RA Health Innovations Ltd, trading as Ekaantcare (hereinafter referred to as "Ekaantcare", "RA Health", "we," "us," and "our") is a Scottish registered company providing digital health solutions, aiming to help individuals with health conditions and their family caregivers to deliver better care outcomes. Ekaantcare is a trademark of RA Health Innovations Ltd, registered in the United Kingdom and India.
Our Privacy Policy (hereafter referred to as "Privacy Policy") is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and share your personal information and to assist you in exercising the privacy rights available to you.
This Privacy Policy covers the personal information we collect about you when you use our products or services, or otherwise interact with us, including on our public website at www.ekaantcare.com (the "Website"), on our mobile app (coming soon) accessible on the App Store and on Google Play (the "App"), and on our beta and other products (collectively, "Services").
For this Privacy Policy, "Personal Data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
For purposes of the Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Service, and the "Care Recipient" means the person for whom you are using our Services to care for. The Care Recipient may be you or someone else. Our App is built around a Care Recipient's profile. When you create an account, you will also automatically create a Care Recipient profile for yourself or someone you are caring for. You as a User, and the Care Recipient's profile, collectively shape a care team, referred to as "Care Team."
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Controller" means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
This policy also explains your choices surrounding how we use your personal information, which includes how you can object to certain uses of the information and how you can access and update certain information. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By engaging with our Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Privacy Policy.
If you have any queries or objections about any of the ways we use your personal data, please contact us.
We are committed to the UK GDPR principle of data minimisation, and only collect the personal data that we need to be able to provide our services to you. We collect personal information when you provide it to us, when you use our Website, App or Services, and when other sources provide it to us, as further described below. We regularly review our data collection practices to ensure they are necessary and proportionate.
Your Communications with Us: We collect personal information from you such as email address when you request information about our Services, register for our newsletter, subscribe to our service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on or via Ekaantcare, enter a survey, submit a query, or otherwise communicate with us. We also collect the contents of messages or attachments that you may send to us, as well as other information you choose to provide, and that may be associated with your communications.
App entries: We collect personal information and details about yourself, as an App user, and a Care Recipient profile that you share with us through the App. By creating an account, and automatically creating a Care Recipient profile as an extension, and voluntarily adding personal details of anybody other than yourself, you are confirming that you have received their authorisation and permission to share their personal information with us.
Personal information of you or the Care Recipient may include name, gender, country of residence, birth year, diagnosis, prognosis, relationship to the Care Recipient and personal profile photos. We also collect any entries that you may add on the App, including but not limited to symptoms, their severity and notes, tasks, their details and notes, journal entries, their details and notes, as well as other information you choose to provide, and that may be associated with your account on the App.
You may also at any time share your App entries with other users, by inviting them to your Care Team, or sharing the URL for your Ekaantcare Calendar with them. In doing so, you confirm that you have received authorisation and permission from the Care Recipient and other users in the Care Team to share the Care Recipient's personal information with them. All users and members of the Care Team will be able to access and view your app entries, will be able to invite and provide access to other users to join the Care Team, and can only leave the Care Team, by deleting their account voluntarily.
You are encouraged to review your personal information regularly for accuracy. The app provides features that allow you to confirm your entries before submission and to edit their information at any time to ensure its accuracy.
Any health information, including but not limited to diagnosis, prognosis and symptoms, is classed as sensitive personal data and we ensure safeguarding measures are in place to protect this information. Our lawful basis for processing this sensitive personal data is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time – for more information please see "Your privacy rights" below.
Surveys: We may contact you to participate in surveys. If you decide to participate, you may be asked to provide certain information which may include personal information.
Interactive Features: We may offer interactive features such as comment section on blogs, and social media pages. We and others who use our Website or Services may collect the information you submit or make available through these interactive features. Any content you provide via the public sections of these features will be considered "public" and is not subject to the privacy protections referenced herein. By using these interactive features, you understand that the personal information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for their own purposes.
Job Applications: We may post job openings and opportunities on the Website or Services. If you reply to one of these postings by submitting your application, CV and/or cover letter to us, we will collect and use your information to assess your qualifications.
We keep track of certain information about you when you visit and interact with our Website, App or Services.
This automatically collected data may include:
We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organisations. For example, if you access our Website, App or Services through a third-party application, such as a social networking site or a third-party login service, we may collect information about you from that third party that you have made available via your privacy settings.
We use your personal information for a variety of purposes, including to:
Provide the Services or Requested Information, such as:
Serve Administrative and Communication Purposes, such as:
Marketing of Products and Services: We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements. If you have any questions about our marketing practices or if you would like to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes, you may contact us.
Consent: We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.
De-identified and Aggregated Information Use: We may use personal information and other data about you to create de-identified and/or aggregated information. De-identified and/or aggregated information is not personal information, and we may use and disclose such information in a number of ways, including research, internal analysis, analytics, and any other legally permissible purposes.
We may share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:
Service Providers: We may share any personal information we collect about you with our third-party service providers. The categories of service providers to whom we entrust personal information include service providers for: (i) the provision of the Services; (ii) the provision of information, products, and other services you have requested; (iii) marketing and advertising; (iv) customer service activities; and (v) the provision of IT and related services.
Currently, we use the following Service Providers for (i), (ii), (iv), and (v):
Business Partners: We may provide personal information to business partners to provide you with a product or service you have requested. We may also provide personal information to business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services.
