Privacy Notice & Data Protection

Cara Hitchcock Counselling
Privacy Notice & Data Protection


I am registered with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) Registration number: ZA332679.

Counselling is a confidential and safe space just for you and your privacy and data is also confidential and protected; there are some legal and ethical limits to confidentiality which we can talk about when we meet or if you prefer by telephone prior to our meeting.

Any contact information you provide when contacting me (including the contact form on this site) is not used for any marketing purposes or provided to any third party for use.  It is solely used to contact you upon request, make appointments, arrange payment or any follow up information.

Please talk to me about any concerns you may have with regard to the privacy of your information including your personal data right's to access, rectification, erasure, process restriction, data portability and the right to object.

Your Privacy 

This privacy policy sets out how I use and protect any information you give to me when you use this website and I am committed to ensuring your privacy and data is protected and that personal data will be processed lawfully. If you decide to contact me via this website you can be assured it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement alternatively you can contact me direct by using carahitchcock1@gmail.com.

Data collected from this website which I keep for the period of time we work together includes:

Name:
Email address and telephone number: - I use this as a way of contacting you regarding your enquiry and making any arrangements.
Message: - If you prefer not to pass on detailed personal information via this website you can either email me directly or call me.

This data is stored in accordance with the GDPR.

By completing the 'Contact Me' section of this website you are providing your explicit consent for me to use your data to contact you. 

I have appointed a Clinical Executor in the unfortunate event that I am unable to continue my practice and they will get in touch with you direct.

Security

I am committed to ensuring that your information is secure.  In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information I collect online.  Your contact details will be deleted from my electronic records either (upon request) immediately after our last session together, post 6 months from our last session or an agreed time limit.

This site does not use cookies.

Links to other websites

My website may contain links to other websites of interest.  However, once you have used these links to leave my site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website.  Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Statement.  You should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Statement applicable to the website in question.

If you are not happy with the way I use your data you can make a complaint to ICO at www.ico.org.uk

Last update 05.05.2018







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