About Wysa and Our Contact Details
What Information We Collect and Use
How We Protect Your Information
Wysa Privacy Policy
Initial Effective Date: June 30, 2017(GMT)
Latest Revised Date: March 27, 2025 (GMT)
Version: 6.1.0
Our privacy policy explains what Wysa (“we”, “our”, “us” or “Wysa”) does with your provided information when you use our website or web pages (wysa.com), web-based or mobile-based software (“Wysa app” or “app”) and its services. If you are using our UK specific applications, namely, Everyday Mental Health by Wysa mobile app or Digital Referral Assistant application then you need to read this notice.
You may try out one or more services made available to you. These include:
The aim of the app is to provide emotional wellbeing support in the form of an AI coach and the provision of a range of digital self-help tools and exercises. By showing you ways to improve your wellbeing and emotional resilience. The app does not tell you if you have a disease or condition, nor does it provide any medical advice or treatment. The app gives general advice for your mental health and well-being. The AI Coach is an AI technology powered software, not a real person, so it is restricted in the means of response. If you need medical advice, it will suggest that you see a local professional.
We will work with your public institution, healthcare institution, educational institution or other organization to offer our services. These are called Institutional services. Before you can use these Institutional services, you will need to agree to our notices and to the notices of your Institution.
By using our website, web pages, app and services, you agree that we can use your information as described in this privacy policy and any other related terms and policies ("notices").
1. About Wysa and Our Contact Details :
Touchkin eServices Pvt. Ltd. (“Wysa”) are the makers of the Wysa app and its services. Wysa is a company with offices in the UK, India, and the USA. The app and services are available in native English. Select services are available in Spanish and in certain languages of India.
Where Wysa decides the purpose of personal data processing, we will be the “data controller or data fiduciary”. Where we perform personal data processing at the direction of your Institution, we will be “data processors”.
If you have any questions, comments, complaints, or requests about our app and services, you can email us at [email protected].
2. What Information We Collect and Use
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect minimal personal data that you're suggesting identify you. Notably personal data does not include publicly available information from or anonymised or aggregated information.
When you use our app and services.
When you use the app and services, we collect the following information. You control the information you share with us. We design our app to collect as little personal data as possible to keep your data safe and protect your privacy. This means there is less risk of your information being misused. When you share information with us, we are responsible for taking care of it.
Information provided by you.
Information about you. This includes things like your nickname, age-range, gender, pronouns, or identifiers you may voluntarily reveal about yourself. Contact information shared with Wysa Coach or Wysa Medical Assistant or as required for your Institution.
Conversation data. This covers what you type in messages, your challenges, preferences, feelings, moods, thoughts, task lists, and safety information. It also includes answers to surveys or questionnaires from us or your Institution, and how you respond to the tools and exercises that we offer. This includes everything you type in messages or say in voice or video calls with your Wysa Coach or Wysa Medical Assistant.
Correspondence data. If you email us, you might share personal data like your name, email address, home address, the company you are part of, your job title, and what you talk about in the message.
Feedback data. When we ask for your thoughts on our app and services, we gather your contact info and some basic details about you.
Information collected via automated means or by third parties.
Information sharing with your Institution. Sometimes, your Institutions or their appointed representatives might share or ask you to share your personal data with the app, like your contact details, so we can offer you our services. Where required by your Institution, and without affecting your rights, We may also share your usage and safety data with them.
App event data. We collect information about what you do in the app, like where you tap, what actions you take, your settings, notifications you get, and the screens you visit.
Device data. When you install the app, we get an ID for your device from the Google Play Store. We also collect information about your device, like the type of phone, its time zone, and its operating system. A service provider that helps us deliver content might also get your IP address to provide our services.
Cookie Information. We and our third-party providers collect information about your app use via cookies or similar technologies. We use mandatory or necessary cookies to provide our services.
When you use the Digital Front Door (e-triage) Service
The service helps your Institution guide you and your dependents to the right care and support. The following additional information gets used.
Information from your Institution.. You can use the service by logging in through your Institution’s Single Sign-On (SSO) web page. This means you can use your usual Institution login details to access the e-triage service. The first time you use the e-triage service, it will take you to your Institution's login page to verify your identity. Wysa does not collect and use your personal login details. Instead, Wysa gets a unique, encrypted code to create a random identifier for you.
Information about you. This may include but not limited to pronouns, country, service group.
When you use the AI Coach over WhatsApp.
