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TopDoc Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 1, 2026

At Topdoc, Inc. (“TopDoc,” “we,” or “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy, and we take great care with your personal information that we gather when you access or use TopDoc.com and related websites, applications, and services owned and operated by TopDoc and that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy is meant to help those who use our Services to explore providers or book appointments (“Users”) and doctors, dentists, or other healthcare specialists, professionals, providers, organizations or agents, or affiliates thereof that use our electronic health record, revenue cycle management, patient engagement, marketing, and related services (“Healthcare Providers,” and collectively with Users, “you,” or “your”) understand how we treat your personal information.

By using or accessing the Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in the following ways. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may not use the Services. If you use the Services on behalf of someone else (such as your child) or an entity (such as your employer), you represent that you are authorized by such individual or entity to accept this Privacy Policy on such individual’s or entity’s behalf.

Any use of TopDoc’s Services is at all times subject to the Agreement, as defined in our Patient Terms of Use or, for Healthcare Providers, our Provider Terms of Use, each of which incorporates this Privacy Policy. You may print a copy of this Privacy Policy at any time.

Privacy Policy Table of Contents

HIPAA, PHI, and Information We Process for Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Providers use TopDoc’s electronic health record, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement services to create, store, and transmit information about their patients, including medical records, intake and consent forms, insurance and billing information, appointment and other communications, and recordings or transcripts of telephone calls and patient encounters where the Healthcare Provider has enabled those features (“Practice Data”). When TopDoc processes Practice Data, it does so on behalf of and at the direction of the Healthcare Provider, which is a “Covered Entity” under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its implementing regulations (“HIPAA”). In that role TopDoc is a “Business Associate,” identifiable health information is “protected health information” or “PHI,” and its use and disclosure are governed by HIPAA, by TopDoc’s Business Associate Agreement with the Healthcare Provider, and by the Healthcare Provider’s own Notice of Privacy Practices, rather than by the remainder of this Privacy Policy.

The Healthcare Provider owns and controls Practice Data. TopDoc does not sell Practice Data and does not use identifiable PHI to train machine-learning models for use outside that Healthcare Provider’s account. TopDoc may communicate with you on behalf of your Healthcare Provider and, as permitted by HIPAA and our Business Associate Agreement, about your TopDoc account and TopDoc’s own services. TopDoc may create de-identified information from Practice Data in accordance with HIPAA and may use it for any lawful purpose.

If you are a patient and want to access, correct, or obtain copies of your medical or billing records, or have questions about how your Healthcare Provider uses your information, please contact your Healthcare Provider directly. TopDoc will refer such requests to the Healthcare Provider.

Personal Data that a User provides to TopDoc through TopDoc’s own consumer-facing services, when TopDoc is not acting as a Business Associate, is not PHI and is governed by this Privacy Policy. Examples include when you (i) create a TopDoc account, (ii) search for Healthcare Providers or available appointments, (iii) complete general medical history forms that are not required by a particular Healthcare Provider, (iv) post reviews, or (v) provide device / IP information by browsing our websites.

Personal Data

“Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws. The following sections detail the categories of Personal Data that we collect and have collected over the past twelve (12) months. For each category, we describe the source, our commercial or business purpose for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.

Public Health Reporting

Where required or permitted by law, TopDoc or your Healthcare Provider may report health information (for example, immunization or communicable-disease data) to local, state, or federal public health authorities. Reporting made through the Practice Services is made on behalf of the Healthcare Provider under HIPAA.

User Personal Data

The following subsections apply only to Users. If you are a Healthcare Provider, please see the Healthcare Provider Personal Data section below.

Categories of Personal Data We Collect from Users

Categories of Sources of Personal Data

Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Data

How We Share Your Personal Data

We share Personal Data with the following categories of service providers and other third parties:

We may also share information for legal obligations (responding to lawful requests), in connection with a business transfer (such as a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy), and as aggregated or de-identified data that cannot identify you.

Healthcare Provider Personal Data

The following subsections apply only to Healthcare Providers. If you are a User, please see the User Personal Data section above.

Categories of Personal Data We Collect from Healthcare Providers

Categories of Sources of Personal Data

Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Data

How We Disclose Your Personal Data

We disclose Personal Data to the following categories of service providers and other third parties: Payment Processors (Stripe); Security and Fraud Prevention Consultants; Hosting, Technology, Communications, Fulfillment, Data Storage, Analytics, and Insurance Verification Providers; Analytics Partners; Ad Networks; Health Information Exchanges; and Third-Party Business Partners You Access Through the Services.

We may also share information for legal obligations (responding to lawful requests), in connection with a business transfer (such as a merger, acquisition, or bankruptcy), and as aggregated or de-identified data that cannot identify you.

Voice, Call, and Encounter Recordings

Some Services, when enabled by a Healthcare Provider, record and transcribe telephone calls (including calls handled by an automated or AI-assisted phone agent) and in-person or telehealth encounters in order to schedule appointments, answer questions, and generate clinical documentation for the Healthcare Provider. These recordings and transcripts are Practice Data processed on behalf of the Healthcare Provider. The Healthcare Provider is responsible for notifying you and obtaining any consent required by law before recording. If you do not wish to be recorded, tell the Healthcare Provider or the agent at the start of the call or visit. Calls to TopDoc’s own support lines may be recorded for quality and training purposes, and you will be told at the start of the call.

