Effective Date: December 15, 2023
Sight Sciences, Inc. (“Sight Sciences“, “us“, “we” or “our“) respects your privacy and are committed to protecting your rights. The Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information we collect, how we store and handle your Personal Information:
“Personal Information” is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘Data Subject’ or ‘Individual’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an 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 natural person.
Information You Provide to Us
We may collect, use, retain, and/or process several types of Personal Information from you, such as:
Information We Collect From Other Sources
We may combine the information we receive about you and use or disclose it in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect Automatically When You Access or Use the Sites; Tracking
We collect certain information, associated with online identifiers when you visit our Sites. We automatically collect technical information about your online interaction and device such as the browser type and language, device operating system and Internet Protocol (IP) Address used to connect your device to the internet and from which we can derive your device country location by reference to the IP. This information is associated with information about your browser page requests as well as dates, times and duration of your use of our Sites. Collecting and tracking this type of information helps us better understand the use and effectiveness of our Sites and is in an aggregated form that is not directly associated by us with any specific named individual information. Subject to compliance with applicable law (see below regarding use of Personal Information), we may use or disclose such aggregated information for any purpose.
Sight Sciences and its third-party service providers use a variety of automatic detection tools such as cookies and similar technologies including embedded web links, pixel tags, flash cookies, and/or web beacons (collectively ‘cookies’) to passively collect certain information about your use of and visits to our Sites. Cookies typically involve pieces of information or code transferred to or accessed from your device to store and track information about the interaction of your device with online content. Cookies enable you to be remembered when using your device to interact with our Sites and can be used to understand how certain Site features are used and to manage the presentation of online features and content. For information about cookies and similar other technologies, what they do, and how to disable the non- necessary ones, please refer to our full Cookie Policy.
Our use of your Personal Information
We may use Personal Information we collect or that you provide to us for purposes, such as:
Security
We employ several technical, organizational, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information.
How Long We Keep Personal Information
It is our policy and process to keep your Personal Information only for as long as it is warranted to adhere to our terms, conditions, and commitments to you, carry out legitimate interests of the business, and identify, comply to and resolve any legal or regulatory requirements.
Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties
To the extent consistent with applicable law, we will share your Personal Information in the following circumstances:
International Transfers of Personal Information
We are a US company and the data that we collect from you from our Sites or in connection with our Services will be stored in the USA which (if you are located in another country) may not have equivalent Data Protection Laws to those of your home jurisdiction.
To the extent we receive or make transfers of Personal Information we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is subject to appropriate safeguards, such as relying where appropriate, on any applicable recognized legal adequacy mechanism and ensuring that Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you would like or more detail about how we protect your Personal Information when we transfer it, please contact us using the information found below.
Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Sites may contain links or references to third-party owned or operated websites or online services. Sight Sciences is not responsible for the collection of personal information or the security or privacy of any such third-party sites or services. Likewise, Sight Sciences is not responsible for the collection, usage, and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any information you disclose to such other organizations through or in connection with our social media pages, any mobile sites, applications, widgets, and other mobile interactive features. We encourage you to review the privacy statements posted on the websites you visit.
This section describes the rights of California residents in respect to their Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in California Assembly Bill 375 (the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 or “CCPA”) but does not include information exempted from the scope of the CCPA.
Your California Privacy Rights.
As a California resident, the CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.
Sight Sciences does not “sell” your Personal Information, as defined in the CCPA, or share Personal Information with third parties for commercial or direct marketing purposes. As we explain in this Privacy Policy, we use cookies and other tracking tools to analyze website traffic and facilitate advertising and the provision of Services. Please refer to other sections of this Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy for more information.
