This notice describes how and why we collect, store, transfer, share or otherwise process your personal information and explains your privacy rights.

The protection and security of personal data is of paramount importance to Sigma Implants Ltd. We collect and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws and regulations, including the GDPR (EU Data Protection Regulation).

When using the name “Sigma Implants”, we mean Sigma Implants Ltd.

We also use the term “website” in relation to www.sigma-aligners.com owned by Sigma Implants Ltd.

We collect information about you when you visit our website or use our services, including the following:

1. When you visit our website

When you visit our website, we store some information about your device, such as browser type and version, information about the operating system used, referrer URL category, host name of the accessing terminal, date and time of the server request, IP address. The processing of such data is technically necessary for the analysis and promotion of the site, as well as in order to ensure the security of the system. It is in our interest and yours to keep the website secure and working properly, so we use our legitimate (legitimate) interest for this processing.

2. When you contact us

When you contact us via email or the contact form on the website, we collect your name and contact information, details of your company and job title, and information that you provided to us in the context of your request. Please do not provide us with any sensitive data or documents concerning you or anyone else unless we have requested it. We collect and process such information for the purpose of answering your questions and providing appropriate service, therefore the legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract.

3. When you subscribe to our newsletters (mailings)

To receive our newsletters, you must provide your name and contact details, as well as information about your country of residence. We use the performance of a contract as the legal basis for this processing, as the purpose is to fulfill your request to receive our publications.

You have the right to change your preferences for newsletters at any time by unsubscribing from them. Please note that blocking cookies by your browser may affect your ability to unsubscribe from newsletters.

4. Offline and online marketing

Once you have contacted us, we may inform you about our dental products and services. We may also conduct customer analysis, which may include a combination of the data we collect from you online and offline, to provide you with a personalized offer or information.

Such activities are considered direct marketing. In this case, we use our legitimate (legitimate) interest as the legal basis for processing your personal data.

5. When you register on our website and place an order

All personal data the users leave in this website shall be processed only with their consent and following the course of action envisaged by personal data protection legislation. Personal data collection and processing aims at provision of services related to producing and sales of tailored dental supplies.

Collection of personal information of two types of users shall take place via the website:

а) patients whose data that contains personal details is provided via it for the sake of service provision

b) doctors who get recorded on this website in order to get services in patients’ interests and who act as joint controllers.

We process only the personal data that should be processed for the above reason, viz.

а) patients’ name, sex and date of birth, their photos, and CT/Roentgen photos of their jaws, as well as jaw scans, doctors’ comments concerning their physical state.

b) doctors’ name, legal address, and postal address, contact data, details about clinics where they are employed.

Additional data can be provided to users at their discretion or within the framework of our communication with users, in the content of the messages they send in accordance with the contact information indicated in the website as well as in attached files, but we do not request provision of any other information with no relevant grounds for that, for example, in order to avoid abuse, fraud, to prevent data breach, etc.

We realize that information containing patients’ personal details belongs to sensitive personal data categories under the GDPR. These personal data categories are handled for the legitimate purposes of healthcare service provision to patients based on their expressed consent and given all due means of protection are in place. By us, as the controller, we take all measures to preserve integrity and security of this information, it is processed following the concerns of applicable laws.

We use the following types of cookies:

● Necessary cookies. They are necessary for the user to move around the site and interact with him. They also help us make sure that the site works correctly and fix any errors, as well as make the site more convenient to navigate and personalize it for you, saving your preferences and settings.

● Analytical cookies. We use Google Analytics cookies to help us understand, for example, how long you stay on our website, which pages you find most useful and how you got to www.sigma-aligners.com. Data collected by Google Analytics may be transferred to and stored by Google on servers in various countries outside the EEA, including the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where those third parties process the information on their behalf.

You can find more information about data processing within Google Analytics here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

● Analytical cookies. These cookies are used on our website to help show you more relevant ads. Along with Google Dynamic Remarketing and DoubleClick, we use Facebook business tools, including Facebook Connect, Facebook Custom Audience and Facebook Pixel provided by Meta Platforms Inc. ("Facebook"). These are technologies that help us understand and evaluate our products and services and better find and provide services to people who use or may be interested in our products and services.

Google and Facebook use cookies to collect information when you visit or use our website. To learn more about how Facebook collects and sets cookies, please see their Data Policy and Cookie Policy. You can also use Facebook ad preferences to find out why you're seeing a particular ad and control how Facebook uses the information it collects to serve ads to you. In order to serve you better ads, Facebook uses data that advertisers and other partners report about your activity on Meta Platforms Inc. products, including websites and apps. You can control whether Facebook uses this data to serve your ads in Facebook ad settings. You can also opt out of Google's interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Settings. To learn more about Google's data collection and processing practices, please see their Privacy Policy.

