Last Updated: 28^th January 2023

Alfred Ong from School of Computing, National University of Singapore, has teamed with engineers to develop Empower Health+, a mobile app and website-based platform developed for a research study. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the website and mobile app.

At Empower Health+, available to download from Google Play or Apple Store, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Empower Health+ and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at zqong@comp.nus.edu.sg.

Information Collection and Use

While using our website or mobile app, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name and Fitbit account details.

Log Files

Empower Health+ follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Empower Health+. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator and the Privacy Policy Generator Online.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Empower Health+, which are sent directly to users' devices. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Empower Health+ has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Empower Health+'s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Google Play Service Privacy Policy, Apple Store Privacy Policy

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser or mobile phone from the site or mobile app that you visit and are stored on your device’s internal memory.

Like many mobile apps and sites, Empower Health+ uses ‘Cookies’ to collect information. You can instruct your browser or mobile device to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookies is being sent. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some features of Empower Health+.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Empower Health+ does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website or mobile app, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and mobile app with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Empower Health+. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than the website and mobile app.

Consent

By using our website and mobile app, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.