Doxy.me is a popular HIPAA compliant telemedicine platform used by doctors and therapists. It only works through web browsers – like Firefox, Chrome, or Safari – rather than as an app you download to your smartphone or computer. This means keeping your browser updated is crucial to protecting your privacy while online with your doctor. The telemedicine app is free for patients. Health providers and clinics must pay for the service. Doxy.me saw huge growth in 2020 because of the pandemic -- going from 80,000 users to over 750,000 in around six months. We’ll give them plenty of props for a clever April Fools joke they pulled announcing the release of their telemedicine app for dogs, Dogsee.me. Cute, and a fundraiser for a local animal rescue. Winning!
Was könnte passieren, wenn etwas schiefgeht?
When we reviewed Doxy.me in 2020, we found a number of worrying privacy and security concerns. In our conversations with the company, a lot of these seemed to come from the growing pains of adding so many users so quickly during the pandemic. We’re really happy to see Doxy.me appears to have cleaned up many of the concerns we had last year. They now require a strong password to login by healthcare providers, which they didn’t last year. Because patients don’t need to set up an account with Doxy.me to use the service (only healthcare providers do) they do not collect patient data, which is nice. There a still a couple of things users should be mindful of. Because Doxy.me runs only a web browser, it is crucial users keep their browsers up-to-date to ensure the best possible security. And a couple tips to help keep your telehealth session secure: Ask you healthcare professional if they've secured the session on their end, don't use public WiFi, be aware of any personally identifiable information in your background or on your screen, and turn of any nearby device that could record your conversation.
Kann es mich ausspionieren?
Kamera
Gerät: Nicht verfügbar
App: Ja
Mikrofon
Gerät: Nicht verfügbar
App: Ja
Verfolgt den Standort
Gerät: Nicht verfügbar
App: Nein
Was kann zur Registrierung verwendet werden?
E-Mail-Adresse
Nein
Telefonnummer
Nein
Drittanbieter-Konto
Nein
Users do not have to sign up for an account
Welche Daten sammelt das Unternehmen?
Persönliche
Doxy.me does not collect patient data, as they do not need to set up an account to make calls. For providers: Email address, First name and last name. Optional for providers: Specialty, Position or title, National Provider Identifier (NPI), States licensed to practice, Mobile number, Country phone number.
Körperbezogen
Soziale
Wie nutzt das Unternehmen die Daten?
Wie können Sie Ihre Daten kontrollieren?
Wie ist das Unternehmen in der Vergangenheit mit den Daten über seine Verbraucher umgegangen?
No track record of data leaks so far. When we reviewed Doxy.me in 2020, we found a number of worrying privacy and security concerns. Now, it seems like these have been cleaned up.
Kann dieses Produkt offline genutzt werden?
Benutzerfreundliche Informationen zum Datenschutz?
Privacy information is short and holistic. More Q&A format would be appreciated though.
Links zu Datenschutzinformationen
Erfüllt dieses Produkt unsere Mindestsicherheitsstandards?
Verschlüsselung
End-to-end encryption of the calls.
Sicheres Passwort
For a sign up, a strong password is required (an update since 2020).
Sicherheits-Updates
According to Doxy.me, web platform is continually updated to respond to the latest security vulnerabilities and trends.
Umgang mit Schwachstellen
Has a bug bounty program.
Datenschutzrichtlinie
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