The Cloisters Physiotherapy Ltd. customer privacy notice
Registered name: The Cloisters Physiotherapy Ltd.
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contact details
Post: Lower Leam Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1DJ, UK
Telephone: 01926 316420
Email: physio@thecloisters.co.uk
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods:
- Name, address and contact details
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Health information (including medical conditions, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)
- Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, medication and dietary requirements and general care provisions)
- Test results (including psychological evaluations, scans, bloods, x-rays, tissue tests and genetic tests)
- Insurance policy details
We also collect the following information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods:
- Health information
We collect or use the following information for safeguarding or public protection reasons:
- Name, address and contact details
- Health information (including medical conditions, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)
- Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, dietary requirements and general care provisions)
- Relevant information from previous investigations
- Test results (including psychological evaluations, scans, bloods, x-rays, tissue tests and genetic tests)
We also collect the following information for safeguarding or public protection reasons:
- Health information
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
- Insurance details
- Safeguarding information
We also collect the following information to comply with legal requirements:
- Health information
We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:
- Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
- Copies of passports or other photo ID
- Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
- Education history (eg qualifications)
- Right to work information
- Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks )
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Address
- Payment details
- Account information
- Purchase or service history
- Relevant information from previous investigations
- Customer or client accounts and records
- Financial transaction information
- Correspondence
We also collect the following information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Health information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to rectification– You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to erasure– You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to restriction of processing– You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to object to processing– You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to data portability– You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to withdraw consent– When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for safeguarding or public protection reasons are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
- Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- Family members or carers
- Insurance companies
- Previous employers
How long we keep information
Patient notes are kept for 7 years before secure disposal.
Data is kept only as long as it is needed for the stated purpose for which it was collected.
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
- Other health providers (e.g. GPs and consultants)
- Insurance companies, brokers and other intermediaries
- Care providers
- Emergency services
- Professional advisors
- Organisations we are legally obliged to share personal information with
- Debt collection agencies
- Current employers
- Previous employers
Duty of confidentiality
We are subject to a common law duty of confidentiality. However, there are circumstances where we will share relevant health and care information. These are where:
- you’ve provided us with your consent (we have taken it as implied to provide you with care, or you have given it explicitly for other uses);
- we have a legal requirement (including court orders) to collect, share or use the data;
- on a case-by-case basis, the public interest to collect, share and use the data overrides the public interest served by protecting the duty of confidentiality (for example sharing information with the police to support the detection or prevention of serious crime);
- If in England or Wales – the requirements of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 are satisfied; or
- If in Scotland – we have the authority to share provided by the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care or other similar governance and scrutiny process.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113