Effective date: September 5, 2026
Last updated: September 5, 2026

 

1. Introduction

US company Genome1st Europe LLC, operating under the name Genome1st Europe (“Genome1st,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal data when you:

• Visit genome1st.com;

• Contact us through the Website;

• Send us an email;

• Request information;

• Propose a professional, scientific, or healthcare collaboration;

• Subscribe to communications, where available;

• Otherwise interact with Genome1st Europe.

We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”), applicable Greek data-protection legislation, and other applicable privacy laws.

2. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the processing described in this Policy is:

Legal entity: Genome1st Europe LLC
Operating name: Genome1st Europe
Email: drpaul@genome1st.com
Website: genome1st.com

If a Data Protection Officer has been appointed:

Data Protection Officer: Dr. Paul Psychogios
Email: drpaul@genome1st.com

3. Personal Data We Collect

The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.

Information you provide

You may provide us with:

• Your name and professional title;

• Your email address and telephone number;

• Your organization, institution, or employer;

• Your country or location;

• Information included in a contact request;

• Business and professional correspondence;

• Meeting or collaboration requests;

• Newsletter or event preferences;

• Employment or professional application information;

• Other information you choose to provide.

Information collected automatically

When you access the Website, we may automatically collect:

• Your Internet Protocol address;

• Browser and device information;

• Operating system;

• Referring and visited pages;

• Date, time, and duration of visits;

• General location derived from an IP address;

• Website performance and diagnostic information;

• Security and server logs;

• Cookie identifiers and consent preferences.

4. Genetic and Health Information

Genetic and health information is considered special-category personal data under the GDPR and requires additional protection.

Please do not submit genetic information, medical records, diagnostic results, or sensitive health information through a general contact form or ordinary email.

If Genome1st needs to process genetic or health information for a specific clinical, scientific, research, or professional activity, we will provide a separate privacy notice and an appropriate secure method for submitting the information.

Where required, we will also identify the applicable legal basis and the appropriate condition under Article 9 of the GDPR.

5. How We Use Personal Data

We may process personal data to:

• Respond to inquiries and requests;

• Arrange meetings and communicate with potential partners;

• Evaluate proposed professional, healthcare, scientific, or research collaborations;

• Provide information about Genome1st Europe;

• Manage professional and business relationships;

• Operate, maintain, and secure the Website;

• Detect and prevent fraud, misuse, and security incidents;

• Analyze Website usage and performance;

• Improve Website content, accessibility, and user experience;

• Send newsletters or announcements where permitted;

• Review employment or collaboration applications;

• Comply with legal, regulatory, accounting, and reporting obligations;

• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

We will not use personal data for an incompatible purpose unless that use is permitted or required by law.

6. Legal Bases for Processing

Depending on the circumstances, we process personal data on one or more of the following legal bases.

Consent

We may rely on your consent for:

• Optional analytics cookies;

• Advertising and marketing cookies;

• Newsletter subscriptions;

• Certain marketing communications;

• Other optional processing activities.

You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Contractual necessity

We may process information when necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract or to perform an agreement with you or your organization.

Legitimate interests

We may rely on legitimate interests to:

• Respond to professional inquiries;

• Develop and manage business relationships;

• Protect and secure the Website;

• Prevent fraud and misuse;

• Improve our operations and communications.

We consider and balance these interests against your rights and freedoms.

Legal obligation

We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Special-category information

If we process genetic, health, or other special-category information, we will also rely on an appropriate condition under Article 9 of the GDPR, such as explicit consent or another condition permitted by applicable law.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies can help a website:

• Operate securely and correctly;

• Remember user preferences;

• Store cookie-consent choices;

• Understand how visitors use the Website;

• Measure Website performance;

• Measure advertising effectiveness.

We may also use similar technologies, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and device identifiers.

Cookies may be placed directly by Genome1st or by third-party service providers.

8. Categories of Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for essential Website functionality and may be used to:

• Maintain Website security;

• Prevent fraudulent or malicious activity;

• Store cookie-consent preferences;

• Maintain administrative or authenticated sessions;

• Provide network stability and essential functionality.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent where they are essential to provide the Website or a service specifically requested by the user.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember choices such as language, region, or display preferences.

Where required by law, these cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Website, including:

• Pages visited;

• Time spent on the Website;

• Navigation paths;

• Referring websites;

• Browser and device types;

• General location;

• Website errors and performance.

Analytics cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Advertising cookies may help us:

• Measure advertising campaigns;

• Record advertising conversions;

• Limit how frequently advertisements are displayed;

• Create advertising audiences;

• Deliver relevant advertising on third-party platforms.

These cookies may be provided by services such as Google or Meta where those services are enabled.

Advertising and marketing cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.

