Snifflex Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 31, 2025

Introduction

Snifflex, accessible at snifflex.com (“Site”), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) explains how Snifflex (“We,” “Us,” or “Our”) collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects your information when you use the Site, which provides access to a symptom-checking tool powered by Symptoma.com. Snifflex collects limited information—sex, age, symptoms, disease information, cookie data, and location data—as necessary to provide our services. We do not require user accounts or collect extensive personal data. This Policy also explains your rights regarding your information and how to contact us with questions.

By using the Site, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site. Your use of the symptom-checking tool is subject to Symptoma’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, available at https://www.symptoma.com/en/terms and https://www.symptoma.com/en/privacy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information to provide services on our Site and facilitate access to Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool. The information we collect includes:

  • Health-Related Information: Sex, age, symptoms, and disease information you voluntarily provide on the Snifflex Site (e.g., through forms or inputs on our platform). Any additional data, including detailed symptom information, entered directly into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool is processed solely by Symptoma and is not collected or retained by Snifflex.
  • Usage and Technical Information: Cookie data, IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, location data, and other usage data (e.g., pages visited, time spent on the Site, clicks on affiliate links) collected automatically to enhance Site performance, user experience, track analytics, and support affiliate marketing partnerships.

Snifflex does not require user accounts or collect personal identifiers such as names, email addresses, or identification numbers. We do not collect mobile device identifiers beyond location data.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following limited purposes:

  • Provide Services: To process sex, age, symptoms, and disease information entered on the Snifflex Site to facilitate health-related content or services and to enable Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool to deliver informational results based on your inputs. Snifflex does not store or retain data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool.
  • Improve the Site: To analyze usage data (e.g., cookies, location data) to enhance Site performance, functionality, and user experience.
  • Support Affiliate Marketing: To track clicks on affiliate marketing links, which may involve sharing non-health-related usage data (e.g., IP address, click data, location data) with affiliate partners to facilitate partnerships.
  • Track Analytics: To use usage and location data to understand user behavior and improve Site content and services.
  • Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet requirements under applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, such as responding to law enforcement requests.
  • Analytics and Research: To create deidentified, aggregated data from usage, location, and health-related information collected on the Snifflex Site for statistical analysis to improve our services, ensuring no individual can be identified.

3. How We Disclose Your Information

We may disclose your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • To Symptoma: Sex, age, symptoms, and disease information entered on the Snifflex Site may be shared with Symptoma to facilitate the symptom-checking tool. Any additional data entered directly into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool is processed by Symptoma, subject to their Privacy Policy. Snifflex does not collect, store, or retain data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool. For issues related to Symptoma’s data practices, contact Symptoma directly.
  • Service Providers: We may share usage and technical information (e.g., IP address, cookie data, location data) with third-party service providers (e.g., web analytics or hosting providers) who process data on our behalf under strict confidentiality agreements to support Site operations.
  • Affiliate Partners: Non-health-related usage data (e.g., IP address, click data, location data) may be shared with affiliate marketing partners when you interact with affiliate links on the Site. We do not share health-related information (sex, age, symptoms, disease information) with affiliate partners or any third parties for marketing purposes.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law, regulation, or legal process (e.g., to comply with a court order or assist in law enforcement investigations).
  • Deidentified Data: We may share aggregated or deidentified data that cannot identify you for research, analytics, or other purposes.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels) to collect usage and technical information (e.g., IP address, browser type, location data, clicks on affiliate links) to improve the Site’s functionality, user experience, track analytics, and support affiliate marketing. Location data may be collected via cookies, IP addresses, or similar technologies. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect the Site’s functionality.

We use Google Analytics to analyze Site usage, which may include location data to understand user demographics. Google Analytics uses cookies to track how you interact with the Site. To opt out, use the Google Analytics opt-out tool at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

5. Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy or as required by applicable law:

  • Health-Related Information: Sex, age, symptoms, and disease information collected on the Snifflex Site is retained only as needed to provide services or comply with legal obligations, typically in deidentified form where possible.
  • Symptom-Checking Tool Data: Data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool is not retained by Snifflex and is subject to Symptoma’s retention policies.
  • Usage and Technical Data: Cookie, location, and usage data (e.g., IP address, click data) are retained in deidentified form for analytics, affiliate tracking, or as required by law.

6. Data Protection

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures, such as encryption and secure servers, to protect information collected on the Snifflex Site from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no internet-based service is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool is subject to Symptoma’s security practices, per their Privacy Policy. Since Snifflex does not require user accounts, you are not responsible for protecting access credentials.

7. Your Rights

Depending on applicable laws in your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your information:

  • Access: Request access to the information we hold about you (e.g., health-related, usage, or location data collected on the Snifflex Site).
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your information, subject to legal retention requirements.
  • Limit Processing: Request restrictions on how we process your information.
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for data processing, where applicable, though this may limit your ability to use the Site.

To exercise these rights, contact us via email at info@snifflex.com (mailto:info@snifflex.com). We will respond within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 10 business days, subject to legal or technical constraints. For requests related to data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool, contact Symptoma directly, as Snifflex does not retain this data.

8. Minors

The Site is not intended for individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18 without parental or guardian consent. If we learn that we have collected such information without consent, we will delete it promptly.

9. Third-Party Services

The symptom-checking tool is provided by Symptoma, a third-party service. Any information entered directly into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool (e.g., detailed symptom data) is processed by Symptoma and subject to their Privacy Policy https://www.symptoma.com/en/privacy. Snifflex does not collect, store, or retain this data. We are not responsible for Symptoma’s data practices. For issues related to symptom-checking tool data, contact Symptoma directly.

10. International Data Transfers

If you use the Site from outside the United States, your information (e.g., data entered into Symptoma’s symptom-checking tool, usage data, or location data) may be transferred to and processed in other countries, including where Symptoma operates (e.g., Austria). We ensure data collected by Snifflex is transferred in compliance with applicable data protection laws, but our role is limited to facilitating access to Symptoma’s tool.

11. Do Not Track

We do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals, as no uniform standard exists. You can manage tracking via cookie settings in your browser.

12. California Shine the Light

Under California’s “Shine the Light” law (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.83), California residents may request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Snifflex may share non-health-related usage data (e.g., IP address, click data, location data) with affiliate marketing partners when you interact with affiliate links on the Site. We do not share health-related information (sex, age, symptoms, disease information) with any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To request information about our disclosures, contact us at info@snifflex.com (mailto:info@snifflex.com).

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy at any time, with changes effective upon posting on the Site. Your continued use of the Site after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy. If we make material changes, we may provide notice (e.g., via a Site banner), though this is not required.

14. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or to exercise your rights under this Policy, contact us via email at info@snifflex.com (mailto:info@snifflex.com).