Affiliates: We may share personal information with our affiliated entities.
Advertising Partners: We do not share your information, including personal information, to advertise any third party's products or services via the Services. We may use and share your personal information with third-party advertising partners to market our own Services and grow our Services' user base, such as to provide targeted marketing about our own Services through third-party services. If you prefer not to share your personal information with third-party advertising partners, you may follow the instructions below.
We may share your personal information with other third parties, including other users, in the following circumstances:
All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored in a variety of locations, including cloud services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) based in the Frankfurt region, which may process and store data in regions outside your country of residence, such as the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To ensure your data is protected, we endeavour to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.
Some data is stored locally on your device to enable functionality within the app. Users also have the option to manually export their data, through downloading reports, and once exported, it is their responsibility to manage and store it securely.
General: You may have the right to object to or opt out of certain uses of your personal information. Where you have consented to the processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us as described below. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use non-personal information regarding your activities on our Services and for other legal purposes as described above.
Email Communications: If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails. Note that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding products or services you have requested. We may also send you certain non-promotional communications regarding us and our Services, and you will not be able to opt out of those communications (e.g., communications regarding the Services or updates to this Privacy Policy).
Mobile Devices: We may send you push notifications through our Apps. You may at any time opt out from receiving these types of communications by changing the settings on your mobile device. With your consent, we may also collect location information if you use our Apps. You may opt out of this collection by changing the settings on your mobile device.
Depending on your location and in accordance with applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Certain data processing activities are essential for providing our services and ensuring the proper functioning of the app. While you may manage your consent for other types of processing (such as marketing communications or tracking technologies), these essential activities are necessary for the operation of the app and cannot be opted out of. These include:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth below, in section 14. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws, and respond to your request within two to fourteen business days, although this period may be extended for complex requests. To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, such as by requiring you to submit your request via your account.
Please note that there are certain exceptions to these rights. For example, we may not be able to delete your personal data if it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or if it is needed for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
You can manage your consent and communication preferences in the following ways:
We are committed to ensuring that our practices comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). We uphold your rights regarding your personal data, including the rights to access, correct, delete, and restrict the processing of their information. We also ensure that personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
We store the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defences, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
Users have the option to delete their accounts directly from the App. If they are part of a Care Team, they have the choice to retain logged data to assist their Care Team. Once a User deletes their account, their information will be permanently erased from our system, or it will be modified so it no longer identifies the User. Please note that this process may take up to 30 days.
Please note that while we delete user data from our systems, Amazon Web Services (AWS), our cloud service provider, retains backups of our data for up to 6 months. These backups are kept for disaster recovery and legal compliance purposes and are automatically deleted after the retention period.
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and as required by applicable laws. Retention periods vary depending on the type of data.
We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We use the S3 storage service under Amazon Web Services (AWS) to store files, such as profile pictures. All other sensitive data is stored in a PostgreSQL database hosted and managed by AWS using their RDS service. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption both in transit and at rest, access controls, regular security audits, and staff training on data protection, ensuring that all personal information is encrypted in transit between the device and any external storage host. AWS complies with industry-standard security certifications, including ISO 27001. While we strive to protect your personal data, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept liability for unauthorised disclosure.
By using the Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Services. If we learn of a security breach that affects your personal data, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Services, or by sending an email.
In the event of a data confidentiality breach, we follow a structured process to mitigate the impact. Upon detecting or being notified of a breach, we will promptly:
We will also report the breach to relevant supervisory authorities as required by applicable laws and regulations.
The Services may contain links to other websites/applications and other websites/applications may reference or link to our Services. These third-party services are not controlled by us. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which they interact to help you understand their practices regarding your personal data. We do not endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for, the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.
The Services are not directed to children under 16 (or other ages as required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If the Care Recipient profile of your Care Team belongs to a child who is under 16, by adding their personal information, you are confirming that you are their parent or sole guardian or have the legal authority to share their personal information with us.
If you believe we have collected such information without consent or if you learn that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately, so we can take steps to delete the information. If we learn that we have collected a child's personal information in violation of applicable law, we will promptly take steps to delete such information and terminate the child's account.
If you are located in the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.
We are committed to ensuring our Privacy Policy is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities. If you require this Privacy Policy in an alternative format, please contact us and we will provide the information in a suitable format.
We are committed to providing a user-friendly experience and making our app as accessible as possible to all users. We strive to align with recognised standards for app design and functionality, including:
By aligning with these standards, we aim to ensure that our app is inclusive and delivers a high-quality user experience.
We prioritise the safety, security, and reliability of the Services to ensure a seamless and protected user experience. We are also transparent about any potential risks associated with using the app, so you can make informed decisions.
While our Services are designed to assist you with care management, you should be aware of the following potential risks:
By highlighting these potential risks, we hope you fully understand both the app's capabilities and limitations.
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy to stay informed.
If there are any changes to the purposes for which we collect and process your personal data, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly.
If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as required by applicable law. Where the lawful basis for processing is user consent, we will re-obtain your consent before any such changes are applied.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact our data protection officers in one of these ways:
RA Health Innovations Ltd, 43 Deeside Brae, South Deeside Road, Aberdeen, AB12 5UE, Scotland, United Kingdom, or via Email to info@trackerhealth.ai
We aim to acknowledge emails, and reports, and reply within two business days of receiving your message.
Aakanksha Sadekar is the data protection officer and data controller of the personal data processed under this policy.