This privacy statement outlines the terms and procedures I use for collecting, storing and using the personal data you share with me. I do so in accordance with EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR, May 2018), and am registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). 


Every organisation or sole trader who processes personal information needs to pay a data protection fee to the ICO.

The data collected is used to enable effective communication during the therapeutic process. I will only collect, store and use that information which is strictly relevant to the therapeutic process, safely and ethically. 

I will also provide you with a Privacy and Ethics Statement which is included in our Therapeutic Working Agreement. This is a simple document we both agree to and sign in our first session, should we decide to work together, which contains further information on how I store your data and how I work with confidentiality and ethics.

I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. 

Should I ask you to provide certain information by which you could be identified when using my services, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with my Privacy Policy.

I may change this Policy from time to time. If I change the measures that I am taking to protect your privacy, I will inform you of any changes. This Policy is effective from 30th September 2020.

By visiting and continuing to use my site, you are agreeing to my use of cookies described below.

Information I may collect
You may give me personal information such as name, address and telephone number by filling in forms on my site or by communicating with me by telephone or email etc. I may receive information about you from other sources, such as Google Analytics.

This just helps me track visits to my site so I can make my services as widely available as possible.

With regard to each of your visits to my site, my website may automatically collect the following information (which is pretty standard for most websites):

Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser, and time zone setting.


Information about your visit, including the Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from my site.


Cookies
My site uses cookies to distinguish you from other visitors to my site. 


What’s a cookie? 


I use the following cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that are required for the operation of my site

Analytical/performance cookies allow me to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around my site when they are using it. This helps to improve the way my site works, for example by ensuring that people can easily find what they are looking for


Functionality cookies are used to recognise you when you return to my site. This enables content to be personalised for you and to remember your preferences


Google Analytics Cookies

I use a programme called Google Analytics.

This tells me how many people visit my site, which pages are most popular, how long people spend in each area and what information people are searching for. 

All this insight helps me to understand how I can improve my services for people like you.

If you don’t want me to use cookies in your web browser, you can remove them from your computer or change your browser settings. 

Some of my cookies are essential for my site to work properly.

Information about how to control cookies

Disclosure of your information
All my contact with you and information gathered from us working together is confidential except when I may have a legal obligation to share, such as if you intend to harm yourself or others or disclose information relating to terrorism, money laundering and drug trafficking.

Storing your personal data


Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is never 100% completely secure but I can ensure you I will do my best to protect your personal data. 



I cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to my site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once I have received your information, I will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Access to information
You can request access to the personal information that I hold about you. I will provide this except in the limited circumstances in which I am permitted not to. I will respond to any such request made by you within one month of the request being made.

You may request amendments to the personal information I hold about you that is inaccurate or out-of-date. If you request that I delete your personal information, I will take all reasonable steps to do so unless I need to keep it for legal, auditing or internal business purposes.




Contact
Complaints, questions, comments and access requests are to be addressed to:
Daniel Sutton-Johanson (Data Controller) 
NUMBER: Tier 1
Email: danielsjtherapy@gmail.com
Data Protection Registration Reference: ZA790420 

If you are not happy with the way I use your data, you can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office at: www.ico.org.uk or telephone them on: 0303 123 1113.