Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

MicroTransponder, Inc., (hereinafter also referred as: “MicroTransponder”, “we”, “us” or “our) understands the importance of privacy to our customers, visitors, suppliers, business partners, employees and other individuals (hereinafter also referred as: “you” or the “user” or the “data subject”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. MicroTransponder, Inc. is incorporated in the United States of America and located at 2802 Flintrock Trace, Suite 226, Austin, TX 78738.

This privacy policy (“Policy”) applies only to information collected through the website and services to which it is posted and where otherwise provided by MicroTransponder (the “Site” or the “Services”) . It does not apply to third-party platforms or to other MicroTransponder-operated websites or other MicroTransponder-operated platforms on which it is not posted. It also does not apply to information collected as part of a clinical study.

Some of the information we collect through this Site may be “personal data” as defined below, collected when you visit or use this Site or the Services.

This Policy may be supplemented or amended from time to time by additional privacy notices (“Privacy Notices”), provided at the time we collect your information. For example, certain pages of this Site may contain Privacy Notices providing more details about the information we collect on those particular pages, why we need that information, and choices you may have about the ways we use that information. In other cases, specific Privacy Notices may delivered in connection with our Services or may be required to comply with the privacy laws of one of the countries, provinces, or states in which we do business.

If you have a disability, you may request access to this Policy in an alternative format by contacting info@microtransponder.com.

State-specific provisions:
• Consumer Health Data Policy Addendum
• Nevada Residents

Your Consent

By using this Site, you are consenting to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any Privacy Notices that apply to you). If you do not consent to the collection, use, disclosure and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any Privacy Notices that apply to you), you may not use this Site. If you have questions about this Policy, or any Privacy Notice, please contact us using the information provided below.

You may revoke your consent for the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your information as described in this Policy (and any Privacy Notices that apply to you) by contacting us directly.

Complete agreement 

This Policy is part of the Terms of Use that govern your use of this Site.

Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, or other notices on this Site, this Policy and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and MicroTransponder with respect to your use of this Site. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use. There may be additional terms that apply to particular materials on or sections of this Site.

Changes to this Policy

MicroTransponder reserves the right to update or modify this Policy and any Privacy Notice, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the revised version of the Policy or Privacy Notice on this Site. These changes will only apply to the information we collect after we have posted the revised Policy or Privacy Notice on this Site.

Your use of this Site or Services, as applicable, following any such change constitutes your agreement that all information collected from or about you after the revised Policy is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Policy. You may access the current version of this Policy at any time by clicking on the link marked “Privacy” at the bottom of each page of the public areas of this Site.

Information We Collect

Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“Data Subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Personal Data You Manually Provide

MicroTransponder collects the information you manually provide (using your keyboard, mouse, or touchpad) when you use this Site, for example, we collect the information you provide if you choose to complete a pre-screening questionnaire entitled, “Am I a Candidate?” or similar questionnaire, contact us with questions, or otherwise interact with this Site.  Some of the information you may choose to manually provide will be Personal Data including but not limited to:

  • Contact data: such as name, title, address, phone number, mailing address, and email.
  • Other identifiers: such as device ID or serial number, various types of personal health information (e.g., health insurance information, medical information, and the like), online identifiers, and other similar identifiers.
  • Communication data submitted by you: such as questions and feedback.
  • Demographic data: such as language, age, and gender.
  • Marketing preferences: such as e-mail subscription and frequency preferences.

 

Information Automatically Collected

MicroTransponder collects information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser or mobile device. This information includes but is not limited to: 

  • Product use and application data (including date and time of your visit)
  • IP address
  • The browser you are using (including name and version)
  • Your location and other geographic data
  • The website you came from and the website you visit after leaving
  • Pages viewed on the Site
  • Links clicked on the Site
  • Time spent on a particular page of the Site or the Site as a whole
  • Site data used to facilitate the use of the Site such as login and technical data

 

The information we receive may depend on your browser or device settings. The information we receive from your web browser and device typically is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable. However, we may combine it with other information in an attempt to identify you or we may combine it with information that does identify you.

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies 

We use “cookies” and other technologies to collect information and support certain features of this Site. For example, we may use these technologies to:

  • Collect information about the ways visitors use this Site—which pages they visit, which links they use, and how long they stay on each page
  • Support the features and functionality of this Site—for example, to save you the trouble of reentering information already in our database or to prompt the settings you established on previous visits
  • Personalize your experience when you use this Site; and
  • Improve our marketing efforts, including through use of targeted advertising.

 

The information we collect using cookies and similar technologies is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable, but we may link it to Personal Data that you provide. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may set your browser to reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. Although you are not required to accept cookies when you visit this Site, you may be unable to use all of the functionality of this Site if your browser rejects our cookies.

