This Privacy Policy was last updated in March 2024.
Welcome to the web site (the “Site”) of Ascentage Pharma Group International (“Ascentage Pharma”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”). This Site is operated by Ascentage Pharma and has been created to provide information about us and to provide information about our services and products (“Services”) to our Site visitors (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy explains how Ascentage Pharma collects, stores, uses, shares, transfers, deletes and otherwise processes information collected from or about users of our Services. By accessing and/or using the Site, you are indicating your consent to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not access, or use the Site. Ascentage Pharma has multiple legal entities in different countries that may be responsible for the Personal Information (defined below) that they process, and we process Personal Information in accordance with those laws. Beyond this Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our Terms of Service.
Purpose of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information, as defined below, that Ascentage Pharma may collect or process, how we may use and disclose that Personal Information, and how you may exercise any rights you may have regarding our processing of your Personal Information.
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information that is collected or processed by us:
Ascentage Pharma may provide you with a different privacy notice in certain specific situations, in which case that privacy notice or policy will apply to the Personal Information collected or processed in that specific situation, rather than this one.
If you provide us with Personal Information related to anyone other than yourself (such as a patient or family member), please note that you are responsible for complying with all privacy and data protection laws prior to providing that information to Ascentage Pharma (including collecting consent, if required).
The Ascentage Pharma company, subsidiary, or affiliate with which you, your employer, your Healthcare Provider, or your patient is interacting or the Ascentage Pharma company, subsidiary, or affiliate that owns and operates the Product or Service is, where applicable, the entity responsible for the collection and use of your Personal Services (known in some jurisdictions as the “data controller”). A list of the data controllers can be found and contact details can be found in the Contact Us section at www.ascentage.com.
Clinical Study Candidates
We may process your Personal Information to determine whether you qualify for or would be interested in participating in a clinical trial and when you have been identified as a potential candidate for clinical studies sponsored by us.
If you are a participant in a clinical study or clinical trial, you should receive a separate privacy notice in the informed consent form regarding the Personal Information that we process for those purposes. That privacy notice will supplement this Privacy Policy regarding our processing of such Personal Information once you have signed the informed consent form.
Vendor Due Diligence
In addition to information collected through our website, during our vendor due diligence process we may obtain from vendors or other third parties personal information such as (but not limited to) the names and contact details of individuals connected with existing or prospective vendors, and other information to complete background checks and other assessments relevant to vendor compliance. We have a legitimate business interest in obtaining and processing such information, including personal information, to verify and evaluate the business practices, compliance records and membership of our vendors. Ascentage Pharma may share such information with its third-party service providers in connection with this vendor due diligence process.
International Data Transfer
Ascentage Pharma, as a global company, is committed to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal information we process and has in place mechanisms to ensure a compliant transfer of personal information. For example, Ascentage Pharma has executed Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCC”) adopted by the European Commission (or by a supervisory authority and approved by the European Commission) for the purpose of transferring personal information from the European Economic Area. EU residents whose personal information is transferred by Ascentage Pharma as controller under SCC may request a copy of such SCC from Ascentage Pharma through the contact details listed below.
Information We Collect
What is Personal Information?
Personal Information, also known as Personal Data, is any information—as electronically or otherwise recorded—that can be used to identify a person or that we can link to or associate with a specific individual, such as a name, address, email address, or telephone number. Personal Information in some countries can include information that indirectly identifies a person, even absent other identifying information.
Personal Information may include information considered sensitive in some countries, such as biometric information, genetic information, health information, financial account information, specific geolocation, ethnic or racial origin, information concerning your sex life or your sexual orientation, social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card number, passport number, and other similar information.
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the United Kingdom, “Personal Information” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
We will process any Personal Information that we collect in accordance with law and as described in this Privacy Policy (unless, as explained in this Privacy Policy, a separate policy or notice governs). In some circumstances, if you do not provide us with certain Personal Information, there may be some Services that are unavailable to you.
We may collect a variety of Personal Information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.
1. Information You Provide to Us
Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional Personal Information about you. For example, when you contact us for support, we will receive your name, email address, the contents of your message, and your phone number if you choose to provide it. If you subscribe to our marketing communications, we will receive your name and email address.
Careers. If you decide to apply for a job with us, you may submit your contact information and your resume online. We will collect the Personal Information that you choose to provide us as part of your job application, such as your contact information, education, and employment experience. If you apply for a job with us through a third-party platform (such as LinkedIn), we will collect the Personal Information that you make available to us through such third-party platform.
