1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how Wizzvet SAS (the publisher of NoteVetIA) collects, uses and protects the personal data of users and animal owners, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French data protection law.
2. Controller and Processor Roles
Wizzvet SAS acts as:
- Data controller for user account data (veterinarians, clinics);
- Data processor within the meaning of article 28 GDPR for the clinical and personal data entered by veterinarians about their patients and animal owners.
3. Data Collected
3.1 User account data
- Identity: last name, first name, title, role;
- Contact details: professional email, phone number;
- Professional data: registration number, clinic you belong to;
- Connection data: logs, IP address, technical identifiers.
3.2 Clinical data entered by the user
- Identity of animal owners (last name, first name, contact details);
- Information about animals (name, species, breed, history);
- Audio recordings of consultations;
- Reports, prescriptions, invoices.
4. Legal Bases and Purposes
- Performance of the contract: providing the Service, managing the account, billing;
- Legitimate interest: improving the Service, security, fraud prevention;
- Legal obligation: retaining invoices (10 years), responding to judicial requests;
- Consent: sending marketing communications (withdrawable at any time).
5. Processors and Data Transfers
We rely on the following processors to provide the Service:
- Scalingo
- hosting of the application and of the PostgreSQL database — France, European Union
- Object storage
- storage of files and audio recordings — France, European Union
- Deepgram
- automatic transcription of consultation audio recordings — United States
- Mistral AI
- AI-assisted content generation and extraction — France, European Union
- Resend
- delivery of transactional emails — United States
- Stripe
- card payment processing — Ireland and United States
- Sentry
- technical monitoring and application error reporting — United States
Some of these processors are established outside the European Union. Those transfers are covered by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or by an adequacy decision. Data sent to artificial intelligence providers is not used to train their models.
The audio recording of a consultation is sent to a transcription provider established in the United States. This transfer only happens when the transcription feature is used.
6. Retention Periods
- User account: for the duration of the subscription + 3 years after cancellation;
- Clinical data: kept for as long as the contract is active; after cancellation, returned and then deleted within 30 days, unless a legal obligation requires otherwise;
- Invoices: 10 years (accounting obligation);
- Connection logs: 12 months.
7. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures: encryption of data in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest, strict access control (RLS), strong authentication, regular backups, security audits, logging of sensitive access.
8. Your GDPR Rights
You have the following rights:
- Right of access, rectification and erasure;
- Right to restriction of and objection to processing;
- Right to data portability;
- Right to give instructions on what happens to your data after your death;
- Right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights: dpo@notevetia.com — reply within 30 days.
In the event of a dispute, you may refer the matter to the CNIL.
9. Cookies
The website only uses cookies strictly necessary for the Service to work (authentication, preferences). No advertising cookie or third-party tracker is set without consent.
10. Veterinary Professional Secrecy
The Provider acknowledges the sensitive nature of the data processed and the professional secrecy that binds veterinarians (article R.242-33 of the French Rural Code). Everyone with access to the data is bound by a contractual confidentiality obligation.
11. Changes
This policy may be updated. Any substantial change will be notified by email or through the application.
12. DPO Contact
Data protection officer: dpo@notevetia.com