Talkspace, Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) is a publicly traded online-therapy platform, the successor to Groop Internet Platform, Inc. (d/b/a Talkspace), which went public via SPAC merger with Hudson Executive Investment Corp. Its consumer Privacy Policy (last updated July 17, 2025) collects broad registration data at intake -- including a free-text field on why a user is seeking therapy -- and separately discloses 'Persistent Identifiers' gathered via cookies, pixels, Google Analytics, and Google Ads to advertising and analytics partners, while stating this pre-patient tracking is curtailed once someone becomes a patient and that Talkspace 'does not sell client information to third parties.' A separate HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices commits to not selling PHI without authorization. Apple's App Store privacy label, filed under the seller name Groop Internet Platform inc., declares only Purchases and Identifiers as data linked to identity, with no 'Data Used to Track You' category. Talkspace's FY2025 10-K states there were no material legal proceedings, claims, or litigation as of December 31, 2025; a widely reported 2020 New York Times story alleging Talkspace mined therapy-session transcripts for marketing purposes could not be independently verified here (the article is blocked to automated fetches and its Wayback snapshot failed), so it is noted but not scored as a confirmed incident.
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Apple's App Store product page for Talkspace, filed under seller 'Groop Internet Platform inc.', self-declares in its privacy label that only Purchases and Identifiers are collected and linked to the user's identity, narrower than the multi-category health/financial/sensitive-info labels seen on some telehealth peers.
Talkspace's Privacy Policy (last updated July 17, 2025) lists the 'Registration' category of its Personal Data Processing chart as data provided at account creation, therapist matching, or patient registration, including name, address, date of birth, phone number, gender and preferred therapist gender, relationship status, employer, payment and insurance information, referral source, and a field on why the user is accessing the service and what they hope to get from therapy.
Talkspace, Inc.'s FY2025 Form 10-K (filed with the SEC, CIK 0001803901) states its common stock and warrants trade on Nasdaq under the symbols TALK and TALKW, and its exhibit index identifies the company's predecessor as Groop Internet Platform, Inc. (d/b/a Talkspace), which merged with the SPAC Hudson Executive Investment Corp. to form the current public entity -- the same 'Groop Internet Platform inc.' name listed as the App Store seller.
Talkspace's HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices for Members (effective March 19, 2025) lists among Talkspace's legal responsibilities the duty to not sell a member's medical information without their authorization.
Talkspace's Privacy Policy discloses that Persistent Identifiers data may be shared with business partners and third parties -- including data analytics providers, advertising technology vendors, third-party advertising networks, and social media platforms -- for personalized advertising, marketing, and analytics purposes, while separately stating elsewhere in the same policy that 'Talkspace does not sell client information to third parties.'
Talkspace's FY2025 10-K states that as of December 31, 2025 there were no material legal proceedings, claims, or litigation against the company, while noting it may in the future be involved in legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. No FTC, state AG, or other regulator action against Talkspace, Inc. was found; a 2020 New York Times report alleging Talkspace shared therapy-session data for marketing could not be verified against a primary source (nytimes.com returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, and its Wayback Machine snapshot failed to load).
Talkspace's Privacy Policy states that Persistent Identifiers -- IP address, device ID, browser type, ISP, referrer URL, geolocation, and similar data -- are collected automatically via cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies including Google Analytics and Google Ads, but adds that once a person becomes a patient, use of these technologies is limited so patient information is not monitored or used for other purposes without consent.