Sensitive Information. Unless we specifically request or invite it, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., Social Security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life or sexual orientation, criminal background, or trade union membership, or biometric or genetic data for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.
2. Information We Collect When You Use Our Services
Location Information. When you use our Services, we may infer your general location information. For example, your IP address may indicate your general geographic region. We may use IP address may indicate your general geographic region. We may use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating Services usage levels, diagnosing server problems, and administering the Services.
Device Information. We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, including internet protocol (IP) address, device type, and operating system version.
Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with them, such as the length of time you spend on a page, objects you click on, and the dates, times, and lengths of your sessions. When we send you emails, we may track whether you open them to learn how to deliver a better customer experience.
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt- out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and our third-party partners may collect information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third-party partners, such as analytics partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Services. You should read this policy in conjunction with our Cookies Policy and Terms of Service to ensure that you understand how we collect and use your information.
Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from the Services, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Services to their fullest potential.
3. Personal Information We Receive from Third Parties
Partners. We may receive Personal Information about you from third parties such as data or marketing partners and combine it with other Personal Information we have about you.
How We Use the Personal Information We Collect
We use the Personal Information that we collect:
Legal Bases for Processing European Personal Information
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we only process your Personal Information when we have a valid “legal basis”, including when:
Please note that in many circumstances, we cannot effectively do business with you without processing some Personal Data (as defined under Article 4 (1) of the European Union / United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR) about you.
You may have the following rights with respect to some or all of your Personal Data:
Communications, queries or requests to exercise your rights or complaints under the GDPR can also be addressed to the attention of Ascentage Pharma`s Data Protection Officer, via mail to Ascentage Pharma Group Inc., 700 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 510, Rockville, MD 20850, or emailed to .
Within the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, individuals have the right in law to complain about how their Personal Data is handled to a supervisory authority that is responsible for regulating compliance with the GDPR. A list of all supervisory authorities of the European Economic Area is available on the website of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en; the UK Information Commissioner’s Office can be reached via https://ico.org.uk/.
How We Share the Personal Information We Collect
We do not share or otherwise disclose Personal Information we collect from or about you except as described below or otherwise disclosed to you at the time of the collection.
Affiliates. We may share Personal Information we receive with our affiliates for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any Personal Information we receive with vendors and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services.
Marketing. We do not rent, sell, or share Personal Information about you with nonaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes unless we have your permission or as provided in this Privacy Policy.
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your Personal Information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety.
Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your Personal Information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets.
Consent. We may also disclose your Personal Information with your permission.
Your Rights and Choices
Marketing Communications. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt-out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.
Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals.
Depending on where you live, you may have the following rights with respect to some or all of your Personal Information:
You may exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy. In the event you wish to make a complaint about how we process your Personal Information or to appeal the denial of one of your requests, please contact us. Even if you make a complaint to us, you may always lodge a complaint with the relevant privacy or data protection authority in your location.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of the rights described above, although we may not be able to continue to provide you with certain Services or it may otherwise affect the way we are able to interact with you.
We will make reasonable efforts to respond promptly to your requests. We may, after receiving your request, require additional information from you to honor your request and verify your identity. Please be aware that we may be unable to afford these rights to you under certain circumstances, such as if we are legally prevented from doing so. While any changes you make will be reflected in active user databases instantly or within a reasonable period of time, we may retain information for backups, archiving, prevention of fraud and abuse, analytics, satisfaction of legal obligations, or where we otherwise reasonably believe that we have a legitimate reason to do so.
When we receive your Personal Information from others, including your Healthcare Provider, and process your Personal Information on their behalf, we may do so at their request and subject to their instructions. In that case, we do not have control over their privacy and security practices and processes. If your Personal Information has been submitted to us by a third party,
Third Parties
Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy and advertising practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any personal information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information to them.
Retention
We take measures to delete your personal information or keep it in a form that does not permit identifying you when this personal information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process it, unless we are required by law to keep this personal information for a longer period. When determining the specific retention period, we take into account various criteria, such as the type of service provided to you, the nature and length of our relationship with you, and mandatory retention periods provided by law and the statute of limitations.
Security
We seek to use reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards and other security measures to protect your personal information from growing threats. However, as no electronic transmission over the internet or data storage system of Personal Information can be entirely secure, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your Personal Information. We urge you to exercise caution when transmitting Personal Information over the internet.
