Privacy Policy

Welcome to Lance Health Inc. (“Lance,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Lance collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal data in connection with www.lance.health (the “Website”) and our LanceLite and Full Lance products and any other product, service, or application that references or links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy does not address our privacy practices relating to Lance employees, contractors, or other employment-related individuals after hire, nor data that is not subject to applicable data protection laws (such as de-identified or publicly available information).

1. Our Role in Processing Personal Data

Data protection laws sometimes differentiate between “controllers” and “processors” of personal data. A “controller” determines the purposes and means (the why and how) of processing personal data. A “processor,” sometimes referred to as a “service provider,” processes personal data on behalf of a controller subject to the controller’s instructions.

This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices where we act as the controller of personal data — for example, when you visit our Website, sign up for our mailing list, or contact us directly.

This Privacy Policy does not cover or address how our customers process personal data when they use our Services, or how we act as a processor (or as a HIPAA business associate) on behalf of our customers. When we process personal data on behalf of our customers, we do so in accordance with their instructions and subject to restrictions set forth in our contracts with them, including our Business Associate Agreement and our Terms of Service. If you have an account with a Lance customer (such as a home health agency, hospice, or other healthcare organization) and you want to know how that customer processes your personal data, we recommend that you refer to that customer’s privacy notice and contact that customer directly. We are generally not permitted to respond to individual requests relating to personal data we process on behalf of our customers.

2. Protected Health Information

When our customers (which are typically Medicare-certified home health agencies and other healthcare organizations) upload patient documents to the Services, those documents may contain protected health information (“PHI”) as that term is defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“HIPAA”). With respect to PHI, Lance acts as a business associate of the relevant customer and our handling of PHI is governed by the Business Associate Agreement between Lance and that customer, not by this Privacy Policy. Among other things, the Business Associate Agreement contractually prohibits Lance from using PHI to train, fine-tune, retrain, or otherwise develop any artificial intelligence model. If you are an individual whose PHI is included in customer-uploaded data, your rights with respect to that PHI are governed by HIPAA and by your relationship with the relevant healthcare organization, and you should direct any inquiries about that PHI to the healthcare organization that uploaded it.

3. Personal Data We Collect

The categories of personal data we collect depend on how you interact with us and our Services. We collect personal data you provide directly to us, automatically when you interact with the Website or other Services, and from other sources and third parties.

Personal Data You Provide to Us

Personal Data Automatically Collected

We, and our third-party partners, automatically collect information about how you access and use the Services. We typically collect this information through cookies, web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies, logging technologies, and similar automatic data collection technologies. We may combine information collected automatically with other personal data we collect directly from you or receive from other sources.

Product Analytics and Session Replay

On our public marketing website (which does not handle PHI), we use PostHog, a product-analytics provider, to understand how visitors discover and navigate the site, measure the performance of our content, and identify points where prospective customers struggle in the “Request access” flow. PostHog collects the categories of data described in “Personal Data Automatically Collected” above and may record an anonymized replay of your session (mouse movement, scrolls, and clicks). We configure PostHog with all text inputs masked by default, so the contents of forms — including names, email addresses, CCNs, and any other text you type on the Website — are never recorded in session replays. We do not enable PostHog or any comparable session-replay tool inside the LanceLite or Full Lance products, where PHI may be present. We honor browser-level “Do Not Track” signals on the marketing website: if your browser sends a Do Not Track header, our analytics tracker disables itself before any data is sent. You can also opt out at any time by emailing us at support@lancehealth.ai.

Personal Data from Other Sources

We may receive personal data about you from other sources, including:

4. How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data we collect for the following purposes:

5. How We Disclose Personal Data

We disclose personal data in the following ways:

6. Artificial Intelligence and Aggregated Data

The Services use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to process documents and generate outputs. We want you to understand our practices:

7. Your Privacy Choices

Communication Preferences

You can opt out of marketing communications from us at any time. To opt out of marketing emails, click the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email we send you, or contact us at support@lancehealth.ai. To opt out of marketing text messages, reply STOP to any marketing text message you receive from us. Please note that you cannot opt out of service-related communications such as account-verification messages, transaction confirmations, and service updates, which are necessary for our relationship with you.

