Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains the manner in which Advancium Health Network (“Advancium”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, maintains, and shares information about visitors to our website, located at www.breakintotheboardroom.org and any subdomains (the “Site) as well as individuals who interact with our related services (collectively, our “Services”).

Break into the Boardroom (“BiB”) is sponsored by Advancium, Deerfield Management Company, L.P. (Series C) (“Deerfield”), Oxeon, LLC (“Oxeon”) and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (“WCAS”, and together with Advancium, Deerfield and Oxeon, the “Sponsors”).

By using or otherwise accessing the Site or otherwise interacting with our Services, you agree to the terms, conditions, policies, and restrictions governing the use of the Site, which thus constitute a legal agreement between you and Advancium. We may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Site at any time, including the availability of any feature, database or content therein. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE SITE. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF ANY CHANGES TO THIS POLICY CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH CHANGES.

Information We Collect

When you visit our Site, we may collect the following categories of information about you: Internet or Other Similar Network Activity. Specific Personal Information we collect may include: your domain server, type of computer or mobile device, web browser and statistical information regarding the pages that you visit, as well as the items viewed on the Site. If you elect to submit an online request form to us, we collect your name, email address and any information you include in the message box. The source of this information is your direct interaction with our website. We may collect your name, address, telephone number, email address or other unique identifier from you in connection with interactions with us in the ordinary course of business (aside from your interaction with our Site). We may also receive your personal information from third parties.

Use and Disclosure of Information

The Sponsors may use the personal information we collect about you for the following purposes:

  • To better understand general usage of the Site and to improve the Site and the Break into the Boardroom program.
  • To respond to your requests, such as to send you publications or other information.
  • For internal business purposes, such as auditing, data analytics and research to create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our Site and the Break into the Boardroom program.
  • To assist you with your search for appropriate board roles, including by sharing your information with external parties who have an active board search for which they are seeking candidates.
  • To prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents that compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity, or confidentiality of personal information, where reasonably necessary and proportionate.
  • At any of the Sponsors’ initiative and without your request, to provide you with information and materials regarding activities, programming, properties and other aspects of Break into the Boardroom, the Sponsors and their respective affiliates, including via publications, newsletters, and emails for informational purposes.

Your personal information is shared with the Sponsors. The Sponsors may share your personal information with certain categories of third parties in a limited number of circumstances, including: (i) to third parties with whom the Sponsors work or collaborate to enhance the Site and programs that the Sponsors provide; (iii) to third parties that may be interested in evaluating your candidacy as a potential board member; (iv) to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or regulatory inquiry; (iii) to protect or defend against fraud, lawsuits, claims or other liabilities; (v) to protect the security of our systems, or to protect our rights or property; (vi) in connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of the business of any Sponsor; (vii) to otherwise assist the Sponsors in offering programs, products and services, and (viii) for distribution of publications, newsletters or other information that the Sponsors believe may be useful to you.

California Residents

Based upon where you reside, certain choices and rights with regards to your personal information may be available to you. Please see below for information on how to contact us to exercise these rights.

Information We Collect and How We Share It

The information that we have collected about consumers, and the sources from which we have collected it, are described above in “Information We Collect.” Our business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information is described above in “Use and Disclosure of Information.”

We do not sell your personal information.

We have collected and disclosed the following categories of personal information about consumers for a business purpose in the preceding twelve months:
  1. Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifier.
  2. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law. In some cases, we may collect some limited sensitive personal information about you, such as by asking event attendees to voluntarily provide information as to whether they require any special assistance or accessibility features. This information is only used for the limited purposes for which it is collected.
  3. Sensitive personal information. In some cases, we may collect some limited sensitive personal information about you, such as by asking event attendees to voluntarily provide information about any dietary restrictions that they may have. This information is only used for the limited purposes for which it is collected.
  4. Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
  5. Internet or other electronic network activity information, including information regarding a consumer's interaction with our Site, such as IP address, browser type and version, and pages visited on our Site.
  6. Audio, electronic, visual. In some instances, we may collect photographs and audio/visual recordings, such as during events that we sponsor. We may also collect audio recordings from internal activities as well, subject to additional notices that we provide in advance of those collection activities.
  7. Professional or employment-related information.

Your Rights as a California Resident

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, (“CCPA”), residents of the State of California are provided with specific rights regarding the collection and storage of their personal information.

Right to Know and Access. Residents of the State of California have the right to request that we provide to you the following information about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once your verifiable consumer request has been confirmed, we will disclose to you:

  1. The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
  2. The categories of sources for the personal information we have collected about you (e.g., use of cookies, third parties, etc.).
  3. Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that personal information.
  4. The categories of third parties with whom we share or have shared that personal information.
  5. The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you (also called a data portability request).
  6. If we have not disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, we will disclose this fact. If we have disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, including direct marketing, we will provide you with a list of disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained. Under the CCPA, you have the right to know whether your personal information is being sold.

