SciVitae Ventures is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and respect. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit www.scivitae.ca (the “Website”).

01. About SciVitae Ventures

SciVitae Ventures (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Canadian-based life sciences consultancy providing fractional operational, strategic, commercial, and marketing leadership services. We are the data controller responsible for the personal information collected through this Website.

This Website is operated as an informational resource. The primary means by which visitors provide personal information to us is through the contact form.

02. Information We Collect

We collect two categories of information through this Website:

A. Information You Provide Directly

When you complete and submit the contact form, you may provide:

• Your name
• Your email address
• Your organization or company name (if provided)
• The content of your message or inquiry

You are under no obligation to provide this information. Doing so is entirely voluntary and constitutes your consent for us to respond to your inquiry.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain technical data is collected automatically through cookies and tracking technologies, including:

• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type and version
• Device type and operating system
• Pages visited, time spent, and navigation paths
• Referring URL (the page that linked you to our Website)
• Date and time of your visit

03. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to understand how visitors use our Website and to improve your experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.

We use Google Tag Manager to manage and deploy tracking tags on the Website. Google Tag Manager may load tools such as Google Analytics. Please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy for further details on how Google processes data.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences: You may accept or decline non-essential cookies using the cookie consent banner displayed when you first visit our Website. You can update your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in our website footer. Most browsers also allow you to refuse or delete cookies through your browser settings.

04. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries — information submitted via the contact form is used solely to respond to your message and to follow up regarding your interest in our services.
• To analyze Website performance — aggregated, anonymized analytics data helps us understand how the Website is used and where we can improve it.
• To comply with legal obligations — we may process or retain information as required by applicable Canadian law.

We do not use your contact form submissions for unsolicited marketing communications without your express consent.

05. Legal Basis & Canadian Privacy Law

SciVitae Ventures operates in Canada and is subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation.

We collect and process your personal information on the following legal grounds:

• Consent — by submitting the contact form, you consent to us using your information to respond to your inquiry. By accepting cookies, you consent to the collection of analytics and tracking data.
• Legitimate interests — we have a legitimate interest in understanding how visitors use our Website in order to improve it, provided this does not override your privacy rights.

Quebec Residents — Law 25 (Act 25 / Bill 64)

If you are a resident of Quebec, your personal information is also protected under Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, as modernized by Law 25 (formerly Bill 64). In addition to the rights described in Section 8, Quebec residents have the following specific rights:

• Right to data portability — you may request that we provide your personal information in a structured, commonly used technological format so that it can be communicated to another organization.
• Right to de-indexation — you may request that we cease disseminating your personal information or de-index any hyperlink attached to your name if such dissemination causes you harm or is contrary to law.
• Explicit and informed consent — we will obtain your consent before collecting personal information that is not necessary to the stated purpose, and such consent may be withdrawn at any time.
• Privacy by default — only the minimum amount of personal information necessary for the stated purpose will be collected. Privacy-protective settings are the default on our Website.
• Automated decision-making — we do not use automated processing of your personal information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

To exercise your rights under Law 25, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details in Section 10. We will respond to your request within 30 days as required under applicable Quebec law.

06. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information with:

• Service providers — third-party vendors who assist us in operating the Website (e.g., our website hosting provider, analytics platforms such as Google Analytics). These parties are contractually obligated to protect your information and may only use it for the purposes we specify.
• Legal authorities — if required to do so by law, court order, or other governmental or legal process.

Some of our third-party service providers (including Google) may store or process data outside of Canada. We take reasonable steps to ensure such transfers are handled with appropriate safeguards.

07. Data Retention

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information with:

Legal authorities — if required to do so by law, court order, or other governmental or legal process.

Service providers — third-party vendors who assist us in operating the Website (e.g., our website hosting provider, analytics platforms such as Google Analytics). These parties are contractually obligated to protect your information and may only use it for the purposes we specify.

08. Your Privacy Rights

Under Canadian privacy law, you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction — request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Withdrawal of consent — withdraw your consent to processing at any time (subject to legal or contractual restrictions).
• Erasure — request that we delete your personal information where there is no longer a legitimate reason to retain it.

Quebec residents have additional rights under Law 25, including data portability and de-indexation — please refer to Section 5 for full details.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Privacy Officer using the details in Section 10. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

09. Security & Data Breach Notification

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we hold against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

In the event of a data breach that poses a real risk of significant harm to affected individuals, we will:

• Notify affected individuals within 72 hours of discovering the breach, where it is reasonably possible to do so, by direct communication (e.g., email) or, where direct contact is not possible, by prominent public notice.
• Report the breach to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada as required under PIPEDA, and to the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) for breaches affecting Quebec residents, as required under Law 25.
• Maintain a record of all breaches, including those that do not meet the threshold for notification, as required by law.

If you believe your personal information held by SciVitae Ventures has been compromised, please contact us immediately using the details in Section 10.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or have a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer:

SciVitae Ventures
Attn: Privacy Officer
713067 1st Line EHS
Mono, ON  L9W 5S9
Canada

Web: www.scivitae.ca/contact-us

We will respond to all privacy requests within 30 days of receipt.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the applicable privacy regulator:

Quebec residents: Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec (CAI) — www.cai.gouv.qc.ca

Federal (all Canadian residents): Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada — www.priv.gc.ca

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable law. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.