PRIVACY POLICY

1. INTRODUCTION

This Evolwe Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") describes how Evolwe Technologies Private Ltd. (collectively "Evolwe", "we", "our" or "us") collect, use and share your Personal Data when you use and access our website, mobile sites ("Sites"), and Evolwe application ("App") to show information integrated from Evolwe Ring ("Product") to measure your performance and health, offered by us (collectively, the "Services"). This Privacy Notice also gives information about the rights and options you have to control your personal information. By accessing or using the Evolwe Ring, website and services, you agree and consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

We take your privacy seriously and want you to understand how your personal data is dealt. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practise of companies or people that we do not own, control or manage. We are not responsible for the policies and practise of any third parties, and we do not control, operate, or endorse any information, products or services that may be offered by third parties or accessible on or through the Services. For clarity, we are responsible for the data protection practise of our data processors (i.e, those processing Personal Data of which we are the controllers in relation to the Services) in accordance with the data protection laws applicable to the jurisdiction in which you reside.

2. CONTENT

This Privacy Notice will give you information about:

  • What Personal information we collect
  • How we use your Personal Information
  • With which parties we share Personal Information
  • How we transfer personal information internationally
  • How we protect and store personal information
  • How long we retain your data
  • How to exercise your rights
  • How we handle personal information of children
  • How we resolve dispute
  • Which laws govern this policy
  • How we update this Policy
  • How you can contact us

3. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect the following types of Personal Data:

Account Creation:

We collect your contact details, including your first and last name, email address, mailing address, and phone number, so that we can identify you, communicate with you, and provide relevant support or services. In addition, we collect your profile information such as the username and password you create when setting up your Evolwe account which allows us to establish your login credentials, authenticate your identity, and provide secure access to your account features.

Communication:

Communication that we exchange with you, including when you contact us email, web app, or mobile app with questions, feedback or reviews.

Evolwe App:

We collect wellness-related information to help understand your physiological patterns and personalised your experience with our Services. This includes metrics such as resting, active and continuous heart rate, heart rate variability, skin temperature, ECG (electrocardiogram), Blood pressure trends, Sleep stages (REM, deep, light), sleep time, interruptions, Stress index, Recovery/readiness scores, Activity (steps, calories, movement patterns), Circadian rhythm analytics, Illness-risk indicators, Restorative time metrics.

Device Data:

We collect device data, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purpose), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information. We also gather technical data that helps us maintain and improve our Services, including diagnostic logs, performance metrics, crash reports, and identifiers associated with nearby or connected Bluetooth-enabled devices to ensure stable pairing and functionality.

Online Activity Data:

We collect data, such as pages or screens you view, how long you spend on a page or screen, the website you visited before visiting our website, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access time, and duration of access.

Location Data:

We collect general location information derived from your IP address. If you choose to grant permission, we may also collect your precise location to provide features such as local weather insights and to enable background Bluetooth functionality on Android devices.

Analytics Data:

We may also use third-party service providers to collect and process analytics and other information on our Website or Services. These third-party service providers may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons or other storage technology to collect and store analytics and other information. They have their own privacy addressing how they use the analytics and other information and we do not have access to, nor control over, third parties' use of cookies or other tracking technologies.

Payment related Information:

When you purchase a product or a subscription, we will collect transaction information. We use third-party payment providers to process payments on the Products and Services. We may receive information associated with your payment information, such as billing address, shipping address and transactional information, but we do not directly store payment information such as your debit/credit card information or bank account information with us.

Cookies:

We use cookies and other technologies to automatically collect information through the Website or Services. (Please note there are no cookies on the App). These technologies are essentially small data files placed on your devices that allow us and our partners to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our Service. For more information how cookies work, please go through a dedicated Cookie Policy on our Website.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your information only for the purposes you have been informed of and agreed to. We do not process your data in any manner that strays from these purposes, nor do we collect anything that isn't necessary to fulfil them. For any new purpose, we will request your explicit consent before doing so.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties for them to market or advertise their product to you.

We collect only such information that is strictly needed for the below mentioned purpose.

