Privacy Policy

Healthcare Online Tools provides browser-based tools for healthcare IT, interoperability testing, and medical imaging workflows. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle website data, contact requests, and tool usage. Our DICOM, HL7, and related healthcare utilities are designed so that file contents and message contents are processed locally in your browser whenever you use the tools.

We do not upload DICOM files, HL7 messages, or other medical records to our servers as part of normal tool operation. Patient identifiers, Protected Health Information (PHI), study metadata, and message payloads remain on your device unless you explicitly choose to share information with us outside the tool interface. This local-processing design supports privacy-sensitive workflows, but you remain responsible for your own compliance obligations, workstation security, and institutional policies.

We may collect limited information that is necessary to operate the website, respond to inquiries, and understand overall site usage. This can include:

• Contact information you provide when emailing us or using contact forms
• Technical information such as browser type, device type, language, and general diagnostic data
• Consent preferences related to analytics, marketing, and optional cookies
• Aggregated usage metrics about page visits and feature usage when analytics cookies are accepted

We do not intentionally collect the contents of DICOM files, HL7 payloads, or other healthcare files through analytics tools.

We use cookies and similar technologies to remember consent choices, improve website performance, understand traffic patterns, and support advertising where enabled. Analytics and advertising technologies apply to website browsing behavior, not to the healthcare data you open inside the tools. If you reject optional cookies, only strictly necessary cookies required for core site operation should remain active. For more detail, see our Cookie Policy.

We use personal data only for legitimate operational purposes, including:

• Running, securing, and improving the website
• Replying to support or contact requests
• Maintaining consent records
• Detecting abuse, spam, fraud, or technical issues
• Measuring aggregate traffic and content performance when consent has been provided

We do not sell healthcare file contents or use uploaded patient data for profiling because the tools are designed not to transmit that content to us in the first place.

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including legal, tax, accounting, and security obligations. We may share limited data with infrastructure, analytics, advertising, or communications providers acting on our behalf, but only to the extent needed to operate the website. We do not disclose DICOM or HL7 file contents because those contents are not ordinarily received by our systems.

Healthcare Online Tools is intended for technical analysis, education, troubleshooting, and interoperability support. It is not a medical device, does not provide diagnosis or treatment advice, and should not be used as the sole basis for clinical decision-making. Nothing in this policy constitutes legal advice regarding HIPAA, GDPR, or other regulatory frameworks.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data. To make a request or ask a privacy question, contact us at [email protected] or visit /en/contact/.