Trust & security

How we look after your patients’ data.

ivory handles patient calls, bookings and payments for UK healthcare clinics. Procurement, IG and DPO teams: this page is for you.

Identity

ivory is operated by Dentree Ltd, registered in England & Wales. Registered office: London, UK.

ICO registration number: ZB123456 (placeholder — current entry on the ICO public register at ico.org.uk).

Company number: 11234567 (placeholder — verify on Companies House).

Data residency & encryption

All patient data is processed in the UK and EEA. Primary storage region: London (UK), with read-replica in Frankfurt (EEA).

  • Encrypted in transit using TLS 1.3.
  • Encrypted at rest using AES-256.
  • Per-tenant logical isolation. Row-level security on every patient-data table.
  • Backups encrypted, 35-day rolling retention, restorable to any point in the previous seven days.

Data Processing Agreement

We sign DPAs with every customer. Download our standard template, or send us yours and we’ll counter-sign.

Records of Processing Activities (ROPA)

Our Article 30 ROPA, listing every processing activity, lawful basis and retention period, is published for procurement review.

Sub-processors

The third parties we share patient data with, what they do, where they sit, and a link to their DPA. We notify customers of new sub-processors at least 30 days before they go live.

Sub-processorPurposeLocationDPA
Vercel Inc Cloud hosting (marketing site, app) USA · SCCs in place DPA
Supabase Inc Database, authentication, file storage EU (Frankfurt) · UK DPA
Vapi Inc Voice agent infrastructure USA · SCCs in place DPA
Twilio Inc Telephony (inbound/outbound calls, SMS) UK · USA DPA
SendGrid (Twilio) Transactional email delivery USA · SCCs in place DPA
Stripe Payments UK Ltd Card payments, deposits UK DPA
Cal.com Sales scheduling (Dentree, not patient data) EU DPA

Certifications

We’re early stage and choose to publish a roadmap rather than make claims we can’t back up.

ISO 27001

In progress Target Q4 2026.

SOC 2 Type II

In progress Target Q1 2027.

Cyber Essentials Plus

Held Renewed annually.

NHS DSPT

In progress Target Q3 2026.

Incident response

We publish all incidents at status.useivory.ai. Critical incidents that affect a customer’s data or service are notified by email to all affected practices within one hour, with a written post-incident review delivered within five working days.

Subject access requests & GDPR rights

Patients and practices can exercise their GDPR rights — access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection — by emailing our DPO at dpo@useivory.ai. We acknowledge within two working days and respond within thirty days.

Practice admins can also export and delete patient records directly from the ivory dashboard.

Procurement questions?

Email dpo@useivory.ai or book a call. We answer infosec questionnaires in days, not weeks.