ElyChat Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 24, 2026
Last Updated: October 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Elytron Biotech Corporation (“Elytron,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and retains information when you use ElyChat and related websites, applications, software, and services (collectively, the “Service”).

This Privacy Policy should be read together with the ElyChat Terms of Service.

1. Scope

ElyChat is intended for analysis of non-human bacterial and fungal sequence data only. Users may not upload human genomic or other human sequence data.

Although uploaded microbial or fungal sequences are not intended to be personal information, other information associated with your account or use of the Service may identify or relate to an individual and may be protected by applicable privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

We may collect:

• name, email address, organization, account credentials, and account settings;
• billing and subscription information, if applicable;
• bacterial and fungal FASTA files, sequence data, annotations, metadata, file names, and related scientific information;
• prompts, messages, conversations, queries, instructions, and feedback submitted through ElyChat;
• support requests and communications with Elytron; and
• other information that you choose to provide.

Payment card information may be processed directly by a third-party payment processor rather than stored by Elytron, depending on the payment method used.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you use the Service, we may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address;
• browser and device type;
• operating system;
• pages or features accessed;
• dates and times of access;
• session and authentication information;
• usage events and interactions with the Service;
• error, performance, and diagnostic logs;
• approximate location inferred from IP address; and
• cookies, local-storage identifiers, and similar technologies.

C. Information Generated Through the Service

We may generate or collect information derived from use of ElyChat, including:

• sequence annotations and computational analyses;
• taxonomic and functional predictions;
• embeddings, features, metrics, quality indicators, and other derived representations;
• model and pipeline evaluation data;
• system-performance information; and
• aggregated or statistical information.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• create, authenticate, administer, and secure accounts;
• provide, operate, maintain, and support ElyChat;
• process uploaded bacterial and fungal sequence files;
• generate requested analyses and conversational Outputs;
• troubleshoot errors and improve performance, reliability, usability, and security;
• detect abuse, fraud, unauthorized access, or violations of our policies;
• communicate with users about accounts, transactions, updates, support, or security;
• administer subscriptions and billing;
• comply with legal obligations and enforce agreements;
• protect the rights, safety, and property of Elytron, our users, and others; and
• perform the research, development, product-improvement, model-improvement, benchmarking, and commercialization activities described below.

4. Use of Uploaded Sequence Data and Conversations for R&D and Product Improvement

Unless a separate written agreement with Elytron expressly provides otherwise, Elytron may use User Content submitted to ElyChat, including bacterial and fungal sequence data, associated metadata, prompts, conversations, and Outputs, to:

• operate and improve ElyChat;
• train, tune, test, evaluate, and improve software, machine-learning systems, artificial-intelligence systems, and computational models;
• develop and validate bioinformatics pipelines, databases, algorithms, annotations, analytical methods, and reference resources;
• conduct internal scientific and technical research and development;
• perform quality assurance, debugging, benchmarking, safety, and reliability testing;
• develop new products, services, features, models, datasets, methods, and technologies; and
• support Elytron’s lawful business and commercialization activities.

Elytron may create aggregated, transformed, statistical, or de-identified information from User Content. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Elytron may retain and use such information after the underlying account or original file has been deleted.

Elytron does not sell individual uploaded FASTA files as standalone genomic datasets to third parties.

Customers requiring different data-use terms, including no-training or no-R&D processing, must enter into a separate written agreement with Elytron.

5. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose information to:

Service Providers

Vendors and contractors that help us provide infrastructure, hosting, storage, security, authentication, analytics, customer support, communications, payment processing, model or software services, and related operational functions. They may process information on our behalf subject to contractual or other applicable restrictions.

Affiliates

Our current or future parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Business Transactions

Parties involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, due diligence process, or similar corporate transaction, subject to applicable law.

Legal and Safety Reasons

Government authorities, regulators, courts, law enforcement, or other parties when we reasonably believe disclosure is required by law, legal process, or is necessary to protect rights, safety, security, property, or the integrity of the Service.

