iPulse Privacy Policy
Introduction
At iPulse Inc. ("we", "our", "iPulse Protocol", “iPulse”, or "us"), we prioritize your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal and sensitive information you share with us through the ipulse.xyz and iPulse Wellness DApp. This privacy policy outlines our data collection, usage, sharing, and retention practices, ensuring compliance with international data protection laws.
By using our app, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the app.
1. Information We Collect
Health and Fitness Data
Activity Metrics: Information related to your fitness activities such as step count, sleep data, heart rate, exercise, HRV, RHR, blood oxygen saturation, and other wellness metrics.
Manually Entered Health Data: Any health-related information you choose to manually input, including diet, exercise, female health tracking, and personal wellness goals.
Personal and Device Information
Wallet Address: For blockchain-based transactions within the app.
Device Information: Including device type, operating system, IP address, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Physiological Profile: Including birthday, gender identity, weight, and height.
Interaction Data: How you interact with the app, including feature usage, session times, and click paths.
Geolocation Data: Such as GPS, IP Address, and movement on certain exercise types if you give permission for us to collect this data.
Sensitive Information
Any other information you voluntarily provide that may be considered sensitive under privacy laws, including information related to physical or mental health.
2. How We Use Your Information
We collect and use the information for the following purposes:
Personalization: To offer customized wellness insights and recommendations based on your health and fitness data.
Transaction Processing: Using wallet addresses for secure transactions related to in-app purchases or blockchain activities.
Analytics and Improvements: To understand user behavior and improve app performance, features, and user experience.
Legal Compliance: To comply with laws, regulations, and requests from legal authorities.
Enable Third-party Integrations and Services: We process personal data you provide to us to enable third party integrations, services, features, and offerings. For example, with your permission, our Services may integrate with third party services like Google Health Connect and Apple HealthKit, or our partners. iPulse takes measures to help ensure third-party services protect your personal data, which means that iPulse only processes your data with respect to third-party integrations when you choose to integrate them with our Services, or when you provide the necessary consents. We process the data we receive from these third-parties according to applicable terms, such as the Google Health Connect Permissions policy and Google Limited Use requirements, as well as relevant third-party developer license agreements, as we become aware of those policies and agreements.
3. How We Share Your Information
We take your privacy seriously and only share data in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party providers who assist with services such as data storage, cloud infrastructure, analytics, and customer support.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Legal Obligations: We may share your data in response to a legal request or to comply with applicable laws.
User Consent: We will share your information if you explicitly consent to such sharing.
We do not sell your personal or sensitive information to third parties.
4. How You May Share Personal Data Through iPulse
Depending on your use of the Services, you may share Personal Data with:
Other users of the Services, such as through our iPulse sharing features, which allow you to share information and content with other users of the Service. Users are by default searchable by other users.
Third-party social media platforms or linked accounts, devices, or features, when you choose to connect your account on those services with iPulse or post content to social media, such as through the iPulse sharing feature.
The Public: When you make Personal Data visible to other users of the Services, including through the iPulse sharing features, it may become publicly available and can be collected, viewed, and used by anyone.
Managing Entities: If your use of the Services is on behalf of or managed by a managing entity, such as a coach, team, organizing body, or other affiliated entity, your account information and Personal Data may be shared with the managing entity subject to your consent. The managing entity will determine how the relevant information and content is shared.
Corporate Wellness Programs: If you use the Services in connection with an employer or organizational corporate wellness program, we may share your information with that organization subject to your consent. Typically, we will share only Aggregated Data with these organizations.
5. Data Security
We are committed to ensuring the security of your data. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures, including:
Encryption: We encrypt sensitive data both in transit and at rest.
Access Control: We limit access to your personal data to authorized personnel who need it to perform their duties.
Regular Audits: We conduct regular audits of our data security practices to ensure compliance with industry standards.
Despite these measures, no security protocol is 100% secure. We encourage users to take steps to protect their own data, such as using strong passwords and enabling two-factor authentication where available.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. The specific retention period may vary depending on the type of data:
Health Data: Retained for as long as you use the app to allow for continuous wellness insights.
Personal Information: Retained until your account is deleted or upon your request.
Legal Requirements: Some data may be retained for longer periods as required by legal obligations.
7. User Control and Data Deletion
You have control over the data you provide and can exercise the following rights:
Access and Correction: You may request access to or correction of your personal data at any time.
Data Deletion: You can request the deletion of your account and data by contacting us at support@ipulse.xyz. We will process your request in accordance with applicable laws.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our app is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child under the age of 13, please contact us at support@ipulse.xyz so we can take appropriate action.
9. International Data Transfers
We may transfer your data to servers located outside of your country of residence. When we do so, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
10. iPulse AI Agent & Third-Party AI Technology
iPulse AI Agent is a generative AI feature that is intended to help you understand and make progress toward your goals, decipher iPulse concepts, and provide educational guidance, integrating with the rest of the iPulse experience. iPulse AI Agent combines your unique, anonymized health metrics with the science of iPulse to help optimize your health, fitness, and performance.
If you use iPulse AI Agent, please note that iPulse AI Agent leverages third-party AI technology provided by our LLM partner. This technology is trained on real-world data to generate intelligent and personalized responses in conversations with users. Responses are based on your requests and relevant information collected through your iPulse metrics.
We require our LLM partner to use your anonymized health metrics only for the purpose of generating responses. Our LLM partner has a “Zero-Retention/Zero Training Policy” with respect to your health metrics, meaning they will not store, retain, or use your metrics for any training purposes.
iPulse may retain the history of your conversations with iPulse AI Agent to ensure you continue to have access to previous conversations.
11. Your Choices
Access, update, or delete: You may access, edit, or delete certain information through your account settings. You may request full deletion of your account and data by contacting us.
Privacy Settings: You can modify privacy settings under “Integrations & Privacy” in the app.
Geolocation Data: You can enable or disable location services on your device.
Wellness Data: You can stop the collection of wellness data by un-pairing your smart wearable device.
iPulse AI Agent: You may enable, disable, or interact with this feature as you choose.
Do Not Track: The Services do not support “Do Not Track” requests at this time.
12. Other Sites and Services
The Services may contain links to third-party websites or online services. These are not endorsements, and we are not responsible for their actions. You should review their privacy notices to understand how they handle your data.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this policy at any time. If we make material changes, we will notify you via email or within the app prior to the change becoming effective. Please review this policy periodically for any updates.
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