1. 1 We give a special emphasis on the protection of the personal data of our clients and other individuals who provide us with their personal data. This privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as "Privacy Policy") is providing you with the necessary information on how we, a company Cognitive IVF a.s., ID No. 09608095, with its registered seat in Prague, Olivova 2096/4, Postal no. 110 00, Czech Republic, are receiving, storing and further processing your personal data in relation to provision of our services (hereinafter referred to as “Services”) through Leeaf mobile application (hereinafter referred to as “App”), our website www.leeaf.life (hereinafter referred to as “Site”) or by any other means.
1. 2 The App connects users applying for in vitro fertilization with suitable IVF clinics as well as it allows the applicants to share the information about their health and fertility issues with the clinic they have chosen for the IVF cycle. The App also allows users to track data about their health information and procedures related to the IVF and further works as client´s decision support tool throughout the IVF healing process.
1. 3 This Privacy Policy explains and informs you on (i) how we, collect and process your personal data (ii) your rights and the means by which you may apply them. It also specifies what rights you have under the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as “HIPAA”) and the U.S. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
1. 4 We recommend you get fully acquainted with this Privacy Policy. By using our Services and by providing us with your personal data you confirm that you have been informed about our usage of your personal data, as stated in this Privacy Policy and relevant privacy notices.
1. 5 This Privacy Policy provides you with the information that follows Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, No. 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”), as well as Data Protection Act 2018, c. 12 and the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2019 No. 419.
2. 1 We are the controller of your personal data, together with our UK subsidiary Cognitive IVF UK LTD, a private limited company with its seat at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, England, WC2H (hereinafter referred to as “Cognitive IVF UK”). The Company and Cognitive IVF CZ act jointly as a joint controllers in accordance with art. 26 of GDPR (joint controllers hereinafter referred to as “we”, “our”, “us”). Any data transfers between us as a data exported and Cognitive IVF UK as a data importer are based on the Decision on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom - General Data Protection Regulation. We are also authorised representative of Cognitive IVF UK in the European union under the Art. 27 of the GDPR.
2. 2 You may reach us directly at our e-mail office@leeaf.life or on our address (hereinafter referred to as “Contact details”).
2. 3 Joint controllers have appointed an external data protection officer for you to contact if you have any questions or concerns about our personal data policies or practices. You may contact DPO at info@arws.cz, telephone number +420 777 118 385, or at:
ARROWS advokátní kancelář s.r.o.
Plzenska 3350/18
150 00 Prague
Czech Republic
3. 1 Personal data - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, surname, date of birth, location data, e-mail.
3. 2 Processing of personal data - means any operation or set of operations which is performed on your personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
3. 3 Controller - means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law; for means of this Privacy Policy we are the controller jointly with Cognitive IVF UK.
3. 4 Processor - means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
3. 5 Purpose - the reason why the controller is processing your personal data;
3. 6 Cookies – a cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website (Site) –when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. The cookies we use may be divided as those used by us as first-party cookies (technical cookies) which are necessary to provide you with the functionality of the Site and third-party cookies – which are cookies from a different domain (for advertising and marketing purposes). This also includes other techniques that work in a similar way. Read more in the Cookies policy
3. 7 Recipient – the person that receives the personal data;
3. 8 The third party - means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized to process personal data;
3. 9 Consent - freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of your wishes, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to you.
4. 1 Scope of data processed.
4. 1. 1 Sources of the personal data. We receive your personal data from various sources, which are in particular:
4. 1. 2 Data collected. We only process such personal data that are provided to us from you via the sources as described above. In particular, we process the following personal data:
4. 1. 3 Purpose, Grounds and Duration of the processing. We process your personal data for the following purposes:
4. 2 Cookies
4. 2. 1 While using our Site and the App we may process your personal data (Cookies data) via cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small text files that are stored in your web browser that allows us or a third party to recognize you. Cookies can be used to collect, store and share bits of information about your activities across websites, including our Site and App. This also applies to other similar technologies used for this purpose.
4. 2. 2 We use the following cookies:
4. 2. 3 You may adjust the authorization or the refusal of all of the cookies or only some of the cookies. The refusal of the cookie files may have a negative influence on the functionality of the websites, including the Site. You may adjust your choice regarding the cookies anytime or you may erase them from your electronic device at any time. Detailed information regarding the cookies is provided on the website of the appropriate website browser provider. Read more about the Cookies policy.
4. 3 How we process data. We process your personal data, in the scope and for the purposes described above, by automated means, which also includes using statistical methods. In certain cases, we may also process your personal data manually.
4.4 Children data. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not attempt to register at our Site, apply for our Main services or send any personal data.
4.5 Consequences of failure to provide data. The provision of your personal data is a requirement necessary to enter into contract for provision of our services. In case these data are not provided, we would not be able to provide you with our services.
5. 1 We are authorized to transfer the personal data we collect by the means described above to third persons who ensure some services relating to the provision of our Services, including administration or IT support, organization and storage of the personal data etc. These subjects are in the position of processors or controllers of your personal data.