Here is a summary of how we currently collect, use and share personal information, and how we have collected, used and shared the information in the preceding 12 months:
Categories of Information | Descriptions | Method of Collection | Business or Commercial Purposes |
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Identifiers | This category includes a real name, alias, phone number, postal address, email address, Internet Protocol Address, Account Name, or other similar identifiers that can identify a user, family or device | This information is not collected unless voluntarily provided by you through the Sites or through our provision of the Services. | Providing information or services you requested to respond in our legitimate interest to requests, inquiries and feedback we receive from you or your company or organization. |
Commercial Information | Records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming history | This information is not collected unless voluntarily provided by you through the Sites or through our provision of the Services. | Providing information or services you requested to respond in our legitimate interest to requests, inquiries and feedback we receive from you or your company or organization. |
Customer Records (California Customer Records Statute Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). | This category includes a name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. | This information is not collected unless voluntarily provided by you through the Sites or through our provision of the Services. | Communicating with you for any purpose outlined in the “Our use of your Personal Information” Above. |
Internet Activity | Internet Protocol Address, Other Device specific information (i.e. OS, Device Type), General Location data, Web Browsing Information | The Sites collect user browsing history, search history, and information on your interactions with the Sites. This information may be collected from observing your actions on our Sites. | To analyze the use of our Sites and Services to understand in our legitimate interests (or with your consent where we use certain cookies), how we can improve our Sites and Services. |
Geolocation Data | Physical location | This information may be collected from observing your actions on our Sites or if this information is voluntarily provided by you through the Sites. | To analyze the use of our Sites and Services to understand in our legitimate interests (or with your consent where we use certain cookies), how we can improve our Sites and Services. |
Professional or Employment Related Information | This category includes information like contact information, background check information, educational history, current or past job history and qualifications or performance evaluations, equal opportunity, and equal opportunity information. | This information is not collected unless voluntarily provided by you through the Sites. | Please see Sight Sciences U.S. Job Applicant Privacy Notice, accessible here https://ssi.onl/ApplicantPrivacy , for more information. |
Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | This category includes characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law like race, national origin, religion, gender or sexual orientation. | This information is not collected unless voluntarily provided by you through the Sites. | Please see Sight Sciences U.S. Job Applicant Privacy Notice, accessible here https://ssi.onl/ApplicantPrivacy , for more information. |
California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding Sight Sciences’ disclosure of certain categories of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year.
You may request that we limit or delete the Personal Information that we have collected, use, and/or retain by contacting the Legal Department (see “How to Contact Us” below).
You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discriminatory treatment from Sight Sciences for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA, including any discrimination in the form of legally prohibited increases in the price or decreases in the quality of our Services.
How to Exercise Your Rights
You may exercise your California privacy rights to know or delete, as described above, by contacting us as specified in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Policy.
Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or delete related to your personal information. We reserve the right to confirm your identity and California residency to process your requests to exercise your information, access or deletion rights. As a part of this process, government identification may be required. Consistent with California law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must provide a valid power of attorney, the requester’s validate government- issued identification, and the authorized agent’s valid government issued identification. We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.
This section describes the rights of European residents in respect to their Personal Data. For purposes of this section, “Personal Data” has the meaning given in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018, the German Act on Data Protection, and other applicable law based on your locality but does not include information exempted from the scope of the referenced laws.
Your European Privacy Rights
As a European resident, you have the rights listed below. However, these rights are not absolute, and in
certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.
How to Exercise Your Rights
You may exercise your European privacy rights by submitting a request through Sight Sciences’ online request form found at http://ssi.onl/PrivacyRightRequest.
We prefer to resolve your questions, complaints, and requests about how we handle Personal Information directly; however, if your request or concern is not satisfactorily resolved by us, you may approach the relevant data protection authority
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we update this Privacy Policy, we will note the date of its most recent revision above and all such changes are effective immediately upon posting a revised revision of this Privacy Policy on the Website. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and regulations. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). You are responsible for ensuring we have up-to-date contact information (if you have previously submitted contact information) and for periodically visiting our website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
How to Contact Us
To update your preferences, review or update your information, submit a request, raise any issues regarding the processing of your Personal Information or raise any questions, comments, or concerns about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
SIGHT SCIENCES, INC.
Attn: Legal Department
4040 Campbell Avenue, Suite 100
Menlo Park, CA 924025
Telephone: (877) 266-1144
Fax: (650) 352-4401
Email: Privacy@Sightsciences.com