GDPR Compliance 2018

PRIVACY NOTICE (Data Processing) How your personal data is processed and who processes it Peter Farthing, offering services through peterfarthing.co.uk, complies with his obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by keeping personal data up to date; by storing (and destroying it) securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data. Peter Farthing uses your personal data for the following purposes To deliver the services that clients have requested; To contact those clients as necessary in accordance with the services they have requested; To contact clients via surveys to ascertain their opinions on the service they received from him; To maintain accounts and records. N.B. In the event that recorded data is utilised for research purposes, Peter Farthing's own supervision or for the instruction or tuition of students, all such data will be sufficiently anonymised to the extent that individual clients cannot be identified. Should a client indicate that their data should not be used for these purposes, then their data will not be used. Individual client data will never be passed to a third party without the express consent of the respective client, always provided that such confidentiality is neither inconsistent with the therapist’s own safety or that of the client, the client’s family members or other members of the public, nor in contravention of any legal action or legal requirement. In accordance with the need to maintain the possibility of access to client data as a result of returning clients or those who may wish to lodge a complaint in respect of the professional services to either our professional body or insurers (i.e. in all cases perhaps after a long period of time has elapsed),client data is retained for a minimum period of 7 years. For clients under the age of 18, data will be retained until their 25 th birthday. Lawful Basis for processing client personal data The client has given clear consent for Peter Farthing to process their personal data for a specific purpose. Further, the processing is necessary for both the client’s and Peter Farthing's own legitimate interests. Your rights and your personal data Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: The right to request a copy of your personal data which Peter Farthing holds about you; The right to request that Peter Farthing corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date; The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for Peter Farthing to retain such data; The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time; The right to request that the data controller provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), (where applicable) [N.B. This only applies where the processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with the data subject and in either case the data controller processes the data by automated means]. The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing; The right to object to the processing of personal data, (where applicable) [N.B. This only applies where processing is based on legitimate interests (or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing and processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics] The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office. (See below). Complaints Notice The client has the right to complain to the Independent Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if they think there is a problem with the handling of their data (see https://ico.org.uk/concerns/handling/ ).