Meadowhawk Biolabs, Inc.

Privacy Policy

Effective as of: 03/01/22

This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Meadowhawk Biolabs, Inc. (“Meadowhawk”, “we”, “us” or “our”) in connection with the https://meadowhawkbiol.wpengine.com website, any section thereof and any other website that we own or which posts to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Sites”), and the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their personal information. 

Apart from our employment candidate personal information collection activities, our Sites, products, and services are designed for businesses and their representatives and is not intended for personal or household use. Accordingly, other than for employment candidates, we treat all personal data we collect as pertaining to individuals in their business capacity and not their individual capacity.

Meadowhawk may provide additional or supplemental privacy policies to individuals for specific products or services that we offer at the time we collect personal information. These supplemental privacy policies will govern how we may process the information in the context of the specific product or service. For example, we may provide a separate Employment Candidate Privacy Notice to individuals who submit their personal information in connection with an Meadowhawk employment application.

Personal Information We Collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you provide to us through the Sites or otherwise may include:

  • Contact information, such as your first and last name and email address.
  • Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback or otherwise correspond with us online.
  • Marketing information, such as when you sign up for our mailing list and details about how you engage with our communications.
  • Other information you provide to us (such as in emails, on phone calls, in market research surveys or in other correspondence with Meadowhawk or its service providers or business partners).

Information we obtain from social media platforms. We may maintain pages for Meadowhawk on social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Google, and other third party platforms. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means

We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and activity occurring on or through the Sites, including but not limited to: 

  • Your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, device identifier (such as the Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising), browser type, screen resolution, IP address, the website you visited before browsing to our Sites, and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
  • Information about your use of and actions on the Sites, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, length of access, and other personal information. Our service providers and business partners may collect this type of information over time and across third-party websites and mobile applications.

On our webpages, this information is collected using cookies, browser web storage (also known as locally stored objects or “LSOs”), web beacons, and similar technologies, and our emails may also contain web beacons.

A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor‘s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. Browser web storage or LSOs are used for similar purposes as cookies. Browser web storage enables the storage of a larger amount of data than cookies. A “web beacon,” also known as a pixel tag or clear GIF, is typically used to demonstrate that a webpage was accessed or that certain content was viewed, typically to measure the success of our marketing campaigns or engagement with our emails and to compile statistics about usage of our Sites.

Web browsers may offer users of our Sites the ability to disable receiving certain types of cookies; however, if cookies are disabled, some features or functionality of our Sites may not function correctly.

Job Applicants

When you visit the careers portion of our Sites, we collect the information that you provide to us in connection with your job application. This includes business and personal contact information, professional credentials and skills, educational and work history, and other information of the type that may be included in a resume. We use this information to facilitate our recruitment activities and process employment applications, such as by evaluating a job candidate for an employment activity, and monitoring recruitment statistics. We may also use this information to operate our Sites, to communicate with you, to comply with law, and as otherwise necessary for compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes. 

For additional information, please review our Candidate Privacy Notice.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

To operate the Sites. We use your personal information to:

  • provide, operate and improve the Sites;
  • provide information about our products and services;
  • communicate with you about our services, including by sending you announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Sites and our communications;
  • provide support and maintenance for the Sites; and
  • respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

For research and development. We analyze use of the Sites to improve the Sites and to develop new products and services.

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may send you Meadowhawk-related marketing communications as permitted by law. You will have the ability to opt-out of our marketing and promotional communications as described in the Opt out of marketing communications section below.

For compliance, fraud prevention, and safety. We may use your personal information and disclose it to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties as we believe necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims); (b) enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Sites; (c) protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity; and (d) comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law. 

To create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data. We may create anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data from your personal information and other individuals whose personal information we collect. We make personal information into anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the service and promote our business. 

How We Share your Personal Information

We may share your personal information in the following circumstances or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

Service providers. We may share your personal information with third party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Sites (such as hosting, analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services).

Professional advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

For compliance, fraud prevention and safety. We may share your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention and safety purposes described above.

Business transfers. We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business transaction (or potential business transaction) such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.

Your Choices

In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.

Opt out of marketing communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email or by contacting us at [email protected]. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.

Cookies & Browser Web Storage. We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Sites and third party websites. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Sites may not work properly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear your browser web storage.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information or where we need your personal information in order to provide services to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will tell you what information you must provide to receive services by designating it as required at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.

Other Sites and Services

The Sites may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third party websites, mobile applications or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites, mobile applications and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security Practices

The security of your personal information is important to us. We employ a number of organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International Data Transfers

We are headquartered in the United States and may have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province or country. 

Children

The Sites are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, anyone under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us. We will delete such information from our files as soon as reasonably practicable. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, your notice thereof will be our updating the date and content of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Sites. We may, and if required by law will, also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via e-mail (if you have an account where we have your contact information) or another manner through the Sites.

Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Sites (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Sites after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us

Please direct any questions or comments about this Policy or privacy practices to [email protected]. You may also write to us via postal mail at:
Meadowhawk Biolabs, Inc.
Attn: Legal – Privacy
33 Locke Drive, 1st Floor
Marlborough, MA 01752

Meadowhawk Biolabs, Inc.

Privacy Notice for Candidates

Effective as of: 03/01/22

1. Introduction

This notice (“Notice”) describes the categories of personal information that Meadowhawk Biolabs, Inc. (“Meadowhawk”, “we”, “us” and “our”) collects about individuals who apply or are recruited for a job with us (“candidates”), and the purposes for which we use that information.

This Notice applies to the careers website that we maintain at https://meadowhawkbiol.wpengine.com/careers/ and to any other website that we own and control and to which this Notice is posted (collectively, the “Careers Site”).

