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Last Updated: April 1, 2020
The Virgin Pulse program (the “Program”) is a voluntary employee health program, centered around a group challenge, that encourages healthy lifestyle changes. The Program is paid for by your employer, your spouse’s employer or other sponsoring organization (the “Program Sponsor”) and operated by Virgin Pulse, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, headquartered at 75 Fountain Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02902 (“Virgin Pulse”, “Us”, “We” or “Our”).
We are committed to protecting your rights and your privacy. This Privacy Notice (the “Notice”) explains what data We collect about you and how We store, analyze and share the data We collect about you through the platform (virginhealthst.wpengine.com) and the Virgin Pulse mobile application. This Notice applies to all Personal Information whether collected online or offline. The Notice also explains your rights with regards to your data, and how to contact Us to request access, corrections, transfer, restriction or deletion of the data We have collected about you.
We have designed our Notice in a question and answer format to make it easy to read and understand. Please read through it carefully. If you do not agree with our policies and practices contained in this Notice, please do not enroll in the Virgin Pulse Program.
We comply with any applicable laws and regulations based on the geographical location you select. You are asked to input your country and, if applicable state, of residence during enrollment. Please keep in mind that We do not independently track geographical location and We are unable to verify that information. Any discrepancy between your true residence and the information disclosed to Us, and how that may affect the functionality of the platform, remains your responsibility.
The level of data protection established in the USA is lower than the one established in the European Union, therefore, We take measures to ensure that your Personal Information is stored safely with Us, meeting regulatory privacy and security requirements imposed on European Union businesses. Nothing in this Notice limits or attempts to limit your rights under applicable laws, including your ability, depending on your country of residence, to file a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.
Virgin Pulse participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of Personal Information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to the United States. Virgin Pulse is committed to subjecting all personal data received from European Economic Area (EEA) member countries, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable Principles. To view the Virgin Pulse Privacy Shield Notice please visit https://cdn.virginpulse.com/content/Privacy_Shield_Policy.pdf. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield website at https://www.privacyshield.gov/list. To view and learn more about our certification please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TOtTAAW&status=Active.
Virgin Pulse’s privacy practices, described in this Privacy Notice, comply with the APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules System. The APEC CBPR system provides a framework for organizations to ensure protection of personal information transferred among participating APEC economies. For more information about the APEC framework please visit http://www.apec.org/Groups/Committee-on-Trade-and-Investment/~/media/Files/Groups/ECSG/CBPR/CBPR-PoliciesRulesGuidelines.ashx
Yes. We collect anonymous and Personal Information about you in order to provide you with the
Program and Our services. “Personal Information” means any information, including personal and material circumstances, that allows a person to become identifiable. The Personal Information we are able to collect includes, but is not limited to:
Please keep in mind that the extent of the Personal Information you may be able to share with Us will depend on the Program design and the features made available to you, as well as your level of participation in the Program. You are under no obligation to provide any Personal Information to Us at any time. However, if you choose to withhold some Personal Information, We may be unable to provide you with certain services.
We will use the Personal Information collected only to provide you with access to Our services, including:
Additionally, We may create “Anonymous Data” records by removing any Personal Information (including any contact information) that would allow the remaining data to be linked back to you. We may use the Anonymous Data for internal purposes, such as analyzing patterns and Program usage to improve our services. Additionally, We may use Anonymous Data to analyze and understand demographic trends, customer behavior patterns and preferences, and information that can help Us enrich the content and quality of the Program.
If you have opted to receive push notifications on your mobile device, We may, from time to time, send you push notifications to provide you with reminders and notices. If you no longer wish to receive such communications, you may turn them off at the device level.
From time to time, We may send you e-mails or newsletters with information about your Program, any available features, corollary platforms and services. Depending on your country of residence, you may be given the opportunity to opt-in to receive Our communications as you enroll in the platform. Regardless of your initial selection, you may opt-out of Our communications, free of charge, at any time during your Membership, by updating your preferences in your account profile information, or by contacting Us directly.
You may share your phone number with Us. If you are a US resident, by accepting this Agreement, you expressly consent and give your permission for Us to contact you directly, including, but not limited to, via phone, the use of an Automated Telephone Dialing System, prerecorded and/or artificial voice, SMS, MMS, text, fax or other similar means, at any phone number you provided. .
Depending on your Program design, your Program Sponsor may make additional spaces in the Program available after the start of the main challenge. To support that process We create a temporary list of names of individuals who wish to participate in the Program but have not been able to because of lack of available space on Teams (the “Waitlist”). If you added your Personal Information to the Waitlist, you are not yet a Member, but the terms of this Notice will apply to Our use of the information you provided for the Waitlist. We will only use the Personal Information provided for the operation of the Waitlist and to notify you if a space in the Program becomes available. The Waitlist will be purged three days after registration formally closes and the Waitlist is no longer needed. If you realize you entered incorrect Personal Information when you joined the Waitlist or wish to be removed from the Waitlist please contact Member Services.
