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Privacy policy

Headspace

Headspace Privacy Policy

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Risk score

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In short

  • Headspace collects your personal and health data to run its mindfulness and therapy services.
  • The company shares your information with service providers, advertisers, and therapists who handle your care.
  • You can adjust some advertising settings, but the platform retains data indefinitely for legal and operational reasons.

What you accept

If you use this site

Everyday words for the material promises and rights you give up. Each line includes a quote from the document.

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  1. 01

    You are agreeing to let Headspace collect your name, health status, and location to provide content and track usage patterns.

    This product

    “We may ask you to provide certain contact information... We will collect the information you provide about your health and wellness as you use our Products... Usage data, such as time spent on the Products and Websites including pages visited, links clicked, approximate location...”
  2. 02

    You are agreeing to allow Headspace to share your personal and health data with third-party therapists, service providers, and analytics partners.

    Other companies

    “We may disclose your personal information with the following categories of third parties: Our service providers... Your integrations... Third party business partners... Affiliates and business transfer...”

What it can cost you

Downsides we could quote

Quoted clauses that can affect your privacy, money, or right to go to court — including terms that follow you to other products.

Highest-cost clauses first

High cost

Health or fitness data used beyond care

You are agreeing to the collection of your sensitive health and wellness data which may be treated as Protected Health Information under HIPAA.

“We will collect the information you provide about your health and wellness as you use our Products or engage with the Services. You may provide this information through the Products, such as through survey responses about your current mental or physical health status... We understand that this information is very sensitive so we handle it with care, including treating this health information as protected health information under HIPAA where applicable.”

What that means: Your highly sensitive medical and wellness data is collected and processed, subject to both standard privacy laws and potentially HIPAA regulations.

Headspace collects detailed mental and physical health information, including survey responses and therapist interactions, classifying it as Protected Health Information (PHI) where applicable.

Medium cost

Data sold or shared with third parties

You are agreeing to the sale or sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising under the definitions of the CCPA.

“However, as with many online companies, Headspace partners with third parties to manage our advertising on other platforms. For that purpose, we may disclose limited personal information to third parties for our cross-context behavioral and targeted advertising purposes and this activity may fall under broader concepts of “selling” and/or “sharing” under the CCPA.”

What that means: Your personal information is used to serve targeted ads across different websites and apps by sharing it with third-party partners.

The policy explicitly states it engages in activities defined as 'selling' or 'sharing' under California law for targeted advertising purposes.

Medium cost

Indefinite retention

You are agreeing to indefinite retention of your personal data based on the company's legal and operational needs.

“We will keep your personal information for as long as needed to perform our obligations to you, or for as long as legally permitted. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; and (iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position...”

What that means: Your personal information remains stored indefinitely, potentially for legal defense purposes even after you stop using the service.

Data retention is indefinite and based on vague criteria like 'legal position' and 'ongoing relationship' rather than a fixed time period.

Medium cost

Tracking you across apps

You are agreeing to cross-platform tracking of your activities to serve personalized advertisements for the service.

“Personalized advertisements you receive about our Platform through third-party platforms, on other websites and apps... To personalize, measure, and improve such offers...”

What that means: Your browsing and app usage are tracked to deliver personalized ads on external platforms outside of the Headspace app itself.

The company tracks your behavior across other websites and apps to customize and measure advertisements for Headspace products.

Where this can follow you

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  • Affiliates and sister brands

People also accept these terms in

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  • Headspace
  • Headspace App
  • Headspace Meditation

If these terms already apply to you

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