Last modified: 07/15/2019
The University of Pittsburgh – Of the
Commonwealth System of Higher Education ("University"
or "We") respects your privacy and is
committed to protecting it through compliance with this policy. This policy describes:
• The types of information we may collect or
that you may provide when you download, install, register with, access, or use EL-FIT
(the "App").
• Our practices for collecting, using,
maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies only to
information we collect in this App and other electronic communications sent
through a personal fitness tracker associated with the App.
This policy DOES NOT apply to
information that:
• We collect offline or on any other University apps
or websites, including websites you may access through this App.
• You provide to or is collected by any third
party (see Third-Party Information Collection).
Our websites and apps, and these other
third parties may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to
read before providing information on or through them.
Please read this policy carefully to
understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we
will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not
download, register with, or use this App. By downloading, registering with, or
using this App, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from
time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this App after we revise this policy
means you accept those changes, so please check the policy periodically for
updates.
The App is not intended for children
under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information
from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal
information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we
will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from
or about a child under 16, please contact us at: yucaspice@gmail.com.
California residents under 16 years of
age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their
personal information. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
Information We Collect and How We Collect It
We collect information from and about
users of our App:
• Directly from you when you provide it to us.
• Automatically when you use the App.
When you download, register with, or
use this App, we may ask you provide information:
• By which you may be personally identified,
such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, date of birth ("personal information").
• That is about you but individually does not
identify you, such as your liver disease diagnosis, clinical status, laboratory
results, physical function status, physical activities, sleep pattern, and
heart rate.
This information includes:
• Information that you provide by filling in
forms in the App. This includes information provided at the time of registering
to use the App. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem
with the App.
• Records and copies of your correspondence
(including email addresses and phone numbers), if you contact us.
• Your responses to surveys that we might ask
you to complete for research purposes.
• Physical fitness information provided through
the App by your personal fitness tracker (step counts per minute and day, heart
rate per minute, time you spend in bed and you sleep pattern).
You may also provide information for
publication or display ("Posted")
on public areas of websites you access (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User
Contributions are Posted and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although
you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your
account profile, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or
impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of third parties with
whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and
do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by
unauthorized persons.
Automatic Information Collection and
Tracking
When you download, access, and use the
App, it may use technology to automatically collect:
• Usage Details. When you access and use the App, we may
automatically collect certain details of your access to and use of the App,
including logs, videos watched, fitness status and other communication data and
the resources that you access and use on or through the App.
• 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 App 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. This App does not collect real-time
information about the location of your device.
If you do not want us to collect this
information do not download the App or delete it from your device.
Alternatively, you may opt out from sending your logs/videos watched, physical
fitness (steps/heart rate) and sleep data at any time by selecting "NOT A
RESEARCH SUBJECT". For more information, see your log in screen in your
smartphone. Note, however, that opting out of the App's collection of
information will cause its tracking features to be disabled.
Information Collection and Tracking
Technologies
The technologies we use for automatic
information collection may include:
• Cookies (or
mobile cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on
your smartphone. It may be possible to refuse to accept mobile cookies by
activating the appropriate setting on your smartphone. However, if you select
this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our App.
Third-Party Information Collection
When you use the App or its content,
certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to
collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include:
• Advertisers, ad networks, and ad servers.
• Analytics companies.
• Your mobile device manufacturer.
• Your mobile service provider.
These third parties may use tracking
technologies to collect information about you when you use this app. 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'
tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about
an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible
provider directly.
We use information that we collect
about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to:
• Provide you with the App and its contents, and
any other information, products or services that you request from us.
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide
it.
• Notify you when App updates are available, and
of changes to any products or services we offer or provide though it.
• Provide exercise professionals, your doctors,
and other providers of your level of physical fitness (step counts and heart
rate) and sleep.
The usage information we collect helps
us to improve our App 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 App according to your individual interests.
• Speed up your searches.
• Recognize you when you use the App.
We may use the information we collect
to display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences. Even though we
do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your
consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the
advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information
about our users, and information that does not identify any individual or
device, without restriction.
In addition, we may disclose personal
information that we collect or you provide:
• To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To contractors, service providers, and other
third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual
obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the
purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• 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 the University's assets, whether as a going
concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which
personal information held by the University about our App users is among the
assets transferred.
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide
it. For example, if you give us an email address to use the "email a
friend" feature of our Website or App, we will transmit the contents of
that email and your email address to the recipients.
• 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, including the App EULA [LINK TO APP'S TERMS OF SALE OF
GOODS AND SERVICES].
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or
appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the University or
others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Your Choices About Our Collection, Use, and
Disclosure of Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices
regarding the personal information you provide to us. This section describes
mechanisms we provide for you to control certain uses and disclosures of over
your information.
• Tracking
Technologies. You can set your browser to refuse
all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. You
can choose whether or not to allow the App to collect information through the
associated personal fitness tracker by choosing "NOT A RESEARCH SUBJECT" in the
log in page. If you disable or refuse cookies or block the use of other
tracking technologies, some parts of the App may then be inaccessible or not
function properly.
We do not control third parties'
collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However,
these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your
information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving
targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website.
California residents may have
additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
Accessing and Correcting Your Personal
Information
You can review and change your
personal information by logging into the App and visiting your account profile
page.
You may also send us an email at yucaspice@gmail.com
to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have
provided to us. 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.
If you delete your User Contributions
from the App, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and
archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other App users. Proper
access and use of information provided on the App, including User
Contributions, is governed by our terms of use [LINK TO TERMS OF USE].
California residents may have additional
personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident,
California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your
personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit [HYPERLINK TO CCPA PRIVACY
NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS].
California's "Shine the
Light" law (Civil Code Section • 1798.83) permits users of our App that
are California residents to request certain information regarding our
disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing
purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to yucaspice@gmail.com.
We have implemented measures designed
to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized
access, use, alteration, and disclosure. [All information you provide to us is
stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.
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 App, you are responsible
for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with
anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas
of the App like message boards. The information you share in public areas may
be viewed by any user of the App.
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.
We may update our privacy policy from
time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal
information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page with a notice
that the privacy policy has been updated and notify you by email (specified in
your account].
The date the privacy policy was last
revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring
we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you and for
periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.
To ask questions or comment about this
privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
yucaspice@gmail.com (preferred)
or,
Center for Liver Diseases
3471 Fifth Avenue
Kaufmann Medical Building, 201.14
Pittsburgh, PA 15217