Privacy Policy
Terms and Conditions of Use
The Site www.rilifescience.com (the ‘Site’) is made available by Rhode Island Life Science Hub. These are the Terms and Conditions under which you may use this Site. Please review these Terms and Conditions carefully. By using this Site you agree on your own behalf and on behalf of your organization, if any, to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Where the word “you” or “your” appears in the remainder of these Terms and Conditions it shall be deemed to include both you and your organization, if any. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, do not use this Site. Rhode Island Life Science Hub may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to review these Terms and Conditions because they are binding on you.
Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, nothing contained in or through the Site constitutes, nor is intended to constitute, an offer, recommendation, inducement, promise, or contract of any kind. This Site is for informational purposes only and is not intended to provide, nor should anyone consider that it provides, specific medical, business, legal or other advice. Such advice should only be rendered in reference to the particular facts and circumstances appropriate to each situation. Rhode Island Life Science Hub encourages you to contact appropriate professionals and consultants to assess your specific needs and circumstances and to render such advice accordingly.
Your Use of Site Contents
Rhode Island Life Science Hub authorizes you to view, copy, and reproduce for your own internal use any of the Materials (defined below) on this Site provided that you agree to and abide by the Terms and Conditions contained herein.
The contents of this Site, such as text, graphics, images, trademarks, and other content (“Materials”), are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws, and are owned or licensed by Rhode Island Life Science Hub. Unauthorized use of the Materials may violate such laws. You must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original Materials on any copy you make of the Materials. You may not sell or modify the Materials or reproduce, display, publicly perform, externally distribute, or otherwise use the Materials in any way for any purpose other than as expressly permitted. The unauthorized use of the Materials on any other Site or in a networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. Except as specifically stated on the Site, nothing on this Site shall be construed as granting any license under any intellectual property rights, whether by estoppel, implication, or otherwise. All rights not specifically granted herein are hereby reserved by Rhode Island Life Science Hub.
Links to Other Websites
The Site includes links to non-Rhode Island Life Science Hub information and references to unaffiliated organizations. These links and references are provided as a courtesy and convenience to visitors. Such links and references are not intended to, nor do they constitute, Rhode Island Life Science Hub's endorsement of the linked materials or referenced organizations or their views. The advice and views found at such links does not necessarily reflect the advice and views of Rhode Island Life Science Hub, or its officers, directors, employees or associates, and Rhode Island Life Science Hub shall not be liable for any damages arising out of your use of any information from linked materials or a referenced organization.
Social Media
Rhode Island Life Science Hub uses a variety of social media pages including Instagram, LinkedIn and others, to facilitate conversations about business, industry, trends, news and our core value and mission related initiatives. These pages are for informational and/or conversational purposes only. Rhode Island Life Science Hub is not responsible for any comments from third parties. Rhode Island Life Science Hub did not create, does not control, and does not necessarily support or endorse third party comments. Rhode Island Life Science Hub, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to remove content from our social media pages and/or block users.
Public Communications
Our Site offers areas where users can post or exchange information, news and content. These postings on the Site in no way represent the opinions or endorsement of Rhode Island Life Science Hub or its officers, directors, employees, agents, and consultants and Rhode Island Life Science Hub makes no warranties, either express or implied, as to the content. Rhode Island Life Science Hub does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of statements or facts posted under user postings on the Site. Rhode Island Life Science Hub accepts no liability for errors, omissions or representations. The copyright of user-posted content belongs to the author and/or poster and any liability with regard to infringement or intellectual property remains with the author and/or poster. Rhode Island Life Science Hub reserves the right to restrict or prohibit use and remove or edit content at any time.
Disclaimer
The content provided on this Site is presented as a courtesy on an “as is” basis to be used only for informational purposes and is not represented to be error free. Rhode Island Life Science Hub makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, of any kind with respect to this site or its content, such representations and warranties being expressly disclaimed. Rhode Island Life Science Hub does not warrant that the functions contained in the Materials will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site, the server that makes it available or any advertised or hyperlinked site are free of viruses or other harmful components or that the Site, server(s), and advertised or hyperlinked sites will be accessible at all times. Moreover, Rhode Island Life Science Hub does not represent or warrant that the content of its Site is accurate, complete or current for any specific or particular purpose or application.
Limitation of Liability
In no event shall Rhode Island Life Science Hub, its officers, directors, employees, associates, affiliates, or any third parties mentioned at this Site be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from the use, inability to use or reliance on the Site, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not Rhode Island Life Science Hub is advised of the possibility of such damages.
Choice of Law and Forum
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island. You hereby agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Rhode Island.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us at info@rilifescience.com
Privacy Statement
Rhode Island Life Science Hub takes the privacy of our visitors very seriously, and maintaining your privacy is important to us. The following statement will help you understand how, and to what extent, Rhode Island Life Science Hub collects and uses the personal information you provide to us on our Site. Please note that this policy applies only to our Site and not to other organizations’ websites or information we collect offline. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link on the Rhode Island Life Science Hub Site, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. We suggest that you access these other websites’ policies regarding their own data collection practices.
What Information Do We Collect?
