This privacy policy is for this website www.sandrawalterscounselling.co.uk and governs the privacy of its users. Please read this policy carefully and make sure you are satisfied with what is described. By visiting and using this website you are accepting and consenting to the practices set out in this policy.
Your privacy is very important to me and you can be confident that your personal information will be kept safe and secure and will only be used for the purpose it was given to me. I use legitimate interests as my lawful basis for holding and using your personal information when you visit this website.
I adhere to the current data protection legislation. The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK's implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). More information about GDPR can be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/. I am registered on the ICO Data Protection Register.
If you have any questions regarding your privacy with this website, you can contact me via email: sandra@sandrawalterscounselling.co.uk
Your Privacy
Browsing this website can be done so anonymously. However, users choosing to contact me by clicking on the contact email link or by completing the contact form will be providing me with personal data. The data collected may include your name, contact details and any other personal or sensitive data you may wish to share with me. Please be aware that disclosing this information is done at your own discretion and at your own risk.
It is best to be mindful that the transmission of information by email via the internet is never completely secure and I would, therefore, recommend that any sensitive date is only disclosed either in the safety of the counselling room or via a confidential telephone call. However, personal data such as contact information will be required for the sole purpose of responding to your enquiry about my counselling services.
My email account is password protected and accessed only from password protected devices owned by me. My email provider is Microsoft Outlook and their privacy statement can be found at https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement
If you decide not to proceed with counselling sessions or I do not hear from you for 2 months after initial enquiry, any data supplied by email will be deleted. If you would like me to delete this information sooner, just let me know.
Server Security
This website is hosted on servers managed by GoDaddy and as part of their service they collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. This information is processed in a way that does not identify anyone and all data transferred between users and the servers is encrypted. For more information, see https://www.godaddy.com/en-uk/legal/agreements/data-protection-security-standards
Cookies
I use Google Analytics so that I can continually improve my service to you and, like most websites, use cookies to help the site work more efficiently. For more information about Google Analytics’ data and privacy policies please click here https://support.google.com/analytics#topic=1008008
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