Disposal/Destruction of Data concerning health Policy

The Company had a duty to protect the confidentiality and integrity of Data concerning health as required by law, professional ethics, and accreditation requirements. Protected Data concerning health may only be disposed of by means that assure that the Data concerning health will not be released to an unauthorized person or entity. 

This document shall define the approved method of disposal of Data concerning health in any medium.

Included within the scope of this Disposal/Destruction of Data concerning health Policy shall apply to all DeHealth Employees, who create, store, transmit, access or use any User Data.

  1. DEFINITION 
    1. User is any person who installs the App to receive Services for the purpose of monitoring their health.
    2. Personal Data is any information that is in the public domain, allowing you to directly or indirectly identify the User. For example, first name, last name, phone number, IP address.
    3. Employee is any natural person or contractor who cooperates with the Company on the basis of an employment contract or other regulatory law.
    4. Data concerning health means personal data related to the physical or mental health of a natural person, including the provision of health care services, which reveal information about his or her health status.
    5. Data is a common name for Personal Data and Data concerning health
    6. DeHealth company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or "DeHealth") is a DEHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC, registered at 1049 El Monte Avenue, Ste C #846,
Mountain View, CA 94040, United States, EIN: 36-5099713, which provides Services to Users.
    7. DeHealth application (hereinafter referred to as the "App") is a service created so that the User can check the state of his health and monitor the change in his health.
  2. POLICY
    1. Summary of Disposal Policy:
      1. Electronic files containing Data concerning health are deleted in such a way as to ensure confidentiality and so that they cannot be recovered.
      2. Printed materials containing Data concerning health are deleted in such a way that such materials become unreadable and illegible for unauthorized persons.
      3. The Employee who deletes Data concerning health is responsible for ensuring that Data concerning health is permanently deleted and that Data concerning health cannot be identified.
    2. Day-to-Day Destruction: Exclusively authorized Employees of the Company delete Data concerning health exclusively using special software. Each deletion of Data concerning health is controlled by the relevant Employee, and third parties or Employees do not have access to such deletion of Data concerning health.
    3. Data concerning health in electronic format:
      1. Only safe methods are used to dispose of Data concerning health in electronic format.
      2. For the disposal of Data concerning health, the Company develops appropriate procedures to be followed by Employees for their removal.
      3. Reuse of Data concerning health is not possible under any circumstances and Employees delete Data concerning health forever.
    4. Data concerning health in hardcopy format:
      1. Data concerning health printed material is shredded and recycled by a firm specializing in the disposal of confidential records or is shredded by an Employee of the DeHealth authorized to handle and personally shred the Data concerning health.
      2. After documents have reached their retention period, all documents which contain Data concerning health will be destroyed. 
      3. If hardcopy Data concerning health cannot be shredded, it will be securely destroyed by other means such as incineration.
    5. Documentation of Destruction:
      1. If a commercial firm is contracted to destroy original copies of Data concerning health the Company will be an insured and bonded destruction service.
      2. If the Company's Employees destroy Data concerning health, the Employees use the Company's approved forms and procedures for destroying records containing health information, or by using approved health care forms.
      3. If a bonded shredding company undertakes the destruction, the bonded shredding company providing the DeHealth with a written declaration of destruction that contains the following information: (1) date of destruction; (2) method of destruction; (3) description of the disposed records; (4) inclusive dates covered; (5) a statement that the records have been destroyed in the normal course of business; and (6) the signatures of the individuals supervising and witnessing the destruction.
      4. The Company keeps documentation on the destruction of Data concerning health. Upon request, the Company may provide a certificate of destruction of Data concerning health each time such a request is received.