Helen Braithwaite trading as Your Path
I am committed to protecting your identity and the information you share with me. The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain why I collect personal information about you and how it is used. The information I collect, hold and process
All other information you give to me including initial assessment, notes and e-mail content ( e-mails will be downloaded to paper copy) will be anonymised to protect your identity
You may give me this information during the initial assessment and all counselling sessions or by corresponding with me by email or text.
I collect information in order to:
I may share your personal information (including storage and transfer of data) within:
I will not share your information for marketing purposes.
If agreed by you, I may correspond by means of email/phone and we may conduct sessions via internet video or voice calls including Skype. We each agree to accept the risks of using email and Skype, including but not limited to the risks of viruses, interception and unauthorised access.
The personal information you provide to me is stored securely.
I will only keep your personal information for as long as I need to in order to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and for so long afterwards as I consider I may be required to deal with any questions I may receive, unless I elect to retain your personal information for a longer period to comply with my legal obligations.
Please note: where I no longer need your personal information, I will dispose of it in a secure manner (without further notice to you).
The data that I collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the EEA. It may also be processed by my service providers operating outside the EEA. I take steps to ensure that in the event that your information is transferred outside of the EEA by my service providers, appropriate measures and controls are in place to protect that information in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations.
You have the following rights:
If you ask for your information to be erased or restricted, this may affect my ability to provide counselling services.
You can always contact me if you wish to exercise any of your rights, and data protection law also gives you the right to complain, with respect to any processing of your data and any breach of the above rights, to the relevant supervisory authority, who in the case of the United Kingdom is the Information Commissioner's Office.
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Telephone: 07825 185134
E-mail: helen@yourpath.biz
Dated: May 2018