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Terms of Service, Privacy & HIPAA Compliance

Last updated: January 1, 2025

Plain-English summary: Zelavox is an AI assistant for document review — not a lawyer or doctor. Our summaries are a starting point, not a substitute for professional advice. You are responsible for decisions made based on your use of the service.

Contents
  1. Acceptance of Terms
  2. Description of Service
  3. Disclaimer of Professional Advice
  4. Limitation of Liability
  5. Zero Data Retention Policy
  6. HIPAA Compliance
  7. Third-Party AI Providers
  8. Accuracy of AI Output
  9. Responsibility for AI Output
  10. Acceptable Use
  11. Termination
  12. Changes to Terms
  13. Contact

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Zelavox ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not use the Service. These terms apply to all users, including individuals, law firms, medical practices, and other organizations.

2. Description of Service

Zelavox is an AI-powered document analysis tool that provides summaries, highlights key clauses, identifies potential areas of concern, and suggests action items within uploaded documents. The Service is intended to assist professionals in the initial review of documents and to reduce time spent on routine document analysis.

Zelavox supports legal documents, medical records, real estate contracts, insurance policies, and other document types. Output is generated automatically using artificial intelligence and is not reviewed by human professionals before delivery.

3. Disclaimer of Professional Advice

Zelavox does not provide legal, medical, financial, or any other form of professional advice. Nothing produced by the Service constitutes or should be construed as:

  • Legal advice or the formation of an attorney-client relationship
  • Medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment recommendations
  • Financial, investment, or insurance advice
  • A substitute for consultation with a licensed professional

You should always consult a qualified attorney, physician, financial advisor, or other licensed professional before making decisions based on any document analysis provided by Zelavox. The Service is a tool to assist your review process — final judgment and responsibility rest with you and any professionals you engage.

4. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Zelavox and its owners, employees, contractors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages arising from:

  • Your use of or reliance on the Service or its output
  • Errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in AI-generated analysis
  • Decisions made based on document summaries or flags provided by the Service
  • Missed clauses, red flags, or material terms not identified by the Service
  • Interruption, suspension, or termination of the Service

In no event shall Zelavox's total cumulative liability to you exceed the amounts paid by you to Zelavox in the three (3) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or $100, whichever is greater.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability for certain damages. In such jurisdictions, Zelavox's liability shall be limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.

5. Zero Data Retention Policy

Zelavox operates on a strict zero data retention model. We do not store, save, log, or retain the content of any document you upload to the Service, at any point, for any reason.

Here is exactly what happens when you upload a document:

  • Your document is transmitted securely to Zelavox servers using TLS encryption
  • The document is processed entirely in memory — it is never written to disk or any persistent storage
  • AI analysis is performed in real time and the result is returned to you
  • The document and its contents are permanently deleted from memory immediately after analysis is complete
  • No copy, backup, log, or record of your document content is retained by Zelavox

Additionally:

  • Your documents are never used to train AI models
  • Your documents are never shared with third parties except as required to perform the analysis (see Section 7)
  • Zelavox does not sell, rent, or monetize your document data in any form

By using the Service, you represent that you have the right to upload and process the documents you submit, and that doing so does not violate any confidentiality obligations, privacy laws, or third-party rights.

6. HIPAA Compliance

Zelavox is designed to support users in HIPAA-regulated industries including healthcare providers, medical practices, health plans, and their business associates.

Zero Retention and PHI

Zelavox's zero data retention model (Section 5) is specifically designed to minimize exposure to Protected Health Information (PHI). Because no document content is ever stored, the risk of PHI breach through Zelavox's systems is minimized to the period of active processing only — typically under 10 seconds.

