Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-20

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit docdemic.com (the "Site") or use our services. Docdemic is the operating name of Avidemic AB, a Swedish company.

Key Privacy Commitments

  • You own your data. We do not own your data, your data belongs to you.
  • Your data is private. All data is private by default and stored in GDPR-aligned EU data centers.
  • Your data can be retrieved. No data lock-in, download your data anytime.
  • Your data is never used to train AI. Your transcriptions and documents are never used to improve our algorithms.

You Own Your Data

We do not own your data, your data belongs to you. Data here refers to everything you place on the Docdemic platform including transcriptions, notes, audio files, documents, and any other form of data you upload. The act of creating, editing or sharing content to Docdemic does not change that content's ownership nor does it change its copyright status. If the data belonged to you to begin with, it remains as yours after you put it in Docdemic.

Your Data is Private

All of the data that you put into Docdemic is private by default. Furthermore, everything you store on Docdemic is stored in encrypted EU datacenters with GDPR-aligned safeguards. Because your data is private, we do not try to make money from your content. We do not sell your content to any third party for advertising purposes. There are no ads on the Docdemic platform.

Your Data Can Be Retrieved

There is no data lock-in with Docdemic which means that you can, at any time, choose to retrieve and download the data that you have stored to your own devices. You can export your transcriptions and documents in standard formats including PDF, Word, and plain text.

Your Data is Never Used to Train AI

If you use any of our AI functionalities, the data that you input is never used to train the AI. Like other forms of data, the AI related data stays private and is not shared without your consent. Your transcriptions are processed by our AI systems but are not used to improve our models.

Personal Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information."

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • "Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
  • "Log files" track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • "Web beacons," "tags," and "pixels" are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Information We May Receive From:

  • Information that you have provided directly: This includes the information you provide when registering for an account (like name and email) as well as any information regarding your profession or industry. We use this information to enable you access to Docdemic or to fulfil the request that you have made.
  • Information that we have collected from your use of Docdemic: We may collect information about your use of Docdemic. This information includes your IP address, browser type and any referring website addresses. We may use this information in combination with other information that we have collected about you in order to keep a record of our interaction and to enable us to provide support, personalisation and improve our services.
  • Information that we collect from our other interactions or business dealings: This includes, if you have contacted us via our social media profiles or otherwise interacted with our business, we will make a record of those dealings, which may contain personal data.
  • Information that has been provided to us by other Docdemic users: We may receive personal data, such as your email address, from other users of Docdemic, for example, if a user has tried to share something with your email or attempted to refer Docdemic to you.

When we talk about "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Account Information.

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Sharing Personal Information

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena by a court, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

GDPR & Your Data Related Rights

Docdemic is committed to complying with GDPR regulation regarding data privacy. You have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

The transcriptions and data that you upload to Docdemic are stored in EU datacenters. Our primary server provider is Hostup in Sweden, with secondary datacenter capacity through Hetzner in Germany.

Data Protection Outside of EU

We offer the same high level of data protection to our non-EU based users. This is done in order to comply with other national data regulations, including the CCPA, HIPAA, and the Australian Privacy Act. If your organization requires a custom DPA agreement to be signed between us and you, please contact us through our contact form. If no such custom DPA agreement is signed, the data policy on this page stands as the default agreement for all users. The data policy on this page governs all users and does not make a distinction between free and paid users. Both groups of users enjoy the same data related rights, as described on this page, including the right of data privacy.

HIPAA Compliance

For healthcare providers in the United States, Docdemic supports HIPAA-regulated workflows with administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for Protected Health Information (PHI). We are prepared to sign Business Associate Agreements (BAA) with eligible covered entities and their business associates where required. Contact us at compliance@docdemic.com for BAA requests.

Data Retention

When you create a subscription through the Site, we will maintain your Subscription Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. Upon account deletion request, we will permanently remove your data within 30 days in compliance with GDPR's right to erasure.

Security Measures

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data:

  • AES-256 encryption for data at rest
  • TLS 1.3 encryption for data in transit
  • Multi-factor authentication (MFA) support
  • Security monitoring and documented incident response procedures
  • GDPR-aligned infrastructure with EU datacenter hosting

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We will notify users of material changes via email or through a notice on our website.

Contact Us

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at privacy@docdemic.com or by mail using the details provided below:

Avidemic AB (operating as Docdemic)

Sweden

Reg. Number: 559252-4267

Email: privacy@docdemic.com

Docdemic is developed and operated from Sweden.