MyPHD App Privacy Policy

MyPHD (My Personal Health Dashboard)

Welcome

Welcome to MyPHD App
Effective Date: October 07, 2019
Updated: November 08, 2026

Thanks for taking the time to read our Privacy Policy. Our app helps you track your health data including your heartrate, number of steps, and sleep ananlysis. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect and use information that we obtain from your use of MyPHD App. This includes data we collect from devices that you choose to connect to our App to help you track your activities, such as Apple Watch, Fitbit or any other third-party devices that measure physical activities. In particular, this Privacy Policy sets out:

Registration:

Upon registration, we securely send the required username, password, and keys to you.

Information Access and Permission

Upon logging in, the app asks you for permission to access your health data, including heartrate, steps, and sleep analysis.

What information we may obtain about you in connection with our system:

There is no PHI data in MyPHD app. With your permission, MyPHD collects your health data for further analysis. MyPHD de-identifies and fully encrypts all information before trasfering the data.

How we use your information

We use your information to provide, analyze, and visualize your health status. Your information is not shared with any vendors or service providers for analytics or advertising purposes.

Research data use, retention, and deletion

MyPHD supports multiple Stanford research studies. Participants receive access from their study team after completing the applicable informed-consent process. With the participant's separate Google authorization, MyPHD collects authorized Google Health data and makes it available to the participant's authorized Stanford research team through Stanford-managed Google Cloud infrastructure.

The purposes for which these data are used and the duration of their retention depend on the participant's study. These are governed by the applicable Stanford IRB-approved protocol, participant consent, and institutional or legal retention requirements. MyPHD does not apply one uniform retention period across all studies. Please consult your study information page and consent materials, or contact your study team, for the retention period applicable to your records.

To request deletion of data collected through MyPHD, or to withdraw from your study, contact your study team. Deletion requests are evaluated and carried out in accordance with the applicable study requirements. Some previously collected records may need to be retained; your study team will explain any applicable limitations and the reasons for them.

You may separately revoke MyPHD's Google authorization to stop future access through that authorization. Revoking access does not automatically delete records already collected. Deleting copies held by MyPHD or the study team does not delete the original records in your Google Health account.

Contacting Us

Please feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns, or comments at:

     Stanford Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine
     3165 Porter Drive
     Palo Alto, CA 94304