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Privacy notice

(Why we collect your personal data and what we do with it)

When you supply your personal details to this practice they are stored and processed for 4 reasons (the bits in bold are the relevant terms used in the Data protection Act 2018, which includes the General Data Protection Regulation – ie the law):

We need to collect personal information about your health in order to provide you with the best possible treatment. Your requesting treatment and our agreement to provide that care constitutes a contract.  You can of course, refuse to provide the information, but if you were to do that we would not be able to provide treatment.

We have a ‘Legitimate Interest’ in collecting that information, because without it we couldn’t do our job effectively and safely.

We also think that it is important that we can contact you in order to confirm your appointments with us or to update you on matters related to your medical care. This again constitutes ‘Legitimate Interest’, but this time it is your legitimate interest.

Provided we have your consent, we may occasionally send you general health information in the form of articles, advice or newsletters. You may withdraw this consent at any time – just let us know by any convenient method.

We have a legal obligation to retain your records for 8 years after your most recent appointment (or age 25, if this is longer), but after this period you can ask us to delete your records if you wish.

Your records are stored:

on paper,  in locked filing cabinets and the offices are always locked and alarmed out of working hours.

electronically (“in the cloud”).   This provider has given us their assurances that they are fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations.   Access to this data is password protected and the passwords are changed regularly.

on our office computers.  These are password protected, backed up regularly and the office(s) are locked and alarmed out of working hours.

We will never share your data with anyone who does not need access without your written consent.  Only the following people/agencies will have routine access to your data:

  • Your practitioner(s) in order that they can provide you with treatment
  • Our reception team, because they organize our practitioner’s diaries, they maintain and organize the practice filing system and they coordinate appointments and reminders.
  • Other administrative staff, such as our bookkeeper. However these administrative staff will not have access to your medical notes, just your essential contact details.
  • We also use Moosend and Mailchimp to coordinate our messages, so your name and address may be saved on their servers
  • Your details may be released to NHS Test and Trace for contact tracing if necessary.

From time to time, we may have to employ consultants to perform tasks which might give them access to your personal data (but not your medical notes).  We will ensure that they are fully aware that they must treat that information as confidential and we will ensure that they sign a non-disclosure agreement.

If Wokingham Chiropractic Centre is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on the Website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.

You have the right to see what personal data of yours we hold and you can also ask us to correct any factual errors.  Provided the legal minimum period has elapsed, you can also ask us to erase your records.

We want you to be absolutely confident that we are treating your personal data responsibly and that we are doing everything we can to make sure that the only people who can access that data have a genuine need to do so.

Of course, if you feel that we are mishandling your personal data in some way, you have the right to complain.  Complaints need to be sent to what is referred to in the jargon as the “Data Controller”.  Here are the details you need for that:

Data Controllers      :  Andrea Wynnick / Henry Butterfield

Email                       :  [email protected]

Telephone               :  0118 978 7466

Address                   :  29 Denton Road   Wokingham   RG40 2DX