Cookies and Online Tracking

Most browsers allow you to remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Note that some features of the Website may not function properly if you disable cookies. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the browser plugin available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can block our Website from setting cookies used for interest-based advertising by using a browser with privacy features (such as Brave) or by installing browser plugins that block third-party cookies and trackers. Because these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, you will need to opt out on every browser and device you use.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services you visit. On our public marketing website, our product-analytics tracker honors “Do Not Track” signals: if your browser sends a Do Not Track header, no analytics, autocapture, or session-replay data is sent to our analytics provider. We do not otherwise respond to “Do Not Track” signals across the Services. We honor Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) signals as required by applicable law. To learn more about GPC, visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org.

Your State Privacy Rights

Depending on your state of residence, you may have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

You may exercise these rights by contacting us at support@lancehealth.ai. We may need additional information from you to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. You may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf in accordance with applicable law. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.

State Privacy Rights and Disclosures

California Residents. If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, “CCPA/CPRA”), including the rights described in this Section 7. The categories of personal data we collect, the sources from which we collect it, the business and commercial purposes for which we use it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it are described in Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Privacy Policy. Lance does not “sell” personal data within the meaning of CCPA/CPRA. To the extent Lance “shares” personal data with third-party advertising or analytics partners within the meaning of CCPA/CPRA, you may opt out as described in the Right to Opt Out subsection above. We do not knowingly process the personal data of California residents under the age of 16 for sale or sharing. If you would like to exercise your CCPA/CPRA rights, please contact us at support@lancehealth.ai. We will respond within 45 days, subject to permitted extensions under applicable law.

Residents of Other States. If you are a resident of Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws, including the rights described in this Section 7 above. You may exercise these rights by contacting us at support@lancehealth.ai. If we deny your request, you may have the right to appeal that decision; instructions for appealing will be included in our response to your request.

Washington Residents. If you are a Washington resident, you may have rights under the Washington My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) with respect to certain “consumer health data” that we collect outside of the HIPAA context. Most of the protected health information Lance processes is governed by HIPAA and the Business Associate Agreement, and HIPAA-regulated data is exempt from MHMDA. To the extent we collect consumer health data subject to MHMDA (for example, in connection with the Website), you have rights to access, delete, and withdraw consent under MHMDA. To exercise these rights, please contact us at support@lancehealth.ai.

Nevada Residents. If you are a Nevada resident, you have the right under Nevada law (NRS 603A) to opt out of the sale of certain personal information. Lance does not sell personal information in the manner contemplated by Nevada law. If you have questions, please contact us at support@lancehealth.ai.

8. Security

We employ technical, organizational, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data we collect. However, no security measures are perfect, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data. If we become aware of a security incident affecting your personal data, we will notify you in accordance with applicable law and our contractual obligations.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, in accordance with our legitimate business interests and applicable law. When determining the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, our purposes for processing the personal data, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and contractual obligations.

Once retention of the personal data is no longer reasonably necessary, we will either delete or de-identify the personal data, or, if that is not possible (for example, because the personal data has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store the personal data and isolate it from further active processing until deletion or de-identification is possible. Retention of PHI is governed by the Business Associate Agreement, not by this section.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, applications, and other services that we do not own or control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party services. To learn about the privacy practices of those third parties, please review their respective privacy policies.

11. Children

The Services are intended for use by healthcare organizations and their authorized workforce members and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete it. If you believe we may have collected personal data from a child under 13, please contact us at support@lancehealth.ai. Note that customer-uploaded patient documents may contain information about pediatric patients; that data is PHI governed by the Business Associate Agreement, not by this section.

12. Job Applicants

When you apply for a job with Lance, we collect your business and personal contact information, professional credentials and skills, education and work history, and other information you provide in connection with your application. We use this information to facilitate our recruitment activities, process employment applications, monitor recruitment metrics, and respond to inquiries. We may also retain your information for purposes of considering you for future openings, and as otherwise necessary to comply with applicable laws, respond to legal process, protect our rights and property, and investigate or prevent violations of law or our policies. The terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to personal data we collect about Lance employees and contractors after their hire; that information is governed by our internal personnel privacy policies.

13. Users Outside the United States

Lance is based in the United States and the Services are operated from and intended for use in the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country of residence. We do not intentionally direct the Services to residents of, or knowingly process personal data of residents of, jurisdictions outside the United States.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, by sending email to your registered email address or by prominent posting on the Website. All changes are effective on the date of publication unless otherwise provided. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of any change constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests in connection with this Privacy Policy or other privacy-related matters, please contact us at support@lancehealth.ai or by mail at Lance Health Inc., One World Trade Center, Suite 49P, New York, NY 10007.

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