Privacy Policy

Welcome to the privacy policy of epoch-dms.com and app.epoch-dms.com, referred to as “this Application”. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in relation to it.

Latest update: 1 May 2025

Owner and Data Controller:

Integrative Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Trading under EPOCH DMS

71-75 Shelton Street

London, WC2H 9JQUnited Kingdom

Owner contact email: epoch@ihs.org.uk

Type of Data We Collect

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:

  • Email address

  • Usage Data

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Trackers

  • Data communicated while using the service

  • IP address

  • Various types of Data

  • Contacts permission

  • Phone permission

  • Password

  • Picture

  • Username

  • Device information

  • Language

  • Geography/region

  • Contact details

  • Calendar information

  • App information

  • Operating systems

  • Browser information

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application. Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory, and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service. Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner. Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.

Mode and Place of Processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT-enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types ofpersons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration)or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose for which they have been collected.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:

  • Contacting the User

  • Handling payments

  • Collection of privacy-related preferences

  • Data transfer outside of the UK

  • Data transfer outside the EU

  • Device permissions for Personal Data access

  • Displaying content from external platforms

  • Registration and authentication

  • Social features

  • User database management

  • Registration and authentication, as provided directly by this Application

  • Platform services and hosting

  • Managing web conferencing and online telephony

  • Managing support and contact requests

  • Handling activities related to productivity

  • Content commenting

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Collection of privacy-related preferences

This type of service allows this Application to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.

Contacting the User

Contact form

By completing the contact form with their information, the User authorises this Application to use these details to respond to inquiries (like quotes, applications, and any other requests).

Personal Data processed:

  • Email address

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application; Google LLC US & Google Ireland Ltd

Mailing list or newsletter

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up for this Application or after making a purchase.

Personal Data processed:

  • Email address

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application; Mailchimp; Google LLC US & Google Ireland Ltd

Content commenting

Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application. Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments. If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where thecomment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

Comment system managed directly

This Application has its own internal content comment system.

Personal Data processed:

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application

Device permissions for Personal Data access

This Application requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User's device Data as described below.

Device permissions for Personal Data access

This Application requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User's device Data as summarized here and described within this document.

Personal Data processed:

  • Call permission

  • Contacts permission

  • Phone permission

Service provided by this Application

Displaying content from external platforms

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with it. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Google Calendar widget

Google Calendar widget is a calendar content visualisation service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data processed:

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by Google LLC US; Google Ireland Ltd

Handling activities related to productivity

This type of service helps the Owner to manage tasks, collaboration, and, in general, activities related to productivity. In using this type of service, Data of Users will be processed and may be retained, depending on the purpose of the activity in question. These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy to enable the Owner to import or export Data needed for the relative activity.

Google Workspace

Google Workspace is an integrated suite of cloud-based productivity, collaboration, and storage services provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing. Gmail or other G Suite services are not scanned by Google for advertising purposes. In addition, Google does not collect or use data inside these services for advertising purposes in any other way.

Personal Data processed:

  • Data communicated while using the service

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by Google LLC US; Google Ireland Ltd

Gmail

Gmail is a service that manages email communication provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing. Such email communication is not scanned by Google for advertising purposes. In addition, Google does not collect or use data inside this service for advertising purposes in any other way.

Personal Data processed:

  • Usage Data

Service provided by Google LLC US; Google Ireland Ltd

Calendar tool

Calendar tool is a feature built into this Application that facilitates online scheduling of appointments. You may also connect Google Calendar to this Application.

Personal Data processed:

  • App information

  • Browser information

  • Calendar information

  • Device information

  • Email address

  • First name

  • Last name

  • IP address

  • Operating systems

Service provided by this Application; Google LLC US; Google Ireland Ltd

Handling payments

Unless otherwise specified, this Application processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer, or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Application isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information; instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

Stripe

Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.

Personal Data processed:

  • Company information, if applicable

  • Email address

  • Physical address

  • Phone number

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by Stripe Inc US

Managing support and contact requests

This type of service allows this Application to manage support and contact requests received via email or by other means, such as the contact form. The Personal Data processed depends on the information provided by the User in the messages and the means used for communication (e.g. email address).

Managing web conferencing and online telephony

This type of service allows this Application to manage the deployment, administration, hosting, recording, distribution, and analysis of online telephony and web conferencing in order to communicate with Users. The Personal Data collected depends on the information provided by the Users while using the respective service.

These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising, and payment processing.

Google Meet

Google Meet is a web conferencing management service provided by Google LLC US and Google Ireland Ltd.