Information Collected by Third-Party Cookies

In addition to the cookies MicroTransponder delivers to your computer or mobile device through this Site, certain third parties may deliver cookies to you for a variety of reasons. For example, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics tool that helps us understand how visitors engage with our Sites.​

Other third parties may deliver cookies to your computer or mobile device for the purpose of tracking your online behaviors over time and across nonaffiliated websites and/or delivering targeted advertisements either on this Site or on other websites.

You have choices about the collection of information by third parties on our Sites. For example, if you don’t want information about your visit to this Site sent to Google Analytics, you may download an Opt-out Browser Add-on by clicking here. Please note that the Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to MicroTransponder. 

How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect through this Site for various purposes, including the but not limited to:

  • To provide you with access to this Site.
  • To respond to your requests.
  • To personalize your access to our Site.
  • To develop records (including records of your Personal Data).
  • To contact you with pertinent information about products, clinical trials, or important safety information, and about products and services of ours and of others.
  • For analytical purposes and to research, develop, and improve programs, products, services, and content.
  • To remove your personal identifiers. Once we have de-identified information, it is considered non-Personal Data and we may treat it like other non-Personal Data.
  • To enforce this Policy and other rules about your use of this Site.
  • To protect someone’s health, safety, or welfare.
  • To protect our rights or property.
  • To comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process, such as preventing, detecting and investigating security incidents and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.

How We Share Your Information

With Third–Party Vendors  
MicroTransponder shares information collected through this Site with third-party vendors who act for us or on our behalf including Creed Interactive , LLC. For example, we may use third-party vendors such as Creed Interactive , LLC to design and operate this Site; to conduct surveys and clinical studies; and to help us with our promotional efforts. These third-party vendors may need information about you to perform their functions on our behalf.  In general, we require our third party service providers and vendors to restrict their use of any personally identifiable information received through our Site to the intended purposes.

With Third-Party Social Media Platforms
We may also use third-party social media platforms to offer you interest-based ads. To offer such ads, we may convert your email address into a unique value which can be matched by platform vendors with a user on their platform. Although we do not provide any Personal Data to these platform vendors, they may gain insights about individuals who respond to the ads we serve.

For the Purpose of Determining your Eligibility for a Clinical Study
If you choose to provide information through our Site to see if you qualify to participate in a clinical study, we may share your information with business partners or potential study center(s) so that they may contact you to see if you are a suitable candidate for one of our clinical studies.  We require such business partners or potential study centers to restrict their use of any personally identifiable information received through our Site to the intended purposes.

In Aggregate or De-Identified Form
We use information collected through this Site to create a compiled, aggregate view of usage patterns. We may share aggregate information with third parties for various purposes including so they can better understand our user base. We may also share with third parties information about how particular individuals use this Site, but only on a de-identified basis (“Individualized Data”). Individualized Data is not personally identifiable, but it does reflect the usage patterns of a particular Site user, as opposed to Site users collectively. For clarity, we may use and share aggregated or de-identified data without restriction.

As Part of a Business Transfer
Your information may be transferred to successor organization if, for example, we transfer the ownership or operation of this Site to another organization or if we merge with another organization or liquidate our assets. If such a transfer occurs, the successor organization’s use of your information will still be subject to this Policy and the privacy preferences you have expressed to us.

To Comply with Laws and Protect Our Rights and the Rights of Others
We may disclose your information when we, in good faith, believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law, a court order or a subpoena. We may also disclose your information to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; to protect the security of this Site; to enforce or apply our online Terms of Use or other agreements; or to protect our own rights or property or the rights, property or safety of our users or others.

As Described in a Privacy Notice or Click-Through Agreement
We reserve the right to disclose your information as described in any Privacy Notice posted on a page of this Site where you provide that information. By providing your information on that page you will be consenting to the disclosure of your information as described in that privacy notice. We also reserve the right to disclose your information as described in any click–through agreement to which you have agreed.

How We Protect your Information
MicroTransponder takes reasonable precautions to provide a level of security appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we collect. Although we use reasonable measures to help protect your information against unauthorized use or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of information provided over the Internet or stored in our databases and will not be responsible for breaches of security beyond our reasonable control.

Transfer and Storage of your Personal Data
We may store, collect, transfer and process your Personal Data in the United States. The data protection and other laws of countries to which your information may be transferred may be different in your country. By submitting your Personal Data, you agree to any transfer, storing or processing.

Retention of Your Information
MicroTransponder retains the Personal Data collected on this Site as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it is collected or as permitted by applicable law.

Children’s Privacy
This Website is not targeted to children under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data about such children. If we discover that a child has provided us with Personal Data online through this Website, we will take delete this information as quickly as possible. If you believe we may have received Personal Data from a child under the age of 18, please contact us immediately.

Your rights
You may revoke your consent for the receipt of communication that we send to you at any time by using the “unsubscribe” functionality included in our emails to you or by contacting us directly.

You should note that this will not affect all communications from us, for example, we are legally required to provide notices such as notification of a data breach in which case you should expect to receive a notification via email. It is important that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep let us know if your Personal Data changes.