Embedded Content

The Website may include third-party content such as:

• Videos;

• Maps;

• Social-media content;

• Meeting or appointment tools;

• External forms;

• Document viewers.

These providers may place cookies when their content is loaded. Where required, the content and associated cookies will remain disabled until you provide consent.

9. Cookies Used on the Website

This Website does not use analytics, advertising, or marketing cookies. We do not use cookies to measure Website traffic, create visitor profiles, or deliver targeted advertising.

For ordinary visitors, the Website does not currently set cookies. Strictly necessary cookies may be used only when required for Website security, contact-form functionality, or access to the WordPress administration area. These cookies are not used to track visitors for analytics or advertising purposes.

10. Managing Cookie Preferences

When you first visit the Website, you may be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to:

• Accept all optional cookies;

• Reject all optional cookies;

• Select individual cookie categories;

• Continue with strictly necessary cookies only.

Optional cookies are disabled by default until you provide consent.

You may change or withdraw your consent at any time by selecting Cookie Settings in the Website footer.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing performed before consent was withdrawn.

You may also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking all cookies may affect essential Website functionality.

11. Marketing Communications

We will send newsletters or marketing communications only where we have an appropriate legal basis.

You may unsubscribe at any time by:

• Selecting the unsubscribe link in an email; or

• Contacting us at [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS].

We will retain limited information where necessary to record and respect an unsubscribe request.

12. Sharing Personal Data

We may share personal data with selected recipients when necessary, including:

• Website hosting and cloud infrastructure providers;

• Email and communication providers;

• Website maintenance and information-security providers;

• Analytics providers where you have consented;

• Advertising providers where you have consented;

• Professional advisers, including lawyers, accountants, and auditors;

• Healthcare, research, or business partners where disclosure is necessary and legally permitted;

• Public authorities, regulators, courts, or law-enforcement bodies where required by law;

• Parties involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or transfer of business assets.

Service providers acting on our behalf may process personal data only according to our instructions and applicable data-protection requirements.

We do not sell personal data.

13. International Data Transfers

Some service providers may process personal data outside Greece or the European Economic Area.

Where information is transferred to a country that has not been recognized by the European Commission as providing adequate protection, we use appropriate safeguards where required, such as:

• European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses;

• Additional contractual, technical, or organizational safeguards; or

• Another transfer mechanism permitted under the GDPR.

You may contact us for additional information about the safeguards applicable to relevant transfers.

14. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to satisfy legal, accounting, security, and dispute-resolution requirements.

Anticipated retention periods include:

• General inquiries and correspondence: [RETENTION PERIOD];

• Business and partnership records: [RETENTION PERIOD];

• Website security logs: [RETENTION PERIOD];

• Cookie consent records: [RETENTION PERIOD];

• Newsletter information: until consent is withdrawn or the subscription is terminated;

• Employment applications: [RETENTION PERIOD];

• Contractual, tax, and accounting records: for the period required by applicable law.

When information is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymize it.

15. Data Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, loss, or destruction.

These measures may include:

• Access controls;

• Encryption;

• Secure hosting;

• Backups and monitoring;

• Staff confidentiality requirements;

• Vendor and service-provider reviews.

No electronic transmission or storage system is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.

16. Your Data Protection Rights

Subject to the GDPR and applicable legal limitations, you may have the right to:

• Be informed about how your information is processed;

• Request access to your personal data;

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;

• Request deletion of your personal data;

• Request restriction of processing;

• Object to processing based on legitimate interests;

• Object to direct marketing at any time;

• Receive eligible information in a portable format;

• Withdraw consent at any time;

• Request human review of certain automated decisions.

Genome1st does not currently make decisions about Website visitors based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise your rights, contact [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS]. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

We will normally respond within one month. This period may be extended where permitted by the GDPR for complex or numerous requests.

17. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we process personal data, please contact us first so we can attempt to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For Greece:

Hellenic Data Protection Authority
Kifissias 1–3
115 23 Athens, Greece
Website: https://www.dpa.gr
Email: complaints@dpa.gr

You may also contact the data-protection authority in the EU or EEA country where you live or work or where you believe an infringement occurred.

18. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended primarily for adult visitors, healthcare professionals, researchers, organizations, and potential partners.

We do not knowingly collect personal data directly from children through the Website.

If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, contact [PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS].

19. Third-Party Websites

The Website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.

We do not control and are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage visitors to review the privacy and cookie policies of every external website they use.

20. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy to reflect changes to our activities, technologies, service providers, or legal requirements.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent.

21. Contact Us

For questions about this Policy, our use of cookies, the processing of personal data, or the exercise of your rights, contact:

Legal entity: Genome1st Europe LLC
Operating name: Genome1st Europe
Email: drpaul@genome1st.com
Website: genome1st.com