Privacy Policy
How Impulse handles your information, what stays on your device, and the choices you have.
Privacy at a glance
- Camera images are processed on your device to estimate your pulse; they are not saved as photos or videos.
- Saved measurements and your profile stay in the app’s private storage. Impulse does not provide an account or cloud health-data sync.
- Google Play services and links you choose to open may process information as explained below.
- You can remove local app data through Android Settings or by uninstalling Impulse.
01About this policy
This Privacy Policy applies to Impulse for Android, package com.heartwellness.app (the “app”), provided by THE WORLD'S PHENOMENON PTE.LTD. (“we”, “us” or “our”). It explains the information the app accesses, uses, stores and shares, and how to contact us about privacy.
Impulse offers camera-based pulse estimates, related wellness indicators, measurement history, a personal profile, wellness articles and quizzes, and optional local reminders. This policy describes these Android features. It does not describe a separate iOS app or features that have not been introduced.
02Information we use and why
- Camera images and pulse signals
- When you start a measurement and grant camera access, the app processes camera frames and changes in light from your fingertip, using the flash where available, to estimate your pulse and related metrics. Images are processed temporarily on the device, are not saved as photos or videos, and are not uploaded to us.
- Saved health measurements
- When you choose to save a measurement, the app stores its time, estimated heart rate, beat-to-beat intervals, derived heart-rate variability (HRV) metrics, and calculated heart score or score level. These records support your history, charts and comparisons. They are stored locally in the app’s private database, not on a server operated by us.
- Profile information you enter
- Your sex selection, age, height, weight, preferred units and, where applicable, a separate reference selection for heart-score calculations are saved on your device. The app uses these details to personalize the interface and wellness calculations. There is no app account registration, email sign-up or profile-photo upload.
- Quiz answers
- Answers to wellness and self-assessment questions, which may include sensitive wellbeing information, are used locally to calculate and display results during the session. The app does not upload your answers to us or maintain an account-based quiz history.
- Preferences and device settings
- The app uses your language, local time and time zone, camera availability, permission status, and reminder preferences to display content and schedule notifications. It does not request access to your contacts, microphone, photo library, precise or approximate device location, or Health Connect records.
- Google Play information
- The app includes Google Play Billing to obtain subscription-product information and observe purchase information when products are configured. Related processing by Google is described in Section 4. The app does not receive your full payment-card details.
- Information you send us directly
- If you email our privacy contact, we receive your email address, the content of your request and any attachments you choose to send. We use them to answer you and handle the request. Please include only what is necessary. The feedback form in this Android version is not connected to a submission service and does not send the entered message to us.
The app does not include advertising or a separate user-behavior analytics service. We do not sell your personal information or use your health records for advertising.
03Permissions and device access
- Camera: requested to perform a pulse measurement. If you decline or revoke it, camera-based measurement is unavailable.
- Notifications: used for optional heart-rate reminders. On Android versions that require permission, you can allow or decline it, and you can disable reminders or notifications later.
- Startup and time-change events: used to reschedule enabled local reminders after a restart or a change to the device’s time or time zone.
- Internet, network status and Google Play Billing: support the included Google Play integration and its service communications. These permissions do not mean that your camera frames or saved health history are uploaded to us.
You can manage runtime permissions in Android Settings → Apps → Impulse → Permissions, and notification access under Notifications. Menu names may vary by device.
04Sharing and third-party services
Local health information
The app does not send your camera frames, saved measurements, profile or quiz answers to a developer-operated server or to advertising services. We cannot retrieve this local health history remotely.
Google Play and Google services
When available and configured, the Premium screen communicates with Google Play to request product, pricing and purchase-status information. The Android version covered by this policy does not complete checkout or grant a paid entitlement from those queries.
Google may process information about your device and app, identifiers, IP address, service activity, and diagnostic information when its services communicate with Google. Google manages its own account and purchase records. This processing supports its services, reliability and security and is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy. It is separate from the health records stored locally by Impulse.
Links and sharing you initiate
If you open an article source, Google Play listing or social-media link, your browser or another app connects to the destination. The destination can receive network and device information and uses its own privacy policy. “Share App” shares a store-link message, not your measurement history. External destinations can process information in other countries under their own policies.
Privacy enquiries
Email communications are handled through email service providers to deliver and respond to your request. Information you send us may also be disclosed where we are legally required to do so. This does not give us access to health records held only on your device.
05How long information is kept and how to delete it
Camera images: used during measurement and not retained as image or video files. Saved results contain numerical measurements and derived metrics, not the original camera images.
Profile, preferences and saved measurements: remain in the app’s private storage until you change the relevant profile or setting, clear app storage, or uninstall the app. Saved measurements have no automatic expiry.
Delete data on your device
- Open Android Settings → Apps → Impulse.
- Open Storage or Storage & cache.
- Choose Clear storage or Clear data. Clearing only the cache does not delete all saved records.
You can also uninstall Impulse to remove its app-private data from the device. Clearing storage removes all local profile data, preferences and saved measurements. The app does not currently offer individual-record deletion or history export. There is no account-deletion screen because the app has no app account.
Backups and transfers: the app does not provide cloud backup and disables standard Android app backup. Device-to-device transfer behavior can vary by Android version and manufacturer. Copies previously transferred to another device must be removed there as well.
Privacy correspondence: kept for as long as needed to resolve the request and meet applicable legal obligations, then deleted or anonymized when there is no remaining reason to retain it. Google and external services apply their own retention and deletion rules; clearing Impulse’s storage does not delete their records.
06How information is protected
Impulse stores saved measurements in an app-private database and profile information in app-private preferences. Android’s application sandbox restricts ordinary access by other apps. The health database does not add its own separate encryption layer.
Security also depends on your device and operating system. Protect your device with a screen lock and current security updates. No storage or transmission method offers absolute security. Information handled by Google or an external destination is protected under that provider’s own procedures.
07Your choices and privacy rights
You can edit your profile, stop a measurement, decline or revoke camera permission, turn off reminders, manage notifications, and remove local information as described above.
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information, restrict or object to processing, obtain a portable copy where applicable, withdraw consent where processing relies on consent, or complain to a competent privacy authority. Contact us using Section 11 to make an enquiry or exercise an applicable right.
We may request only the information needed to verify and respond to a request. Since we do not hold a server copy of your local health records, we cannot retrieve, export or delete those records remotely; you can control them on your device.
08Children’s privacy
Impulse is not designed for children, and its wellness estimates are not clinically validated for children. Its profile age selector is not an age-verification system. A parent or guardian with a concern about a child’s use or information can contact us and can remove locally stored information using the deletion steps above.
09About health information
Impulse is intended for general wellness and informational use. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent a medical condition. Pulse estimates, HRV metrics, heart scores, articles and quiz results are not a substitute for professional medical advice. Consult a qualified healthcare professional for medical decisions or health concerns.
10Changes to this policy
We will update this policy when our data practices or applicable requirements change and revise the “Last updated” date. Where required, we will provide an additional notice and obtain any necessary consent before new processing begins.
11Contact us
For privacy questions or requests relating to Impulse, contact the publisher below. Please identify the app and describe your request; you do not need to send your health history unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
- App
- Impulse for Android · com.heartwellness.app
- Publisher / developer
- THE WORLD'S PHENOMENON PTE.LTD.
- Privacy contact email
- [email protected]