Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 13, 2023

For a printable version of the Privacy Policy, please click here.

Introduction

VideWell Inc., ​​doing business as Nurse-1-1 (“We,” “VideWell” or “Nurse-1-1”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”).  This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the Nurse-1-1 website (the “Website”) or use a Nurse-1-1 product embedded into a third party’s website or mobile app (“Widget”) or use our mobile applications (the “Mobile Apps”) and web applications (“Web Apps,” and together with the Mobile Apps, the “Apps”) (collectively, the “Service”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.  We hope that reading our Privacy Policy helps you understand how we manage information about you that you provide to us or that we obtain through your use of the Service and the measures we take to protect such information.  If you have any questions, please contact us at privacy@nurse-1-1.com.

Except where noted, statements in this Privacy Policy with respect to the Website, Widget apply to the Apps, any tools or applications contained within the Website or Widget, and any other websites where this Privacy Policy is posted.  By downloading, accessing or using the Service , or providing information to us in connection with it, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, so please read on carefully.

We, health experts, or agents may include or offer third-party products or services on our Service. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Nurse-1-1 through the use of our Service. Users should be aware of this when they leave our Website or Widget and are encouraged to review the privacy statements of each third party website. To better protect your privacy, we recommend that you review the privacy policy of any third party website you visit.

Although we are not a business entity covered by the Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), we ensure all our processes meet HIPAA standards.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.  If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not download, register with or use the Service. .  If you have a question about how your personal information is being used, you can contact us through the methods provided in the “Contacting Us” section at the end of this Privacy Policy.                                       

What information do we collect from users who register on and use our Service ?

We collect information from and about users of our Service (i) directly from you when you provide it to us and (ii) automatically when you use the Service

Information You Provide to Us

When you register on the Website, Widget or download, register with or use the Apps, we may ask you to provide information: (i) that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual, device, or household, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”) or (ii) that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as medical concerns, health conditions or other information that you provide to us while using our Website, Widget or our Apps (i.e., information provided during a chat with a “health expert”).

This information includes:

  • information that you provide by filling in forms on the Service, including information provided at the time of registration  and while subscribing to our Service, posting material, and requesting additional services. 
  • records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses and phone numbers), if you contact us.
  • your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • details of transactions you carry out through the Website, Widget or the Apps and of the fulfillment of your orders. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through the Website, Widget or the Apps.
  • your search queries on the Website, Widget or in the Apps.
  • Sensitive personal data, such as your health information or diagnosis when you are chatting with a health expert, or that you may otherwise provide when using our Website or App. 

Job Applicant Information

When you apply for a job with us, we may collect information from you via our Website forms and otherwise, including:

·   Information you provide in connection with your application.

·   Information about you that is publicly available.

·   Health information, such as COVID-19 status and/or disability information

·   Information that you authorize us to collect via third parties, including former employers or references.

·   Any other information provided in connection with your application.

We only use your personal data to assess your skills in relation to the applicable job requirements. We may also use your personal data to contact you during the hiring process.

In certain circumstances, you may submit your application for employment through a third-party service that displays our job posting. We do not control the privacy practices of these third-party services. Please review their privacy policies carefully prior to submitting your application materials.

Automatic Information Collection

When you access and use the Service, we and third parties, may use technology to automatically collect:

  • Usage Details. When you access and use the Service, we may automatically collect certain details of your access to and use of the Service, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through the Service.
  • Device Information. We may collect information about your mobile device and internet connection, including the device’s unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, mobile network information and the device’s telephone number.
  • Stored Information and Files. The Website, Widget and the Apps also may access metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your device. This may include, for example, photographs, audio and video clips, personal contacts and address book information.
  • Location Information. The Apps collect real-time information about the location of your device.

If you do not want us to collect this information, please do not download the Apps, delete them from your device, or do not permit them to collect the noted information.  You may also access settings within the Apps to stop sharing certain information with us.  In addition, you may opt out at any time by emailing us at privacy@nurse-1-1.com though we are not able to change settings within your personal devices.  Please note, however, that opting out of the App’s collection of location information will cause its location-based features to be disabled. You have choices about the information we collect directly from you. When you are asked to provide personal information, you may decline. However, if you choose not to provide information that is necessary, you may not be able to use some of our services.

Cookies and other Online Tracking Technologies. 

We, and third parties, may use the following cookies and other online tracking technologies to automatically collect your personal data:

  • Cookies (Mobile Cookies). A cookie is a small file that a Website, Widget or its service provider transfers to your smartphone or your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow it) that enables the Website’s and Widget’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.  For instance, we use cookies for a number of reasons, including (a) helping us understand your preferences based on previous or current Website or Widget activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services, (b) helping us understand and save users’ preferences for future visits, (c) helping us compile aggregate data about Website or Widget traffic and Website and Widget interaction so that we can offer better Website and widget experiences and tools in the future, and (d) keeping track of advertisements.