We collect Personal Information you voluntarily provide as you submit it through the web-based platform and the mobile application, by reviewing your use of the web-based platform and mobile application (for example through the completion of a health assessment), your use of a synched tracking device such as a MAX or MAX BUZZ and when you participate in our phone or on-site services and events. Depending on the Program design chosen by your Program Sponsor, We may collect Personal Information through your use of additional services such as the Virgin Pulse Activity Tracking Devices (additional information on these is provided below). We may also collect information about you and your participation in the Program through engagement surveys. Depending on your Program design, your Program Sponsor may have the opportunity to create surveys (the “Virgin Pulse Surveys”) for its Members to complete.
We may also automatically collect additional information when you visit Our web-based platform or mobile application, including the type of browser used, the internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit pages, the files viewed on Our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), date and time stamps of activity on the platform, the accessing IP address (the unique address that identifies your device on the internet) and the operating system your device uses. We use this additional information to derive a broad, non-specific understanding of the locations from which Our Members access Our services, and to enhance the security controls around platform access. We also use it to analyze trends, administer the web-based platform, track Members’ movements on the platform and around the website, and to gather demographic information about Our Member base as a whole.
Depending on your Program design, your Program Sponsor may be able to create and submit customized Virgin Pulse Surveys for its Members to complete. We do not contribute to the creation of the questions in these surveys and do not review the questions in these surveys. If you decide to take part in a Virgin Pulse Survey the results will be shared with your Program Sponsor in aggregated reports. Your Program Sponsor will not be able to identify you from these reports. However, if the survey offered gives you the ability to respond to a question by writing in a response, the response will be shared with the Program Sponsor. If you include identifiable Personal Information in these open-ended responses, your Program Sponsor may be able to identify you.
Depending on your Program design, you may have access to a health assessment questionnaire. Health assessments can be customized by Program Sponsors and may be used to assess your overall health, your lifestyle across multiple areas of wellbeing or both. You do not have to complete the health assessment if you do not want to share this type of information with Us.
As a Program Member you will be able to connect activity trackers to your account. If you choose to synchronize an activity tracker with the Program, We will receive limited information about your activity to populate your account. Activity tracking devices can track a wide number of different aspects of your daily activities, including, among others, your daily steps and fitness activity, your heartbeat and sleep pattern. Depending on the brand and model of activity tracker you use, the data collected may vary. In general, companies selling activity tracking devices have specific privacy policies available, which outline what data the specific activity tracking device collects. We strongly suggest you review the right privacy notice to know what specific data points your activity tracking device collects about you.
The Virgin Pulse activity tracking devices are the MAX and the MAX BUZZ. These devices track your step activity per minute. From this information, We are able to determine your total active fitness minutes and calories consumed. Additionally, if you wear the MAX BUZZ to sleep, it can recognize the length of your sleep from how long you lie still.
Yes. We may receive information about you from various sources to support the Program and services included in it. The sources may include:
Your Program Sponsor
Depending on your Program design, your Program Sponsor may provide us your Personal Information to identify you as an individual who is able to join the Program and become a Member. We call this an “Eligibility File”. Please contact your Program Sponsor directly if you wish for your Program Sponsor to stop sending Us information about you. Keep in mind that if you are removed from the Eligibility File you will no longer have access to the Program and will not be able to enroll in the Program.
The Virgin Pulse Program Partners
With your prior approval, and depending on your Program design, you may have access content or access to organizations that provide you with additional services (Our Program Partners). If you use these services, the Program Partners may share activity information and results with Us.
Public Databases
We may receive information about you from other sources including publicly available databases or third parties from whom we have purchased data. We combine this data with information We already have about you. This can help Us analyze Our records to better evaluate the effectiveness of Our services.
Examples of the types of Personal Information that We may obtain from public databases include:
Virgin Pulse, its Program Partners and vendors use tools such as Cookies, tags, scripts and other similar technologies to enhance and support your experience on the platform. These technologies help Us administer the web-based platform and mobile application, measure traffic patterns and the total number of users, as well as to personalize and customize the platform’s content, so that your settings are “remembered” when you login.
Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. Cookies help our web-based platform to remember information about your visit, like your preferred settings. Cookies play an important role, they can make your next visit easier and the web-based platform more useful to you. You can learn more about Cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, where you will also find information about how to block Cookies on different types of browsers. Depending on your location, additional information about Cookies may be presented to you when you visit the web-based platform, and you are given the opportunity to object to the use of Cookies. However, please be aware that by blocking or deleting Cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the web-based platform or mobile application.
