Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice is designed to provide you with information about how I handle your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") 25 May 2018. I am also under duties of confidentiality to you and will keep your data confidential and will use your data to provide you with therapeutic services and not in a way that would be outside your reasonable expectations.
What I need, why I need it and how long I will keep it for
I am a controller of your data and will create and store information relating to your name, contact details, attendance and payment. I need this information for the following reasons:
I also hold your GP details and emergency contact details in paper format in a locked cabinet. I only use these in the case of an emergency where I am concerned you might be a danger to yourself or someone else. In these circumstances, I would contact your emergency contact and/or your GP as I consider appropriate.
Purpose and legal basis
I process your personal information for the purposes set out in this privacy notice. My legal reason for processing your data will depend on the category of data, as set out below.
Purpose
Legal ground for processing personal data
Legal Ground for processing special category data
Purpose
Legal ground for processing personal data
Legal Ground for processing special category data
Purpose
Legal ground for processing personal data
Purpose
Legal ground for processing personal data
Legal Ground for processing special category data
Retention, storage and security
I will not hold your information in electronic form except for any emails you send me. Your data will be securely destroyed after 7 years. Information stored for the purposes of tax records is pseudonymised, which means that a code will be generated and used instead of your name.
Third Parties
Apart from in limited circumstances where I may contact your emergency contact or GP as set out above, or otherwise where I am permitted to transfer it by law, I will not transfer your personal information to any other third party.
Your rights
For further information on your rights, please visit the information commissioner's website at www.ico.gov.uk.