It may be possible to refuse to accept mobile cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your smartphone.  Also, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn off or disable cookies, some features of our Apps will be disabled. It will affect you by making your site experience less efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

  • Web Beacons. Pages of the Apps and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related app statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain app content and verifying system and server integrity).

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your activities over time and across third-party Websites, Widgets, apps or other online services (also known as “behavioral tracking” or “targeted advertising”).  When you use the Service or its respective content, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include: (i) advertisers, ad networks and ad servers; (ii) analytics companies; (iii) your mobile device manufacturer; and (iv) your mobile service provider.

These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Website, Widget or the Apps.  The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps and other online services websites. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ information practices, so if you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. You may remove yourself from the targeted advertising of companies within the Network Advertising Initiative by opting out here, or of companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance program by opting out here. 

Some of the third parties that assist us include:

Google: Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Website. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our Website and other websites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy here.

Opting out: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page (see here) or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on. We have also provided a list of service providers and third parties we use to provide our Website and App, available here. 

How do we use your information?

We may use the personal information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, when you register, make a purchase, participate in a health expert chat, sign up for our newsletters, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the Website, use the Widget, or use other Website features in the following ways:

  • To provide you with the Apps and their content, and any other information, products or services that you request from us
  • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
  • To improve our Website, emails, and Widgets in order to better serve you
  • To improve the quality of the health information you receive through chats with health experts and agents
  • To allow us to better serve you in responding to your customer service requests
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other Website feature
  • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services
  • To follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
  • To improve our service offerings through trainings and education for our health experts
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection
  • To notify you when updates to the Website and/or Apps are available and of changes to any products or services we offer or provide through them

The usage information that we collect helps us to improve our Apps and to deliver a better and more personalized experience by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Service according to your individual interests
  • Speed up your searches
  • Recognize you when you use the Service 

Health expert chat and use of session replay technology

We may use technology to monitor how you interact with our Service, particularly through our health expert chat. This may include without limitation which links you click on, information that you type into our online forms, and about your device or browser. Further, we utilize session replay technology to monitor and record mouse clicks and movements, keystrokes, and pages and content viewed by you. Please discontinue use of the Service if you do not consent to our collection of such information.

Nurse-1-1 Everywhere Extension

Nurse-1-1 Everywhere Extension provides a fast and secure method for engaging in chat conversations with live nurses and healthcare support staff while you are online. It ensures that the Nurse-1-1 Widget is readily available as you navigate the web, whether you are viewing prescriptions, assessing symptoms on WebMD or Healthline, or exploring other websites. With Nurse-1-1 Everywhere, you can initiate a conversation on one website and seamlessly transition to another without interruption. The chat Widget remains visible on your screen as you search for healthcare information across the internet, accompanying you wherever your healthcare search takes you. The Nurse-1-1 Everywhere Extension does not gather any data from the current page except if the page has the Nurse-1-1 widget embedded on it.If the Widget is present, we may collect browser details, device information, location information and any other information you input into any forms on that website. 

Sometimes, our customers want to know if you are visiting certain websites while using the Nurse-1-1 Everywhere Extension. Those customers provide us with a list of websites, and we confirm only whether you have visited any of the websites on that list. Please note that Nurse-1-1 only retains a record of the websites you visit long enough to match those websites to the ones our customers have listed and does not monitor your online activities beyond what is needed to provide the Nurse-1-1 Everywhere Extension.

Disclosure of your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or device, without restriction, as allowed under applicable law.

In addition, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates
  • To Customers and their Agents from the website or app that you engaged with our widget on or were linked to our website from. 
  • To contractors, service providers and other third parties we use to support our business
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of Nurse-1-1’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Nurse-1-1 about our App users is among the assets transferred
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information
  • With your consent
  • To comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Nurse-1-1, our Customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • To third parties as part of any corporate reorganization process including, but not limited to mergers, acquisitions, and sales of all or substantially all of our assets. If transferred in such a case, your information would remain subject to this Privacy Policy or a privacy policy that, at a minimum, protects your privacy to an equal degree as this Privacy Policy.

Unless required by law, we do not share any of your personal health information unless previously authorized by you (such as sharing the information with your doctor’s office or insurance provider without your approval unless they are a customer of Nurse-1-1 and only the information you have provided through their use of Nurse-1-1 services will be shared with them).

Sale of personal data: We note, however, that our use of cookies and other tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or disclosure of your personal data, including your personal health information, to those third parties who provide those cookies and other tracking technologies. Additionally, those third parties may use your personal data for their own marketing purposes. Please contact us to opt-out of the sale of your personal data. 

