Terms of Use and Privacy
1. INTRODUCTION
NowRPM App ( "NowRPM"), which can be contacted at the email
address info@nowrpm.com explains how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise
process the personal data collected through the NowRPM applications ( "NowRPM")
and NowRPM Clinical Portal ( "NowRPM") as used by the user (the "User") in order to
provide the services (the "Services") offered by Softbir. This privacy policy does not
apply to the NowRPM website, located at www.nowrpm.com.
ACCESSING AND/OR USING NOWRPM, MOBILE- OR WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS (together the
“Software”), YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS TERMS OF USE, UNDERSTAND IT,
AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS (the “Agreement”), AND IS
A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND CONTINUEYOU, LLC DBA NowRPM
(“NowRPM”). IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT,
YOU SHOULD REJECT THEM BY NOT INSTALLING AND NOT USING THE SOFTWARE. References in
this Agreement to “you” or “your” refer to both you and any and all persons or entities on
whose behalf you act or who act on your behalf (if any).
This document is legally binding, so you should read it in its entirety.
2. WHAT AND WHO THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVERS?
This Privacy Policy covers how NowRPM, collects, receives, uses, retains, and discloses
Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) and Personal Health Information (“PHI”) of (“user”)
to Covered Healthcare Entities, Clinicians and Covered Healthcare Practitioners through the
(“NowRPM”) and (“APP”) Site.
NowRPM is the data controller of the personal data collected from the User through NowRPM
and the App. NowRPM and the App may be used by adults and by children, (“users”). Where
NowRPM is to be utilized by a minor, we require that a parent registers with the App and
NowRPM on behalf of the minor. Where such minor is under 16 years old, the parent must
provide verifiable parental consent to the collection and use of the personal data by NowRPM.
3. WHAT KIND OF PERSONAL DATA DOES NowRPM COLLECTS ABOUT THE USER?
NowRPM collects the following categories of PHI and PII:
NowRPM Application, web-based and clinical portal Service Registration. NowRPM collects
the name, date of birth, medical history, drug abuse history, medications, prescribed medication
dosing, drug testing schedule, check ins, geographical location, sleep metrics, drug use, primary
care provider, clinical treatment history, billing information, treatment contacts, registered
locations for check ins, clinical responses and questionnaires, and contact details of the User
and any designated caregivers or delegated consents if the user is a minor.
With regard to the designated caregiver/treatment provider, the User declares and warrants to
have a signed HIPAA release with NowRPM's privacy information notice and prior consent to the
processing of the user’s personal data by NowRPM for the provision of the Services prior to
provide the user’s personal details to NowRPM.
Device Information. NowRPM automatically collects and stores in the NowRPM clinical
portal the following information via the software development kit with the device and
the App, whenever the User's device is connected to the APP;
a. Physiological Information. NowRPM tracks, in real-time biometric information from the
Software Development Kit of the wearable device utilizing NowRPM’s proprietary
algorithm and the sensor information from the device in-use. This information is
transmitted, automatically, from the Software Development Kit of the device in use to
the App, using Bluetooth®, and then from the App to NowRPM’s clinical portal via the
Users' mobile device’s WiFi connection or other cellular network.
b. Technical Information. NowRPM also collects other technical information such as IP
address, Device identifier, geolocation information (which are collected exclusively when
the Service detect a physiological event or when the user manually pushes to record),
the user’s responses or lack of response to the survey questions, if the user check’s in to
locations, if the user is utilizing the ability to reach out to a pre assigned contact, if the
user utilizes the breathing exercise, the dates and times of access to the App, the
phone/device type, as well as the software version, operating system, Bluetooth® and
WiFi settings (On/Off).
c. Clinical information. NowRPM collects, HIPAA through HI-TECH transmits and stores your
responses to the DBT or clinical questions, journaling responses, user engagement
activities, and general user data of the NowRPM application and clinical portal.
d. Geographical Information. NowRPM collects, HIPAA through HI-TECH transmits and
stores your geographical location when an event is detected and through noted
check-ins submitted by you, the end user.
4. HOW DOES NowRPM USE THE USER'S PERSONAL DATA?
Covered Healthcare Entities and Covered Healthcare Practitioners are hospitals, clinics,
practices or other medical groups or healthcare systems that have contracted with NowRPM to
permit use of the Service by their respective Clinicians and Patients; Clinicians are practitioners,
patient advocates, coaches or other individuals who (as employees of or contractors to a Clinical
Partner) provide healthcare or related services to Patients; and Patients are individual patients
of the Clinical Partner who receive medical treatments or other healthcare services from one or
more Clinicians, or individuals who are properly authorized representatives of any such patient.
