At CompanionDr, protecting your personal health information and ensuring your privacy are fundamental to our mission. We understand the sensitive nature of health data and are committed to maintaining robust security measures and transparent data handling practices. This document outlines our approach to data privacy and security.

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1. Information We Collect

To provide you with our AI-powered symptom analysis and history tracking, we may collect the following types of information:

Symptom Information: The descriptions of symptoms you provide for analysis. This is the core data used by our AI to generate potential insights.
Account Information (if you register): If you create an account to save your diagnosis history, we collect your name, email address, and a secure password (or use authentication details from a third-party provider like Google).
Diagnosis History (if logged in): If you are logged in, we store the symptoms you entered, the AI-generated results, and the timestamp of the diagnosis to your personal history.
Usage Data: We may collect anonymized or aggregated data about how you interact with CompanionDr (e.g., features used, session duration). This helps us improve our services and user experience but is not linked to your personal identity unless necessary for providing a specific service you requested (like saving history).

2. How We Use Your Information

Your information is used for the following purposes:

To Provide Our Services: Primarily to analyze your symptoms and provide potential insights, and to save and display your diagnosis history if you are logged in.
To Improve Our AI and Services: Anonymized and aggregated symptom data may be used to train and improve the accuracy and relevance of our AI models and overall service. We take care to ensure this data cannot be traced back to individual users.
To Communicate With You: If you have an account, we may use your email to send important service updates or notifications.
To Ensure Security and Compliance: To protect our platform, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.

3. Data Security Measures

We implement a range of security measures to protect your information:

Encryption: Data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted using HTTPS/TLS. Sensitive stored data, such as your diagnosis history, is also encrypted at rest.
Secure Authentication: We use industry-standard authentication mechanisms to protect your account.
Access Controls: Access to user data is strictly limited to authorized personnel who require it for their job responsibilities and are bound by confidentiality obligations.
Regular Security Audits: We (conceptually) conduct regular reviews of our security practices to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
Data Minimization: We strive to collect only the data necessary to provide and improve our services.

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We Do Not Sell Your Personal Data: CompanionDr does not sell your personal health information to advertisers or other third parties.
Service Providers: We may use third-party service providers (e.g., cloud hosting, AI model providers like Google's Genkit) to help operate our platform. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and are only permitted to use it for the services they provide to us.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, subpoena, or other legal process, or if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

5. Your Rights and Choices

Access and Update: If you have an account, you can access and update your profile information.
Delete History: Logged-in users have the option to clear their diagnosis history.
Account Deletion: You can request the deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us (details to be provided via our Contact Page).
Opt-out of Communications: You can opt-out of non-essential email communications.

6. Children's Privacy

CompanionDr is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18 (or the applicable age of majority in their jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

7. Disclaimer

While we take data privacy and security very seriously, please remember that CompanionDr is an informational tool and not a substitute for professional medical advice. The insights provided are AI-generated and should be discussed with a qualified healthcare provider.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Data Privacy and Security information from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our platform or by other means as appropriate.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our data privacy and security practices, please contact us.

Last Updated: May 20, 2025