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Privacy Policy

Draft website, reservation, kit, and results privacy policy for Milkprint · Last updated June 2026

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy explains how Milkprint, Inc. (“Milkprint,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, retains, and protects information in connection with our website, reservations, kit purchases, sample collection, sample testing, results dashboard, research activities where applicable, customer support, marketing, and related services.

This Policy applies to visitors, customers, prospective customers, clinicians, researchers, partners, and other individuals who interact with Milkprint. Additional notices or consents may apply at checkout, kit activation, sample submission, research participation, or account registration.

2. Important note about health information and HIPAA

Milkprint is currently intended as a direct-to-consumer educational wellness product, not a healthcare provider, health plan, or medical diagnosis service. Some information we collect may be health-related or sensitive. We treat breast milk samples, results, lactation information, and related data as sensitive information.

3. Information we collect

We may collect information you provide directly, such as your name, email address, shipping address, and any health or feeding context you choose to share. We also collect information generated when you use our services, including kit identifiers, sample submission details, and results data. We may collect technical information automatically through your browser or device, such as IP address, browser type, and usage patterns.

4. How we collect information

  • Directly from you when you browse the website, join a waitlist, reserve or buy a kit, activate a kit, submit a sample, complete surveys, contact support, or use the results dashboard.
  • Automatically through cookies, analytics tools, pixels, logs, and similar technologies.
  • From third-party service providers such as payment processors, shipping carriers, laboratories, analytics providers, email providers, hosting providers, customer support tools, and fulfillment partners.
  • From partners or referral sources if you interact with Milkprint through a clinician, lactation consultant, researcher, affiliate, employer, or other partner program.

5. How we use information

  • Operate, maintain, and improve the website and Services.
  • Process reservations, purchases, refunds, shipping, kit fulfillment, and customer support.
  • Activate kits, identify samples, coordinate laboratory testing, generate results, and display the Milkprint dashboard.
  • Provide educational context, trend features, customer communications, and service updates.
  • Analyze website traffic, product interest, conversion funnels, and feature usage.
  • Detect, prevent, and address fraud, security incidents, misuse, legal claims, and operational issues.
  • Comply with laws, regulations, legal process, and enforce our terms.
  • Send marketing communications where permitted and honor opt-out requests.
  • Use aggregated, de-identified, or coded data to improve our products and better understand human milk composition.
  • Where required or appropriate, request separate consent for future research, publications, product development, commercialization, or use of leftover samples beyond providing your results.

6. Sample data, coding, de-identification, and aggregation

We may assign kit IDs, sample IDs, or other codes to reduce direct identification during processing. Coded data may still be linkable to you within our systems or by authorized service providers. Therefore, coded data is not always the same as anonymous data.

We may create de-identified or aggregated data that is designed not to identify you. We may use and disclose de-identified or aggregated data for research, analytics, product development, scientific, operational, commercial, or other lawful purposes, subject to applicable law and any consent commitments we make to you.

7. How we disclose information

We may share your information with service providers who help us operate the Services, including laboratories, payment processors, shipping carriers, hosting providers, analytics tools, email providers, and customer support platforms. These providers are authorized to use your information only as necessary to perform services on our behalf.

We may also disclose information to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, protect rights and safety, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

8. Research, product development, and de-identified data

Milkprint aims to support human milk and lactation research and bring these scientific insights to the community at large. Aligned with our mission, we are establishing a repository of human milk samples and anonymized client demographic data that could be used for a variety of research purposes, including biological, biomedical, or genetic research or research on a particular disease or illness.

Studies conducted may lead to publications in scientific journals and/or the commercial development of new products or solutions. Based on the results obtained, Milkprint or its collaborators may develop intellectual property, commercialize products or services, directly or indirectly, from the data. In such cases, you will not be eligible to benefit financially now or in the future from such activities.

9. Cookies, analytics, and session tools

We may use cookies, pixels, software development kits, analytics tags, session replay or heatmap tools, and similar technologies. For example, we may use Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors reach and use the website. These tools may collect device, browsing, interaction, and usage information. See our Cookie Policy for more detail and available choices.

10. Marketing communications

We may send transactional communications such as receipts, account notices, shipping updates, kit activation messages, support responses, and results availability notices. We may also send marketing communications where permitted. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in the email or by contacting us. Transactional messages may still be sent when necessary to provide the Services.

11. Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, improve our products, and support research or product development where permitted. Retention periods may differ by data type.

12. Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information. No system is completely secure. You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials if we provide account access.

13. Your choices and rights

  • Access, correct, delete, or request a copy of certain personal information where required by applicable law.
  • Opt out of marketing emails.
  • Manage cookies and analytics choices through browser settings, cookie tools, or other mechanisms we provide.
  • Request information about certain disclosures or sharing, where required by state law.
  • Appeal a denied privacy request where applicable law provides that right.

To submit a request, contact hello@milkprint.us. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

14. Children

The Services are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. Parents or legal guardians may provide infant-related context as part of their own use of the Services.

15. State-specific notices

Residents of certain states may have additional privacy rights. Please see our State Privacy Notices for more information. In the event of a conflict between this Privacy Policy and a state-specific notice, the state-specific notice will control for residents covered by that notice.

16. International users

Milkprint is currently intended for users in the United States unless otherwise stated. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that information may be processed in the United States and other locations where we or our service providers operate.

17. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date above will indicate the latest version. Material changes may be communicated through the website, account, email, or other appropriate means.

18. Contact

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to hello@milkprint.us.