5. 2 We may share the collected personal data in particular with the following recipients:
You may also instruct us to share your personal information with providers of health services, physicians, fertility clinics etc., who act as data controllers, especially in the case you choose to use the services of the provider of health services recommended by the App.
5. 3 We provide you with a guarantee that we have concluded a contract on the processing of personal data with the processors, which ensure the same level of safety for your personal data as those described in this Privacy Policy. We also aim to ensure that all controllers, with which we share any personal data, ensure adequate safety of processed personal data.
5. 4 We, including the processors and controllers, are obliged to keep all the personal data confidential. The exemption is the duty to report your personal data to the designated public authorities and other entities who are entitled to request the personal data by the law (i.e. Police, Tax authority etc.).
6. 1 We have introduced to our system such necessary technical and organizational measures of internal control and processes of the safety of the information that follows best practice corresponding to the potential risk to you. At the same time, we take into consideration the perspective of future technological progress in order to protect your personal data from unauthorized disclosure, access or its loss. These measures include, but are not limited to, employees’ data protection training, regular backups of the data, the data recovery procedure, and mechanism of responsibility for an infringement of protected data, software and hardware protection. We also adhere to strict policies and procedures when using or disclosing protected health information under the HIPAA, especially the Privacy Rule Policies, Security Rule Policies and the Breach Notification Policy, and have appointed a Security Officer.
7. 1 If you exercise a right in accordance with this Sec. 7 of the Privacy Policy or in accordance with other applicable legal provision, we will inform on the adopted measure about your personal data every recipient who is processing such data, if the communication to the recipient is possible and/or does not require unreasonable effort.
7. 2 If you wish to exercise your rights or to receive the relevant information, contact us via one of our Contact details. When you contact us, we have to ask you to provide us with your identification information or other personal data which you have provided us earlier. The provision of such information is necessary for the verification if it is you who has actually sent the request. We will provide you with the answer no later than one month after receiving such request, whereby we retain the right to extend this time period by two months.
7. 3 Your rights. In accordance with the applicable law, you may require access to the personal data, which we, as a controller of personal data, process, the right for rectification, erasure or transferability, right to lodge a complaint, right to require the restriction of the processing and right to object to processing. At any time you may withdraw your consent on the processing of personal data.
7. 4 Rectification of your personal data. In accordance with the GDPR, DPA and other regulation specified in Sec. 1.4 of this Privacy Policy, you have the right for rectification of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we process about you. If you have a request for rectification of your personal data, you may contact us with a request via one of our Contact details. We accept measures to ensure that you have your personal data up-to-date and correct. Anytime you may contact us with a request if we still process your personal data.
7. 5 Erasure of your personal data. Anytime you may provide us with a request for the erasure of your personal data. After you contact us with such a request and if one of the grounds for erasure of data applies, we will erase affected personal data from our databases without undue delay, unless we process some of your personal data because of our legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defence of our legal claims.
7. 6 Withdrawal of the consent on the processing of personal data. You may anytime withdraw the consent on the processing of personal data that you granted us without giving us any reason. If you want to withdraw your consent let us know via one of our Contact details. Please take into account that the withdrawal of the consent does not affect the lawfulness of the previous processing on the basis of a given consent.
7. 7 Access and transferability of your personal data. You have a right to receive information about processing of your personal data and a copy of your personal data processed by us. If you require, we can transfer all or only part of your personal data provided by you (processed by automated means on the basis of the contract or consent) directly to a third person (another controller of personal data), whom you mention in your request for the transfer of the personal data, if such request will not have a negative effect on the rights and freedoms of other persons and will be technically feasible.
7. 8 Restriction of the processing. If you provide us with a request to restrict the processing of your personal data, especially in cases when you doubt the accuracy, lawfulness or our need to process your personal data, we will assess your request and may restrict the processing of your personal data to the necessary minimum (processing for assessment, enforcement or defence of our legal claims or because of the protection of the right of another natural or legal person or from other reasons). However, if the restriction of the processing is cancelled and we will continue in the processing of your personal data, we will give you a notice about this without undue delay.
7. 9 Objection to processing. You have a right to object to processing of your personal data, based on your particular situation, at any time, where this processing is based on our legitimate interest. We will no longer process your personal data unless we are able to demonstrate compelling legitimate interest to do so or unless such processing relates to direct marketing.
7. 10 A complaint at the Office for personal data protection. You have a right to lodge a complaint regarding our processing of personal data at the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, with its registered office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, UK, website: https://ico.org.uk/, and at the Czech Office for Personal Data Protection, with its registered office at Pplk. Sochora 27, 170 00 Prague 7, Czechia, website: https://www.uoou.cz/.
7. 10 Access to protected health information. If we hold the protected health information in records that may be used to make decisions about them and we qualify as a covered entity under the HIPAA, you have a right to access or amend your individual information or have an accounting of disclosures. If we do not act as a covered entity but as a business associate under the HIPAA, we will forward your request to the applicable covered entity.
8. 1 We continuously update this Privacy Policy. Any change to this Privacy Policy is effective after it is made public on the following website: https://leeaf.life.
If you have any comments or questions on any part of these Privacy Policy, require support, or have any claims, please contact us at office@leeaf.life
