Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 15, 2026
- The policy is effective January 15, 2026 Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Summary
This summary explains key parts of the Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy. It is only a guide. It does not replace or change the full Policy.
- The full policy controls over the summary Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
The full Policy explains how Teladoc Health may collect, use, and share consumer health data under some state laws. If this summary and the full Policy are different, the full Policy controls.
- The full policy controls over the summary Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Summary
This Policy applies to some health-related data that may be covered by state privacy laws.
- This policy covers consumer health data under applicable state law Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
It does not apply to Protected Health Information, or PHI, under HIPAA. PHI is covered by Teladoc Health’s HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
- This policy covers consumer health data under applicable state law Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Consumer health data may include some information from your use of our public websites.
- Website viewing information may be consumer health data Data Access & Collection
This may include pages you view about wellness or telehealth services.
- Website viewing information may be consumer health data Data Access & Collection
It may also include online activity that shows interest in health topics.
- Online activity may yield inferences about health interests Inference & Profiling
It may include health-related information you give us outside of a HIPAA-covered setting.
- Health-related communications outside HIPAA settings may be covered Data Access & Collection
We may collect this data from you, from your online activity, and from partners that help us run or improve our websites.
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
We may use this data to help our websites work, keep them secure, remember your settings, improve our websites, and measure our messages.
- Data may support website operation, security and saved preferences Use & Processing
If you consent, we may also use or share some data for ads and to measure how well ads work.
- Advertising use and measurement depend on consent Use & Processing
We may share data with service providers that help us run our websites and apps.
- Service providers receive data for operations; ad sharing requires opt-in Sharing & Disclosure
If certain state health privacy laws apply to you, you may have rights for this data.
- Applicable health privacy laws may give you access, erasure and withdrawal rights Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
These may include rights to access or delete this data. You may also have the right to withdraw consent for some uses.
- Applicable health privacy laws may give you access, erasure and withdrawal rights Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
To change your choices for ad cookies and similar tools, use “Your Privacy Choices” in the website footer.
- Advertising cookie choices are managed through a website-footer control Account & Service Control
You may also contact Teladoc Health about privacy rights through the options listed in the full Policy.
- You can contact Teladoc online or by privacy-rights email Account & Service Control
Effective Date: January 15, 2026
- The policy is effective January 15, 2026 Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
This Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy supplements our General Privacy Policy and applies to personal information defined as “consumer health data” under applicable law, including Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMDA) and the Nevada Health Data Privacy Act (NHDPA). Capitalized terms not defined in this policy have the meanings set forth in the General Privacy Policy. To be clear, this CHD Privacy Policy does not apply to any data considered Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined by HIPAA. For information regarding PHI, see our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
- This policy covers consumer health data under applicable state law Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control
Consumer Health Data We Collect
Section 1 and Section 2 of the General Privacy Policy details the data we collect. Consumer Health Data (CHD) is defined broadly, so some of the categories of data we collect may also be considered CHD and may fall under the following categories of CHD:
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
- Information about the Website content viewed- including the viewing of pages related to wellness or telehealth services, but do not reveal or relate to a visitors’ health status or provision of healthcare.
- Website viewing information may be consumer health data Data Access & Collection
- Information derived or inferred from online activity - that suggests an interest in health topics (for example, engaging with web features related to specific health topics).
- Online activity may yield inferences about health interests Inference & Profiling
- Communications that include health-related information provided outside of a HIPAA-covered context.
- Health-related communications outside HIPAA settings may be covered Data Access & Collection
We do not treat information collected through our Secure Platforms or in a HIPAA-covered context as Consumer Health Data; that information is PHI and is governed by HIPAA. For information regarding PHI, see our HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices.
- This policy covers consumer health data under applicable state law Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
Sources of Consumer Health Data
Section 1 and Section 2 of the General Privacy Policy details the data we collect. Consumer Health Data (CHD) is defined broadly, so some of the categories of data we collect may also be considered CHD. CHD may be collected from the following sources:
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
- Directly from you
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
- Indirectly from you, as detailed in Section 2 of the General Privacy Policy.
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
- From our partners, for example, we may receive certain Visitor Data from our analytics service providers.
- Data may come from you, online activity and partners Data Access & Collection
Purpose and Use of Your Consumer Health Data
We may use your CHD in the following ways:
- Data may support website operation, security and saved preferences Use & Processing
- Data may support website improvement and communications measurement Use & Processing
- Advertising use and measurement depend on consent Use & Processing
- Ensure our Websites function properly and securely
- Data may support website operation, security and saved preferences Use & Processing
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Data may support website operation, security and saved preferences Use & Processing
- Understand how you use our Websites to make improvements
- Data may support website improvement and communications measurement Use & Processing
- Measure the effectiveness of our communications
- Data may support website improvement and communications measurement Use & Processing
- Provide relevant advertising and measure advertising effectiveness, where you have consented
- Advertising use and measurement depend on consent Use & Processing
Sharing Consumer Health Data
We share data with our service providers to operate the Websites and to perform necessary website and application functions. Additionally, provided you opt-in/consent, we may share some data with third parties for advertising purposes. See Section 1 and Section 2 of the General Privacy Policy for more information.
- Service providers receive data for operations; ad sharing requires opt-in Sharing & Disclosure
Consumer Health Data Privacy Rights
If you are covered by the MHMDA, the NHDPA, or other applicable consumer health privacy law, then you may have certain rights regarding CHD, including right to access, request, erasure, or withdraw consent relating to such data, subject to certain exceptions. See our General Privacy Policy for more information on how to exercise these rights.
- Applicable health privacy laws may give you access, erasure and withdrawal rights Legal Rights & Agreement Rules
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control
- Access: see Section 4 of the General Privacy Policy (“How can I exercise my privacy rights?”)
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control
- Erasure: see Section 4 of the General Privacy Policy (“How can I exercise my privacy rights?”)
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control
- To withdraw consent to advertising cookies and similar technologies, click “Your Privacy Preferences” in the footer and adjust your preferences.
- Advertising cookie choices are managed through a website-footer control Account & Service Control
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control
- You may also reach out to us online or at PrivacyRights@teladochealth.com
- You can contact Teladoc online or by privacy-rights email Account & Service Control
- Access and erasure instructions are delegated to the General Privacy Policy Account & Service Control