Our web-based platform uses Cookies to collect information about Member usage of the Program. Additionally, some Cookies on our web-based platform are set by third parties who are delivering services on Our behalf. Within the mobile application, webpages are sometimes displayed. Cookies allow you to avoid having to reenter your login credentials when accessing webpages.
We use Cookies:
We use mobile analytics software to allow Us to review the functionality of Our mobile software on your phone, and how to improve its quality and Our services. The mobile analytics software may record information such as how often you use the mobile application, the events that occur within the mobile application, crash reports and performance data, where the application was downloaded from and other metrics, such as aggregated usage. The information collected by the mobile analytics software is managed separately from other Personal Information you submit within the mobile application.
Our web-based platform and mobile application may contain links to other websites that We do not own or control. We provide these links and connections for your convenience. Wehave no control over these third parties, their privacy policies, and the content they display on their websites or mobile applications. If you choose to submit Personal Information while visiting these websites or using these mobile applications, please be aware your rights will be governed by the third parties’ privacy policies. We strongly encourage you to carefully read the privacy notice of any website or mobile application you visit or use.
As a global company, We have a number of offices and subsidiaries around the world. Wehave office locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Bosnia, Switzerland, Singapore, Brazil and Australia. Our employees at these locations may be required to access your Personal Information to allow Us to provide you with quality services, including Member support services through the Virgin Pulse Call Center. Our employees are obligated to respect the confidentiality of your Personal Information and are only authorized to access your Personal Information as necessary to provide you with services or support.
You can become “Friends” with other members of the Program offered by your Program Sponsor. You are able to send “Friend” requests to other Members taking part in your Program, and they will be able to send you “Friend” requests. You can choose to accept or decline these “Friend” requests. You can also choose to remove a “Friend” anytime after adding him or her. If you become “Friends” with another Member, that person will have access to (a) certain portions of your profile, (b) the number of steps you have taken in challenges you choose to participate in, and (c) other activity data related to your participation in the Program.
By joining the Program , your name, profile picture (if you add one) and challenge performance information (step information added to your account) will be visible to other Members in the Program. Additionally, some performance information such as a leaderboard may be shared with your Program Sponsor on an individual or Team basis.
Additionally, the Program may make message boards and messaging forums available to you. Please be aware that any information disclosed in these settings may become public information. You should exercise caution if disclosing Personal Information while using these features.
We may, from time to time, share your Personal Information with third parties to allow Us to provide you with our services. If We need to share your Personal Information with third parties, We will limit the information disclosed to the minimum amount necessary to ensure the provision and quality of the services We offer you. We never use, disclose, or share your Personal Information for marketing purposes, and We never sell, rent or lease your Personal Information. Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable laws, we reserve the right to disclose Anonymous Data at our discretion.
In the event that We (a) undergo reorganization or liquidation under bankruptcy, or (b) are sold to a third party, any Personal Information We hold about you may be transferred to the reorganized entity or third party, in accordance with applicable laws. In any such event, the new entity will continue to use your Personal Information in accordance with and within the limits of this Notice to ensure continuation of service.
Agents and contractors
In some instances, We may disclose your Personal Information to agents or contractors that work on Our behalf and assist Us in providing and supporting the services We offer. This may include processing transactions in the Virgin Pulse Online Store, fulfilling your requests, analyzing your data, or helping Us to communicate important information about the Program.
Your Program Sponsor
We may share anonymized and aggregated data with your Program Sponsor. Your Program Sponsor will not be able to use such anonymized information or aggregated reports to directly identify you. In specific circumstances and for limited purposes, such as to ensure proper Program administration or to support tax compliance, we may share reports containing identifiable information with your Program Sponsor. Your Program Sponsor may use the anonymized information in its discretion, including to evaluate the overall program, as well as to provide additional benefits, programs and services.
If your activity information indicates there may be an abnormality or Program abuse, We may share your activity information with your Program Sponsor and make adjustments, suspend or terminate your account, in accordance with your Program Sponsor’s instructions.
If your Program Sponsor is your Health Plan, We may share additional information about you and your participation in the Program, to ensure you are provided access to any additional services or engagement opportunities and benefits that may be offered through your Health Plan.
Third Party Providers
We may provide information in an anonymous and aggregated format or provide your Personal Information in a group format to third parties that process that Personal Information (“Analytics Processors”) to generate Anonymous Information and derive analytical information. The Analytics Processors do not have any independent right to use your Personal Information, except to provide the aggregation and analysis services. You can request the names of such Analytics Processors by contacting Us.
