Privacy Policy: GenoME App An IOS & Android application for mobiles and Tablets

PGP-UK developed the GenoME app as an Open Source app available on Github under an MIT license. The app is provided by PGP-UK at no cost and is intended for use as is. This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to download and use our app.

If you choose to use our app, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the app. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

PGP-UK does not collect, store, use or share any information, personal or otherwise on the GenoME app.

If you email PGP-UK for support or other feedback, the emails with email addresses will be retained for quality assurance purposes. The email addresses will be used only to reply to the concerns or suggestions raised and will never be used for any marketing purpose.

The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you. Here are links to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app:

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our app, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our app, the time and date of your use of the app, and other statistics.

Third-party Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies due to the following reasons:

  • To facilitate our app;
  • To provide the app on our behalf;
  • To perform app-related services; or
  • To assist us in analyzing how our app is used.

We want to inform users of this app that these third parties have access to their Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

This app may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

App Content Disclaimer

All information in this app was generated by PGP-UK and is not clinically approved. It is provided for personal and research purposes only. As the current knowledge of genetic and epigenetic variants has many uncertainties, we cannot guarantee that our analyses are either accurate or complete. Moreover, the generation of genomic data is not an error-free process and our analysis software is under continued development.

To the extent possible under law, PGP-UK has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to PGP. This work is published from the United Kingdom.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

This policy is effective as of 10th January 2023.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at pgp-uk@ucl.ac.uk