This Privacy Policy covers the use of your personal information by Skin Analytics Limited (“Skin Analytics”).
Any references in this Privacy Policy to “we” or “us” are to Skin Analytics. “Personal information”, means any information relating to an identifiable individual.
This Privacy Policy sets out:
We will collect, process and store personal information about you where it is lawful to do so which may include:
This might be your e-mail address, name, billing address, home address, medical history etc. In other words, personal information that is necessary for delivering you a product/service or to enhance your customer experience with us. We only collect this information when you expressly provide it to us.
This includes information that is automatically stored by cookies and other session tools (provided you agree to the use of such cookies and similar technologies in the case that they are used for non-essential purposes). For example, the information collected may include the pages you visited on our website, your IP address, etc. This information is used to improve your customer experience. When you use our services or look at the contents of our website, your activities may be logged. More information about cookies and how we use them is set out in our Cookie Policy.
If you use a phone controlled by us as part of your service, we track the location of that device when it is connected to the internet in order to ensure that it is returned to us appropriately.
We gather information from Healthcare Providers with confirmation that they have legal grounds to share that information with us. This is either information you have provided to them directly or information they have gathered about you on other legal grounds. A list of Healthcare Providers we work with is available upon request.
For clinical assessment of general dermatology conditions, we use your personal information through reliance on the following lawful bases:
We will use your personal information where necessary for the performance of a contract we have with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)). The use of your personal information may include:
We will use your information for the purpose of legitimate interests (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)) being pursued by us in relation to the services that are provided to you. For example, we may use your information:
Where we have relied on our legitimate interests to process your personal information, you may contact us to obtain more information, including in relation to our assessment of the impact on you.
We will seek and rely on your consent (GDPR Article 6(1)(a) / Article 9 (2)(a)) when we process your personal information for the following purposes:
We may process your personal information where such processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation (GDPR Article 6(1)(c)).
In certain circumstances we share your personal information with trusted partners. We only work with processing partners who are able to ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are used for the processing of your personal information.
We may sometimes need to disclose your personal information to law enforcement authorities, regulators or because we are legally obliged to disclose your personal information to third parties or public officials. We might also disclose your personal information to other third parties if you have consented to it or if there are other lawful bases for it.
We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse customer behaviour, administer the app, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. This is done in order to personalise and enhance your experience with us. To see further details, including on the use of third party cookies, and to learn how you can manage your cookie preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
We may share your personal information with our trusted partners where necessary for the reasons specified:
We may completely anonymise personal information gathered and continue to use any such anonymised data. We will use information outside the scope of this Privacy Policy only when it is anonymised.
We will retain your personal information contained in medical records in line with legal requirements to maintain medical records. Where your personal data relates to a regulated medical device we offer it will be retained in line with medical device regulations. For other personal information, we will balance your data rights against the basis of processing and document the retention period in our records retention policy.
We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. We do not target children with our services.
You have the following rights regarding your information:
To exercise your rights or to contact us with any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle your information, please contact us using the details on the “Contact Us” page: https://skin-analytics.com/contact-us/
You may also contact our Data Protection Officer Dr Helen Marsden by post at the address on the “Contact Us” page or by email at: D P O @ skinanalytics.co.uk
If you are not satisfied with our response or you believe our use of your personal information does not comply with data protection law, you can make a complaint to a relevant data protection supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.
From time to time we may make changes to this Privacy Policy to ensure that it is accurate and up to date and to reflect any changes in the law. This policy was last updated on 18 November 2025.