You may make a request to access, correct, or delete your Personal Data or otherwise object to our processing of such Personal Data by contacting us directly. We will respond to reasonable requests in accordance with applicable law and subject to legal and contractual restrictions. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

There may be times where we cannot grant you access to the Personal Data we hold. For example, if such disclosure would interfere with the privacy of others or if it would result in a breach of confidentiality. We will provide written explanation for our refusal to grant access.

California residents, please see the respective Privacy Addendums to understand your rights.


Links to Other Websites
This Policy applies only to the MicroTransponder-operated websites on which it is posted. MicroTransponder and its affiliates may operate different websites for different purposes and in different countries, where different laws may apply. If you visit another MicroTransponder website, please take a moment to review the privacy policy posted on that site to learn what information may be collected through that site and how it is processed. This Site may also contain links to websites that are not operated by or on behalf of MicroTransponder or its affiliates. These links are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the products sold or information provided through these websites, nor any association with their operators. MicroTransponder does not control these websites and is not responsible for their data practices. Any information you provide to third parties on their websites is covered under their privacy and data collection policies and is not covered by this Policy. We urge you to review the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any Personal Data

Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this policy or about our privacy practices, or need to contact us for purposes related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@microtransponder.com

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) “Do Not Track” Policy
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.

California’s Shine the Light law
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us are permitted to request information once a year about sharing their Personal Information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

MicroTransponder does not share Personal Information with third parties for these purposes. However, if you would like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if you are a California resident, you can contact us.

 

Addendum: Nevada Opt-Out Rights

Your Nevada Opt-Out Rights

We do not sell your Personal Information, but nevertheless we offer an opt out to sales of consumer data in an overabundance of caution as required by, and to ensure compliance with, Nevada law.  Verified requests under Nevada law (NRS 603A) to not make any sale of any covered information we have collected or will collect regarding a consumer, as defined in that law, may be sent to info@microtransponder.comPlease include in any such request email “Request for Nevada Opt-Out” in the subject line and in the body of the message.

 

Addendum: Consumer Health Data Policy

(including Washington, Nevada, Connecticut)

Effective: October 1, 2025

Various U.S. state laws provide protections for “consumer health data”. This addendum applies to such information by applicable law. Please see the “Exercising Your Rights” section below for instructions regarding how to exercise these rights.

“Consumer Health Data” is used in this addendum as it is defined in the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) and other laws applicable to the same or similar data. It generally includes any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an individual and that identifies that individual’s past, present, or future physical or mental health status. Excluded from Consumer Health Data are certain types of health information, such as when we must collect, use, and disclose health information to meet our regulatory obligations or as part of a clinical trial. We do not collect, share, or sell Consumer Health Data except as described in this Privacy Policy and this Addendum or with your consent.

Categories of Consumer Health Data We Collect and Share

We process limited Consumer Health Data and may collect Consumer Health Data from various categories including, individual health conditions, treatment, diseases, or diagnosis; dynamics interventions, health-related surgeries or procedures; use or purchase of prescribed medication; bodily functions, vital signs and symptoms; diagnoses or diagnostic testing, treatment, or medication; genetic data; precise location information that could reasonably indicate a consumer’s attempt to acquire or receive health services or supplies (i.e., geofencing); and data that identifies a consumer seeking health care services.

 

Sources of Consumer Health Data

We collect Consumer Health Data directly from you, including when you submit information through our Site, or our Services, or through other services or platforms we operate.

 

How MicroTransponder Uses Consumer Health Data

We use Consumer Health Data to provide consumers information and education about MicroTransponder’s products. We may also use it to help connect them to a provider that can provide them diagnosis and treatment options.

 

How MicroTransponder May Share Consumer Health Data

We may share Consumer Health Data, including the categories of Consumer Health Data, with MicroTransponder-affiliated companies, service providers acting on our behalf, and others, including health care providers that you select, as necessary to provide you with the products or services you request, or that your authorized representatives request on your behalf.

 

Exercising Your Rights

Based on applicable laws in your state, you may have the right to:

  • Confirm whether MicroTransponder is collecting, sharing, or selling Consumer Health Data concerning you and to access this data, including:
    • A list of all third parties and affiliates with or to whom MicroTransponder has shared or sold the Consumer Health Data
    • Access an active email address or other online mechanism that you may use to contact these third parties
  • Withdraw consent from MicroTransponder to collect and share your Consumer Health Data
  • Request to have Consumer Health Data concerning you deleted and exercise that right by informing MicroTransponder of your request for deletion
  • Appeal if MicroTransponder does not address an attempt to exercise one or more of these rights to your satisfaction

You may request that MicroTransponder take the actions outlined in the paragraphs above to exercise rights you may have by submitting a request, at any time, to MicroTransponder. MicroTransponder will seek to respond within forty-five (45) days.