Tracking Tools, Advertising, and Opt-Out

The Services use cookies and similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”), including pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, mobile identifiers, and JavaScript, so our servers can recognize your browser and understand how and when you use our Services. We use these to analyze trends, advertise to our user base, and operate and improve our Services.

We use the following types of Cookies:

You can disable Cookies through your browser settings; however, some Service functionality may not work properly without them. We honor browser-based opt-out preference signals such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of Personal Data and of targeted advertising, where required by applicable law. We do not respond to older “Do Not Track” signals.

We may also serve interest-based advertisements through ad networks. We comply with the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising; you can opt out via the DAA or NAI opt-out pages, or by installing the DAA’s AppChoice app on your mobile device. Even after opting out of interest-based ads, you may still see TopDoc advertisements that are not interest-based. We use advertising and analytics Cookies only on our public, unauthenticated web pages. We do not deploy advertising or retargeting Cookies, pixels, or similar technologies on authenticated portions of the Services, including the patient portal, intake and payment pages, telehealth, and Healthcare Provider applications, or on any page that displays Practice Data.

Data Security

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We seek to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure using appropriate physical, technical, organizational, and administrative security measures, including encryption of Personal Data and PHI in transit using TLS and at rest, a security program aligned with the HIPAA Security Rule, and access controls that limit access to personnel who need it to perform their jobs. We store PHI in data centers located in the United States. Our personnel and service providers, some of whom are located outside the United States, may access information solely to provide the Services and under written confidentiality and business associate obligations. You should also help protect your data by selecting a strong password and protecting your devices.

No method of transmitting or storing data is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the complete security of any data you share with us. If we believe that the security of your Personal Data may have been compromised, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you, generally via the email address on file. You can update that email address anytime in your account profile, and you may also email us at [email protected] to request notice via U.S. mail.

Data Retention

We retain Personal Data about you as necessary to provide our Services or to perform our business or commercial purposes. We may retain Personal Data for longer if necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, collect fees owed, or as otherwise permitted by law. We may further retain information in an anonymous or aggregated form where that information would not identify you personally.

Children’s Privacy

The Services are not directed to or intended for use by children under 13 years of age. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for or use the Services or send us any Personal Data. We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from children under 13. If we learn that we have received Personal Data directly from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will use that data only to respond to the child or parent and will then delete it. If you believe a child under 13 may have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us at [email protected].

If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the Services only with the consent of or under the supervision of your parent or legal guardian. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a minor child, you may, in compliance with the Agreement, use the Services on behalf of such minor child. Any information you provide while using the Services on behalf of your minor child will be treated as Personal Data as otherwise provided herein. Information about a pediatric patient that a Healthcare Provider maintains through the Practice Services is Practice Data and PHI processed on behalf of the Healthcare Provider under HIPAA, and is not information collected by TopDoc directly from a child.

How We Use Information That is Neither Personal Data nor PHI

Certain information that TopDoc collects may be neither Personal Data nor PHI, including information that does not include any identifiable information at collection or which we have de-identified and aggregated. We may use this information for any purpose permitted by applicable law, including to better understand who uses TopDoc and how we can deliver a better digital healthcare experience.

Controlling Your Personal Data & Notifications

If you are a registered User, you can modify certain Personal Data or account information by logging in and accessing your account. If you wish to close your account, please email us at [email protected]. We will use reasonable efforts to delete your account as soon as reasonably possible. TopDoc reserves the right to retain information from closed accounts consistent with our internal data retention policies and procedures. You must promptly notify us if any of your account data is lost, stolen, or used without permission.

State Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”) and the comprehensive privacy laws of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, and other states as they take effect. Subject to the exceptions in those laws, these rights include:

These rights generally do not apply to PHI or other information governed by HIPAA, which your Healthcare Provider handles as described in the HIPAA section above; please direct requests about your medical or billing records to your Healthcare Provider. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights; we will not deny you our goods or services, charge you different prices, or provide you with a lower quality of service. From time to time we may offer a financial incentive in exchange for your participation in user research; participation is entirely optional and you may withdraw at any time. Under California Civil Code Sections 1798.83-1798.84, California residents may contact us at [email protected] to prevent disclosure of Personal Data to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

Consumer Health Data. If you are a resident of Washington, Nevada, or Connecticut, health-related information about you that is not PHI may be “consumer health data” under those states’ laws. We collect and use such data only as described in this Privacy Policy, do not sell it, and do not share it for advertising. You may exercise the rights described above with respect to consumer health data, and Washington residents may also request a list of the third parties with whom we have shared it, by contacting us as described above.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise the rights described above, send us a request that (1) provides sufficient information to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom we have collected Personal Data and (2) describes your request in sufficient detail to allow us to understand, evaluate, and respond to it. Each request that meets both of these criteria will be considered a “Valid Request.” You do not need an account to submit a Valid Request. We will respond within the applicable time period required by law and will not charge you a fee unless your request is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. Submit a Valid Request by emailing us at [email protected].

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend our Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes, we will notify you by email or through a notice on our website homepage. Use of the information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the ways we collect and use your Personal Data, or your choices and rights, please contact us at: