Privacy Policy

Website Privacy Notice

This is the privacy notice for Karin Davidson. I, me, my or mine refers to Karin Davidson. By using this site or/and services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Any information you provide by which you can be identified when using my services, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

I may change this policy from time to time and I suggest that you regularly check this page to ensure that you continue to be comfortable with the measures that I am taking to protect your privacy. This policy is effective from 18th May 2018 and was updated on 27th October 2020.

By visiting www.kjdavidson.counselling.com (my site) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

By continuing to use my site, you are agreeing to my use of cookies described
Any changes I make to my privacy and cookie policy will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any changes to my privacy and cookie policy.

I may collect and use the following information:

  • Your name and contact information (including email address and phone number) and any other contact details you provide to me when you submit a request or enquiry via this website
  • Information you provide if you report a problem with this website

I may use your personal information to: reply to any correspondence you have sent me, to help monitor and improve my services or to provide services you have requested (such as face-to-face counselling, online counselling, telephone counselling or other more general referral or self-help information).

By using this website and submitting your information to me, you agree to me using your personal information in accordance with these terms and conditions. I will not use your personal information for any other purposes. Should any reason arise where I might wish to use your personal information other than for the reasons stated above, I will contact you to ask your consent before doing so.

I make every effort to protect your personal information: by holding this securely and safeguarding against unauthorised access to this information. Unfortunately no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. I strive to protect your personal information after I have received it, however you acknowledge that the privacy of your communications and personal information can never be completely guaranteed when it is being transmitted.

I will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary for the required service to be provided to you. If we agree to engage in counselling of any kind, all data will be retained for three years after the ending of the counselling. Your contact details and dates of appointments only will be kept for six years. All retained personal data is subject to the controls of my data protection policy and will be securely disposed of when the nominated time has passed.

You can you request to see what information I hold: You may make a written request, using the contact details provided following your initial contact or via the contact form on this website, to see your records at any time, to correct any incorrect data or to request that your data is transferred to another practitioner.

You may withdraw your consent for information to be kept on you: by making a written statement to this effect, using the contact details provided following initial contact or using the contact form on this website. You can ask me to change any information that I hold about you that is incorrect.

If you wish to complain about how I handle your data, in the first instance please contact me the Data Controller for Karin Davidson Counselling. You can do this by letter to my registered office address: Portsmouth Technopole Building, Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, PO2 8FA or by e-mail. If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction you can contact the Information Commissioners Office ICO or by telephoning 0303 123 111

Last change: 25th May 2018 and 27th October 2020

 

 

 

 

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