How We Handle Your Data: Our Policy
Effective January 13, 2021
Updated February 14, 2021
Note: We have joined forces with Dr. B. The privacy policy below is preserved for posterity and only applies to vaxstandby.com, specifically for signups prior to February 14, 2021. Signups for our original service, under this policy, are disabled, and we encourage new users to sign up at Dr. B (https://vaxstandby.hidrb.com/). Dr. B's Privacy Policy applies when signing up at https://vaxstandby.hidrb.com/.
Read more about the change and our commitment to our existing users.
Our Commitment
Vaccine Standby (vaxstandby.com) will collect the minimal amount of data about its users to provide an effective and valuable service. We will never monetize personally identifiable information. We do not host or display any advertisements on our website, nor serve any trackers for any advertisement purpose. We will handle, store, and use your personal information securely and responsibly. As much as possible, we will respect and respond to your privacy requests.
Summary
In short, and in plain English, Vaccination Standby does not explicitly use, transfer, sell, or monetize any collected personal information for any commercial purposes outside of Vaccination Standby. To better understand our audience and to monitor for errors, the only means of passive data collection we employ is cookie-less analytics provided by third-party providers. Our relationships with these providers are detailed below.
We do not advertise on vaxstandby.com, nor do we serve any cookies, for advertising or otherwise.
We do not employ any user login system or payment integration. Thus, we do not store any passwords or tokens from other services with highly-sensitive information.
Vaccination Standby is a statically-generated site. With the exception of serving browser-specified preferences such as preferred language and font size, our service is largely the same across users.
We do not advertise on vaxstandby.com, nor do we serve any cookies, for advertising or otherwise.
We do not employ any user login system or payment integration. Thus, we do not store any passwords or tokens from other services with highly-sensitive information.
Vaccination Standby is a statically-generated site. With the exception of serving browser-specified preferences such as preferred language and font size, our service is largely the same across users.
Who we are
Vaccination Standby is a project, 100% independently owned by Jimmy Chion and Ian Macartney, both individual persons. Vaccination Standby has no affiliation with any business entities, nor any obligations or debts – implicit or explicit – to any persons or entities. (Publicly available services rendered by third-party providers are not considered obligations or debts).
Do Not Track (DNT)
Vaccination Standby respects the Do Not Track header supplied by modern browsers. Currently, our website, https://vaxstandby.com (and any of its subdomains) does not serve any cookies. Our analytics platform, Fathom Analytics, respects the DNT header. Should we change our Cookie Policy, we are committed to respecting the DNT header.
Cookies
Vaccination Standby does not serve any cookies. We are committed to privacy, and this is intentional. If this changes, we may update this section without advance notice or notification, at our sole discretion.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of the Vaccination Standby, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal data”); and
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Vaccination Standby, and usage details ("usage data")
Personal Data
If you decide to sign up for our service to receive notifications of nearby leftover vaccines, we require that you submit your telephone number and ZIP code. We store and use this information to send you SMS messages regarding extra doses of COVID vaccine. We may record your interactions with the service, including but not limited to, SMS responses, visits to links, and confirmations as a result of a button click.
We will never share, sell, or transfer your personal information to a vaccination location or provider.
Note: A previous version of a Frequently Asked Question answer on our homepage stated that we may do so after you have confirmed you are en route, but we have never actually done so, and have since changed our policy. Again, we will never share any of our users' personal information with a vaccination provider.
If you are a vaccination provider offering information regarding extra doses of COVID vaccine, we may record additional data including your location, your phone number, photos requested and submitted, additional information necessary to fulfill our service.
Usage Data
We employ third-party providers to collect usage information for analytical purposes. The information collected and from whom are described in more detail below. We use this information to understand our audience so that we can improve our service. This information is not sold or transferred by Vaccination Standby.
Automatic Data Collection
As you navigate through and interact with the Vaccination Standby, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your access to and use of the Vaccination Standby, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use in connection with the Runway Services; and
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information that we collect automatically may include personal data and such collection helps us to improve the Vaccination Standby and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
- Store information about your preferences, which allows us to customize the Vaccination Standby according to your individual interests;
- Speed up your searches; and
- Recognize you when you use the Vaccination Standby.
Analytical Data Collection
Vaccination Standby, when permitted, will automatically record service usage data for analytical purposes. The data is recorded by up to three providers, listed below. For full descriptions of the data each service provides to its customers we encourage you to read their privacy policies and terms of services.
Vercel
Vercel (www.vercel.com) is a website-hosting service and continuous integration and deployment service. It hosts and serves most of the contents of www.vaxstandby.com. Vercel does not serve any cookies.
For more information: Vercel Privacy Policy
For more information: Vercel Privacy Policy
Twilio
Twilio (www.twilio.com) is a service to send and automate the sending of SMS messages, among other communication mediums. Vaccination Standby uses Twilio to send SMS messages. Twilio is invoked from our backend services, so it does not serve any cookies to the client.
For more information: Twilio Privacy Policy
Fathom Analytics
We want to process as little personal information as possible when you use our website. That's why we've chosen Fathom Analytics for our website analytics, which doesn't use cookies and complies with the GDPR, ePrivacy (including PECR), COPPA and CCPA. Using this privacy-friendly website analytics software, your IP address is only briefly processed, and Vaccination Standby has no way of personally identifying you. As per the CCPA, your personal information is de-identified.
The purpose of us using this software is to understand our website traffic in the most privacy-friendly way possible so that we can continually improve our website and business. The lawful basis as per the GDPR is "f); where our legitimate interests are to improve our website and business continually." As per the explanation, no personal data is stored over time.
The purpose of us using this software is to understand our website traffic in the most privacy-friendly way possible so that we can continually improve our website and business. The lawful basis as per the GDPR is "f); where our legitimate interests are to improve our website and business continually." As per the explanation, no personal data is stored over time.
For more information: Fathom Analytics Compliance
CCPA
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) provides rights to all California residents with respect to the data that a company holds about them. For example, you have the right, as a California resident, to know “what personal information [a company has] collected, used, shared, or sold about you,” and why they did so. Please read more about it at https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.
In essence, you have a right to know what personal information a company has collected on you, the right to delete that information, and the right to opt-out of any “sale” of that information. And finally, you are protected from discrimination by said company should you exercise any of these rights.
CCPA does not explicitly apply to because we are not a for-profit company that makes more than $25 million a year or have received more than 50,000 California residents' personal information. However, because we care about privacy, and we will voluntarily comply with CCPA requests in a timely manner. To send a request, please email hello@vaxstandby.com
Contact
For any questions, comments, or requests please email us at hello@vaxstandby.com.