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When you delete the application you erase your token. No one can link them to you unless they have a great mind (and luck).
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Balance Mobile Terms and Conditions

Balance is part of experimentation at the University of Urbino. The application should not be considered as a medical tool. It is always recommended to combine its use with a professional's consultation and not to intend it as a substitute for medical advice. Participation in the experimentation potentially allows for personal monitoring and contributes to an Open Data of international visibility.

Purposes and Methods of Processing
The processing of your personal data through the Balance application is carried out for the realization of the scientific purposes of the "Smartphone-based Postural Stability Monitoring System for Falls Prevention in the Elderly" project. The Project was drawn up in accordance with the methodological standards of the disciplinary sector concerned and is filed with the Department of Pure and Applied Sciences of the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, where it will be kept for five years from the scheduled conclusion of the research itself. Your personal data will be processed only to the extent that they are indispensable in relation to the objective of the project, in compliance with the provisions of current legislation on the protection of personal data and in accordance with the provisions of the general authorizations of the Guarantor Authority for the protection of personal data. Your data will be processed exclusively by the Data Controller, by the Scientific Manager and/or by authorized subjects in the context of the realization of the Project, with automated and non-automated tools, exclusively to allow the carrying out of the research in question and all the related operations and related activities, including administrative ones, conducted by the University of Urbino in collaboration with Digit srl. The data will be processed electronically by adopting pseudonymisation: the user's identity will never be requested but a unique identifier will be associated with each installation that will allow the data provided by the same user to be correlated over time. Furthermore, although the experimentation does not fall into medical devices, the use of Balance will constitute a service for users through personal monitoring of their progress.
Legal Basis for Processing
The processing of your personal data is done by the Data Controller as part of the execution of its public interest tasks pursuant to art. 6, paragraph 1, letter e) of the GDPR. The processing of particular categories of personal data (data sensitive) is carried out for scientific research purposes pursuant to art.9, paragraph 2, letter j) of the GDPR and on the basis of an explicit consent given by you (Article 9, paragraph 2, letter a) of the GDPR ; art. 110 of the Privacy Code.
Data Retention Period
The data collected during the life of the project will be recorded, processed and stored until the objectives of the project are achieved for 5 years, as required by the journals for the publication of the work. The data will be kept under the responsibility of Prof. Alessandro Bogliolo.
Nature of the Provision of Data
The provision of your data for the aforementioned research purposes is essential for carrying out the Project and does not derive from a regulatory and/or contractual obligation. Failure to provide it will make it impossible to participate in the Project.
Recipients of Data and Eventual Transfer Abroad
Your personal data may be communicated in anonymous and/or aggregate form for the purpose of scientific publication of the work in journals where the work will be submitted. The data will be collected, managed and processed entirely by the University of Urbino and Digit Srl.
Dissemination of Research Results
The data will be disclosed only in a strictly anonymous and/or aggregate form and in any case in ways that do not make you identifiable (for example through scientific publications, statistics and scientific conferences and/or the creation of databases, even with open access methods).
Rights of the Interested Party
The data will be disclosed only in a strictly anonymous and/or aggregate form and in any case in ways that do not make you identifiable (for example through scientific publications, statistics and scientific conferences and/or the creation of databases, even with open access methods).
Information on Data Collection
The application aims to evaluate his posture through his smartphone. Its data is secure and used by researchers to improve application and contribute to the scientific community.
  1. Data Collected: We collect and store, anonymously, the personal information that you decide to provide voluntarily, at the time of registration or through the continued use of the App for the sole purpose of performing stratified statistical analysis.
  2. How the data is collected: We collect your data in two moments. The first time you open Balance and when you use it for testing. Furthermore, the data referred to you can only be reconstructed by the authorized personnel.
  3. How the data will be used: The collected data is used for research purposes and to provide you with a better experience while using the application.
  4. Withdrawal of consent and cancellation policy: In case you change your mind, you can uninstall the application. Uninstalling will remove the unique anonymous token associated with you, no longer allowing any reunification. If you are also interested in removing the data you have provided anonymously, you can do so from the Balance website at the link https://balancemobile.it/privacy by entering your unique token.
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