You can visit this Site without providing any information about yourself or your organization. You may, however, provide us with the following types of information: (1) personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis (through the Site’s “Contact Us” pages), and (2) non-personal information acquired via cookies (described below). When you provide such information to us you are agreeing to share that information with Rhode Island Life Science Hub, its agents, representatives, and affiliates.
Use of Cookies, Pixel Tags, and Web Beacons
Our Site may store information on your computer by using “cookies” to enhance your experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for a variety of purposes including record-keeping and tracking information.
Our Site and email communications may also use pixel tags and web beacons, which are small images placed on our website or in our emails that help us determine if you have completed a specific action.
To disable or limit the use of cookies, web beacons, and pixel tags, please refer to the options provided by your Internet browser. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
Rhode Island Life Science Hub may collect and use your personal information to send emails or requested information, run a survey or other site features, and improve customer service and/or Site capability.
Rhode Island Life Science Hub does not share information collected about individual users with any third party other than: (1) to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; and (2) with other parties we are working with who assist us in providing our services including data analysis, email delivery, research, hosting and customer services.
Please note that any information that we have collected may remain in back-up storage, archival, and/or our database, for some period of time. This may be the case even though no information about your account remains actively used as described in this Privacy Policy.
Meta Pixel and Advertising Technologies
We use the Meta Pixel, provided by Meta Platforms, Inc., to help us understand how visitors interact with our website and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. The Meta Pixel may collect information about visits to our website, pages viewed, interactions with our website, and information about the device or browser used to access the site. We use this information for analytics, advertising measurement, and to better understand the effectiveness of our communications and outreach. Meta may process information collected through the Meta Pixel in accordance with its own privacy policies. The Meta Pixel is treated as a non-essential advertising technology and is activated only after you provide the applicable consent through our cookie consent tool. You may change or withdraw your consent through the cookie settings available on our website.
Analytics and Website Measurement
Rhode Island Life Science Hub uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, to help us understand how visitors use our Site and to improve its performance, content, and user experience. Google Analytics may collect information about your use of the Site, including pages visited, interactions with Site content, referring websites or sources, approximate geographic location, and information about your browser and device.
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and process this information. Information collected through Google Analytics may be transmitted to and processed by Google in accordance with Google's privacy practices.
We use Google Tag Manager to manage and deploy certain website tags, including Google Analytics and other measurement technologies. Google Tag Manager itself is primarily a tool for managing these technologies.
Where required, visitors may be provided with options to manage their preferences regarding analytics cookies and similar technologies. Visitors may also control cookies through their browser settings and may use tools provided by Google to limit Google Analytics measurement.
We use analytics information to understand Site traffic and usage, measure the effectiveness of our communications and outreach, identify technical or usability issues, and improve the Site and the services and information we provide.
Contact Us Form Submissions
In connection with “Contact Us” submissions, we ask for contact information such as an e-mail address and a name. This initial contact information may be used by Rhode Island Life Science Hub, its agents, representatives and affiliates to send you information regarding the Site, our organization, and our services.
EMails
If you have provided us with your e-mail address, we may use it to respond to inquiries, questions, or other requests. You may also subscribe to receive notifications, updates, or other communications about Rhode Island Life Science Hub and its programs, events, and activities.
We may use email and customer relationship management platforms, including HubSpot, to manage our contacts and communications. Emails sent through these platforms may contain tracking technologies, such as pixels or web beacons, that allow us to understand whether an email was delivered or opened and whether links within the email were clicked. We may use this information to measure engagement with our communications and improve the relevance and effectiveness of our outreach.
If you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you may follow the unsubscribe instructions included at the bottom of our email communications.
Non-Public Areas
We will ask you to provide personal information through a registration form before providing you access to restricted areas of the Site. Regardless of any other provision of this Privacy Policy, we may retain any personal information provided by you via such registration form.
Information Correction or Changes
You have the ability to correct or change certain information in our records, such as your company address, individual employee contact information and the types of content and communication you receive from Rhode Island Life Science Hub. Generally, you may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. If you need assistance or have questions about correcting information, you can contact us via e-mail at info@rilifescience.com.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
We do not solicit or knowingly collect information from minors under the age of 13, in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Security
When you submit personal information to us on our Site, although we maintain reasonable safeguards to protect your personal information, no system is completely secure. For this reason, you should not send confidential or other sensitive personal information to Rhode Island Life Science Hub, as we do not guarantee complete security of sensitive data.
Your Choices and Consent
By using the Site, you acknowledge the collection and use of information by Rhode Island Life Science Hub as described in this Privacy Statement. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting or using certain information, including through non-essential cookies and similar technologies. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on this page so that you have the opportunity to understand what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.
Modification of Terms
Rhode Island Life Science Hub may, at any time, revise these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Statement. You are bound by any such revisions and should periodically review these Terms and Conditions and Privacy Statement. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to all such terms.
Effective Date
This Policy is effective as of May 14, 2024.
Last Updated: September 18, 2026
Contact Us
If you would like to be removed from Rhode Island Life Science Hub's mailing list, or if you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or our information collection and usage policies, please contact us at www.rilifescience.com.