  • a. We use your data to process and present analytics that help you understand your activity and wellness patterns. This includes generating health summaries, trends, and timely alerts based on your information. We also use your data to offer personalised insights and recommendations designed to support your overall well-being and improve your experience with our Services.
  • b. We use your data to offer predictive insights that help you understand your future wellness patterns, generate automated health summaries that highlight key trends, and provide a conversational wellness assistant to guide you through your daily habits. Your data also enables us to deliver personalised lifestyle and efficiency recommendations designed to support your overall well-being.
  • c. We use your data to diagnose issues, resolve crashes, and ensure the app runs smoothly.
  • d. We analyse technical information to improve overall performance and reliability.
  • e. We review relevant data to safely test, validate, and refine new features before wider release.
  • f. We use certain identifiers and activity patterns to detect, prevent, and respond to fraud or misuse of our Services.
  • g. We use your information to verify your account and confirm that access requests are legitimate.
  • h. We rely on certain data to deliver critical alerts and health-related notifications that may require your attention.
  • i. We use your data for addressing your feedback, requests, queries, issues, complaints, and other customer care related activities pertaining to our Products and Services.
  • j. We use for data for communicating with you about your account, activities on our Products and Services and Privacy Policy changes.
  • k. We send marketing or promotional communications only when you have given us your explicit consent, to provide information on existing or new products and services, features, special promotions or offers, of Evolwe Ring. You may choose to opt-out of receiving promotional emails at any time via the "Unsubscribe" link in every such promotional email communications.

5. WITH WHICH PARTIES WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Data is a vital part of our business and we aim to not disclose/share or sell any data to any third parties for their own marketing, advertising or commercial purpose. You data is shared only with trusted service providers who help us operate, secure and improve our Services. These partners are contractually required to protect your information and use it solely for the purpose we specify.

Here is how we share data with them:

  • a. We use AWS as our primary cloud infrastructure provider. Your data may be stored and processed on AWS serves to ensure reliable hosting, secure storage and seamless delivery of our Services.
  • b. To continuously improve our Application, evaluate feature performance and understand how our users engage with our services, we share specific categories' of usage and technical data with third-party analytics providers. The data shared includes device and technical information (such as device model, operating system version) and usage and interaction data (such as frequency use, specific in-app events like button taps, content viewing, duration and session activity). This sharing is strictly for the purpose of analytics and performance evaluation, and our legal basis for this procession is our legitimate interest in maintaining and optimizing our product.
  • c. When a crash, application error or significant performance issue occurs, we share data to third-party service providers for application improvement. The sole purpose of collecting and sharing this data is troubleshooting, bug fixing and continuous Application improvement. We do not use this data for marketing or advertising purpose. We strive to collect only the minimum amount of data required for diagnosis. We do not intentionally collect or share personally identifiable information (PII) like your name, email, address, or specific user account details with these crash reports.
  • d. If you choose to log in using Facebook, we share the minimum information required to authenticate your login. We may also use, and share your information with Meta for marketing purpose to market our own Products and Services and grow our Product and Service' user base, such as to provide targeted marketing about our own Products and Services via Meta marketing services.
  • e. We share you're your contact information (such as your email address or phone number) with our communication partners to send verification codes, account updates, alerts and essential service notification. Marketing message, when applicable, are sent only with your explicit consent.
  • f. We may access preserve, and disclose any information we store in association with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement or national security request and legal process, such as a court order (ii) protect your, our, or other's rights, property, or safety; (iii) enforce our policies or contracts; (iv) collect amount owed to us; or (v) assist with an investigation and prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.
  • g. If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganisation, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, then your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction under strict confidentiality.
  • h. Evolwe application has a Reminder feature which is a generative AI features that is intended to help you remind your medication, hydration and activity reminder to provide health insights, improve performance. Please note that Evolwe Reminder feature leverage advance Machine Learning (ML) models, we share specific categories of data with specialised third-party AI and ML service providers. This includes Reminder content and Metadata related to your wellness routine, such as medication type and schedule, hydration goals, activity targets (e.g., walking, exercise), sleep times and stress levels, along with your Usage and Interaction Data (if enabled). We will only process and share this sensitive health-related data with your clear and unambiguous Explicit consent, which is provided upon onboarding and can be managed at any time. The sole purpose of this sharing is to train and operate the algorithms required to provide you with tailored, time-sensitive suggestions related to your health and wellness goals. We apply the highest level of security and implement robust privacy measures, ensuring that this sensitive data is anonymized or pseudonymized whenever technically feasible before transmission, and our contracts strictly prohibit these providers from using your data for any purpose other than fulfilling the contracted service. If you withdraw your Explicit Consent or choose to use the App in a non-personalized, basic mode, data sharing with these AI providers will cease or be significantly limited. You can manage your consent and preferences in the App's Settings or Privacy menu.