Public Posting Areas and Social Media

Please note that any information you include in a message you post to any public posting area, such as any comments section of our social media pages, is available to anyone with Internet access. For example, if you don’t want people to know your email address, don’t include it in any message you post publicly. PLEASE BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN DISCLOSING ANY INFORMATION IN PUBLIC POSTING AREAS. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE BY OTHERS OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DISCLOSE IN PUBLIC POSTING AREAS.

Disclaimer Regarding Video Content 

The Website may contain pixels which provide us and third parties with analytics regarding how website visitors interact with video content, audiovisual content, or content of a like nature (collectively, “Video Content”). Video Content is provided for the purpose of enhancing the user experience with the Service and by continuing to use the Service and interacting with Video Content, you understand that your personal data, including your video viewing history, may be processed according to the Privacy Policy. Please contact us at the email address provided in the “Contacting Us” section below to opt out of this processing.

How long do we store your personal data?

We store your personal information for as long as the information is required to fulfill our legitimate business needs or the purposes for which the information was collected. Additionally, we store your personal information for as long as is required to resolve disputes or as long as required by applicable law.

How does our Website and Widget handle “do not track” signals?

We honor do not track signals and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place. 

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from persons under 18 years of age, and no part of the Service is directed at persons under 18. If you are under 18 years of age, then please do not use the Service. If we learn that personal information of persons less than 18 years of age has been collected without verifiable parental consent, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information. To make such a request, please contact us at privacy@nurse-1-1.com.

Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration and disclosure.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, App, or Service, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

We take commercially reasonable measures to ensure that any personal information is stored securely and separate from the non-personal information such that no direct connections can be made between an individual’s identity and any associated de-identified non-personal information. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet and mobile platforms is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through our App. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.  Furthermore, we are not responsible for other breaches to your personal information outside our control, such as resulting from loss, theft or unauthorized use of your mobile device. By using the Service or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Service. We may post a notice on the Service if a security breach occurs. We may also send an email to you at the email address you have provided to us in these circumstances. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

Amendments

We may modify or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, as determined by Nurse-1-1, in the way in which personal information or non-personal information is collected, used or transferred, we will notify you of these changes by modification of this Privacy Policy, which will be available for review by you on the Service. Your continued use of the Service after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates.  Notwithstanding any modifications we may make, any personal information and non-personal Information collected by Nurse-1-1 from you will be treated in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time information was collected, unless we obtain your consent otherwise.

Service Visitors from outside the United States

We and our servers are located in the United States and are subject to the applicable state and federal laws of the United States.  If you choose to access the Service, you consent to the use and disclosure of information that we collect from you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.  In addition, by sending personal information to us, you acknowledge and consent that your data will be transferred across national borders, including to countries outside of the EU/EEA. For example, where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area to areas which have not been determined to have an adequate level of protection, we take measures designed to transfer the information in accordance with lawful requirements, such as standard contractual clauses. Please contact us for more information and to receive a copy of the standard contractual clauses we may utilize.

State Privacy Rights and Disclosures

You may have certain rights with respect to your personal data depending on your location or residency. You may, at any time, request information about the personal data that we have collected about you. Please contact us via our contact information below if you wish to obtain insight into your personal data or if you have any other concerns related to your personal data. 

California “Shine the Light” Law

Under California’s “Shine the Light Law,” if a company shares personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes (e.g., to send offers and information that may be of interest to you), California law requires either providing a mechanism by which consumers can obtain more information about such sharing over the prior calendar year, or providing a mechanism by which consumers can opt out of such sharing. We do not share your personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, so we do not provide this opt out.

Nevada Disclosure

Residents of Nevada have the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal data to third parties. We currently do not sell your personal data as defined by Nevada law.

Texas Data Privacy and Security Act Notice

As of July 1, 2024, consumers who are residents of Texas will have certain rights with respect to their personal data, subject to some exceptions:

  • The right to confirm whether we process your personal data and the right to access that personal data.
  • The right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data.
  • The right to delete your personal data.
  • If the personal data is available in a digital format, you have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data previously provided to us, in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.
  • The right to opt out of our processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, sale, or profiling.

How to Exercise Your Rights

You can review and change your personal information by logging into our Service  and visiting your account profile page.

You may also send us an e-mail at privacy@nurse-1-1.com to make a request access to exercise any of your right stated above. If you have an account, we cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

You also have the right to appeal our response to your request. You may send us an email at privacy@nurse-1-1.com to exercise this right. 

Contacting Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the information below.

E-mail: privacy@nurse-1-1.com

Mail:

Nurse-1-1 c/o VideWell Inc.
101 Middlesex Tpke, Ste 6 PMB 369
Burlington, MA 01803-4914
USA