● Social network cookies. These cookies allow you to share our content on Facebook. They can track your browser on other websites and create a profile of your interests. This may affect the content and messages you see on other sites you visit.

The legal basis for the processing of any personal data from cookies is your consent. You can give your consent by clicking on the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you. If you do not want to give consent or want to withdraw it, you will need to delete, block, or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the site and may prevent you from accessing some features. Here you can find information on how to manage cookie settings in the most popular browsers:

● Google Chrome

● Internet explorer

● Safari

● Firefox

You can also opt out of targeted online advertising through the appropriate options of advertising industry organizations, including:

European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA)

Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA)

Network Advertising Initiative (NAI)

We may share your personal data with external service providers, suppliers, and other partners of Sigma Implants in order to process your orders or requests. Your personal data may also be transferred to third parties providing service support to Sigma Implants, advertising agencies, Internet and IT service providers, data centers. In addition, we may also share your information with affiliates of Sigma Implants, in particular for support, processing, supply, or marketing purposes.

Our service providers, suppliers and other partners may process your personal data solely for our purposes. Any transfer of your personal data to third parties and affiliates is subject to our terms of privacy and confidentiality.

Our analytics and advertising partners Google Inc and Facebook may transfer your collected personal data to the United States of America for hosting on their servers. This transfer is completely legal, as appropriate guarantees are provided with respect to your data in accordance with Art. 45 GDPR, and Google and Facebook adhere to the framework of the EU-US Privacy Shield Program. You can find more information on this subject here.

Other service providers and vendors with whom we interact transfer your personal data outside the EEA on entirely legal grounds using Standard Contractual Clauses (Standard Contractual Clauses) or other approved data transfer mechanisms.

We may also be required to share your personal data with various financial institutions and/or enforcement or judicial authorities to comply with the law, prevent fraud, enforce an agreement we have with you, or to protect our rights, property or safety; rights, property or safety of our employees or agents.

In addition, we may disclose your personal data to third parties if: (1) you request or authorize it; (2) in case of emergencies or natural disasters; and (3) to resolve disputes, claims, claims and demonstrate the legal authority to act on your behalf.

We do not sell your personal data.

The data protection laws provide certain rights to help you control the use of your personal data. You have the following rights:

● The right to be informed about why and how we process your personal data. We hope that we have secured this right by posting this Data Protection Notice.

● The right to access your data - you have the right to ask if we process your personal data and which categories (if so), why we do it, on what legal basis, if the data is transferred outside the European Union, with whom we share data, how long we keep it. You also have the right to request a copy of the data we process. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us via info@sigma-aligners.com.

● The right to object to processing, namely direct marketing or other processing based on a legitimate (legitimate) interest.

● The right to delete your data (the right to be “forgotten”). You can exercise this right by withdrawing consent if we have no other legal basis for processing your personal data; outweighing our legitimate (legitimate) interest by your interests; no need for further processing; existing legal requirement to delete data; illegal processing. You may delete your personal data at any time by contacting us at info@sigma-aligners.com.

● Right to restriction of processing: if the personal data we process is inaccurate, if our processing is unlawful, if the data is no longer necessary for the original purpose but may still be required in legal action, or if you have objected to processing based on a legitimate (legitimate) interest and we are still at the stage of determining whether further processing is necessary.

● Right to data portability: you can claim from us your personal data that we process using automated systems or that you have provided us with consent, as well as those that were necessary for the performance of a contract.

● Right to Correction: If any of your personal information is inaccurate, you may request correction and clarification via info@sigma-aligners.com.

The right to complain to the relevant data supervisory authority if you have concerns about how we process your personal data. We would be grateful if you contact us first and give us the opportunity to resolve the issue.

Reasonable access to your personal data will be granted by contacting info@sigma-aligners.com. If access cannot be granted within a reasonable time frame, we will notify you of a date when we can provide this. If for any reason access is not possible, we will explain such reasons to you.

We take technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from arbitrary or intentional leakage, destruction, or unauthorized use. The measures are designed to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your data, as well as the continued availability and resilience of the systems and services that process it. Our security measures include encryption of your data, firewall and password protection. Our data processing and protection measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments. Please be aware that you are individually responsible for using security measures (such as anti-virus software) when visiting our website and using the services to prevent third parties from gaining control.

This Notice may change due to changes in our organization and services. We reserve the right to make changes at any time and for any reason, and without notice, other than posting an updated version of the Notice on this site. We may periodically send email reminders of this Notice and our Terms of Use and will notify you in a similar manner of material changes to them. However, you should frequently refer to our website for the most up-to-date Notice.

If you have any queries, concerns or questions related to your personal data, please contact us via info@sigma-aligners.com. Please also contact us if you feel any of our data protection practices are inconsistent with the information provided in this notice.