Where, you directly use the AI Coach on WhatsApp, the focus is on helping you sleep better. The service does not give medical advice and always suggests seeing a doctor if needed. Wysa will not use your WhatsApp messages to send you marketing material. We do collect and use the additional information to provide you with our service.
Information about you. This may include but not limited to your mobile number, whatsapp profile name, city, interests, language.
Where your Institution provides access to the AI Coach on WhatsApp, they do not give us any of your personal information. They only share a unique identifier to help us connect with your Institution systems and offer our AI Coach service to you. This unique identifier cannot be used to identify you.
When you use the Wysa Medical Assistant Service.
When you use this service, you or your healthcare provider may additionally share protected health information with our app and with our Wysa Medical Assistants. These may include a patient referral form that contains your name, your current or past medication details, your clinical assessments and evaluation details. We will process this information on behalf of your Institution to provide healthcare service.
When you participate in a Wysa research study.
You can choose to sign up and join any of our or our research partner run studies. When you volunteer, we will collect some information from you. These include:
Information about you. . This may include but not limited to your contact details, country, gender, socio-economic details, age-range.
Health and Wellness data. This may include but not limited to ethnicity, alcohol/substance use concerns, use of medication, any mental disorder diagnosis or treatment, about hallucination, validated assessment responses.
When you visit our website or social media accounts or our web pages.
When you visit our website or web pages or just reach out to us for business purposes, we will collect the following information from you.
Correspondence data:. If you contact us, you might share personal data like your name, email address, home address, the company you are part of, your job title, business contact details and what you talk about in the message.
Cookie Information. We and our third-party providers collect information about your website use via cookies or similar technologies. Information could include but not limited to browser type, browser language, operating System, language settings, web page views and the link clicks, campaign clicks, IP address.
You can follow us on Instagram through the Wysa app settings. If you do not have an Instagram account, you can create one and follow us at @wysa_buddy. Your Instagram account will not be linked to your Wysa app account. We will know your personal information when you interact with us on our social media channels.
When you use the Wysa+ Service
Wysa+ provides an improved experience of the AI Coach service. It allows us to provide you with high-quality, and safe responses. Wysa+ uses third-party Generative AI and our own AI to chat with you. This helps the AI Coach talk about varied conversations and provide responses that are more suited to you. Where provided, Wysa+ allows you to chat in native English and specific Indian languages. Your conversation data is processed and part of the input to the Gen AI to provide this service. The input to and the output from the Gen AI passes through our safety guardrails and quality checks before we use it. Our clinical staff check the appropriateness of the Gen AI response at frequent intervals to make sure they are safe, and work well.
Generated Insights within Weekly Report:
Where you use weekly reports, we use third-party Gen AI to create generated insights. These reports give you personalized and useful information based on how you use the app. This can help you learn more about yourself and improve your mental health and well-being.
We share only derived and anonymous data with the Gen AI. The data we use each week comes from the information you provide and your choices while using the app. Here is what we collect each week:
Mood Description: This is taken from the smiley face you choose at the start of a session. It tells us if you are feeling not great, mostly low, somewhere in the middle, pretty good, or in high spirits.
Topics and feelings: These are keywords from your conversations with the AI Coach at the beginning of a session. For example, feelings could be sad, calm, confused, happy, numb, confident. Topics could be work or education.
Tools Used: This is the list of Wysa tools you used during your time on the app.
Important Note: We do not share any of your personal details, including device identifiers with the third-party service provider.
When you participate in online group well-being sessions.
Where required by your Institution, and without affecting your rights, We may also share your usage and safety data with them.We may collect limited personal information such as your name and contact details, When you participate in group wellness sessions or webinars conducted by our Wysa Coach or Wysa staff.
When you participate in our campaigns or promotions or marketing events.
Any promotions, campaigns, or surveys you participate in will not be connected to your app account. Instead, this information will be stored securely in our Google Workspace or marketing tool accounts. We may collect and process the following information as part of these promotions.
Promotion event data: If you participate in our promotional activities, we may collect your name and contact details.
We may put ads online to see how many people are interested in our service or to promote it. We use only trusted ad managers. We do not collect any personal information when you see or click on our ads.
When you apply for a role at Wysa
We may process personal information you may provide us when you apply for an open position or attend our hiring interviews.
Recruitment data: This may include but not limited to your name, contact details, resume, references, credentials, transcripts, government provided identification, compensation information, race or ethnic origin, opinions and beliefs, physical or mental health or condition, sexual orientation.
Sources of personal data
We get your personal data either from you or your Institution, or service providers your Institution asks us to work with.
