REQUEST SYSTEM
REQUEST SYSTEM SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVACY NOTICE
Last Updated: May 30, 2025
Othram, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“our,” “us”, or “we”), provides certain services through
our Request System site, available at request.othram.com (the “Request System”). This Request System
Supplemental Privacy Notice (this “Request System Supplemental Notice”) supplements, but does not
replace, our Global Privacy Notice (the “Global Notice”) and describes the privacy practices governing
your agency’s (the “Agency”) use of, and access to, the Request System. In the event of any conflict or
ambiguity between this Request System Supplemental Notice and the Global Notice, this Request System
Supplemental Notice shall control. All capitalized terms used but not defined in this Request System
Supplemental Terms have the definitions given to such terms in, as applicable, (1) the Global Notice or
(2) the Request System Supplemental Terms of Use.
- Definitions.
- “Case“ means a discreet case or project for a particular law enforcement
investigation assigned by the Agency, and accepted by us, through the Request System. For clarity, a
Case will never include a consumer-based investigation or any non-law enforcement
investigation initiated or requested by a consumer.
- “De-Identified Information“ means aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized
data (without regard to the type or source of such data) that cannot be used to identify a particular
individual and which is derived from, or relates to, Personal Information.
- “DNA Profile Deliverable“ means the SNP profile delivered by us to the Agency and derived from a Submission.
- “FBI QAS“ means the then-current Quality Assurance Standards for Forensic
DNA Testing Laboratories adopted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- “Privacy Law“ means, with respect to a Case, any statute, law,
ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, constitution, treaty, common law, judgment, decree, requirement,
or rule of law of any governmental authority applicable to Protected Information in such
Case.
- “Protected Information“ means, in connection with our
providing a Request System Service, (i) information and materials received by us
from the Agency, including Personal Information, and (ii) information and materials
generated by us in connection with such service, including DNA Profile Deliverables
and Work Product. Protected Information does not include information or materials
that are publicly available through no fault of ours.
- “Public“ means, with respect to a Case, the first time at which there is a public
release or a public disclosure of such Case, whether by the Agency or someone else acting in concert
with, or at the direction of, the Agency.
- “Request System Service“ means a service provided by us to the Agency through
the Request System.
- “Submission“ means any item (of any kind) the Agency submits to us through
the Request System, including submitted evidence and submitted extracts.
- “Submission Service“ means a Request System Service directly involving a
Submission.
- “Technical Details“ means technical details highlighting or educating as to our
capabilities.
- “Work Product“ means the material that is generated as a function of analysis by
us which is not subject to a chain of custody.
- Uses. We shall use Protected Information in compliance with all
applicable Privacy Laws and for the purpose of providing Request System Services
to the Agency. In addition, if we and the Agency have separately agreed in writing
to other privacy practices, then such other privacy practices shall apply to this
Request System Supplemental Notice, and the order of precedence of this Request
System Supplemental Notice and such other privacy practices shall be as described
in such other written agreement. We are permitted to, and may, create De-Identified
Information from Protected Information. We are permitted to, and may, to the extent not prohibited by
law, use the De-Identified Information or share, sell, or transfer the De-Identified Information with or to
third parties. Such uses may include (i) research and development, (ii) performance testing, and (iii)
product development, including analyzing, building, and improving the Request System Services. For
clarity, De-Identified Information shall not include DNA Profile Deliverables. The Agency shall have no
right, title, or interest in or to the De-Identified Information and shall have no right to use or possess the
De-Identified Information.
- Controls. We shall maintain adequate privacy and security controls with respect to the
Protected Information. We shall ensure that access, use, storage, processing, and protection of Protected
Information is in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws.
- Obligations.
- Employees Only. We shall provide all Submission Services to the Agency using
our employees only. We shall not provide any Submission Service to the Agency using any independent
contractor without the Agency’s permission or approval.
- Submissions. A Submission received by us at our facility from the Agency shall
not leave our facility without the Agency’s permission or approval, including in the circumstances
identified in Section 7.. We meet the FBI QAS applicable to (i) Submissions and (ii) Work Product.
- Announcements. We shall not announce our involvement in or with a Case until
the Case becomes Public (if ever). At the time a Case becomes Public (if ever), unless other
arrangements are made between us and the Agency, we reserve the right to announce (including publicly)
from time-to-time our involvement with a case. As part of any such announcement, we may disclose
Technical Details regarding the Case. Examples of Technical Details include (i) quantity of DNA used,
tested, or made available, (ii) degradation of materials, and (iii) proportions of mixtures.
- Confidentiality. All our employees are subject to confidentiality restrictions that
provide at least the same level of protection for Protected Information as those in this Request System
Supplemental Notice.
- Access. We shall ensure access to Protected Information is limited to our
employees who are performing a Request System Service for the Agency and only for so long as
necessary to perform such Request System Service. We shall maintain a disciplinary process to address
any unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of Protected Information by our personnel. In the event of
unauthorized access, use, or disclosure by our personnel of Protected Information relative to the Agency,
we shall promptly notify the Agency after discovery of such unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We
have or shall enter into a written agreement or obtain written obligations with each our personnel member
containing data protection obligations that provide at least the same level of protection for Protected
Information as those in this Request System Supplemental Notice.
- Safeguards. We have or shall implement safeguards of Protected Information
providing for the following: (i) electronically tracking access to our facility, (ii) limiting physical and
remote access to our facilities and data, and (iii) implementing network security, including protection
against anticipated threats or hazards. In the event of unauthorized access by a third party of Protected
Information, we shall promptly notify the Agency after discovery of such unauthorized access or
disclosure.
- Third-Party Communications. It is expected that all third-party communications
regarding a Case shall be coordinated and made by the Agency. If asked by the Agency, we shall
participate in third-party communications regarding a Case for the Agency, but, unless otherwise agreed
to by us and the Agency, it is expected that an Agency representative shall participate with us in each
such third-party communication.
- DNA Profile Deliverables.
- Searches. We use DNA Profile Deliverables generated from a Submission to
search against third-party genealogical databases. We will attempt to cause such third-party genealogical
databases to limit and restrict access to, and maintain the confidentiality of, any such DNA Profile
Deliverable so-used.
- No Returns. Unless a Request System Service provides for the return of a DNA
Profile Deliverable or other arrangements are made between us and the Agency, we do not return any
DNA Profile Deliverable to the Agency.
- No Sale. We shall not sell any DNA Profile Deliverable, and we shall not sell
access to any DNA Profile Deliverable.
- Collection. We may collect information from DNA Profile
Deliverables to establish genetic identity in the context of a Case, and we shall use
such genetic identity from a DNA Profile Deliverable solely in the context of such
Case. We will endeavor to avoid collecting or disseminating any DNA Profile
Deliverable from which medically relevant information may be derived
- Submissions Retention. We do not retain any Submission indefinitely. The Agency
agrees to facilitate the return of each Submission at the conclusion of each Case.
- Changes. We may change this Request System Supplemental Notice from time to time,
so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post any changes to this Request System
Supplemental Notice on othram.com/request. Unless otherwise indicated, any changes to this Request
System Supplemental Notice will apply immediately upon posting to our Sites. You are responsible for
periodically visiting our Sites and this Request System Supplemental Notice to check for any changes.