Privacy Policy
Generated privacy notice - health and social care
CJB Counselling customer privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contact details
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information for safeguarding or public protection reasons:
- Name, address and contact details
- Health information (including medical conditions, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)
- Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, dietary requirements and general care provisions)
- Relevant information from previous investigations
- Test results (including psychological evaluations, scans, bloods, x-rays, tissue tests and genetic tests)
We also collect the following special category information for safeguarding or public protection reasons. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
- Health information
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
- Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
- Safeguarding information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for safeguarding or public protection reasons are:
- Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
How long we keep information
I keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected. Enquiries that do not lead to ongoing work are kept for up to 6 months and then deleted if you become a client, I keep your records for 7 years after our work together ends, in line with professional and insurance requirements. Financial records (such as invoices) are kept for 6 years to comply with legal and tax obligations. All information is stored securely and disposed of safely when no longer required.
Who we share information with
Data processors
Webflow-website hosting and form data processing (USA)
This data processor does the following activities for us: I use a small number of trusted service providers to support the running of my practice. This includes services for e mail communication and website hosting, which enable me to respond to enquires and manage contact through my website. Client notes and records and kept securely in a locked cabinet and are not stored digitally. I take care to ensure that any personal information is handled safely and in line with data protection requirements.
Others we share personal information with
- Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
- Professional advisors
- Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
Duty of confidentiality
We are subject to a common law duty of confidentiality. However, there are circumstances where we will share relevant health and care information. These are where:
- you’ve provided us with your consent (we have taken it as implied to provide you with care, or you have given it explicitly for other uses);
- we have a legal requirement (including court orders) to collect, share or use the data;
- on a case-by-case basis, the public interest to collect, share and use the data overrides the public interest served by protecting the duty of confidentiality (for example sharing information with the police to support the detection or prevention of serious crime);
- If in England or Wales – the requirements of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 are satisfied; or
- If in Scotland – we have the authority to share provided by the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care or other similar governance and scrutiny process.
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we will transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Webflow
Category of recipient: website hosting and form processing provider
Country the personal information is sent to: USA
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
Where necessary, our data processors may share personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, they comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Weflow
Category of recipient: Website hosting and form processing provider
Country the personal information is sent to: USA
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint