Privacy principles - scroll down for full privacy policy
My website doesn’t collect personal data beyond cookies
In the absence of your express permission, a court order, or a matter of life and death, I don’t share your sensitive data with anyone except the provider of my practice management software, Practicemaster Ltd, who will only see the data in the event of needing to fix a problem and is covered by their own privacy statement.
Names and contact details may be shared with the staff and owners of Embody Wellness and Monteiro Clinic to facilitate booking of appointments
I use your data under ‘legitimate interests’. That means that the data is used in the ways necessary to run my practice, including:
Making and reminding you about appointments
Maintaining a record of our conversations and your treatment
Informing you of any changes that will affect how you can access treatment
You have the right to request that that I don’t contact you further. Please note that patients withdrawing permission to remind them about appointments may need to pay for appointments when booking.
Your data is not provided to anyone else for commercial purposes
You have the right to be forgotten but if you have been a patient that right can only be exercised 7 years after your last appointment, in order to comply with medical record keeping requirements.
Privacy policy
1. Introduction 1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and patients. 1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and patients; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data. 1.3 We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website. 1.4 In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Damian Moore trading as Vauxhall Village Osteopathy and Oval Osteopathy. For more information about us, see Section 13. 2. Credit 2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com). 3. How we use your personal data 3.1 In this Section 3 we have set out: (a) the general categories of personal data that we may process; (b) the purposes for which we may process personal data; and (c) the legal bases of the processing. 3.2 We may process data about your use of our website ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is Google Analytics. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website. 3.3 We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services ("service data"). The service data may include contact details, medical history and treatment history. The source of the service data is you. The service data may be processed for the purposes of providing our services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the provision of osteopathic care with reference to and production of appropriate medico-legal documents, the administration of appointments and communication of relevant practice information to the patient list. Your health data is (“special category data”) and is more restricted in that it can only be used for the provision of health care and treatment. 3.4 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding our services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is consent. 3.5 We may process information relating to our customer relationships, including customer contact information ("customer relationship data"). The customer relationship data may include your name, your contact details, and information contained in communications between us and you. The source of the customer relationship data is you. The customer relationship data may be processed for the purposes of managing our relationships with customers, communicating with customers, keeping records of those communications and promoting our products and services to customers. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper management of our customer relationships. 3.6 We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our business. 3.7 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletter. The legal basis for this processing is consent. 3.8 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users. 3.9 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others. Note that sensitive data such as medical records will only be used with your consent or under a court order. 3.10 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks. Note that sensitive data such as medical records will only be used with your consent or under a court order. 3.11 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. This may include sensitive data such as medical records without recourse to you or a court order. 3.12 Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so. 4. Providing your personal data to others 4.1 We may disclose your personal data to any staff member within the company insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy. 4.2 We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers] insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. Note that sensitive data such as medical records will only be used with your consent or under a court order. 4.3 We may disclose contact and appointment data to Monteiro Clinic and Embody Wellness identified at www.embodywellness.co.uk and www.monteiroclinic.co.uk insofar as reasonably necessary for booking appointments 4.4 Financial transactions relating to our website and services may be handled by our payment services providers, SumUp and iZettle. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers' privacy policies and practices at www.sumup.co.uk/privacy/ and www.izettle.com/privacypolicy. 4.5 Patient data will be handled by our practice management software provider, Practicemaster Ltd Pty. Practice Master Pty Ltd does not own, control or direct the use of any of the Data stored or processed by us via the Service. Only we are entitled to access, retrieve and direct the use of such Client Data. Practice Master Pty Ltd does not directly access such Client Data except as authorized by us , or as necessary to provide Services to us. You can find information about practicemasters’ privacy policies and practices at http://www.practicemaster.com.au/FreeTrial/PrivacyPolicy 4.5 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. 5. International transfers of your personal data 5.1 In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). 5.2 Google, my email software is hosted in the USA as well as the EU. The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of the USA. Transfers to the USA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission, a copy of which can be obtained from https://admin.google.com/terms/apps/1/5/en/mcc_terms.html 5.4 You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others. 6. Retaining and deleting personal data 6.1 This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data. 6.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. 6.3 We will retain your personal data as follows: (a) Patient data will be retained for a minimum period of 7 years following your last appointment and for a maximum of 7.5 years following you last appointment unless you request it is retained (b) Your phone number and email address can be deleted on request at any time 6.4 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. 7. Amendments 7.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. 7.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy. 7.3 We may notify you of significant changes] to this policy by email. 8. Your rights 8.1 In this Section 8, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights. 8.2 Your principal rights under data protection law are: (a) the right to access; (b) the right to rectification; (c) the right to erasure; (d) the right to restrict processing; (e) the right to object to processing; (f) the right to data portability; (g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and (h) the right to withdraw consent. 8.3 You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and, where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable fee. 8.4 You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed. 8.5 In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data protection law; However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. 8.6 In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data. However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or for reasons of important public interest. 8.7 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. 8.8 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose. 8.9 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest. 8.10 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is: (a) consent; or (b) that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However, this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others. 8.11 If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. 8.12 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal. 8.13 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us. 9. About cookies 9.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. 9.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. 9.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. 10. Cookies that we use 10.1 We use cookies for the following purposes: (a) We don’t currently use cookies for authentication - to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website (b) We don’t currently use cookies for status - to help us to determine if you are logged into our website (c) We don’t currently use cookies for personalisation - to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you (d) We don’t currently use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally (e) We don’t currently use cookies for to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you (f) Analysis - we do use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services (g) Cookie consent - we do use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally 11. Cookies used by our service providers 11.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. 11.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. 12. Managing cookies 12.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links: (a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome); (b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox); (c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera); (d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer); (e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and (f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge). 12.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. 12.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website. 13. Our details 13.1 This website is owned and operated by Damian Moore t/a Vauxhall village Osteopathy and Oval Osteopathy. 13.2 We operate as a sole trader not a registered company 13.3 Our principal places of business are at Vauxhall Village Osteopathy Embody Wellness St George Wharf SW8 2LE And Oval Osteopathy 15 Prima Road SW9 0NA 13.4 You can contact us: (a) by post, to Flat 4, 17 Albert Square, London SW8 1BS; (b) by telephone, on 07316 805 089 (c) by email, at [email protected]
14. Data protection officer 14.1 Our data protection officer's contact details are: Damian Moore contact as above.