3. How We Use Your Information
Legal grounds
We need to follow data protection laws that make sure we look after your personal data properly. Here is how and why we might use it:
Consent: Sometimes, we ask you if it is okay to use your personal data. You can always change your mind later if you decide you do not want us to use it anymore by writing to us
Contract Performance: When you use our app or services, we might need some of your personal data to provide our services and make sure everything works properly.
Legitimate Interests: We or someone we trust, might use your personal data to keep our services safe from fraud or security problems. We might also use it to make our services better.
Legal Obligation: Sometimes, we need to use your personal data to follow the law or to protect our company and the people who provide the services.
Sometimes, we need to use sensitive data that you share, like how you feel, your mood, or other things about your emotional health. We will only do this if we follow the law and have a good reason, such as:
Reasons for substantial public interest: Helping you with advice or support like counselling, or keeping you safe while you use our app and services.
Health Care: Acting on behalf of your Institution to provide healthcare and redirect you to care resources.
Uses of your Information
We might use the information you give us on our app and services for these reasons.
To provide and manage app and services: Here is how we use your information:
To recognize which institution you are part of.
To recognize whether you are a new or existing user to the app and service.
When needed, we will ask for your permission to turn on your device's microphone and camera.
We collect, move, save, and use your provided information to make our services work.
We set up and keep track of your chats and use of our services.
We let you change your nickname.
Where needed, we will connect with your Institution's approved systems to handle your information.
If your Institution offers the Wysa Coach service, we will connect you with a human mental health and well-being professional.
If your Institution offers the Wysa Medical Assistant service, we will connect you with a human healthcare professional.
If there is an emergency, Wysa Coach or Wysa Medical Assistant can call you or someone you trust.
We keep a record of any permissions you give us.
We let you know if we change our rules or privacy notice in the app.
To provide and manage app and services: We do the following with your information:
We come up with ideas and create AI programs, stories, and ways to talk for our AI Coach.
The AI coach translates your preferred language to English and the other way around. This helps us understand each other and keep chatting with the AI Coach.
The AI coach remembers the text messages you send and choices you make while using the app.
The AI coach figures out if you are feeling happy, sad, or have any problems or questions. This helps us chat with you safely and give you required resources.
The AI coach makes sure it understands you so that the conversations make sense.
The apps show you safe tools and techniques that can help you.
We make sure any personal details you accidentally share in your messages are removed and cannot be traced back to you.
The AI coach looks for any medical or emergency words in your messages to help keep you safe.
If the AI coach detects something that seems like an emergency, we may inform your Institution.
We might use some anonymous chats to help our AI learn better.
To perform well-being assessments: We do the following with your responses:
The AI coach will ask you about how you feel and your mental well-being from time to time.
The AI coach recognises if you inform any emergencies and may let your Institution know to provide support.
The AI coach guides you to helpful hotlines and support resources if you need them.
The AI coach recommends tools, tips, and resources to help you to manage your mood and improve your wellbeing.
To Provide Wysa Coach services:We do the following with your information:
You can send text messages and have video or audio calls with your Wysa Coach.
The service gives you information and resources shared by your Wysa Coach.
The service shares your AI Coach conversation data with your Wysa Coach to help with your care. You can stop this sharing anytime from the app settings.
Some of the messages you send to your Wysa Coach are checked for quality. This helps make the service better and safer.
To provide in-app notifications and reminders: We will send you alerts if you choose to set reminders and notifications. We will send appropriate Wysa Coach session reminders.
Legal basis: consent.For research, analytics, and compliance reporting: We might remove details that show who you are so that no one can tell the information is about you. We will use this changed information to check how well our app is working and to see if it is safe and useful. Sometimes, we also share this information with regulators to make sure we are following the laws.
Legal basis: legitimate interests, legal obligations.To communicate effectively with you:We do the following with your responses:
We answer your questions, requests, complaints, and other feedback.
We fix any problems with our services.
We send you important service updates.
We keep track of our conversations with you to make sure we are doing a good job and following the rules, and also to help train our team.
To improve our app and services: We do the following with your information:
To provide and manage app and services: We do the following for your Institution:
To understand app and service usage: We do the following with your information:
For marketing purposes: We do the following with your information:
To ensure availability and security: We do the following with your information:
For fraud prevention: To prevent fraud or misuse of our services and to secure our systems.
Legal basis: legitimate interests.Additional processing for Digital Front Door (e-triage) Service
To process Institution provided data: We do the following
If you have any questions about your use of SSO please contact your Institution directly.
To process your provided data: We do the following;
Additional processing for AI Coach over WhatsApp.
