Privacy Policy

Statement of Intent
This policy sets out how Precious minds wellness uses and protects the information that you provide when you use the services and website.

Precious minds intention to ensure that any data you provide is managed respectfully, kept securely and only for the purposes for which it has been provided.

This policy will be updated from time to time in line with relevant legislation.

When you contact Precious minds wellness the following will be collected:
Name:
Email Address:
Telephone Number:

Along with a brief explanation of what you require from the therapy.

What is done with this information
Precious minds wellness will use this information in order to contact you about appointments and to help you to achieve your goals in therapy.

During your Initial Consultation we will ask for
I will already have your name, telephone and email contact details so that you can be contacted during the time we are working together.   You will also be asked questions about your occupation/education, health, pastimes and what you wish to be achieved.  These questions help to get to know you better and formulate the therapy sessions.

Under the General Data Protection Regulations which are effective from 25th May 2018 you have the following rights:

The GDPR includes the following rights for individuals:

  • the right to be informed (which is why this policy has been produced).

  • the right of access (if you wish to see your file then please make a request in writing to Sarah Ware, the Data Processor. You will be provided with the information within 30 days of your request).

  • the right to rectification (this is your right to request changes to any information held that is factually inaccurate. If you believe any of the information held about you is incorrect then please contact Precious minds as soon as possible and the changes will be made appropriately.

  • the right to erasure (given the nature of the work, it is essential that your details are held for a period of 7 years, after this your information will be securely destroyed.)

  • the right to restrict processing (information is only used for the purposes stated: most standards of confidentiality applied in professional contexts are based upon the Common Law concept of confidentiality where the duty to keep confidence is measured against the concept of “greater good”.

  • the right to data portability: your information will not be shared, other than in the situations described above, without your specific consent.

  • the right to object (you will not be contacted for marketing purposes unless you have given us specific agreement to do so)

  • the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling (your information will not be used for profiling purposes).

Cookies
Cookies are small files which ask permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive so that we can analyse web traffic to our site. Through this we can see which of our website’s pages are being viewed and are of interest. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can modify your setting to decline them if you prefer.  If you choose to do this you may find you cannot make full use of our website.