Professional Use Guidelines

Different professional environments have unique privacy and security requirements. This guide helps you understand how to use Hedy appropriately in your specific context.

General Professional Guidelines

Before using Hedy in any professional context:

Understand your industry’s privacy requirements
Obtain appropriate consent for recording
Configure privacy settings appropriately
Review sharing and retention policies

Healthcare Settings

While Hedy’s architecture aligns with HIPAA requirements, HIPAA certification and Business Associate Agreements are expected in Q2 2026. Until then, we recommend:

Using Hedy primarily for note-taking and basic analysis
Enabling local-only storage for sensitive patient information
Reviewing your organization’s compliance requirements

For current compliance status, visit our Trust Center at trust.hedy.ai.

Best Practices for Healthcare:

Select local storage only for patient information
Manually review all AI-generated content
Disable automatic cloud sync
Disable automatic email recaps
Regularly delete unnecessary data

Future Plans:

Full HIPAA compliance
Healthcare-specific features
Custom compliance settings
Medical terminology optimization

Journalism

Best Practices:

Select local-only storage for sensitive sources
Regularly review and clean stored data
Disable automatic recap emails

Legal Professionals

Recommended Settings:

Select local-only storage for confidential conversations
Use matter-specific session contexts
Enforce appropriate retention periods by regularly deleting past sessions

Regulated Industries & Enterprise

Organizations with formal compliance requirements can access comprehensive documentation through our Trust Center:

GDPR: Full compliance documentation available now (DPA, SCCs, TIA, TOMs)
SOC 2 Type II: Certification expected Q2 2026
HIPAA: Certification expected Q2 2026

Access the Trust Center at trust.hedy.ai or through App Settings in the Hedy app.

Recording Consent Requirements:

Understand local recording laws

Obtain and document consent

Display recording notifications

Maintain consent records

Respect withdrawal of consent

Getting Help

For specific guidance about using Hedy in your professional context:

Contact our support team
Review our compliance documentation
Access training resources
Join our professional Slack community