Consultation Privacy Policy and Data Retention

This policy is intended for individuals having a reflexology treatment and sets out how I collect, use and protect any personal data that you provide via by telephone, SMS text, whatsapp messages, website form, email and treatment consultation form.

Our contact details:

Therapist’s Name/Identity: Jill Price           

Therapist’s Contact Details: 07909 975429    

Email address: jill@nightingalereflexology.co.uk          

Address: 57 Endlesham Road, SW12 8JY

 Data Controller Contact Details: Jill Price              

                                                                              

The type of personal information we collect 

To give professional reflexology treatments, I will need to ask for and keep information about your health. I will only use this for informing reflexology treatments and any advice I give because of your treatment. The information to be held is:

• Your contact details
• Medical history and other health-related information
• Treatment details and related notes

 How we get the personal information and why we hold it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• For informing reflexology treatments and any advice I give because of your treatment.

We use the information that you have given us to:

• Provide you with the best possible treatment options, support and advice.

 Lawful Basis for holding and using Client Information

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information are:

• Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting jill@nightingalereflexology.co.uk
• We have a legal obligation:
  • ‘Claims occurring’ insurance: (records to be kept for 7 years after last treatment)
  • Law regarding children’s records (records to be kept until the child is 25 or if 17 when treated, then 26)
  • CNHC requirements to retain information for 8 years.  After such time your details will be destroyed.
• We have a legitimate interest:
  • Safeguarding vulnerable individuals (including children and adults at risk)
  • Responding to emergencies that pose a risk to life or health

As I hold special category data (i.e. health related information), the additional condition under which I hold and use this information is: for me to fulfil my role as a health care practitioner bound under the AoR Confidentiality as defined in the AoR Code of Practice and Ethics.

Protecting your Personal Data – How we store your personal information

I am committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place appropriate technical, physical and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect from you. I will contact you using the contact preferences you have given me in relation to:

• Appointment times
• Reflexology information or information related to your health
• Special offers and promotions

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing – You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at jill@nightingalereflexology.co.uk if you wish to make a request.

Therapists’ Rights

If you don’t agree to your therapist keeping records of information about you and your treatments, or if you don’t allow them to use the information in the way they need to for treatments, the therapist may not be able to treat you

Your therapist must keep your records of treatment for a certain period as described above, which may mean that even if you ask them to erase any details about you, they might have to keep these details until after that period has passed

Your therapist can move their records between their computers and IT systems without your permission if your details are protected from being seen by others.

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 How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, please refer to our GDPR Complaints Procedure here.