To process your provided Information. We do the following
Note: Your messages on WhatsApp Business are always end-to-end encrypted. According to WhatsApp's Privacy Policy, your messages are usually stored on your device(s) and not on WhatsApp's global servers. WhatsApp will keep your messages in encrypted form temporarily while they are being delivered. Once delivered, your messages are deleted from WhatsApp's global servers. You can protect your information on WhatsApp by using its privacy and security features. Find out more about WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption and how it keeps business messages safe. WhatsApp allows you to send attachments or voice messages, but we do not need them to provide our service. Please avoid sharing such information with us.
Additional processing for Wysa Medical Assistant Service.
To process Institution provided data: We do the following
Additional Processing When you use the Wysa+ service
Use of Conversation data
To provide the Wysa+ Service: We do the following with your information:
To provide the Generated Insights within Weekly Report: We do the following with your information:
Additional processing during participation in research studies.
To process the information shared by you during participation. We do the following
Note: You can stop participating in the research at any time after it starts. You can do this by changing the settings in the app or sending an email to [email protected] with the subject "opt out of Wysa Study". Once you opt out, we will delete your enrollment data within one year. However, the data you provided while using the app will be kept according to our data retention policy, which you can read about here. Your study data will always be kept safe. You can learn more about how we protect your data here.
Additional processing when you visit our website or social media accounts or our web pages.
To process your correspondence data: We do the following
To process cookie information during your visit. To find out how we manage cookie data, please look at Use of Cookie Information section.
Additional processing during online group well-being sessions.
To process your provided information: We do the following
Additional processing during campaigns or promotions or marketing events.
To process the promotion event data: We do the following
Note: If you want to leave the promotion or campaign, you can email us at [email protected]. We will reply within 3 business days. Your information will stay private.
We use Meta Ads Manager to make ads about our service, to send these ads, and to see how well they are doing. We also group users together for anonymous cohort analysis. We use Google Analytics to see how much people use this service, but no personal data is collected or shared with them.
Additional processing when you apply for a role at Wysa
To process recruitment data: We do the following
We do not share or sell your information, messages, or how you use our apps to advertisers or companies that buy data.
Processing for Legitimate Interests
We may need to use your personal information for important reasons. Before doing this, we will always protect your rights and privacy. Here are the reasons we might use your data:
To follow our agreements with your school or Institution.
If the law requires us to use or share it.
For court cases or legal orders.
For law enforcement or national security needs.
To help investigate or stop illegal activities.
To freeze data for legal reasons so that it cannot be changed or deleted.
To report public health information.
To prevent serious risks to health or safety.
To do basic research and understand how people use our services.
To communicate with you about using our app and services.
To fix and protect the app’s security and operations.
To stop fraud or misuse of our service.
To keep your data secure and private.
To make sure the app and services work well and are easy to use.
To protect your fundamental rights, and safety.
To use anonymous data for benchmarking and marketing.
To create new services, technologies, and products.
To answer your questions and requests.
4. How We Protect Your Information
Where is your information stored
The information we collect is saved and kept safe in our cloud servers managed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Some of your information might be shared and stored with our third-party service providers to provide our services.
How long do we keep your information
When you use our app and Services including Institutional Services
When you send us text messages, any personal identifier you share is removed and saved in a way that cannot be undone. We keep this information only for as long as we need to follow the law or our Institutional contracts. If there is no specific time limit mentioned, we keep your information for up to 10 years from the last time you updated it. You can also choose to delete all your conversation data forever by using the 'reset my data' option in the app settings.
Your correspondence data
When you email us, we use the information you give to help you. We keep your emails safe in our Google Workspace account, and only certain staff can look at them. We will keep your email for up to 10 years from the last time you contacted us.
When you use Wysa+ service
We keep your personal and derived information in our and third-party service provider systems only for as long as needed to meet the purposes stated in our privacy policy or as required by law. Where available, we enable "no storage of data" controls with the service providers.
Information received from your Institution
We keep your information for the time your Institution has decided. After that time, we delete your information forever. Once you send us your information, we cannot change it. If you need to fix something or have any questions, please talk to your Institution.
When you join our research initiatives
You can stop participating in the research at any time after it starts. You can do this by using any of the suggested opt-out features or by sending an email to [email protected] with the subject "opt out of research study". Once you opt out, we will delete your study data within one year. However, the data you provided during research study will be kept according to our data retention policy. We will keep this information only for as long as we need. If there is no specific time limit mentioned, we keep your information for up to 10 years from the last time you updated it. After that, we delete your data from our system. Where required, we may retain one copy of your anonymised data for a longer duration for any future audit or verification purposes.
