Privacy & Cookie Policy

The Phaedon Institute is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific non-profit organization supporting the effective and sustainable growth of the aging and longevity field. We are responsible for the personal information collected through phaedon.institute.

This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, who we share it with and the choices you have.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive information such as health, financial account or government ID details through our website. Please do not send such information through our forms.

• To send our newsletter and updates you asked for, including news, podcasts and summit announcements.
• To respond to your enquiries and manage event registrations.
• To present our team, advisors, speakers and partners on our website and channels.
• To process and acknowledge donations.
• To operate, secure and improve our website, including protecting it against spam and abuse.
• To understand, in aggregate, how visitors use our website.
• To comply with legal obligations.

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on the following legal bases:

• Consent: for our newsletter, for publishing speaker and contributor profiles, and for non-essential cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time.
• Legitimate interests: to operate and secure our website, respond to enquiries and document our public events, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
• Contract or your request: to manage event registrations and services you ask for.
• Legal obligation: where we must keep or disclose information by law.

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share it only with trusted providers that help us run the Institute, and only as needed for them to provide their services:

• Website hosting and infrastructure: our hosting provider and Cloudflare, which delivers and protects the site.
• Email services: to send newsletters, confirmations and replies.
• Event registration platforms: such as Luma, when you register for a summit.
• Embedded content and social platforms: such as LinkedIn and X, when you view embedded posts or follow our links.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or where necessary to protect our rights, the security of our website or the safety of others.

Team, advisors, speakers and partners

We publish the names, photos, titles, affiliations and short biographies of our team, board and advisory members, summit speakers and partners on our website, social channels and event materials. We use information and images that these individuals provide or approve for this purpose.

Photos and video at our events

We may take photos and video at our summits and events and share them on our website, social media and in reports about our work. If you would prefer not to be photographed, please let our team know at the event.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use them, along with similar browser storage, for the purposes below.

• Newsletter: until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove you.
• Enquiries: as long as needed to respond and follow up, then deleted.
• Public profiles: while the person holds the role or the related event page is published, or until removal is requested.
• Event and donation records: as long as needed for the event and for our legal and accounting obligations.

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

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), access controls and security services that block malicious traffic. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of your information, including your published profile or images.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Receive your information in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time, including unsubscribing from our newsletter.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, email web@phaedon.institute. We will respond within the time required by applicable law. California residents: we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

The Phaedon Institute is based in the United States, and our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Where we transfer personal information from the EEA or UK, we rely on appropriate safeguards offered by our providers, such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

Our website links to and embeds content from other sites, such as our partners, LinkedIn and X. These sites have their own privacy practices, which we do not control. Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other site directly, and may collect data about you. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Our website is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 in the EEA, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has provided us with information, please contact us and we will delete it.

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it was last revised. For significant changes, we will provide a more prominent notice.

Questions, concerns or requests about this policy or your information are always welcome.