Effective on Dec 14, 2018
Thank you for being a member of the WhiteCoats, a digital collaboration and networking platform for doctors and healthcare organizations. With WhiteCoats, our mission is to help practitioners be more effective and successful.
We’ve updated our Privacy Policy to make it easier to understand and to keep up with the emerging data privacy standards and guidelines.
Click here to see a summary of changes
Your information is safe with us, and we are committed to protecting it.
There is no further action required from your side.
ValueMomentum Software Services Private Limited, a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act 1956, having its registered office at #Plot No 36 & 37, Sy No 115/1 & 115/22, Financial District, Nanakaramguda Hyderabad-500032 (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) owns and controls the WhiteCoats application ("WhiteCoats App", “App”). The App is a digital platform helping various medical professionals such as doctors registered with Medical Council of India, dentists, physiotherapists, etc., (“Medical Practitioners") to effectively communicate, collaborate and network using applications provided in various mobile and web platforms.
We have developed this policy (“Privacy Policy”) to protect your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Data or Information as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
Capitalized words used herein but not defined shall ascribe its meaning from the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 or Terms of Service of the App.
This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information that we may collect when our registered users ("Members", "you", or "your") access or use the App, website, and any software provided on or in connection with WhiteCoats App such as "profile", "groups", "chat", "caserooms", etc., (collectively, the "Service" or "Services") and also describes our policy regarding collection, usage, protection, storage and disclosure of such information. We urge you to kindly review this Privacy Policy provided herein.
You acknowledge and agree that the Company is providing you a platform to post text, photos, videos, audiovisual combinations and other materials which you can also view on, access through, or contribute to the Service ("Content", "User Content") and to share User Content to users or groups authorized by you.
The information will be collected by us in the following ways:
The information will be used by us in the following ways:
By agreeing to the Terms of Service, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy also and to our processing of your Personal Information for the purposes given herein.
We wish to ensure that your Personal Information is complete, accurate and up to date. The App allows you to change or correct your Personal Information at any time. To do so, simply open up your own Account and you will find options for editing the information you have submitted. Once you have submitted the revised information, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the same is updated accurately.
We use cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies are used to store user preferences so as to help us understand the nature of usage of Services and generally improve our Services to you. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Member. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the App.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our App and your experience with the App.
In order to provide the Services of the App, we may hire third party companies or individuals to process the Personal Information on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect the Personal Information in the same manner as contemplated herein.
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
While using the App, users may share Content that may contain links to other web sites or services over which we have no control. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other web sites or services to which you are redirected from this App. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other web sites or services so that you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.
We may disclose your Personal Information under the following circumstances:
We have physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect your Personal Information. We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made thereunder to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy.
Once you have de-registered yourself from the App, we will remove your Personal Information and disassociate you from the Content posted by you, but we may retain your Personal Information in our networks internally, for the purpose authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law.
The Company reserves the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We shall notify any such changes to you via our communication means. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your consent and acceptance of those changes.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by reason of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the Account and / omission or inaccuracy with respect to any information so disclosed and used whether or not in pursuance of a legal process or otherwise.
If you have questions or queries about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following address. We shall do our best to answer your question promptly and accurately.
Attn: Mr. Varun Prasad Vuyyuru
support@whitecoats.com