Our Program Partners are industry leading health, wellness and wellbeing providers We select to enhance your experience. In certain instances, the use of such Program Partners may require you to provide additional Personal Information and data to these Program Partners. If you choose to use Program Partner services or you provide additional Personal Information and data to these Program Partners, you will be subject to the Program Partner’s privacy notice and terms of use.
Government entities
We may be required to disclose your Personal Information if:
From time to time We may need to disclose limited amounts of your Personal Information. We will only disclose your Personal Information for the following limited purposes:
All your data, including any Personal Information We collect about you, is stored at Amazon Web Services data centers located in the United States of America (USA). Because your data is stored on USA soil, it may be subject to USA laws, including the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” (USA PATRIOT Act), as well as the jurisdiction of the USA government, tribunals, law enforcement and regulatory agencies, which may require Us to grant them access to your data.
We are committed to protecting your data and your privacy. To ensure data security, We follow reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures designed to safeguard and secure your data and Personal Information. However, no company can fully eliminate security risks associated with the provision of online services.
Among the security features We use to protect your Personal Information and other data, We require that you create and use a username and unique password to access the web-based platform and mobile application. We use multiple layers of security to protect your Personal Information and data, including firewalls, intrusion detection tools and antivirus software.
Yes, you can review and change your Personal Information by logging into the platform or mobile application. All our Members, regardless of residency, except in specific circumstances identified by local laws, have a legal right to access and correct or update the information We have collected about you. You can also request a copy of all the Personal Information and data We hold about you. We will provide you with a copy of all the data We have collected about you in a standard format (such as Excel) through a secure channel. You can contact Us to request a copy of all your Personal Information or to request a change in your Personal Information through the “Data Requests” option in the platform or mobile application. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Please keep in mind that We may not be able to accommodate your request if We reasonably believe the change would violate any laws or cause the information to be inaccurate or incorrect. Additionally, We may not be able to fulfill a request where it would impose a burden on Us that is disproportionate to the risk to your privacy, or where your request may affect another individual’s rights to privacy. If We are unable to fulfill a request We will provide you with the reasons why we are unable to comply.
Yes, you can request that all your Personal Information and other data be transferred to a different wellness services provider. To complete the transfer, We will require additional information about the new vendor to ensure a secure channel is used, so that your Personal Information and other data remain protected. Depending on the circumstances, we may be unable to support a transfer. However, We will be able to provide you with your Personal Information which you will be able to disclose to anyone you choose. To request such transfer you may contact Us through the “Data Requests” option in the platform or mobile application. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Yes, you can request that the data collected about you be deleted from our system. You may terminate your Program Membership at any time by submitting a deletion request to our Member Services team, or through the “Data Requests” option in the platform or mobile application. Your Membership will terminate [$pending_cancellation_duration$] days after We receive your request. Your Personal Information will be permanently and irreversibly deidentified at the end of an additional [$deidentification_duration$] day grace period.
Your Personal Information will also be permanently and irreversibly deidentified, in accordance with the timelines above, once the Program ends and your account is cancelled in accordance with the terms of the Membership Agreement.
Beyond the information necessary for enrollment you are not required to share any additional information with Us, however, choosing not to share information may limit your ability to earn Rewards if they are made available to you by your Program Sponsor. You can choose to limit the data you share with Us by not inputting or not using certain features. However, once you have shared information, We are unable to accommodate requests to restrict the processing of certain sets of data. If you wish for Us to stop processing parts of your data, you can request that all data be deleted by cancelling your account.
Yes, you can object to Our processing of your data by contacting the Privacy Officer and notifying Us that you wish for your account to be suspended while your concerns about the processing of your data are resolved. Once you feel comfortable resuming use of the Program, you can contact Us to unlock your account. If you realize during the time your account is suspended that you do not feel comfortable resuming use of the Program, you can cancel your account. Your data will be deleted in accordance with our standard process, except that you will not be able to access your account while the cancellation process takes place unless you first request for the suspension to be lifted.
We may update this Notice from time to time to reflect changes in Our information practice and services offered. If We make any material changes to this Notice, you will be notified via an update notification, and you will be given the opportunity to review and accept the new Notice prior to being able to access the platform or continue to use the Program. The date indicating the last update can be found at the top of the Notice. If there are typographical mistakes, like grammar or spelling errors, in the Notice we may correct them without notifying you.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Please note that any translation of this Notice is intended solely to facilitate your access to this information. The English version is the only official version of this Notice and any translation inaccuracies or discrepancies are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, about this Notice, or your rights and obligations under this Notice, you may contact Us via email at privacyofficer@virginpulse.com or via the “Contact Us” section of the Virgin Pulse web-based platform and mobile application.
Alternatively, you can contact Us by writing to:
The Virgin Pulse Data Protection Officer
Virgin Pulse, Inc.
75 Fountain Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02902, United States.