Through their provision of healthcare services to Patients, Clinicians and Clinical Partners will
have access to and be responsible for Patient PII and PHI Information as defined by Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rules or other applicable laws.
NowRPM processes the above-mentioned PHI and PII of the user for the provision of healthcare
services to the User by the user’s covered healthcare entity, covered healthcare practitioner,
Clinicians and Clinical Partners (‘Treatment Professionals”). Treatment Professionals will have
access to and be responsible for Patient PII and PHI Information as defined by Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rules or other applicable laws.
In addition to the above-mentioned PHI and PII, NowRPM utilizes the data collected for the
following:
a. the provision of the services available through NowRPM and the App, including the
billing of the relevant fees, gathering activity information;
b. the provision to the User of customer support and technical assistance, including the
delivery of communications relating to the provision of the services through NowRPM;
c. the measurement of the service quality and relevant metrics provided through NowRPM
and the App;
d. the management of complaints and disputes;
e. the performance of credit recovery procedures and credit assignment to authorized
companies, also by means of third parties;
f. NowRPM can collect data from you. This includes biometric data, answers to
health-related questions, journaling responses, user engagement with the NowRPM
system and application and geographical location.
g. We can summarize and de-identify the data we collect from you, so we can build a
better and more helpful product. You own your identifiable personal data, but we own
the anonymized or de-identified version of it.
h. the performance of tests, updates and developments of NowRPM, the App, Research,
and more in general the services provided by NowRPM, in order to optimize the services
provided to the User also by way of machine learning systems and artificial intelligence
provided that the process of personal data, albeit limited to the necessary, is essential in
order to carry out such tests activities;
i. the performance of technical assessment, research and due diligence activities by third
parties such as acquirers and/or their advisors for a potential merger, sale of assets or
transfer of all or a material part of its business, by disclosing and transferring the Client's
de-identified personal data to the third party or parties involved in the transaction as
part of the transaction; (the purposes of letters from f. to g. above are jointly referred to
as "Legitimate Interest Purposes")
5. ON WHAT LEGAL BASIS DOES NowRPM PROCESS THE USER PERSONAL DATA?
The processing of the User personal data is necessary with regard to the Contractual Purposes
as it is essential:
● for the performance of the contract regarding the provision of the requested Services
with regard to the cases as per Section 4 letters from a. to g.; and
● for the performance of the contract regarding the provisions of the requested Services
with regard to the cases as per Section 3.
● for the performance of the contract regarding the provisions of the requested Services
with regard to the cases as per Section 4 letter f. through j.
● in order to comply with provisions as provided by the applicable laws, HIPAA and PHI.
Should the User not provide its personal data with regard to the Contractual Purposes,
NowRPM will not be able to provide the Services to the User.
In addition to the above, with reference to the collection of Special Categories of Data
processed for Contractual Purposes NowRPM will collect the User's consent.
However, if the User does not provide its consent to the processing of Special Categories of Data
NowRPM will not be able to provide the Services.
The processing of the User's personal data with regard to the Legitimate Interest Purposes as
per Section 4 letters h. and i. is carried out in compliance with article 6, HIPAA and PHI data
protection (the "Privacy Regulation"), for the pursuit of NowRPM legitimate interest. Consent is
agreed with acceptance of this privacy document. This data processing activity with regard to
the Legitimate Interest Purposes is not mandatory and the User can object to the data
processing at any time through the modalities as per Section 9 of this privacy policy.
6. HOW DOES NowRPM PROCESS THE USER'S PERSONAL DATA?
NowRPM uses secure server software (SSL), firewalls, HIPAA compliant end-to-end encryption
to protect your PII from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
7. WHO CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE USERS' PERSONAL DATA?
For the Contractual Purposes, personal data may be transferred to the following categories of
recipients (a) Covered Healthcare Entities and Covered Healthcare Practitioners (b) companies
of the Softbir group, (c) persons and authorities whose right to access personal data is
recognized by law, regulations or provisions issued by legally empowered authorities. The
abovementioned recipients will process personal data as data controllers, data processors or
persons in charge of processing, depending on the circumstances. For the Legitimate Interest
Purposes, personal data may be transferred to the following categories of recipients located (a)
third parties service providers entrusted with processing activities that provide services or
assistance with reference to credit recovery procedures and credit assignments, as well as tests,
updates and developments of NowRPM and the App, (b) companies of the Softbir Group, (c)
potential purchaser of NowRPM and the entities resulting from mergers or any other
transformation involving NowRPM, (d) The user’s Healthcare provider, (e) the User’s Covered
Healthcare entities and providers.
