How Does Beginning.Com Protect The Privacy And Security Of Your Data?

Privacy is a fundamental aspect of ensuring human dignity, safety, and personal autonomy. Information privacy is a key aspect of the broader right to privacy. When it comes to health and well-being data, ensuring privacy is especially important as it promotes autonomy and safety and prevents economic harm and discrimination.

Beginning.com’s mission is to help women navigate through key events and stages of life—whether that’s having their first flow, planning their fertility, getting pregnant, giving birth, or entering menopause. Through our content and interactive features, we provide you with evidence-based information to empower you and help make important decisions about your body. Our team is determined to keep your data private and confidential as it should be.

We want to be fully transparent about how we process and protect your information. Therefore, in what follows, we go over the data we collect from you, how we process it, the security measures we take, and the special protections we are obligated to provide under the GDPR, the strictest data privacy law.

We adhere to the world’s strictest data privacy law: the European GDPR

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a comprehensive data protection law that was implemented on May 25. 2018 by the European Union. Its primary goal is to empower people to have more control over their personal data and ensure that organizations handle that data responsibly and securely.

The GDPR emphasizes the importance of obtaining clear and affirmative consent from people before processing their personal data. Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, and anyone has the right to withdraw their consent at any time.

It also grants several rights to people, including:

• The right to access their data;
• The right to rectify inaccuracies;
• The right to erasure (the “right to be forgotten”);
• The right to data portability;
• The right to object to certain types of processing.

Non-compliance with the GDPR can result in severe sanctions for a company.

Beginning.com is governed by the GDPR, which is widely regarded as the world’s strictest privacy law. Our team has invested a great deal of time, effort, and resources to ensure we comply with it. Regardless of where you’re located—whether that’s in Europe or North America—we’re committed to protecting your data and would never sell, share, or disclose it without your consent or for any harmful purposes.

The data Beginning.com collects from you

Beginning.com collects the data you provide upon signing up via our app or website. That includes your name, email address, date of birth, and password.

We also collect the data you provide while interacting with our services, for example: menstrual cycle dates, menstrual cycle-related symptoms, pregnancy details, weight, emotions, and other details connected to your health and well-being.

Lastly, you have the option to connect Beginning.com to third-party services like Apple HealthKit and Google Fit. Doing this enables us to import and collect data, including your heart rate, number of steps taken, calories burned, and other health information.

There is, however, information we automatically collect from you whenever you sign up for Beginning, such as: device information (operating system, version, mobile operator, etc), IP address, and timezone.

Why is data collection necessary?

Beginning.com collects the data mentioned above to improve user experience. The information you provide us with helps us analyze, maintain, and improve our app and website. What’s more, it supports their functionality. For example, the app asks you to log your period dates to predict future cycles or ovulation and recommend relevant content (e.g., articles, masterclasses, and facts).

In addition, we may collect information with your consent for the following purposes:

• For billing, account management, and other administrative purposes;
• To respond to your comments and questions and provide you with excellent customer service;
• To send your updates, technical notifications, and security alerts;
• To verify your identity;
• To communicate relevant changes in our products and services.

For more details about how your information is used, read Beginning.com’s Privacy Policy.

What are your privacy rights?

You have the right to live a free life without interference and intrusion, associate freely with whom you wish, and control who can see or use information about you. Nowadays, more and more people are aware of the importance of privacy in a progressively digital and globalized world. In fact, 120 nations around the world have established privacy and security regulations to protect their residents’ data privacy and security.

Regardless of where you live, Beginning.com is committed to providing you with privacy rights in connection with your personal data.

Therefore, you have the right to:

• Request information about the type of personal data we process about you;
• Access all your personal data;
• Correct your personal data if you identify inaccuracies;
• Request that the processing of your personal data is restricted in certain circumstances;
• Have your personal data erased.

If you wish to have your personal data erased, get in touch with our customer support representatives at: support@beginning.com

How does Beginning.com secure your personal data?

Data in the 21st century is like oil in the 18th century: a highly valuable asset. Unfortunately, this means that your personal information is attractive to bad actors. In order to protect your data from unauthorized access, theft, disclosure, and misuse, Beginning.com has implemented several technical and organizational measures. For example:

• Your personal data and payment transactions are encrypted using SSL technology.
• All payment information is stored with our payment process and never on Beginning.com’s servers.
• Period scans are conducted to check for systematic vulnerabilities.

To conclude

Beginning.com is on a mission to enrich you with knowledge and help you take control of your health and well-being. A fundamental aspect of this is ensuring the privacy and security of the personal information you provide us with. By being transparent about the data we collect from you, complying with the European GDPR laws, and having robust security measures in place, we help you re-assert your privacy rights.