Business Associate Agreements (BAA)

Under HIPAA, any service provider that handles PHI on behalf of a Covered Entity must sign a Business Associate Agreement (BAA). If you are a Covered Entity or Business Associate under HIPAA:

  • You must not upload documents containing PHI until a BAA is in place with Zelavox
  • BAAs are available to users on the Firm plan — contact hello@zelavox.io to request one
  • Zelavox will execute a BAA before any PHI is processed through the Service

Technical Safeguards

Zelavox implements the following technical safeguards in support of HIPAA compliance:

  • All data transmitted to and from Zelavox is encrypted using TLS 1.2 or higher
  • Document content is processed in isolated, encrypted memory environments
  • No document content is written to disk, logged, or backed up at any point
  • Access to Zelavox systems is restricted and access-controlled
  • Audit logs record that a document was processed but do not record the content of that document

Your Responsibilities

HIPAA compliance is a shared responsibility. As a user of Zelavox, you remain responsible for:

  • Ensuring you have authorization to process the PHI you upload
  • Executing a BAA with Zelavox before uploading any PHI
  • Ensuring your own systems and workflows comply with HIPAA requirements
  • Not uploading PHI on the Starter or Professional plans without a BAA in place

Breach Notification

In the unlikely event of a security incident involving PHI, Zelavox will notify affected Covered Entities within the timeframes required by the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule (45 CFR §§ 164.400-414). Given our zero retention architecture, the scope of any potential breach is limited to documents actively being processed at the time of the incident.

7. Third-Party AI Providers

Zelavox uses third-party AI model providers to perform document analysis. When you upload a document, its content is transmitted to our AI provider solely for the purpose of generating your analysis.

Zelavox selects AI providers that:

  • Do not retain submitted data beyond the duration of the API call
  • Do not use submitted data to train their models
  • Offer zero data retention API options for sensitive use cases
  • Are willing to execute BAAs for HIPAA-covered use cases

For users on the Firm plan processing PHI, Zelavox ensures that a BAA is in place with our AI provider before any PHI is transmitted for analysis. The identity of our current AI provider(s) is available upon request by contacting hello@zelavox.io.

Users should be aware that transmission of document content to third-party AI providers is a necessary part of the Service. If you are not comfortable with this, you should not use Zelavox to process confidential or sensitive documents.

8. Accuracy of AI Output

AI-generated analysis may contain errors, miss important clauses, or misinterpret document language. Zelavox makes no warranty, express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy, or fitness for purpose of any output produced by the Service.

You are solely responsible for independently verifying any information produced by the Service before relying on it for any purpose. Zelavox's output should be treated as a starting point for review, not a final determination.

9. Responsibility for AI Output

The output generated by Zelavox is provided solely for informational purposes and is the sole responsibility of the person or entity who receives and acts upon it.

By using the Service, you expressly acknowledge and agree that:

  • All analysis, summaries, red flags, and action items generated by Zelavox are AI-generated and have not been reviewed, verified, or approved by any human professional
  • You are solely responsible for any decision, action, or omission made in reliance on output generated by the Service
  • You are solely responsible for verifying the accuracy, completeness, and suitability of any output before acting on it
  • Zelavox makes no representation that its output is accurate, complete, current, or fit for any particular purpose
  • The output of the Service does not constitute and should not be treated as legal, medical, financial, or professional advice of any kind
  • Zelavox is not responsible for any loss, damage, liability, or harm arising from your reliance on or use of any output generated by the Service
  • Any third party who receives output generated by Zelavox — whether shared by you or otherwise — assumes full responsibility for their own reliance on that output
  • Sharing Zelavox output with third parties does not transfer any liability from you or the third party back to Zelavox

Zelavox's role is limited to transmitting your document to an AI model and returning the resulting analysis to you. What you do with that analysis — and all consequences thereof — are entirely your responsibility.

Plain English: Zelavox analyzes your document and gives you information. What you do with that information is entirely up to you — and entirely your responsibility. Always have a qualified professional verify anything important before you act on it.

10. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the Service to:

  • Upload documents containing information you do not have the right to share
  • Violate any applicable law or regulation
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or misuse the Service
  • Upload content that is unlawful, harmful, or fraudulent

Zelavox reserves the right to suspend or terminate access for users found in violation of these terms.

11. Termination

Zelavox may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including limitations of liability and disclaimers.

12. Changes to Terms

Zelavox reserves the right to update these Terms of Service at any time. Updated terms will be posted at this URL with a revised effective date. Continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

13. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Service or wish to discuss liability matters, please contact us at:

Zelavox
Email: hello@zelavox.io

Zelavox
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