Zoom

Zoom is a web conferencing management service provided by Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Personal Data processed:

  • Contact details

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Usage Data

Service provided by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., US; Google LLC US; Google Ireland Ltd

Platform services and hosting

These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Application, therefore allowing the provision of this Application from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

Squarespace

Squarespace is a platform provided by Squarespace, Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run, and host the marketing site for this Application. Squarespace is highly customisable and can host websites from simple blogs to complex e-commerce platforms.

Personal Data processed:

  • Device information

  • Geography/region

  • Language

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application; Squarespace, Inc ., US

Registration and authentication

By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data stored by these third-party services for registration or identification purposes. Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

Auth0

Auth0 is a registration and authentication service provided by Auth0, Inc. To simplify the registration and authentication process, Auth0 can make use of third-party identity providers and save the information on its platform.

Personal Data processed:

  • Email address

  • Business practice or organization name, if applicable

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Password

  • Picture and/or logo

  • Trackers

  • Various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

Service provided by Auth0, Inc., US; Auth0, Inc., EU

Registration and authentication provided directly by this Application

By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only that which is necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

Direct registration

The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

Personal Data processed:

  • Email address

  • Password

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application

Social features

Public profile

Users may have public profiles that other Users can display. In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users' interactions with this Application.

Personal Data processed:

  • Email address

  • Username

Service provided by this Application

User database management

This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Application, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Application. Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Application.

Marketing automation processes

The Owner may use automation processes to deliver marketing content. Such processes may involve the collection and processing of Personal Data and the use of Trackers to analyse User behaviour and deliver personalised marketing content.

Personal Data processed:

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Trackers

  • Usage Data

Service provided by this Application

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more about how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

Push notifications

This Application may send push notifications to the User to achieve the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

Users may, in most cases, opt out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then change those settings for this Application, some, or all of the apps on the particular device. Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Application.

Preference Cookies

Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on this Application in the local domain, such as, for example, their timezone and region.

Personal Data collected through sources other than the User

The Owner of this Application may have legitimately collected Personal Data relating to Users without their knowledge by reusing or sourcing them from third parties on the grounds mentioned in the section specifying the legal basis of processing. Where the Owner has collected Personal Data in such a manner, Users may find specific information regarding the source within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Service is intended for adults

Users declare themselves to be legal adults according to their applicable legislation. Minors may not use this Application to host their business practice or organization. It is the responsibility of legal adult Practitioners to vet the age of their clients based on the legislation in their jurisdiction.

Selling goods and services online

The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery. The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

Cookie Policy

This Application uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.

Further Information for Users in the European Union

Legal basis of processing

The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:

  • Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.

  • Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;

  • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;

  • Processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;

  • Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular, whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Further information about retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

Therefore:

  • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.

  • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority. Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification, and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after the expiration of the retention period.

The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:

  • Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.

  • Object to the processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.

  • Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing, and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.

  • Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

  • Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.

  • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.

  • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.

  • Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.

Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organisation governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data. If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or enquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.

Details about the right to object to processing

Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.

Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.

How to exercise these rights

Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Suchrequests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Userswith the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will becommunicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this provesimpossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.

Transfer of Personal Data outside of the European Union

Data transfer abroad based on consent

If this is the condition for Data transfer, Personal Data of Users shall be transferred from the EU to third countries only if the User has explicitly consented to such transfer, after having been informed of the possible risks due to the absence of an adequacy decision and appropriate safeguards. In such cases, the Owner shall inform Users appropriately and collect their explicit consent via this Application.

Transfer of Personal Data outside of the United Kingdom

Data transfer abroad based on consent (UK)

If this is the condition for Data transfer, Personal Data of Users shall be transferred from the UK to third countries only if the User has explicitly consented to such transfer, after having been informed of the possible risks due to the absence of an adequacy decision and appropriate safeguards. In such cases, the Owner shall inform Users appropriately and collect their explicit consent via this Application.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about the User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the top. Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number —allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which caninclude: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised to submit the request to the server, the size of the filereceived in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the countryof origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilised by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the timespent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special referenceto the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application, who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Processor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Application or by another User on this Application, as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology — e.g. cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags, and fingerprinting — that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.

Legal information

This privacy policy relates solely to this Application, if not otherwise stated within this document.

How can we help?

What you can do

Your data

  • Ask us to know and access the information we hold on you

  • Ask us to correct the information we hold on you

  • Ask us to be forgotten (delete the information we hold on you)

  • Ask to port your data to another service

In case of issues

While we strive to create a positive user experience, we understand that issues may occasionally arise between us and our users. If this is the case, please feel free to contact us.

Contact us

  • epoch-dms.com

  • app.epoch-dms.com

Owned by:

Integrative Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Trading under EPOCH DMS

71-75 Shelton Street

London, WC2H 9JQUnited Kingdom

Owner contact email: epoch@ihs.org.uk