Privacy Policy

Who we are

Welcome to the website of Infermedica Sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Wrocław, Plac Solny 14/3, 50-062 Wrocław, Poland ("Infermedica", “we”, “us”, “our”). Infermedica is a Polish company entered into the Register of Entrepreneurs of the National Court Register kept by the District Court for Wrocław-Fabryczna in Wrocław, VI Commercial Division of the National Court Register, under KRS number: 0000429183, with tax identification number (NIP): 8971782877, and registered business number (REGON): 021889810.

Infermedica owns the website under the domain www.symptomate.com (the “Website”). Through the Website, as well as through a mobile application available in certain application markets for different mobile devices (the “App”), we provide services (the “Service”) described explicitly and comprehensively in the “Symptomate.com” Terms of Service available at https://symptomate.com/terms-of-service or in mobile apps. Infermedica acts as the controller of any personal data collected and processed in connection with use of the Website and the App.

All our activities connected with the Website or the App comply with the applicable data protection legislation, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR).

The main goal of this privacy policy is to inform you how and for what purpose we process personal data in connection with your visit to, and use of the Website and the App.

Why we collect and process data

We collect and process your data to ensure and improve the functioning of the Website and the App. We collect and process your personal data, i.e. information that identifies, or at least makes it possible to identify, you as a natural person when you voluntarily decide to actively communicate with us or decide to leave us your feedback regarding our Service. What is more, we collect and process certain technical data generated due to you visiting the Website or using the App, which may also be considered personal data. ‘Processing’ means any operation which is performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, any kind of disclosure, erasure or destruction, or other use.

What data we collect and process

We collect several different types of information for various purposes connected with providing and improving our Service. The types of information that we collect and process depend on the types of services we provide via the Website and the App. We collect and process your personal data:

when you contact us,
when you decide to leave us your feedback,
when you browse the Website or use the App.

Your personal data are provided voluntarily, but without your personal data we will not be able to contact you.

Contact:
When you ask us to contact you, we will collect and process the following personal data:
- e-mail address,
- name and surname, if you provided them voluntarily.
Where your personal data are collected and processed for contact purposes, the legal basis is in particular:
1. the purpose of contacting you – the basis is your voluntary consent (legal basis under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR);
2. the purpose of establishing, asserting, or defending ourselves against claims related to contact matters or the processing of your personal data – since the processing is necessary for us to pursue a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR), namely being able to establish, assert or defend ourselves against claims.
Feedback:
If you decide to provide us with feedback following performance of our Service, we may only collect and process the personal data you provide. However, you do not have to provide personal data to leave us your feedback.
In this case, your personal data are collected and processed for feedback purposes and the legal basis is in particular:
1. your voluntary consent (legal basis under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR);
2. the purpose of establishing, asserting, or defending ourselves against claims related to contact matters or the processing of your personal data – since the processing is necessary for us to pursue a legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR), namely being able to establish, assert or defend ourselves against claims.
Security and online marketing:
When you browse our Website und use our Service, we will collect and process your IP address for security purposes. We also use some online marketing services to analyze your behavior in order to optimize both our Website and the App, and advertising, and we – together with these online marketing service providers – collect and process IP addresses when visitors browse our Website. In particular, we use re-marketing technologies like Facebook Pixel, Google Analytics, FullStory and Amplitude.
Where your personal data are collected and processed for security and online marketing purposes, the legal basis is in particular:
1. the purpose of providing our Service and to make it more secure, improve the way the Website and the App function, and to perform load balancing of the Website and the App - this constitutes a legitimate interest (legal basis under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). We do not process your IP address to identify you as a natural person, but to make our Website and the App more secure.
2. the purpose of analyzing your behavior in order to optimize both our Website and the App as well as our advertising - this constitutes a legitimate interest (legal basis under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). We do not process your IP address to identify you as a natural person, so data collected due to provision of these services are anonymous with respect to us and cannot be used to identify you.

Health information

When you use our Service through our Website or our Apps, we collect certain health-related information about you, as well as other information which may be helpful for us to correctly provide you with our Service, such as your gender, age, individual risk factors, the region in which you live, or your daily habits.

Such health information is not connected to any of your personal information and is fully anonymous. We link this information with the anonymized unique identifier to gain insights into statistical data that help us improve our Service.

We may use your information solely to enhance and improve your experience of our Service.

How long we process your data

We will retain and use your personal data only for as long as we need them to fulfil the purpose for which we have collected and processed them or as long as required and/or possible due to retention requirements specified in the provisions of law.

When it comes to requests for contact, we will process your data:

to contact you - until the purpose of contact is achieved or until consent is withdrawn, in any case for no more than three years from the last action performed;
to establish, assert or defend ourselves against claims – until such claims become time-barred.

When it comes to leaving your feedback regarding our Service, we will process your data:

until consent is withdrawn, in any case for no more than three years from the last action performed;
to establish, assert or defend ourselves against claims – until such claims become time-barred.

When it comes to security matters, we will process your data:

to provide our Service and make it more secure, improve the way the Website and the App function, and to perform load balancing of the Website and the App – for no more than sixty days from the date they were collected.

When it comes to online marketing matters, we will process your data:

to analyze your behavior in order to optimize both our Website and the App as well as our advertising - until the services have been rendered or until you change the ad settings on your Facebook or Google profile.

What we can do with your data

We work with some third parties and they may have access to some of the information about you that we collect and process. The recipients of your personal data may include:

entities authorized by law on the basis of a proper request (courts, state authorities);
entities providing accounting, IT, marketing, communication, analytical and legal services, including HubSpot, Google, Facebook, FullStory, Amplitude;
subcontractors with whom we cooperate.

