Ripple Digital Health Publishing Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 20 Apr 2026
Ripple Digital Health Publishing (“Ripple”, “we”, “us” or “our”) aims to support the development and distribution of digital health solutions that improve outcomes and access to care. We respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how we collect, use and share your personal information.
This policy applies to all interactions with the Ripple website. It outlines:
What personal information we collect
Our Cookie Policy
How we use your information
How we share information
Your rights and choices
How we protect the information we collect
Other important privacy information
By using our website, you confirm you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. What personal information we collect
This section details the types of personal information collected by the Ripple website from its users.
Automated Information Collection
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Usage data collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to understand how you interact with our website.
IP Address and Browser Information: Information about your browser type, IP address, and other technical details to ensure website functionality and security.
Interaction Data
Form Submissions and Communications: Information you provide when filling out forms (such as expressions of interest, application forms), or when contacting us through the website. This may include your name, email address, organisation and any additional information you choose to provide.
Other
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information such as health data, financial information, or identification numbers through our website. If such information is inadvertently received, it will be securely handled and promptly deleted.
We constantly strive to improve our website and may introduce new features that require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we use your data, we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.
2. Our Cookie Policy
This section provides detailed information about how we use cookies on our website.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website, essential for ensuring functionality, security, and a better user experience.
Usage of Cookies
First-party Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function correctly and do not collect personally identifiable information.
Third-party Cookies: These help us understand website performance, user interactions, ensure security, provide relevant ads, and improve overall user experience.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can modify your cookie preferences at any time here. This link allows you to revisit the consent banner to change your preferences or withdraw consent. For managing cookies through your browser, visit:
For other browsers, please refer to the browser's official support documents.
3. How we use your information
We use the personal information we collect about you to:
Communicate with you
We use your information to respond to your enquiries, manage expressions of interest, assess Challenge applications, and provide updates about Ripple Publishing, including opportunities to participate, collaborate or invest.
Improve our Services
We may analyze website usage and performance to improve user experience and optimize our website.
Provide relevant updates
We may send you communications about Ripple Publishing, including updates, opportunities and announcements that may be relevant to your interest. You may opt out of receiving these communications at any time.
Outreach and engagement activities
We may use your information to inform relevant outreach and engagement activities, including using limited data (such as email address) to create anonymized or matched audiences on third-party platforms to share relevant updates about Ripple Publishing. Where required, we will obtain your consent before doing so.
Aggregate insights
We may use your data to produce aggregated insights that do not identify you, such as general interest trends or engagement metrics.
We process your personal information for the above purposes on the following grounds:
Consent: You have consented to the use of your personal information in a particular way. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at privacy@ripplepublishing.org.
Performance of a contract: We need your personal information to respond to your enquiries or take steps at your request prior to entering into a potential relationship.
Legal obligation: We may process your personal information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal requests.
Legitimate interests: We have a legitimate interest in using your personal information in the following cases:
To operate and improve the Ripple website and related activities
To communicate with individuals who have expressed interest in Ripple Publishing
To understand engagement and improve how we present information and opportunities
To anonymize and use aggregated information for analysis
To maintain the security of the website and protect against fraud or misuse
Lawful Basis
The legal basis that Ripple will use/process user data will typically be:
GDPR article 6(1)(a) - the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes;
GDPR article 6(1)(b) - processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
GDPR article 6(1)(f) - processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Should you choose to do so, please contact us at privacy@ripplepublishing.org.
4. How we share information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
Third-party service providers
We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, and customer service.
Aggregate and Non-Identifying Information
We may share aggregate or non-identifying information about our users with partners or for research, marketing, and other purposes. This data cannot be used to identify individual users.
Challenge delivery and evaluation
We may share information you submit as part of an application (such as your name, organisation, contact details and application responses) with relevant partners, reviewers, or judges involved in the evaluation and delivery of a Ripple Challenge or programme. These parties are required to use your information only for these purposes and to handle it in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Consent-Based Sharing
For any other purposes not listed above, we will share your information with third parties only with your explicit consent.
Legal and Safety Reasons
We may disclose your information where required by law or to respond to the legal process. In cases where it's necessary to protect our rights, users' safety, or the integrity of our services.
Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
5. Your rights and choices
Data retention
We keep your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, in accordance with our internal policies and legal obligations.
Data Deletion
You can request the deletion of your personal information at any time, and we will take steps to delete your information unless required to retain it for legal reasons.
Opt-Out of Communications
You can opt out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the emails or contacting us directly.
Data Portability
You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from us.
Object or Restrict Processing
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions and to request restriction of processing.
Consent Withdrawal
If we process your information based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal data infringes GDPR.
You can access, update, change or delete personal information by requesting us to do so at privacy@ripplepublishing.org.
6. How we protect the information we collect
At Ripple, we understand the importance of safeguarding your personal information. This section outlines the measures we take to protect the information collected on our website.
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards that are intended to appropriately protect against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse and any other unlawful form of processing of, the personal information in our possession. We employ security measures such as using firewalls to protect against intruders, building redundancies throughout our network (so that if one server goes down, another can cover for it) and testing for and protecting against network vulnerabilities.
7. Other important privacy information
International data transfers
We transfer personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), including Australia and the United States, where our service providers (such as Squarespace, HubSpot, and analytics platforms) are located. We take appropriate safeguards to ensure your data is protected.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, and other factors.
How to contact Ripple
If you have questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your rights and choices, please email us at privacy@ripplepublishing.org, contact us via our contact form at www.ripplepublishing.org/contact-us.