Data Security
We use physical, organizational, and technical safeguards to keep your information safe. Here are some ways we do that:
Protecting your privacy
Protecting your security
Additional safeguards when you use Wysa+ Services
Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence
At Wysa, we use artificial intelligence (AI) programs to understand what you type to us. These programs help us talk with you in a way that makes sense and guides you to helpful information. Our programs follow set rules and do not learn new things on their own. We make sure our AI chatbot is fair, safe, and treats your information with care. If you use the Wysa+ service, we use Generative AI technology to assist you. We have safety measures in place to keep our conversations secure and trustworthy. We also have good practices to monitor and check the use of AI at Wysa, making sure your rights are protected. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any more questions about our use of AI.
While Wysa has put in place reasonable clinical safety and data protection controls, you understand and acknowledge that AI is a developing technology. The potential risks inherent to this technology may not be fully understood and fulsome safeguards may not be fully developed. Due to the nature of the technology, you may sometimes get incorrect responses that do not accurately reflect the action required.
We do our best to keep your personal data safe, but no method is perfect. We cannot promise complete security. You can help keep your data safe too. Please do not share personal identifiers where not asked. Please do not copy and share your chats with people you do not know.
Payment Data
We do not collect, keep, or store your credit card information. Third-party payment companies handle your card processing. We do not get any personal data from app stores after you buy something or from our third-party payment providers. However, we might note the name of the business for our internal purposes. Please read the payment gateway’s terms and privacy policy before you make a payment. We do receive and handle payment confirmations and subscription details. This is to help you with your subscription requests.
Third-Party Sites
The app might have links to other websites or resources. When you click on these links, remember that these other sites have their own rules about privacy. We do not control these other sites and we are not responsible for their privacy rules. It is a good idea to read their privacy rules before you share any personal data on those sites.
Children’s Privacy
The app is intended for anyone who is older than 13 years or where approved by your Institution, follow the age criteria and rules set by your Institution. If you are a child, please ask your parent or guardian to read this policy and the terms of service with you. Wysa does not take responsibility if someone lies about their age to use the app and services.
It is very important for us to protect children's privacy on the app. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children below 13 years of age. If you think we have any personal data of your child, please write to us. We will respond within one month after verifying the information. If we cannot identify the user correctly, we might not be able to address your request. However, if we find we have collected personal data from your child, we will deactivate their account and take steps towards removing relevant data.
We encourage parents and guardians to watch over their children's internet use. Tell your children not to give out personal information without your permission. You should not share your credit/debit card or other payment methods with your child to make in-app purchases.
Best Practices
We want to help you stay safe online. Here are some important tips to stay secure:
7. Your Data Protection Rights
When you trigger “Reset my data” from app settings
The "Reset my Data" feature is found in the app settings of the app. If you use this feature, all your conversation information, including your ID, past chats, reminders, assessment answers, and settings will be deleted from our system. Once you reset, you cannot get back any of your old conversations and you will be treated like a new user. So, think carefully before using this feature.
Your Privacy Rights
What Can You Do About Your Data?
How to Exercise Your Rights
You do not usually have to pay anything to use your rights. Sometimes, we might need to check if it is really you asking. Contact us using the details at the top of this privacy notice. We will reply within one month if you ask us for something.
When We Might Say “No”
We might not be able to agree to your request if:
8. How To Complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy policy. We will get back to you about your complaints within 3 working days. Some might take a bit longer to sort out. We will keep you updated until everything is fixed.
If you are still not happy with how things have been sorted out, you can send an email to our grievance officer at [email protected].
10. Changes To This Policy
If we change our Privacy Policy, we will let you know in the app. If you keep using the app after we tell you about the changes, it means you agree with them.
11. Change Log
v6.1.0 | March 27, 2025
v6.0.0 | Oct 1, 2024
v5.6.0 | July 23, 2024
V5.6.0 / July 20, 2024
v5.5.0 | Dec 18, 2023
v5.4.0 | June 13, 2023
v5.3.0 | May 5, 2023
v5.2.0 | January 18, 2023
v5.1.0 | December 21, 2022
v5.0.0 | December 06, 2022
v4.1.1 | July 5, 2022
v4.1.0 | May 26, 2022
v4.0.0 | November 10, 2021
v3.3.1 | July 16, 2021
v3.3.0 | July 01, 2021
v3.2.0 | Apr 16, 2021
v3.1.0 | Feb 10, 2021
v3.0.0 | Feb 03, 2021