Privacy Policy

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATON – GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

As you may or may not be aware, tighter regulations are being brought in on May 25th 2018 with regards to Data Protection. Our Privacy Policy tells you what personal information we hold and why, and what your rights are.

Please take time to read the information below on how we will use the personal data that you provide to us. 

The Purpose of processing Client Data

We may also need to pass on your information from time to time, but this would only be to other medical professionals. In order for treatments to be carried out we need to gather and retain personal information from patients.  We will only use this information in relation to your treatment and will only share it with other health professionals.

Information that we need to hold

In order to give a Physiotherapy treatment we will need to ask and keep information about your health.  The information we will need to ask is as follows:-

Contact Details
Medical History and other health-related information
Treatment details and related notes 

We take your personal data which includes Name, Address, DOB, contact Number and GP as we need this information to place on your Physiotherapy records where we also record your treatment sessions.  

This information we keep for 8 years as this is a requirement by law. After 8 years all personal data kept will be destroyed.

All data is kept in locked cabinets and anything kept on the computer is password protected.

Cookies on this web site

By using this web site you are giving your consent to the use of cookies created by this web site.

Further information is provided below.

What are cookies ?

Taken from www.allaboutcookies.org

Also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, cookies are small, often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their web sites efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing/enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain web sites.

Cookies are created when a user's browser loads a particular web site. The web site sends information to the browser which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same web site, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the web site's server. Computer Cookies are created not just by the web site the user is browsing but also by other web sites that run ads, widgets, or other elements on the page being loaded. These cookies regulate how the ads appear or how the widgets and other elements function on the page.

What cookies do we use ?

We use the following performance and essential based cookies on our web site for analytical purposes.:

ASP.NET_SessionId

This is an essential session cookie required to display certain sections of our web site including viewing and booking activities. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.

Google Analytics
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Google Analytics give us statistical information about visits to our web site. We use this information to make improvements to our web site by analysing this information. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
Further information can be found by clicking here

Social network

Our web site may integrate with Facebook and other Social media platforms. We have no control over what cookies these web sites set so it is advised to look at their individual privacy policies for further information.

Cookie management

Cookies can be enabled or disabled in your web browser. For further details please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or the help menu in your browser.

Further reading

Some useful information can be found on the following web sites:
www.allaboutcookies.org
ico.org.uk
www.youronlinechoices.eu