A complete list of the data processor is available upon request through the modalities as per
Section 8 below.
8. DATA RETENTION PERIODS APPLYING TO THE USERS' PERSONAL DATA
PHI and PII of the User will be stored for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which
the data was collected as outlined in this Privacy Notice. In addition, the following retention
periods will apply to the processing of the User PHI and PII for the purposes indicated below:
● data collected for Contractual Purposes and for Legitimate Interest Purposes is retained
during the provision of the Services plus a period of 10 years after the termination or
withdrawal from the contract with NowRPM, except when the detention of the data is
necessary to respond or to file a legal action, upon request of the competent authorities
or in compliance with the applicable laws;
9. WHAT ARE THE USERS' RIGHTS WITH REGARD TO PERSONAL DATA?
The User, at any given time, can exercise the following rights, by sending an email to the
following address info@nowrpm.com
(a) to obtain from NowRPM confirmation of the existence of personal data and to be informed
of its content and source, verify its accuracy and request its integration, update or amendment;
(b) object in whole or in part, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of the data;
(c) to withdraw the consent to the processing of the data (if and to the extent such a consent is
necessary).
10. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
The Data Protection Officer appointed by Softbir pursuant to Section 37 of the Privacy
Regulation can be contacted at the following email address: info@nowrpm.com
11. UPDATES
This privacy information notice might be subsequently updated or integrated. Changes will be
notified in advance and in any case User will be able to review the updated version of the
privacy information notice on the website www.nowrpm.com.
License Terms and Conditions NowRPM grants you a limited, non-exclusive license to use the
Application in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. You agree not to reproduce, copy,
modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or create derivative works of any portion of
the Application, and you may not transfer or distribute it in any form, for any purpose. Softbir’s
reserves the right to modify the Application, or to discontinue offering the Application all
together at any time and for any reason, including without limitation, if any third-party supplier
ceases to supply content or services, or if Softbir’s contract with such supplier terminates. In the
event NowRPM shall discontinue offering the Application, this Agreement and your rights under
it shall terminate immediately. The Disclaimers of Warranty and Liability contained in this
Agreement shall survive such termination.
Restrictions. You are prohibited from selling, renting or leasing the Application to any other
person or third party. You acknowledge that the Application should be used only for general
information purposes and you should not rely on the Application for any life or death situation.
No Warranty. This Application is provided to you “as is,” and you agree to use it at your own
risk. NowRPM makes no guarantees, representations or warranties of any kind, express or
implied, arising by law or otherwise, including but not limited to, content, quality, accuracy,
completeness, effectiveness, reliability, merchantability, usefulness, use or results to be
obtained from the Application, or that the Application will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Disclaimer of Warranty. NOWRPM DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF
QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN
ADVICE OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY NowRPM SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY, AND YOU ARE
NOT ENTITLED TO RELY ON ANY SUCH ADVICE OR INFORMATION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF
WARRANTIES IS AN ESSENTIAL CONDITION OF THIS AGREEMENT. Some States, Territories and
Countries do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so to that extent the above exclusion may
not apply to you.
Disclaimer of Liability. NOWRPM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU: IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM,
DEMAND OR ACTION, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE CLAIM, DEMAND
OR ACTION ALLEGING ANY LOSS, INJURY OR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, WHICH MAY
RESULT FROM THE USE OR POSSESSION OF THE APPLICATION; OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT,
REVENUE, CONTRACTS OR SAVINGS, OR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE
APPLICATION, ANY DEFECT IN THE APPLICATION, OR THE BREACH OF THESE TERMS OR
CONDITIONS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR BASED ON A WARRANTY,
EVEN IF NowRPM HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOWRPM’S AND
ITS AFFILIATES’ TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICATION SHALL NOT EXCEED $1.00.
Some States, Territories and Countries do not allow certain liability exclusions or damages
limitations, so to that extent the above may not apply to you.
Export Control. You agree not to export from anywhere any part of the Application provided to
you or any direct product thereof except in compliance with, and with all licenses and approvals
required under, applicable export laws, rules and regulations.
Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold NowRPM and its affiliates free and
harmless from and against any liability, loss, injury (including injuries resulting in death),
demand, action, cost, expense, or claim of any kind or character, including but not limited to
attorney’s fees, arising out of or in connection with any use or possession by you of the
Application.