privacy policy

Last Updated: January 18, 2022

1.0 Introduction

Pixalere is a technology company headquartered in Cultus Lake, British Columbia, which focuses on providing services to the nursing and physician based organizations specifically focusing on wound management. 

This Privacy Policy is applicable to Pixalere (“we”, “our” or “us”) as related to our services, which collectively include:

This Privacy Policy sets out the essential details relating to your personal data relationships with Pixalere as:

Clients contract the use of our Application and give access to their employees and other third parties, as solely decided by them, by creating users who access the Application with their email address and credentials. The Clients’ administrators grant End Users roles, which result in different permissions and access rights to the information held in the Client account. 

2.0 Personal information we collect 

2.1 Information you choose to provide to us
WHEN

We may ask you to provide personal information when:

If you choose to provide us with a third party’s Personal Information (the person’s name, email and company) when taking part in our referral program, you represent that you have the third party’s permission to do so. 

WHAT

As a Patient, the personal information we collect includes your first name and last name, medical record number (such as BRN, or HCN), date of birth, address, and phone number.

As an End User of the Application, we collect your name, email address and any comments you make in the Application.

We expect all users to follow their organization’s privacy policy and any applicable regulatory requirements when uploading, accessing and using personal information into our Application.

2.2 Information we collect automatically
WHEN

We collect information about your visits to the Website and the Application when you land on any of our web pages through cookies and similar tracking technology. 

WHAT

The information collected includes:

3.0 How we use personal information  

We use your Personal Information to:

4.0 How we share personal information

Our Application and Services

If you are an End User of our Application, your personal information may be viewed by other users with access to the Application.  

Legal disclosures

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, subpoena, or other legal processes as identified in the applicable legislation. 

We attempt to notify our clients about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency.

Change in Control

We can also share your personal data as part of a sale, merger or change in control or in preparation for any of these events. 

Any other entity which buys us or part of our business will have the right to continue to use your data, but only in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy unless you agree otherwise.

5.0 How we secure personal information

We are committed to protecting the security of all of the personal information we collect and use. 

We use a variety of physical, administrative and technical safeguards designed to help protect it from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. We have implemented best-practice standards and controls in compliance with internationally recognized security frameworks. We use encryption technologies to protect data at rest and in transit. 

6.0 Your rights

We provide the same suite of Services to all of our Clients and End-Users worldwide.

We offer the following rights to all individuals regardless of their location or applicable privacy regulations.

For personal information we have about you, you can:

·         Access your personal information or request a copy.

You have the right to obtain information about what personal information we process about you or to obtain a copy of your personal information. 

If you have provided personal information to us, you may contact us to obtain an outline of what information we have about you or a copy of the information. 

If you are an End User of the Application, you can log in to see the personal information in the account or approach your employer for more information.

·         You have the right to be notified of what personal information we collect about you and how we use it, disclose it and protect it.

This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we collect and our privacy practices. We may also have additional privacy notices and statements available to you at the point of providing information to us directly.

·         Change or correct your personal information.

You have the right to update/correct your personal information or ask us to do it on your behalf. 

You can edit your information through the user account in the Application or ask us to change or correct it by contacting us.

·         Delete or erase your personal information.

You have the right to request deletion of your personal information at any time. We will communicate back to you within reasonable timelines the result of your request. We may not be able to delete or erase your personal information, but we will inform you of these reasons and any further actions available to you.

·         Object to the processing of your personal information

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes. This means that we will stop using your personal information for these purposes.

·         Ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information

You may have the right to ask us to limit the way that we use your personal information. 

·         Export your personal data.

You have the right to request that we export to you in a machine-readable format all of the personal information we have about you.

We do not process personal information through the use of automated means. 

If you would like to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local organizations in charge with enforcing the privacy legislation applicable in your territory.

7.0 How long we keep your personal information

We retain information for 7 years in order to provide the Services to you and our Clients, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information.

We may also retain information to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect fees, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our Terms of Service and take other actions permitted by law. 

The information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Information connected to you that is no longer necessary and relevant to provide our Services may be de-identified or aggregated with other non-personal data to provide insights which are commercially valuable to Pixalere, such as statistics of the use of the Services. 

8.0 Other Important Information

We process data in locations Canada, Australia, and the United States and rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders, such as contracts incorporating data protection and sharing obligations. 

We will only collect and process personal data about you where we have a lawful reason for its collection.

When you visit our Website and provide us with your personal information, we collect and use it with your consent.  

As an Application End User, you consent to our collection of your personal information when you log in for the first time. However, your employer has control of the account and may upload and share additional personal information. It is your employer’s responsibility to ensure the collection, use and sharing of the personal information uploaded to the Application complies with all applicable legislation. 

You can review the terms and conditions of use when you create/update your user account within our Application.

Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time. If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us.

How to select your communications preferences 

You may choose to receive or not receive marketing communications from us. To stop receiving marketing communications, please click the “Unsubscribe” link in the email we sent you. 

You may choose which information we collect automatically from your device by controlling cookie settings on your browser or by selecting your preferences through our Cookie policy.  

Even if you opt-out of receiving marketing communications, we may still communicate with you in connection with security and privacy issues, servicing your account, fulfilling your requests, or administering any promotion or any program in which you may have elected to participate. 

9.0 Contact Information

You may contact us to exercise any of your rights or ask for more information about your personal information and our privacy practices by contacting our Privacy Officer through our contact form.

Appendix 

A.1 For individuals based in California

This section provides additional specific information for consumers based in California as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

A.1.1 Collection and Use of Personal Information

In the last 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

We collect personal information directly from you, from your browser or device when you visit our websites, from third parties that you permit to share your information or from third parties that share public information about you and as stated above.

See the section above, “How we use personal information,” to understand how we use the personal information collected from California consumers.

A.1.2 Recipients of Personal Information

We share personal information with third parties for business purposes. The categories of third parties to whom we disclose your personal information may include: (i) our service providers and advisors, (ii) marketing and strategic partners; (iii) analytics providers; 

Please see the “How We Share Information” section of the Privacy Policy above for more information.

A.2.3 California Privacy Rights

As a California resident, you may be able to exercise the following rights in relation to the personal information about you that we have collected (subject to certain limitations at law):

You also have the right to be free of discrimination for exercising these rights. 

Please note that if the exercise of these rights limits our ability to process personal information (such as a deletion request), we may no longer be able to provide you with our products and services or engage with you in the same manner.

A.2.4 How to Exercise Your California Consumer Rights

To exercise your right to know and/or your right to deletion, please submit a request by contacting us.

We will need to verify your identity before processing your request. 

In order to verify your identity, we will generally require sufficient information from you so that we can match it to the information we maintain about you in our systems. Sometimes we may need additional personal information from you to be able to identify you. We will notify you. 

We may decline a request to exercise the right to know and/or right to deletion, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems or as permitted by law.

You may choose to designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. No information will be disclosed until the authorized agent’s authority has been reviewed and verified. Once a request has been submitted by an authorized agent, we may require additional information (i.e. written authorization from you) to confirm the authorized agent’s authority. 

If you are an employee/former employee of a Pixalere Client that uses our application and services, please direct your requests and/or questions directly to your employer/former employer.

If you are a third party (auditor, business associate etc.), who was given access to the Pixalere application by a Pixalere Client, please direct your requests and/or questions directly to the Pixalere Client that gave you access.

Minors Under Age 16

Our application and services are intended for business use and we do not expect them to be of any interest to minors. We do not intentionally collect any personal information of consumers below the age of 16. We do not sell the personal information of California consumers.