General data protection regulations (GDPR) was implemented in May 2018 and replaces the old Data Protection Act. This form tells you what personal information I hold and why, and what your rights are.
To give professional reflexology treatments, I will need to gather and retain potentially sensitive information about your health. I will only use this information for informing reflexology treatments and associated recommendations concerning aspects of health and well-being which I will offer to you. I take basic contact details and information to allow me to contact you and handle bookings.
As a full member of the Association of Reflexologists (AoR), I abide by the AoR Code of Practice and Ethics. The lawful basis under which I hold and use your information is my requirement to hold your information for the following reasons:
As I hold special category data (health-related information), the Additional Condition under which I hold and use this information is for me to fulfill my role as a health care practitioner bound under the AoR Confidentiality as defined in the AoR Code of Practice and Ethics.
To give professional reflexology treatments, I will need to ask for and keep information about your health. I will only use this information for informing reflexology treatments and any advice I give you as a result of your treatment. The information to be held is:
I will not share your information with anyone else (other than required for legal process) without explaining why it is necessary and getting your explicit consent.
I am committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, I have put in place technical, physical and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure your information.
I will contact you using the contact preferences you give me in relation to:
GDPR gives you the following rights:
To know how your information will be held and used (this notice)
To see your therapist’s record of your personal information so you know what is held and can verify
To ask for information to be corrected if necessary
For you to request your therapist to erase any information they hold about you
You have the right to request limits on how your therapist uses your personal information
Under certain circumstances you can request a copy of personal information held electronically so you can reuse it in other systems
The right to tell your therapist you do not want them to use certain parts of your information, or only use if for certain purposes
To be able to complain to the ICO if you feel your details are not correct, if they are not being used in a way that you have given permission for, or if they are being stored when they do not have to be
Full details of your rights can be found at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights
If you would like to download a PDF copy of the privacy policy please click here