Mass Science Privacy Policy

Mass Science Privacy Policy

Mass Science Privacy Policy

Mass Science is a research study and mobile application developed by the RADAR-base Team at Precision Health Informatics Data Lab (PHIDL / PHIDataLab) which is a research group at King’s College London. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our application and website.

Topics:

  • What data do we collect?
  • How do we collect your data?
  • How will we use your data?
  • How do we store your data?
  • What are your data protection rights?
  • What are cookies?
  • How do we use cookies?
  • What types of cookies do we use?
  • How to manage your cookies
  • Privacy policies of other websites
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • How to contact us
  • How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

Our group collects the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
  • Location coordinates
  • Wellbeing and health surveys

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide our group the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Register online through the application.
  • Voluntarily complete a health or wellbeing survey
  • When you provide feedback or contact us through email or the mobile application store pages.
  • Through background tracking of location coordinates if you enable collection through the app.
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

Mass Science can also receive data from third party services where you have explicitly connected your account. For example: Heart rate, sleep, and steps are received from Fitbit if you chose to authorize use to access your Fitbit data through the Mass Science app.

How will we use your data?

Mass Science collects your data so that we can analyse it in order to answer important questions on:

  • The effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on mental health
  • The symptomology of Covid-19
  • The prevalence and spread of Covid-19

If you agree, our group will share an anonymised copy of your data with other research groups at the conclusion of the study.

How do we store your data?

Mass Science securely stores your data on the Google Cloud platform and on encrypted servers at King’s College London. Only pseudo-anonymised and processed data will be available to analysts; actual location coordinates will be stored encrypted and only accessed to process into pseudo-anonymised metrics. We will keep your personal data for 2 years. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your personal data.

What are your data protection rights?

Mass Science would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request Mass Science for copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Mass Science correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Mass Science to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Mass Science erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Mass Science restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Mass Science’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Mass Science transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: phidatalab@kcl.ac.uk

Call us at: +44 (0)20 7848 0951

Or write to us:

PHIDatalab

Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics

SGDP Centre, PO80, IoPPN

King’s College London

De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill

London SE5 8AF

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies

Mass Science uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Keeping you signed in
  • Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – Mass Science uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Mass Science website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Mass Science keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 01 May 2020.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Mass Science’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: phidatalab@kcl.ac.uk

Call us at: +44 (0)20 7848 0951 or +44 (0)20 7848 0924

Or write to us:

PHIDatalab

Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics

SGDP Centre, PO80, IoPPN

King’s College London

De Crespigny Park, Denmark HilL

London SE5 8AF

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Email: casework@ico.org.uk

Website address: https://ico.org.uk/