We understand that privacy is foundational to the therapeutic relationship—without trust, the whole therapeutic process falls apart. This article explains what we store, what controls you have over your data, and how your information is protected and accessed.
What data does Tenor store?
Tenor stores information about your recorded sessions in the form of full transcripts and AI-generated analyses of those transcripts. We also store the client information that you provide, though we encourage the use of pseudonyms to add an extra layer of security.
Important: Session audio is permanently and irreversibly deleted immediately after transcription—this information is never retained by our system.
Complete control over your data
We recognize that sessions can sometimes get intense, and clinicians might reconsider whether they're comfortable having even a transcript of an interaction. Ensuring you have peace of mind with complete control over what data lives in Tenor's system—both before and after a session—is important to us.
Four ways to permanently delete data
Deleting transcripts
Navigate to any session summary to delete a transcript at any time
Once deleted, the transcript is permanently gone with no way to retrieve it
Set up automatic transcript deletion for specific clients through their client settings
Deleting sessions
Navigate to any session summary to delete the entire session
This removes all associated data and AI-generated analyses
This action makes it as if the session never happened in our system
Deleting a client
Navigate to client settings to delete a client
This removes all their associated metadata and session data
This action makes it as if the client never existed in our system
Deleting your account
You can irreversibly delete your entire account at any time
This removes all AI summaries, client information, transcripts, and session data
This action is like never having signed up for Tenor
Before taking this step, please consider reaching out to us at support@tenortherapy.com to see if we can address your concerns
Enhanced privacy controls through automatic redaction
In addition to the ability to delete data, Tenor offers nuanced and differentiated ways to add layers of protection and privacy:
HIPAA-compliant PHI redaction
Automatically redact all 18 HIPAA-defined identifiers from transcripts
This includes names, addresses, dates, phone numbers, and other personally identifiable information
Adds an additional layer of privacy protection while maintaining clinical utility
Sensitive topic redaction
Automatically redact sensitive topics from transcripts
Customize redaction for areas like immigration status, explicit content, or abuse discussions
Ensures only essential clinical information is retained in the system
These privacy features can be toggled in your practice "Settings" accessible from the top right dropdown menu.
Security practices and data access
HIPAA compliance & BAA
Tenor is HIPAA compliant and follows all relevant HIPAA regulations and guidelines.
Our standard Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is agreed to as part of our terms of service when you sign up for Tenor.
Secure transmission and storage of data
All data is encrypted both in transit (HTTPS) and at rest (256-bit server disk-level encryption).
All enriched data is stored in encrypted relational databases (Amazon Web Services RDS) and all raw session data (captured audio and text transcriptions) is stored in encrypted blob storage (Amazon Web Services S3).
All data is stored in encrypted databases and data storage repositories located in the United States.
Infrastructure access
Access to AWS infrastructure is limited to members of technical staff who require it for their job function.
All technical staff are required to use multi-factor authentication when accessing any systems that contain sensitive information.
Direct access to the relational databases requires approved access to our Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)—a logically isolated, secure section of AWS where all sensitive systems reside. Only authorized staff, who have completed multi-factor authentication, can access protected resources within the VPC. This ensures that only authenticated users can reach sensitive infrastructure, adding an extra layer of security beyond standard login credentials.
Access to administrative tools (e.g. internal reporting) is limited to members of staff who require it for their job function.
Authentication & session security
Tenor provides two-factor authentication to all users to substantially decrease the risk of any compromised passwords being used to access to their account.
Tenor automatically logs out users after thirty minutes of inactivity, reducing the risk that idle computers can be used to gain access to sensitive information.
Services we use
For Tenor to function effectively, we work with trusted partners to perform AI analyses and transcription. Tenor has Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) in place with all partners who handle sensitive data to ensure HIPAA compliance and maximum data security.
OpenAI
Used to analyze session transcripts and create progress notes or session summaries
OpenAI confirms they do not train their models using data received from integration partners: "OpenAI does not use data submitted to and generated by our API to train OpenAI models or improve OpenAI's service offering."
Anthropic
Used to analyze session transcripts and create progress notes or session summaries
We have a “Zero Retention” agreement with Anthropic, where “Anthropic does not log or store prompts or completions."
Deepgram
Used to create session transcripts from audio recordings
Deepgram does not store or use data for future model training unless enrolled in their Model Improvement Partnership Program
We have explicitly ensured we are NOT enrolled in this program to keep your data as tightly controlled as possible
Datadog
Used for logging and monitoring
Questions about your data?
If you have any questions or concerns about how your data is handled, please contact us at support@tenortherapy.com.