Homewood Chiropractic Privacy Policy
Thank you for taking the time to read our privacy policy.
Within the clinic environment patient privacy and confidentiality is of utmost importance. All of our staff are trained in patient privacy and confidentiality as part of their induction training. Consultation rooms are private and separate private changing rooms are available. Records are kept on paper file and electronically in accordance with the UK’s Data Protection Act. Your personal details are never discussed with or passed on to any third party without your prior permission.
Data Protection
A data protection policy summary will be issues to you as part of your patient admission paperwork and requires your signature:
“
DATA PROTECTION POLICY
Under the Data Protection (1998) Act, we are required to advise our patients on our data protection policy.
As part of the patient record, this clinic is required to retain information for the purpose of consultation for treatment, recording subsequent treatments, and for the use by third party medical practitioners only at the request of the patient in writing.
Upon completion of the Consent Form, all paper files and information therein may be electronically scanned and stored on computer file for as long as the patient remains a patient of the clinic, and thereafter for a period of 7 years. Alternatively, paper records will be retained for the same period. All information provided will be treated as confidential and will not be given to any other persons or organisations without the written consent of the patient concerned.
Information will be held both manually and electronically in files accessible only by staff who are directly involved in the data entry and processing of patient records.
I, the undersigned (or authorised guardian), acknowledge that I have read the data protection policy (above) and do hereby give consent to the practitioner/chiropractor to maintain records for the purposes outlined within the policy.
Patient ……………………………………………….. (Print name)
Patient ……………………………………………….. (Signature)
(for patients under the age of 16 a parent/guardian is required to sign.
“
Website Privacy
If you are browsing our website, we do not capture data that identifies you individually. As with any other web site we keep a record of all requests made and processed to help us maintain our server and web site efficiency and effectiveness. These log records contain no personal data of any kind.
If you choose to make contact with us and provide personally identifiable data, we may keep a record of this information so as to serve you in a most efficient and effective way.
We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to:
* protect and defend our rights and property;
* protect the personal safety or property of others.
How Will This Information Be Used?
The information will be used to allow us to respond to your queries. It will also be used to gather broad demographic information about users of the site. We may use it for marketing purposes, to send you details special offers, promotions and services. We may send you a periodic newsletter. We may use the information to improve our web site, and to customise the web site based on your demographics.
What Communication Can You Expect From Us?
We may use your contact details (email address and/or home address) to send you a periodic newsletter, and information concerning special offers, promotions and services. (see below for opt-out proceedure
Opt-Out Procedure
You may choose to modify or delete your personal information at any time. Additionally, you may choose to opt out of all further mailings. To change or delete your information, send us an email, with subject “Change Info” to this address: admin@homewoodchiropractic.co.uk. To opt out of mailings, send us an email, with subject “Unsubscribe” to this address: admin@homewoodchiropractic.co.uk
Accessing Your Information
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests.) Please address requests to: Homewood Chiropractic, 30 Osborn Road, Fareham, Hampshire, P016 7DS
Our site may contain links to other web sites whose data protection and privacy practices may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these web sites.
We reserve the right to amend the privacy policy from time to time, and amendments will be displayed on this web site with immediate effect.
Facebook Privacy
Facebook has it's own privacy policy. Please click here to view this. You read this before using our Homewood Chiropractic Facebook Page.
It is important when using facebook that you set up your personal privacy settings at a level that you are comfortable with. Please note that this is your own responsibility.
If you become a fan of Homewood Chiropractic's Page your profile photo and first name will be visable to others. Your full profile will remain private if you have set your privacy settings to friends can view/networks can view etc.
Excert from Facebook's Privacy Policy:
Facebook Principles
We built Facebook to make it easy to share information with your friends and people around you. We understand you may not want everyone in the world to have the information you share on Facebook; that is why we give you control of your information. Our default privacy settings limit the information displayed in your profile to your networks and other reasonable community limitations that we tell you about.
Facebook follows two core principles:
1. You should have control over your personal information.
Facebook helps you share information with your friends and people around you. You choose what information you put in your profile, including contact and personal information, pictures, interests and groups you join. And you control the users with whom you share that information through the privacy settings on the Privacy page.2. You should have access to the information others want to share.
There is an increasing amount of information available out there, and you may want to know what relates to you, your friends, and people around you. We want to help you easily get that information.Sharing information should be easy. And we want to provide you with the privacy tools necessary to control how and with whom you share that information. If you have questions or ideas, please check out our privacy help page.
