Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how PulmTools collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you use the PulmTools website, mobile applications, clinical calculators, educational tools, practice experiences, account features, and related services.

PulmTools is designed for respiratory care education, clinical reference, and learning support. It is not a substitute for professional medical judgment, institutional protocols, physician oversight, or independent clinical decision-making.

We may collect information you choose to provide, including your name, display name, username, email address, profile details, clinical role, support messages, or other information submitted through forms, account features, or app interactions.

When you use learning features such as ABG practice, progress tracking, favorites, leaderboards, or review queues, PulmTools may store related activity data such as selected answers, correct or incorrect responses, tool usage, streaks, skill performance, saved favorites, and timestamps.

We may also collect limited technical information such as device type, browser type, operating system, app version, pages or screens visited, approximate usage patterns, crash diagnostics, and performance data.

Some PulmTools features may require an account so we can save progress, favorites, leaderboard participation, profile data, or learning history across sessions and devices.

Authentication may be handled through email sign-in, Apple Sign In, Google Sign In, or other supported login providers. When using third-party authentication providers, those providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.

PulmTools does not store your Apple ID password, Google password, or other third-party account credentials.

We use information to operate PulmTools, maintain accounts, provide calculators and educational tools, save user preferences, sync favorites, track learning progress, power leaderboards, respond to support requests, improve product quality, troubleshoot bugs, and protect the security of the service.

PulmTools does not sell your personal information. We do not use your personal information to make patient-care decisions, provide diagnosis, or replace a licensed clinician's judgment.

The PulmTools website may use cookies or similar technologies for essential functionality, analytics, performance measurement, and security. These tools help us understand how the site is used and how to improve it.

The PulmTools iOS app may collect limited diagnostics or usage information such as crash logs, app version, device type, feature usage, and performance events. This information is used to improve reliability and user experience.

Analytics and diagnostic data are generally used in aggregated or limited form and are not intended to identify individual patients or support patient-specific care decisions.

The PulmTools iOS app may request device permissions only when needed for specific app functionality. Examples may include notifications, authentication-related services, or future features that require user permission.

If a permission is requested, iOS will present a system prompt and you may approve or deny access. You can change app permissions later in your device settings.

PulmTools does not access sensitive device features such as camera, microphone, location, or health data unless a future feature clearly explains why that access is needed and requests permission first.

PulmTools uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to help protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No online service can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for using PulmTools in accordance with your professional responsibilities and local policies.

PulmTools may rely on trusted third-party services for hosting, authentication, databases, analytics, diagnostics, security, email delivery, or other infrastructure. These services may process information only as needed to support PulmTools functionality.

Examples may include Supabase for authentication, database storage, and account-related app data; Apple or Google for authentication; hosting providers for website delivery; and analytics or diagnostic providers for performance monitoring.

PulmTools is intended for educational, informational, and clinical reference support. The calculators, interpretations, practice tools, and educational materials are not medical advice and are not intended to diagnose, treat, monitor, prevent, or cure any disease or condition.

Do not enter patient-identifying information, protected health information, or sensitive clinical details into PulmTools unless a feature explicitly states that it is designed and authorized for that use. Current PulmTools tools are intended to operate without patient-identifying information.

Clinicians and students should verify all calculations, interpretations, and educational outputs against current clinical guidelines, institutional protocols, supervising clinicians, and the full patient context.

PulmTools is intended for clinicians, students, educators, and adult users interested in respiratory care education. It is not directed to children under 13 years old, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

You may choose not to create an account or may limit the information you provide. Some features, such as saved progress, favorites, or leaderboard participation, may require account-related data to function.

You may contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of personal information associated with your PulmTools account, subject to security, legal, and operational limitations.

You may also disable cookies in your browser or adjust app permissions in your device settings, although some functionality may be affected.

PulmTools retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain user accounts, support learning features, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, improve security, and operate the platform.

Account-related learning data, favorites, profile information, and leaderboard data may remain stored until the account is deleted or a deletion request is processed, unless retention is required for legitimate operational or legal reasons.

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically as PulmTools grows, adds new features, changes service providers, or updates legal and platform requirements.

When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised last-updated date. Continued use of PulmTools after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.

If you have questions, concerns, or data requests related to this Privacy Policy, contact PulmTools at support@pulmtools.com.