Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on October 16, 2015.

Our Policy

Welcome to the website (the “Website”) of Aptinyx Inc. (“Aptinyx”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”). This Website is operated by Aptinyx and has been created to provide information about our company and its products and services (the “Aptinyx Services”) to our Website visitors (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy sets forth Aptinyx’ policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”) and other information that is collected from Website visitors.

Please take a few minutes to review this Privacy Policy before using our website. By using this website you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you consent to the collection and use of information in the manner described below. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy, please exit and do not use our website.

Information We Collect

When you interact with us through the Website, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

Personal Data That You Provide Through the Website: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with inquiries or when you respond to an employment posting. In some instances, Aptinyx may need additional Personal Information in order to process or fulfill your request or employment inquiry. The decision to provide the additional information rests with you.

By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to this Website, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Aptinyx and the authorized third parties referred to herein.

Other Information

Non-Identifiable Data: When you interact with Aptinyx through the Website, we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be used to specifically identify you. Aptinyx may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Aptinyx affiliates, agents or service providers. This Website may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Website, the number of visitors to each page of our Website, and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process.

In operating this Website, we may use a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Website gives to your browser when you access the Website. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Website and help us analyze Website usage more accurately. For instance, our Website may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Website without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Website. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Website’s features.

In addition, this Website may enable the use of the Adobe Flash Player. Adobe’s Flash Player is used by the vast majority of websites that offer video and other interactive content. By default, your use of the Adobe Flash Player generates “flash cookies” (also known as “persistent identification elements” or “local 2 shared objects”). The Adobe Flash Player (and similar applications) use flash cookies to remember user settings, preferences and usage similar to the browser cookies referenced above. You can disable, delete and control the degree to which you accept flash cookies by accessing your Adobe Flash Player management tools directly through the settings manager for Adobe Flash. If you do not allow flash cookies to take any disc space on your computer, you may not be able to take advantage of or participate in certain features on this Website.

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google. Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of www.Aptinyx.com, to prepare reports on its activities and to share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal data collected through Google Analytics includes cookie and usage data. The Google site can be referenced for more information on Google Analytics, including Google’s privacy policy.

Aggregated Personal Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Aptinyx Services, Aptinyx may conduct research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Aptinyx may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Aptinyx may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Aptinyx uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by e-mail, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Aptinyx Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. Aptinyx may also use your Personal Data and other personally nonidentifiable information collected through the Website to help us improve the content and functionality of the Website, to better understand our users and to improve the Aptinyx Services. Aptinyx and its affiliates may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to “opt-out” of receiving future communications. In addition, if at any time you wish not to receive any future communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below.

If Aptinyx intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.

Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Aptinyx is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.

Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: Aptinyx, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.

Legal Requirements: Aptinyx may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Aptinyx, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Aptinyx other than Personal Data collected through the Website. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Aptinyx through this Website or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Website, such as bulletin boards (collectively, “Public Areas”), any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Aptinyx shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.

Children

Aptinyx does not knowingly collect Personal Data through the Website from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Website. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this Website without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Aptinyx through this Website, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Links to Other Websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Website. This Website may contain links to other web sites not operated or controlled by Aptinyx (the “Third Party Websites”). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third Party Websites. The links from this Website do not imply that Aptinyx endorses or has reviewed the Third Party Websites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Security

Aptinyx takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Website from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Website may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to Aptinyx via the Internet.

Other Terms and Conditions

Your access to and use of this Website is subject to the Terms of Use which can be accessed through the “Terms of Use” link on the Aptinyx website.

Changes to Aptinyx’ Privacy Policy

The Website and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Aptinyx to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Aptinyx reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Website after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Aptinyx’ Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Website.

You may contact us as follows: Corporate@aptinyx.com