Right to Deletion. Residents of the State of California have the right to request that we delete any of the personal information collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once your verifiable consumer request is confirmed, we will delete and direct our service providers to delete your personal information from our records. Your request to delete the personal information collected may be denied if it is necessary for us to retain your information under one or more of the exceptions listed in the CCPA. If you decide to use or access the Services again after exercising your right to deletion, we may consider this a new account, and may collect personal information associated with that account in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information. Residents of the State of California may have the right to limit the use of certain types of sensitive personal information that we collect about you, such as your social security number, only to those uses that are necessary for us to perform our Services, and other services as permitted by law.

Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. California residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information by contacting us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.

Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of any individuals under the age of 16.

Where we are sharing your personal information with third parties for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising or profiling, you may opt-out of such sharing at any time by contacting us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.

Right to Correction. Residents of the State of California have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information that we may have on file about you. We will take into account the nature of the personal information and the purpose for which we are processing such personal information. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct such inaccurate personal information about you.

Right to Obtain Additional Details. Residents of the State of California may have the right to request disclosures regarding our information practices. Please note, however, that this information is generally available in this Privacy Policy.

“Shine the Light” and “Eraser” Laws. California residents are additionally entitled to request a notice that identifies the categories of personal customer information that we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes and contact information for those entities. If you are a California resident and would like this information, please submit a written request to us using the contact information below in the “Contact Us” section below.

Verification Process

We are required by law to take reasonable steps to verify your identity prior to responding to your request to exercise the above rights. Please note that your exercise of these rights is subject to certain exemptions to safeguard the public interest (e.g., the prevention or detection of crime) and our interests (e.g., the maintenance of legal privilege).

We may verify your request by asking for information sufficient to confirm your identity, such as your name, email address, and information about your interactions with us. Requests to exercise these rights may be granted in whole, in part, or not at all, depending on the scope and nature of the request and as permitted by applicable law. Where required by applicable law, we will notify you if we reject your request, and notify you of the reasons we are unable to honor your request.

Use of an Authorized Agent

You may have the right to use an authorized agent on their behalf to exercise one or more of the privacy rights discussed above in this section.

If you are an authorized agent acting on behalf of an individual to exercise a privacy right discussed above, you must be able to demonstrate that you have the requisite authorization to act on behalf of the individual. You can make a request on the individual’s behalf by contacting us as set forth below in the “Contact Us” section with supporting verification information and proof of your own identity.

Exercising Your Rights

If you are a resident of the state of California and wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using the information as provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

Non-Discrimination. You will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for exercising your privacy rights.

Tracking

The Site does not currently recognize automated web browser tracking method signals, such as “do not track” instructions. You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and other technologies through your browser, including blocking all cookies; however, blocking all cookies may affect your use of the Site and other websites and services online, and may prevent you from using all the features and elements of the Site and other websites and services.

Security Measures

We take the security of personal information provided to us very seriously, and we have implemented commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to try to ensure the protection of your personal information. We restrict access to your personal information (if any) to those employees and representatives who need to know that information to provide services or programs or for the purposes outlined in this Policy, and when we no longer need your personal information, we will delete and/or destroy the information per any applicable data destruction policies.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Cross-Border Transfers

We are based on and operates in the United States and complies with applicable data protection laws in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, your personal information may be transferred across nation borders and may be accessed by our vendors and suppliers from countries with varying degrees of protection for your personal information. By agreeing to this Policy, you expressly consent to the processing of your data in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the United States of America, in accordance with this Policy and applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.

Children’s Policy

Our Site, programs, services and other information we make available are not directed towards children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly solicit, collect, use, or disclose personal information by any children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly sell personal information of children under the age of 16. By submitting information to us (whether or not through the Site), you represent and warrant that you are not under the age of 16. If we learn that any personal information has been submitted by any child under the age of 16, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time and without notice. If we do change this Policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this Policy and will post any such modified Policy on the Site. Any change will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. You should review this Policy each time you access the Site to see the most recent version.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or you would like to exercise any of your rights as outlined here, please contact us at 888-532-7488 and ask to speak with a member of our Privacy Team or send an email to privacy@advanciumhealth.org. Before helping you with your inquiry, we may ask to verify your identity in accordance with applicable law. Residents of the State of California may submit an online request for an accounting of the personal information we maintain about them by completing this online request form.

You may also write to us at:
Advancium Health Network
Attn: Privacy Team
345 Park Avenue South, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10010

Last Updated: February 2023