a family of companies in the reproductive services industry. This Privacy Policy applies only to givf.com and does not apply to any of our associated companies, which each have their own websites and privacy practices. 

Information Collection and Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your email address, name, phone number, other information.

We collect this information for the purpose of identifying you and responding to your inquiries. 

Tracking

As with most websites, we may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site. This information may include data like your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, which pages of our Site you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

We also use cookies and other technologies to collect information about you and to improve our website.  A cookie is a small piece of information sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer or other device.  You can instruct your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to refuse all cookies. The “Help” feature on your browser will provide further information on that functionality. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use all functionality of our Site.

In addition, we may use the services of a third party such as Google Analytics that collects, monitors and analyzes this type of information in order to increase our Site’s functionality. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

Sharing of Information

We share information collected by our Site with third parties as permitted by law and as authorized by you. We may share your information with third parties that provide services to us related to this Site. Those third parties have access to your personal information only to perform the specific tasks for which we have contracted with them and we restrict them from using your personal information for any other purpose.

Compliance With Laws

We disclose personal information about you if necessary to comply with an authorized civil, criminal, or regulatory investigation. We reserve the right to release personal information or other information about users who we believe are engaged in illegal activities even without a subpoena, warrant, or court order, if we believe that such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate our Site or to protect our rights or property, or that of our affiliates, or our officers, directors, employees, agents, third-party content providers, suppliers, sponsors, or licensors. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities we reasonably believe to be unlawful. If we are legally compelled to disclose information about you to a third party, we will attempt to notify you by sending an email to the email address in our records unless doing so would violate the law or unless you have not provided your email address to us.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the security of the personal information we have collected from you.

Applicable Law

GIVF is based in the United States of America and our Site is primarily directed to visitors located in the United States.  Our collection and use of your personal information is subject to applicable United States privacy laws.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including Personal Information, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you must not provide your personal information. We do not knowingly collect personal information from any person under the age of 18.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 27, 2022 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the GIVF Privacy Officer, 3015 Williams Drive, Fairfax, VA 22031.