Your information, including personal data, may also be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of the European Economic Area, where the data protection laws may differ from the GDPR.

Therefore, if we transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area, i.e. to third countries, the transfer of personal data will be based on appropriate legal mechanisms such as a Commission Implementing Decision, including in particular Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016 adopted pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield (notified under document No. C(2016) 4176), standard contractual clauses or other similar legal instruments provided for in the GDPR.

To ensure that you have adequate control over your personal data transferred outside the European Economic Area, you will have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data transferred to third countries at any time.

Your rights concerning data

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

the right to request access to your data and to receive a copy of your data: whenever possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your personal data;
the right to rectify (correct) your data: you have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete;
he right to erasure: you have a right to erasure regarding data that are no longer required for the original purposes or that are processed unlawfully;
the right to data portability: you have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have regarding you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format;
the right to object: you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data – upon your justified objection we will cease any further processing under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR;
the right to withdraw consent: you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your voluntary consent to process your personal information;
the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority - about our collection and use of your personal data.

In order to exercise your rights, you may send a request to the following e-mail address: office@infermedica.com, send a letter to our correspondence address given above, or come to our registered office in person. Please note that before responding to such requests or enabling exercise of your rights, we may ask you for proof of identification. In order to withdraw the consent given to us for personal data processing, you can also click the ‘unsubscribe’ hyperlink in e-mail correspondence. The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of our previous processing based on your consent before consent was withdrawn effectively.

Security

The security of your data is a very important issue for us. We strive to conscientiously and perpetually protect your personal data from loss, destruction, distortion/falsification, manipulation and unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure through appropriate technical and organizational measures adopted at our company.

However, please always keep in mind that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that during transmission over the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise in our care, information will be safe from any intrusion by third parties, such as hackers.

Cookies

We use cookies to track your activity on our Website and in the App, and we hold certain information obtained from such tracking.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from our Website and the App and stored on your device. They are used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our services rendered through our Website and the App.

Detailed information can be found in our Cookies Policy.

Social media plug-ins, online marketing services and services rendered by third parties

Online marketing services:
Based on legitimate interest, being the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our activities, as well as analysis of your behavior in order to optimize our Website and advertising, we use the following online marketing services:
Facebook Pixel:
On our Website, we use a marketing tool available through and provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, which is the Facebook Pixel. The Facebook Pixel is a source code fragment added to our Website.
This tool makes it possible to track your behavior and activity when you are redirected to our Website having seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This process is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook and our advertisements for statistical and market research purposes, and may help to optimize future advertising efforts. Information gathered using this tool allows Facebook to provide you with personalized ads when using Facebook.
When you visit our Website, the Facebook Pixel establishes a direct connection with Facebook servers. Facebook is therefore informed that you visited our Website and may assign this information to your Facebook account.
The data collected using the Facebook Pixel tool are anonymous with respect to us and cannot be used to identify you. The data are however stored and processed by Facebook, and this means that they can be linked to the respective Facebook account, and Facebook can use the data for its own advertising purposes, according to the Facebook privacy policy and the Facebook user’s profile settings. Facebook has ultimate control of any data gathered through this tool. However, you can opt out of Facebook’s use of the Facebook Pixel by adjusting the settings available on your Facebook account.
Detailed information on the Facebook Pixel and the way your data are collected and processed can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Google Analytics:
Our Website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis program of Google Ireland Ltd. (Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland). Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your terminal device as well as your IP address, with an active IP anonymization feature. On our behalf, Google uses such information to analyze your use of our Website and provides us with reports and other services. The IP address transmitted from your terminal device to Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data of Google. Google will transfer your data to third parties only if permitted by applicable law or in accordance with outsourced data processing agreements.
You can prevent the collection and processing of information generated by the Google cookie by placing an opt-out cookie or deactivating Google Analytics in the menu of your terminal device. More information can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Full Story:
We use analytics software and services offered by FullStory, Inc. to collect information regarding your behavior on our Website. For more information about FullStory, please see the FullStory privacy policy available at https://www.fullstory.com/legal/privacy/. You can opt out of FullStory’s collection and processing of data generated by your use of our Website by going to https://www.fullstory.com/optout/.
Amplitude:
We use analytics software and services offered by Amplitude Inc. (631 Howard Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA). This tool collects technical information, such as the type of your device, the operating system used, or the name of your provider. In addition, Amplitude tracks events that occur during use of our Service. Additional information about the manner in which Amplitude processes data can be found at: https://amplitude.com/privacy.
Services rendered by third parties:
Our Website uses a promotional video provided by YouTube LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA), a company owned by Google Ireland Ltd. (Gordon House, 4 Barrow Street, Dublin, Ireland). If you decide to launch the video, the website provided by YouTube will pop up. If you are logged onto your YouTube account, YouTube will be able to combine your behavior with the other data you provide to YouTube. YouTube videos provide a better understanding of our services. For more information on this subject, go to the Google privacy policy available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Certain services offered to you through the Website contain links to websites hosted and operated by companies other than us, in particular social media providers and mobile apps as well as voice assistant technology providers. We do not share your personal information with these third parties, but you should be aware that any information you disclose to these third parties once you access their websites is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

Amendments

We may revise this privacy policy from time to time. The most recent version of the privacy policy will govern our use of your personal data and other information we process, and will be posted on the Website. By continuing to access or use the Website and the services we render through it, once those changes take effect, you agree to be bound by the revised privacy policy. If you do not agree, you must cease using our Website immediately.

Contact

You can reach us:

via e-mail: office@infermedica.com
by writing to our registered office: Infermedica Sp. z o.o., Plac Solny 14/3, 50-062 Wrocław, Poland