Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
Updated: Aug 1, 2024
This notice supplements The Dust Test’s Privacy Policy and applies to personal data defined as “consumer health data” subject to the Washington State My Health My Data Act (MHMDA). This notice describes the following:
- The categories of consumer health data collected;
- How we use the consumer health data;
- With whom we share the consumer health data; and
- How consumers can withdraw consent from future collection or sharing of their health data.
Categories of consumer health data collected
When you register your dust test, you may choose to provide health-related information about the individuals living in the home that may be related to, or exacerbated by, the presence of dust, molds and other household contaminants and pathogens in the home. The types of health-related information that we may request, and which you can choose to provide, relates to symptoms that may be related to dust, molds and other household pathogens. Examples include, but are not limited to, symptoms or ailments affecting the following: eyes, ears, nose and throat (e.g., sneezing, dry eyes, nosebleeds); the respiratory system (e.g., asthma, wheezing, dry cough); the digestive system (e.g., abdominal pain, nausea, food sensitivities); and the skin (e.g., itchy skin, burning sensation, rash). We may learn health-related information if it is offered to us voluntarily when a user contacts us via email, phone or chat. We learn about health-related preferences based on online behavioral advertising collected with tracking technologies. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about our use of tracking technologies.
How we use the consumer health data
We use the health data that you voluntarily provide to make the results of the dust test more meaningful to you.
We utilize artificial intelligence to help us provide better dust test results and to better understand connections between certain health conditions and the presence of dust, molds and other household contaminants and pathogens in the home. In order to continue to improve the dust test results and provide better information about the correlation between health conditions and the presence of such household contaminants and pathogens, we utilize the data that you provide to us and the results from your dust tests to train and improve the algorithms that we use.
We may use the data on an anonymized and de-identified basis for legitimate business purposes, including for analysis, scholarship, monetization, research and development.
With whom we share the consumer health data
The Company may share data among its parent companies and affiliates. The Dust Test is a joint venture owned by HomeCleanse LLC and We Inspect, LLC.
We may share your personal data to third parties who perform services on our behalf, including without limitation our technology providers, laboratories, shipping companies, and professional advisors.
The Company may record its interactions with our users (including via phone, chat, videoconference or other media) where consumer health data may be shared. We use third party service providers to record and store transcripts of conversations and chats. We may also utilize a “bot” in our chat feature.
We may disclose information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary by law or the legal process, to protect and defend our or others’ interests or property, or to enforce agreements you enter into with us.
We may share your data with a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, liquidation or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock with such third party.
We may share aggregated and de-identified information with third parties (within or outside your country of residence) for any legitimate business purposes, including analytical, monetization, research and development.