Our Careers Site is only intended for individual candidates. We do not accept unsolicited CVs, resumes or applications from staffing and recruiting agencies. Meadowhawk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs, resumes or applications and explicitly reserves its right to contact candidates presented by such unsolicited CV, resume or application without any obligation to the third-party referrer.

This Notice does not create or form part of any contract for employment or otherwise.

If you have questions about this Notice, please contact [email protected].

Information we collect about candidates

Categories of personal information

The categories of personal information we may collect and process during the application and recruitment process include:

  • Contact information, such as home address, telephone number, and email address;
  • Information from job application materials or recruiters, such as your job application, resume or CV, cover letter, writing samples, references, work history, education transcripts, whether you are subject to prior employer obligations, and information that referrers provide about you;
  • Professional qualifications, such as licenses, permits, memberships, and certifications;
  • Information from the application process, such as any phone/video-screens, interviews, evaluations and outcomes of recruiting exercises;
  • Immigration status and other information that would allow us to verify your employment eligibility;
  • Biographical information, such as name, gender, date of birth, professional history, references, language proficiencies, education details, and information you make publicly available through job search or career networking sites;
  • Job preferences, such as desired position and compensation, location preferences and willingness to relocate;
  • Employment history;
  • Background check information, such as information necessary to complete background, credit, drug/alcohol, criminal history and/or other checks permitted by law, and information received during these checks;
  • Information needed to understand and assess accommodation requests regarding potential disabilities or other health conditions;
  • Medical information if you meet with us in-person, such as your body temperature, health symptoms and other screening information in connection with Meadowhawk’s health and safety plans and protocols, including screening required to access Meadowhawk offices/facilities and other measures designed to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 or other infectious diseases; and
  • Other information you provide to us.

Providing personal information to us is voluntary. However, if you do not provide sufficient information, we may be unable to consider your application or, if you are hired, your subsequent promotion, transfer or relocation. 

In certain cases we may ask you for additional information for purposes of complying with applicable laws. We may also inquire about criminal records. We will do so only where permitted by applicable law. 

Sources of personal information

We collect personal information from you when you apply for a job and throughout the job application or recruitment process. We may also collect your personal information from other sources and combine it with the personal information you provide us. For example, we may collect your personal information from:

  • Job board websites you may use to apply for a job with us;
  • Prior employers that provide us with employment references;
  • Professional references that you authorize us to contact;
  • Pre-employment screening services, such as background check providers (where permitted by law);
  • Employment agencies and recruiters;
  • Your educational institutions;
  • Your public social media profile or other publicly available sources;
  • Online activity information that we and our service providers collect using server logs, “cookies” and similar technologies on the Careers Site. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information; and
  • Other Meadowhawk personnel.

How we use personal information about candidates

Purposes for which we use personal information

We may use the categories of personal information above for the following purposes:

  • Recruitment management. Managing recruitment generally, such as:
    • operating the Careers Site;
    • recruiting, interviewing and evaluating job candidates;
    • conducting background checks and other pre-employment screening (where permitted by law);
    • analyzing and improving our application and recruitment processes;
    • accommodating disabilities or health conditions;
    • communicating with you regarding your candidacy, opportunities with Meadowhawk or about the Careers Site and any changes to applicable terms or policies; and
    • other business operations.
  • Compliance, safety and fraud prevention, such as:
    • complying with or monitoring compliance with legal and other requirements, such as reporting and equal opportunities monitoring requirements, where applicable;
    • complying with internal policies and procedures;
    • complying with lawful requests and legal process, such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
    • protecting our, your or others’ rights, safety and property, including by complying with applicable public health guidelines and requirements, including, without limitation, guidance from the Centers for Disease Control or other public health authorities relating to the prevention and control of COVID-19 or other infectious diseases;
    • investigating and deterring against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity or conduct in violation of our policies or procedures;
    • controlling access to and monitoring our physical premises (e.g., by requiring health screenings to access offices/facilities); and
    • sharing information with government authorities, law enforcement, courts or private parties where we have a good-faith belief it is necessary for the foregoing purposes.
  • Analytics. Creating anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data that we use and share to analyze our application and recruitment activities, business and for other lawful business purposes.

Sharing personal information

We may share your personal information with other parties as necessary for the purposes described above. For example, we may share your personal information with:

  • Meadowhawk service providers. Companies that provide us with services that help us manage the recruiting process and operate our business, such as job boards, recruiters, interviewing and testing, pre-employment screening, interview travel booking and expense reimbursement (where applicable), relocation (where applicable), and recruitment analytics.
  • Government authorities, law enforcement and others. Government authorities, law enforcement, courts, and others as described in the compliance, safety and fraud prevention section above.
  • Business transfers. Parties to transactions and potential transactions whereby we sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.
  • Professional advisors. Lawyers, immigration advisors, and other outside professional advisors.
  • Customers and business partners. Customers, other companies and individuals with whom Meadowhawk does business or is exploring a business relationship.

Other information about this Notice

Third parties

This Notice does not address, and we are not responsible for, the practices of any third parties, which have their own rules for how they collect and use your personal information. Our links to third party websites or services are not endorsements.

Changes to this Notice

We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. The “Effective Date” heading at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised notice on our Careers Site.

Children

The Careers Site is not intended for minors under the age of 18.**

Qualified

This Notice is qualified in its entirety by the Meadowhawk Privacy Policy.

Your obligations

Among other obligations, including without limitation the obligation to provide complete and accurate information in recruiting documents and processes, it is your responsibility to ensure that information you submit does not violate any third party’s rights.

You should keep your personal information on file with Meadowhawk up to date and inform us of any significant changes to it.