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Healthy Bump Mobile App

Privacy Policy

Ghana Health Service pregnancy app — how we collect, use, and protect your personal and pregnancy health information.

Effective: 29th October, 2026
Version: 1.0

Published by the Ghana Health Service. Last reviewed: 29th October, 2026.

Healthy Bump is a pregnancy app from the Ghana Health Service (GHS). It helps you follow your pregnancy week by week, record your health readings, keep track of appointments, follow the care plan your health workers set for you, chat with your care team, and read or watch health education material.

To do this, Healthy Bump holds personal and health information about you and your pregnancy. We treat all of it as confidential. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, who can see it, how we protect it, how long we keep it, and the rights you have.

The Ghana Health Service is the data controller for personal information processed through Healthy Bump. This means GHS decides how and why your information is used and is responsible for protecting it. This policy should be read together with the GHS Data Protection Policy.

1. Who This Policy Applies To

  • You, the app user: pregnant women and mothers who register for and use Healthy Bump.
  • People whose details you give us: for example, the emergency contact you add to your profile.

Health workers who see your information through GHS systems are bound by GHS confidentiality rules and their own professional duties of confidentiality.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Account information

When you register, we collect:

  • your first name, last name and any other names
  • your phone number (used to sign in) and a contact phone number
  • your email address
  • your date of birth
  • your password, and an app PIN if you choose to set one

2.2 Profile information

You can add or update the following in your profile:

  • education level, occupation and marital status
  • region, district, town or city, nearest landmark and Ghana Post GPS address
  • the name and phone number of an emergency contact

2.3 Pregnancy and medical record information

  • how many weeks and days pregnant you were when you set up your pregnancy, the start date, your estimated due date and the status of the pregnancy
  • a history of your current and past pregnancies recorded in the app
  • details from your clinic record: your folder number, the number of times you have been pregnant and given birth, and whether your care team has identified your pregnancy as high-risk

2.4 Health readings and check-ins

When you choose to record them:

  • blood pressure and heart rate
  • blood sugar, and whether it was taken before or after a meal
  • weight
  • your baby's movements (kick counts and how long you counted for)
  • symptoms and how severe they are, such as headache, swelling, bleeding, changes in your vision or reduced baby movement
  • answers to health check-in forms and care-plan tasks your care team asks you to complete
  • any notes you add to a reading

2.5 Messages with your care team

When you use teleconsultation, we collect the messages you send and receive, the time each message was sent and read, any files or links shared, the reason for the consultation, and notes your health workers write about the consultation.

2.6 Appointments and reminders

Appointment dates and times, the facility, the type of visit, any notes, and the reminder times for your appointments and care-plan tasks.

2.7 Device and app information

  • A random device ID that the app creates the first time you use it. It is not linked to your phone number, IMEI, SIM card or the phone's serial number. It is sent when you sign in so we can recognise your device.
  • A push notification token and your phone type (Android or iOS), so we can send notifications to your phone. The token is removed from our system when you sign out.
  • The app version you are using.
  • Notification records: which notifications were sent to you and whether you have read them.
  • Sign-in activity and server records: when you sign in and out and, as with most online services, technical records such as the time of a request, the feature used and your device's internet (IP) address. We use these for security and to fix problems.

2.8 What we do not collect

  • We do not use your phone's location. The GPS address in your profile is the Ghana Post digital address that you type in yourself.
  • We do not access your contacts, photos, camera, microphone, call logs or text messages.
  • There is no advertising, advertising ID, third-party analytics or social-media tracking in the app.
  • We do not sell your information or use it for marketing.
  • If you turn on fingerprint or face login, your phone checks it. We never receive your fingerprint or face data.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  1. create and manage your account, sign you in and keep your account secure
  2. show your pregnancy progress, week-by-week information and due date
  3. let your care team follow your health between clinic visits and act on your readings, check-ins and symptoms
  4. deliver your care plan, appointment reminders and care-plan reminders
  5. let you message your care team through teleconsultation
  6. send you notifications in the app and, if you allow them, push notifications on your phone
  7. show you pregnancy and health education articles and videos
  8. maintain, fix and improve the app
  9. produce statistics that help GHS plan maternal health services; these statistics never identify you
  10. meet GHS's legal and public health reporting duties

We do not use your information for any purpose that is not connected to your care, maternal health services or running the app.

Health alerts

The app compares your readings with standard healthy ranges and highlights readings that may need attention, such as high blood pressure or fewer baby movements than expected. These alerts prompt you to seek care. They are not a diagnosis, and decisions about your care are made by health workers.

If you have danger signs such as heavy bleeding, a severe headache, blurred vision, fits, or your baby moving much less than usual, go to the nearest health facility straight away. Do not wait for a reply in the app.

5. Who Can See Your Information

GHS does not sell, rent or trade your information, and does not share it for advertising or commercial purposes. We share it only with:

  • Your care team: health workers at the facility where you are registered, so they can monitor your pregnancy, set your care plan and reply to your messages. Access is limited to the facility responsible for your care.
  • A new facility, if your care moves: if you are transferred to another facility, your records and conversation history move with you, and the previous facility's access to your consultations ends.
  • GHS directorates and the Ministry of Health: only as statistics that do not identify you.
  • Technical service providers: companies that host our servers or deliver notifications for us. They work under written agreements, follow GHS instructions, and may not use your information for their own purposes.
  • Authorities, when the law requires it: for example, a court order.
  • Anyone who needs it to protect life: in an emergency where your life or your baby's life is at risk, for example contacting your emergency contact or a health facility.

