Privacy Policy

Spectrum is an early-stage research and wellness technology platform exploring how physiological signals from wearable devices may be used to identify and represent patterns associated with states such as presence, coherence, attention, and flow.

Spectrum is currently in research and prototype development and is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition.

Depending on the features used and the user’s explicit permissions, Spectrum may collect or process:

• Account information, such as email address
• Physiological and wearable data authorized by the user, which may include heart rate, heart-rate variability related data, beat-to-beat interval data, respiration-related data, activity information, and other supported wearable metrics
• Timestamps associated with physiological measurements
• Audio recordings intentionally created by the user within Spectrum
• Technical information necessary for the operation, security, and improvement of the service
• Research responses or feedback voluntarily provided by participants

Spectrum will seek to collect only information reasonably necessary for the relevant product or research purpose.

Spectrum may integrate with Garmin services and devices in the future.

Any access to Garmin-derived user data will occur only after the user has provided the required authorization and explicit consent.

Information received from Garmin will be submitted to and processed by Spectrum, not by Garmin on Spectrum’s behalf.

Garmin is not responsible or liable for Spectrum’s collection, processing, storage, or use of data within Spectrum.

Spectrum will use Garmin-derived information only for the purposes for which the user has provided consent.

Spectrum will not sell or rent Garmin-derived personal or physiological data.

If a user withdraws authorization or requests deletion, Garmin-derived data retained by Spectrum will be deleted when required, subject to applicable legal obligations.

Spectrum may conduct research and product-validation studies designed to explore relationships between physiological patterns and subjective experiences such as presence, attention, coherence, or flow.

Where information is used for research:

• participants will be informed about the purpose of the research;
• appropriate consent will be obtained before research data is collected;
• data will be minimized to what is necessary for the study;
• research datasets may use participant identifiers rather than directly identifying information where reasonably possible.

Participation in research will be voluntary.

Information may be used to:

• provide and operate Spectrum;
• display or generate user-facing experiences based on authorized physiological information;
• associate user-created audio with captured moments;
• develop and validate Spectrum’s research hypotheses and algorithms;
• improve product functionality and reliability;
• maintain security and prevent misuse;
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

Spectrum will not use physiological data for medical diagnosis or medical treatment.

Where required, Spectrum will request explicit user permission before accessing physiological or wearable information.

Users may withdraw their consent or disconnect a connected wearable service.

Users may also request access to or deletion of personal information associated with them, subject to applicable law.

Spectrum intends to retain personal and physiological information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law.

Research data retention periods may be described separately as part of the applicable research consent process.

If a user withdraws consent or requests deletion, applicable personal and Garmin-derived data will be deleted unless retention is required by law.

Spectrum will use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal and physiological information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No digital system can guarantee absolute security.

Spectrum may use carefully selected infrastructure, hosting, storage, authentication, analytics, or other technical service providers necessary to operate the platform.

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services and subject to applicable contractual and legal obligations.

As Spectrum’s technical architecture develops, this Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect material changes in how information is processed.

Spectrum is not currently intended for use by children without appropriate parental or guardian authorization.

Because Spectrum is currently in active research and development, this Privacy Policy may be updated as the platform and research program evolve.

Material changes to the way personal or physiological information is collected, used, stored, or disclosed will be reflected in an updated version of this Privacy Policy.

The effective date at the top of this page will indicate the latest revision.

For privacy questions, requests, consent withdrawal, or data deletion requests, contact: