Your Personal Information – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
GDPR (implemented by DPA2018 in the UK) brought in new legal protection for personal information from May 2018. This tells you what personal information I hold and why, and what your rights are. Once you have read it please complete and sign the declaration/statement of consent at the bottom.
Therapist’s Name and Data Controller: Barbie White MAR APNT BCMA MrSS
Tel: 07899 998390
Email Add: info@barefoot-therapies.com
The Purpose of Processing Client Data
In order to give professional treatments, I will need to gather and retain potentially sensitive information about your health. I will only use this information for informing treatments and associated recommendations concerning aspects of health and wellbeing which I will offer to you. I take basic contact details and information via my website to allow me to contact you and handle bookings.
Lawful Basis for holding and using Client information
As a full member of the Association of Reflexologists, and APNT BCMA MrSS I abide by the Code of Practice and Ethics. The lawful basis under which I hold and use your information.
a) my legitimate interests ie my requirement to retain the information in order to provide you with the best possible treatment options and advice
As I hold special category data (ie health related information) the Additional Conditino under which I hold and use this information is: for me to fulfil my role as a health care practitioner bound under the AoR APNT BCMA MrSS Confidentiality as defined in the AoR APNT BCMA MrSS Code of Practice and Ethics
What information I hold and what I do with it
In order to give professional treatments, I will need to ask for and keep information about your health. I will only use this informatino for informing treatments and any advice I give as a result of your treatment. The information to be held is:
– Your contact details
– Medical history and other health related information (which I will from you at first consultation)
I will NOT share your information with anyone else (other than within my own practice, or as required for legal process) without explaining why it is necessary, and getting your explicit consent.
How long I retain your information for
I will keep your information for the following periods 7 years and chilld until age 26
Protecting Your Personal Data
I am committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclose, 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 give me in relation to:
– Appointment times
– Treatment information or information related to your health
– Special offers and promotions (you may unsubscribe from this at any time)
Your Rights
GDPR gives you the following rights:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please use the contact details given above.
If you are dissatisfied with the response you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office; their contact details are at www.ico.org.uk
Therapists Rights
Please note
– 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 has to keep 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 computers and IT systems, as long as your details are protected from being seen by others without your permission.
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The copying, modification, distribution, reproduction or incorporation into any other work of part or all of the material available on this website in any form is prohibited, save that you may;
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