We will not share your health information with family members or partners unless you choose to.

If you use the app's share button to send an article or video to someone, for example through WhatsApp, the app you share through handles what you send under its own privacy policy.

5.1 Services the app relies on

  • Google Firebase Cloud Messaging delivers push notifications to your phone. Google receives your phone's notification token, and notifications pass through Google's servers on the way to your phone. Google handles this under its own privacy terms.
  • Hosting and storage providers run the servers that hold app data and store the educational articles, images and videos you view in the app.
  • Google Play and the Apple App Store handle downloading and updating the app under their own privacy policies.

6. How We Protect Your Information

We use technical, physical and administrative safeguards to protect your information from unauthorised access, change, disclosure, loss or misuse.

On our servers. Your information is stored on servers managed by GHS or by authorised hosting providers. Only people who need your information for their work can access it, and access is logged. Where information is stored or processed outside Ghana, including by the notification services above, GHS makes sure it is protected through written agreements that meet sections 18 and 47 of Act 843.

In transit. Information sent between the app and our servers is encrypted.

On your phone. Your sign-in session and app PIN are kept in your phone's secure storage (the Android Keystore or iOS Keychain). Copies of your profile, readings, care plan, messages and educational content are also saved on your phone so the app works without internet. They are sent to our servers when you are back online. Signing out ends your session and stops notifications to that phone. Information already saved on the phone stays there until you uninstall the app. Uninstalling removes it.

7. Keeping Your Account Safe

You can help protect your information:

  • Keep your password and PIN private, and never let anyone else use your account.
  • Use a screen lock (PIN, pattern, fingerprint or face) on your phone.
  • If you share your phone with others, sign out after each use, and uninstall the app before you give the phone away, sell it or have it repaired.
  • Your phone may show notifications on the lock screen. If you do not want others to see them, change your phone's notification settings to hide their content.
  • Tell your emergency contact that you have given us their details.
  • Contact us straight away (section 13) if your phone is lost or stolen, or if you think someone else has used your account.

8. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep your information only as long as it is needed, in line with the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843).

  • Pregnancy, health and teleconsultation records are part of your health record. GHS keeps them under its health records retention schedule. Maternal records are kept longer than many other records because they may be needed for future pregnancies and for your child's care. After that, they are securely archived or destroyed.
  • Account and sign-in records are kept in the active system for up to five (5) years, then securely archived for up to five (5) more years. They are then securely deleted or anonymised.
  • Push notification tokens are deleted when you sign out or when the token expires.
  • Information saved on your phone stays until you uninstall the app. Cached educational content is refreshed at least every seven (7) days.
  • Statistics that do not identify you may be kept for longer.

9. Your Rights

Under the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), you have the right to:

  • Access: ask whether GHS holds information about you and get a copy.
  • Correction: have information that is wrong or incomplete corrected. You can update most profile details yourself under Settings > Edit Profile. For clinic record details, such as your folder number, ask your health facility.
  • Deletion: ask us to delete or block information that is not relevant, is excessive or is held unlawfully. You can do this through Settings > Delete Account or by contacting us. When you delete your account, we close it and stop using your information, except for health records GHS must keep by law, which are kept under section 8.
  • Objection: object to processing that causes, or is likely to cause, you unwarranted harm or distress.
  • Withdrawal of consent: withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect care you have already received or processing the law requires.
  • Complaint: complain to GHS using the contact details in section 13, or to the Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.org.gh).

To make a request, contact us using section 13 or speak to the health facility where you are registered. We may ask you to confirm your identity first. We will respond within the time the law requires.

10. Children and Young Mothers

Healthy Bump is for pregnant women and mothers. It is not designed for use by children under 13.

If you are under 18, we encourage you to use Healthy Bump with the support of a parent, guardian or health worker. A parent or guardian may also help you exercise your rights under section 9.

Information about your unborn baby, such as baby movements and how far along your pregnancy is, forms part of your own health record.

11. Data Breaches

If a security breach affects your information, GHS will act quickly to contain it, notify the Data Protection Commission, and tell you where the breach is likely to cause you harm, as required by section 31 of Act 843.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when the app changes, when our practices change or when the law changes. The current version is published on the GHS website and in the app. We will tell you about important changes through the app or official GHS channels. The effective date at the top of this page shows when the policy last changed.

13. Contact Us

For questions about this policy, to exercise your rights, or to report a concern:

Ghana Health Service

Information Technology Department

  • Postal address: Ghana Health Service, PMB, Ministries, Accra
  • Head Office 1: Pantang, opposite the Medical and Dental Head Office
  • Head Office 2: Dodoo Lane, Osu, Accra (behind the Accra High Court Complex, or opposite Tema Station, Osu)

You can also speak to the health facility where you are registered.