At Your Direction

Third parties when you request or authorize us to disclose information.

6. Sale and Targeted Advertising

As of the Effective Date, Elytron does not sell personal information for monetary consideration and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those concepts are defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws.

Elytron does not sell individual uploaded FASTA files as standalone genomic datasets.

If these practices materially change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any notices or choices required by applicable law.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Service and, with your permission, to understand how it is used.

Essential cookies

These cookies are necessary to authenticate users, maintain sessions, protect forms from forgery, and remember your cookie choice. They do not require consent, and the Service cannot work without them.

Analytics cookies (optional)

With your permission only, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, on our website and in the ElyChat application to understand how the Service is used and to improve it. If you accept, Google Analytics sets first-party cookies named _ga and _ga_ followed by an identifier in your browser, which can last up to two years, and receives information such as the pages and features you use (for example, that a genome upload was started or that a question was sent), your approximate location, your device and browser, and the page that referred you to the Service. Google processes this information on our behalf and under its own terms and privacy policy.

We configure the integration so that what you write or name is not sent to Google. We do not send the text of your questions or of the answers, your sequence files or their names, the names of your genomes or conversations, your email address, or account or record identifiers. The addresses of the pages you visit are sent without query strings and without identifiers.

Analytics cookies are off until you accept them. You can accept, reject, or change your choice at any time using the “Cookie settings” link on the website, in the sign-in and registration pages, and in the application. A Global Privacy Control signal sent by your browser is treated as a rejection. If you withdraw your consent, we stop sending analytics information and remove the Google Analytics cookies from your browser.

Browser settings may also allow you to block or delete cookies, although doing so may prevent parts of the Service from functioning correctly.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide the Service, maintain security, satisfy contractual obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, comply with law, and support legitimate research and development activities permitted under the Terms.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, account status, contractual commitments, legal obligations, backup cycles, and operational requirements.

When original User Content is deleted, residual copies may remain temporarily in backups or disaster-recovery systems. Aggregated, transformed, statistical, model-derived, or de-identified information may be retained for longer periods or indefinitely to the extent permitted by law and the Terms.

9. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no online service, transmission method, storage system, software platform, or security measure can guarantee absolute security. You use the Service and transmit information at your own risk and are responsible for maintaining appropriate backups of your data.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and whether an applicable privacy law covers Elytron or the relevant processing, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of certain personal information, and to exercise other rights provided by applicable law.

You may submit a privacy request to info@elytronbiotech.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request and may deny or limit requests where permitted by law.

Residents of jurisdictions that provide an appeal right may appeal a denied privacy request by replying to our decision or emailing info@elytronbiotech.com with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line.

Delaware residents may also contact the Delaware Department of Justice regarding applicable privacy rights.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising rights provided by applicable privacy law.

11. California Privacy Information

If the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, applies to Elytron’s processing of your personal information, California residents may have rights including access, deletion, correction, information about collection and disclosure practices, and rights concerning sale or sharing of personal information, subject to statutory exceptions and applicability requirements.

As stated above, as of the Effective Date, Elytron does not sell personal information for monetary consideration and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Requests may be submitted to info@elytronbiotech.com.

12. International Users and Cross-Border Processing

Elytron is a United States company. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States and other countries where Elytron or its service providers operate.

Data-protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from the laws where you live. Where required, Elytron will use legally recognized mechanisms for cross-border transfers.

13. Children

ElyChat is not directed to children and is intended only for persons 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly permit individuals under 18 to create accounts.

If you believe a minor has provided personal information to us, contact info@elytronbiotech.com.

14. Third-Party Links and Services

The Service may contain links to or integrations with third-party sites, software, databases, publications, or services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version and revise the “Last Updated” date. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before materially changing how previously collected information is used.

16. Contact Us

For privacy questions or requests:

Elytron Biotech Corporation
251 Little Falls Drive
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808
United States
Email: info@elytronbiotech.com