Cross-Border Transfer
Our Services are hosted in the United States and intended for visitors located within the United States. If you choose to use our Services from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. We may transfer personal information from the European Union or the United Kingdom to the United States as needed to perform the Services that you have requested from us, or with your consent. Also, we may transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Services.
Please be aware that Personal Information that we collect and process may be transferred and maintained outside your state, province, country, or other jurisdiction, country, or location where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your location, including the United States. Ascentage Pharma has put in place lawful transfer mechanisms and appropriate safeguards, in accordance with its legal requirements, to protect your Personal Information, including but not limited to Standard Contractual Clauses where required.
By providing any information, including Personal Information, on or to our Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
Special Note to Patients in the United States
If you are a patient, please note that this Privacy Policy is distinct from your Healthcare Provider’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices, which describes how your Healthcare Providers use and disclose your protected health information, as well as any other privacy practices applied.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no parts of our Services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you when changes have been made by indicating the date this Privacy Policy was last updated as the date that the Privacy Policy became effective or as otherwise may be required by law. It is recommended that you periodically revisit this Privacy Policy to learn of any changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at or write to us at:
Ascentage Pharma Group Inc. 700 King Farm Boulevard, Suite 510, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
301-520-1026
YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
This section applies solely to California consumers (California residents) and explains your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). As of 1 January 2023, the CPRA included personal information of employees and business contact information for residents of California into the list of rights regarding personal information listed below.
Ascentage Pharma shares personal information between Ascentage Pharma affiliates and marketing agents for marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with unaffiliated third parties for their own independent marketing purposes without your consent. California residents may request the categories of personal information Ascentage Pharma shared with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year, if any. To make your request, send an email to . Written requests may be sent to:
Ascentage Pharma Group Inc.
Attn: Privacy Officer
700 King Farm Boulevard
Suite 510
Rockville, MD 20850
You must put the statement “Your California Privacy Rights” in the subject field. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have complete information.
This section of the notice applies solely to visitors, users, health care providers, patients, and others who reside in the State of California (referred to herein as a “consumer” or “consumers”). We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and other California privacy laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice. The term “personal data” means “personal information” for purposes of the CCPA.
Personal Data We Collect Under the CCPA:
We collect personal data that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. We have collected the following categories of personal data from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
Personal data does not include:
We obtain the categories of personal data listed above from the following categories of sources:
Sharing Personal Data
We have not sold consumers’ personal data in the preceding 12 months. We may disclose your personal data to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal data for a business purpose, we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal data confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. In the past 12 months, Ascentage Pharma may have disclosed the following categories of information about consumers for a business purpose:
We disclose your personal data for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:
Your Rights and Choices
In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to request correction of your personal data where it is inaccurate or incomplete. In some cases, we may provide self-service tools that enable you to update your personal data, or we may refer you to the controller of your personal data who is able to make the correction.
You may also request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.
In addition, upon request we will provide you with a copy of all of your personal information (Data Portability).
Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will correct or delete your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. If an exception applies, you will be notified that the data will not be corrected or deleted, along with specific information about the basis for the exception.
Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. You may also make a request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. Your request must:
Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
Describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
Provide a means to contact you.
We will only use personal information provided in a CCPA request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Response Timing
We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
Fee
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your CCPA request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please log into your account, writing to us or emailing us at .
We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws. To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.
Cookies and Other Web Tracking Techniques And How We Use Them
When you use our sites, Ascentage Pharma will assign cookie files (“cookies”) to you, which are a small amount of information we send to your web browser. Cookies enable the computers operating our websites to differentiate between visitors and to track the patterns of activities engaged in by different visitors. By tracking such activities, the computers operating our websites can recognize a visitor and customize certain features for that visitor. We may also use aggregated, non-identifiable information regarding persons who visit our site in order to learn more about the use of the site and how we can improve it.
You may be able to modify your browser preferences to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to use those functions of the websites that require registration.
We may also collect IP addresses in the normal course of the operation of our website. An IP address is a number assigned to you by your Internet service provider so you can access the Internet. Although we do receive IP addresses, we do not use them to identify you personally -. If you give consent, the IP address may be shared with third parties working with or on behalf of Ascentage Pharma and will not be used by these third parties for secondary purposes without your consent.
This website uses the following web analytic tools. The tools use cookies to help the web team analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by the following companies under their privacy policies:
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookies apply to all pages of www.ascentage.com.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Cookies apply to all pages of www.ascentage.com.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Cookies apply to all pages of www.ascentage.com.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be sent through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Cookies apply to all pages of www.ascentage.com.