6. HOW WE TRANSFER PERSONAL INFORMATION AND STORE INTERNATIONALLY

You agree that information collected may be stored and processed in any country including United States, where we rent servers, or where we or our affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities in order to provide Products and Services, and by accessing, registering for, or using the Products and Services, you consent to any such transfer of Information.

We may transfer your information to third-parties acting on our behalf, for the purposes of storage such as AWS in the United States.

You authorise us to transfer, store, and use your information in any country where we operate. For citizens of EU/EAA, if we transfer, store and use your information outside EU/EAA to a country that does not have an adequacy decision, such transfer take place on the basis of European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). We implement additional security and organizational measures where required and ensure that our processors and sub-processors offer GDPR equivalent protection.

7. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We like to inform you that our systems are protected using AES-256 encryption for data at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 encryption for data in transit, ensuring that your information stays secure whether stored or being transmitted. We use AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for secure and compliant key management, and enforce strict IAM role-based access controls so that only authorised personnel can access specific resources.

We take complete measures to safeguard you and our Platform, Products and Services from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of Information we hold, including: a) Use of encryption to keep your information private while in transit; b) Timely review of our information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorised access to our systems.

However, we cannot guarantee absolute security as no method of protection and transmission of information is completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your information, you agree and acknowledge that (i) there are security and privacy limitations of the internet which are beyond our control; (ii) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and our Platform cannot be guaranteed; and (iii) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third-party, despite our best efforts.

8. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA AND DELETION

We retain Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required under applicable law (including tax, legal, accounting, or regulatory obligations). Account-related information is retained until the account is deleted. Once an account is deleted, we retain system backups for up to 90 days, after which the data is automatically overwritten as part of our routine backup cycle.

Any health-related data is deleted immediately upon account deletion and is not used or retained beyond that point, except to the limited extent it may remain in system backups until the end of the 90-day backup-retention period, after which it is permanently removed.

9. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

We follow your instructions about your information we hold. You may request details of your information collected by us, request reasons for collection, correct your information, request deletion of your information, request restricted processing of your information, the category of entities with whom we have shared it and the reason for any disclosures, request a portable copy of the information you have provided, object to processing of your information, such as for direct marketing, and where we obtain your consent, you may withdraw such consent at any time.

Privacy Notice for Citizens of EU:

If you are located in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you have specific rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR. You have the right to access your Personal Data and receive information about how we process it, the right to request rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data, and the right to request erasure of your data where it is no longer required or where you withdraw your consent. You have the right to restrict processing in certain circumstances, including when you contest the accuracy of your data or when processing is unlawful. You have the right to data portability, allowing you to obtain your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and to request that we transfer it to another controller where technically feasible. You have the right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests and to object at any time to processing for direct marketing purposes. Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time. You also have the right not to be subject to automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects. Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority, including the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the United Kingdom.

Privacy Notice for Citizens of U.S:

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA. You have the right to know what categories of Personal Information we collect, use, and disclose, and the right to request access to the specific data we hold about you. You have the right to request deletion of your Personal Information, subject to certain legal exceptions, as well as the right to request correction of any inaccurate data. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information; however, we do not sell Personal Information. You also have the right to exercise these rights without facing any discrimination for doing so, including no denial of services, price changes, or reduced quality because you exercised your privacy rights.

10. HOW WE HANDLE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF CHILDREN

The Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect or process Personal Data from anyone under 16 without verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a minor without such consent, we promptly delete the data and take reasonable steps to remove it from our systems. If you believe that a minor under 16 has provided us with Personal Data without parental authorization, please contact us at Support: support@evolwe.com or privacy@evolwe.com so we can address the issue.

11. HIPAA COMPLIANCE [U.S ONLY]

We do not provide medical care or advise and are thus not a Covered Entity under HIPAA (US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) ("HIPAA"). However, in respect of the health data of Our US-based customer, we strive to comply with all of the requirements as per HIPAA.

12. HOW WE RESOLVE DISPUTE

To resolve any complaints, or if you have questions regarding this policy, please contact us as, privacy@evolwe.com. In the event we do not address your grievance, you may approach the Data Protection Board of India to make a complaint.

13. HOW EVOLWE CAN CHANGE THE PRIVACY POLICY

Evolwe may from time to time update this policy. The date of issue will be indicated by the date on the top of this policy. Changes in technology, legislation and authorities' guidance may require us to inform you if changes in policy affects your Privacy, we will do so by sending you email, for the same.