Privacy Policy

MOONCRAFTING - PRIVACY & CONSENT NOTICE  YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION - GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)  

GDPR  brought in new legal protection for personal information from May 2018. This tells you what personal information I gather via my website, why and what your rights are.   

Therapist’s Name/Identity: Heather Presland.  

Therapist’s Contact Details:  Telephone No: 07377 537070.  Email address: mooncrafting@outlook.com.  

Address: Naphill, Bucks.  

Data Controller Contact Details: Heather Presland.  

Data Protection Officer: Heather Presland.  

The purpose of processing Client Data:  In order to give professional treatments, I need to gather and retain potentially sensitive information about your health.  I only use this information for informing treatments and associated recommendations concerning aspects of health and wellbeing which I will offer to you. Basic contact details and information may be gathered by my website to allow me to contact you and handle bookings.   

Lawful Basis for Holding and using Client Information:  The lawful basis under which I hold and use your information is my legitimate interests i.e. my requirement to retain the information in order to provide you with the best possible treatment options and advice.  As I hold special category data (i.e. health related information), the Additional Condition under which I hold and use this information is: for me to fulfil my role as a health care practitioner.  For more information see https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-1-0.pdf.  

What information I hold and what I do with it:   In order to give professional treatments, I will need to ask for and keep information about your health. I will only use this for informing treatments and any advice I give as a result of your treatment. 

The information to be held is:  

• Your contact details

 • Medical history and other health-related information (which I will take from you before or at first consultation) 

• Treatment details and related notes (which I will occasionally take after each consultation).  I will NOT share your information with anyone else (other than within my own practice, or as required for legal process) without explaining why it is necessary and getting your explicit consent.  

How Long I Retain Your Information for -  I will keep your information for the following periods:  

a. ‘claims occurring’ insurance: (records to be kept for 7 years after last treatment) 

b. law regarding children’s records (records to be kept until the child is 25 or if 17 when treated, then 26) 

c. CNHC requirements to retain information for 8 years   Your data will not be transferred without your consent.    

Protecting Your Personal Data:  I am committed to ensuring that your personal data is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place appropriate technical, physical and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information I collect from you.  I will contact you using the contact preferences you give me in relation to:  

 •Appointment time

 •Treatment information or information related to your health Information about events and products.   Your Rights:  GDPR gives you the following rights:  

• The right to be informed:  To know how your information will be held and used (this notice). 

• The right of access:  To see my records of your personal information, so you know what is held about you and can verify it. 

• The right to rectification:  To tell me to make changes to your personal information if it is incorrect or incomplete. 

• The right to erasure (also called “the right to be forgotten”):  For you to request I erase any information I hold about you 

•The right to restrict processing of personal data: You have the right to request limits on how I use your personal information 

• The right to data portability: under certain circumstances you can request a copy of personal information held electronically so you can reuse it in other systems.  

• The right to object: To be able to tell me you don’t want me to use certain parts of your information, or only to use it for certain purposes. 

• Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling.

 •The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office:  To be able to complaint 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 don’t 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 wish to exercise any of these rights, please use the contact details given above.  

If you are dissatisfied with the response you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office; their contact details are at:  www.ico.org.uk  

THERAPIST’S RIGHTS  

Please note:  if you don’t agree to me keeping records of information about you and your treatments, or if you don’t allow me to use the information in the way I need to for treatments, I may not be able to treat you.  

I have to keep your records of treatment for a certain period  as described above, which may mean that even if you ask them to erase any details about you, they might have to keep these details until after that period has passed. 

I can move your records between my computers and IT systems, as long as your details are protected from being seen by others without your permission.