Privacy Policy

The following policy discusses why we collect your personal data and how that data might be used. It also explains the rights you have with regards to the usage of your personal data.

1. Introduction

1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to this website and users of our service.

1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

1.3 We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

1.4 In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Harley Street Eyesthetics Ltd.

1.5 We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with the following registration number: ZB358044

2. Credit

2.1 This document was created using a template from Docular (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).

3. The personal data that we collect

3.1 In this Section 3 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process.

3.2 We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you ("contact data"). The contact data may include your name, email address, telephone number and reason for your enquiry as submitted via email or our contact form. The source of the contact data is you.

3.3 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or that we send to you ("communication data"). The communication data may include the communication content, which may incorporate confidential medical information. By sending medical information to us, you agree to its processing and use for medical care, in accordance with the principles of GMC Good Medical Practice.

3.4 We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is Google Analytics.

3.5 In order to provide high quality healthcare, we will collect sensitive details about your health, both physical and mental. In addition, we may collect details such as your employment or profession. By providing us this information, you agree to its processing and use for medical care, in accordance with the principles of GMC Good Medical Practice.

3.6 On some occasions, we might need to obtain information on your personal data from your GP, other health professionals or relatives. This data will be treated in accordance with the principles of GMC Good Medical Practice.

3.7 On some occasions, we need to share your personal data with other medical practitioners or providers who are responsible for your healthcare or future healthcare. We routinely communicate and update your NHS GP to update them on your healthcare. You have the option to not allow us to do this, and this will be discussed with you.

We will always seek your consent to share personal information with others.

4. Purposes of processing and legal bases

4.1 In Section 4, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.

4.2 Operations - We may process your personal data for the purposes of operating our website and the provision of your medical care, strictly within the principles of GMC Good Medical Practice. Your personal information will not be disseminated or shared with any third party without your consent.

4.3 Relationships and communications - We may process contact data, and/or communication data for the purposes of managing our relationships, communicating with you (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email, SMS, post, and/or telephone, providing support services and complaint handling. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely communications with our website visitors and service users, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website, services and business.

4.4 Direct marketing - We may process contact data for the purposes of creating, targeting and sending direct marketing communications by email, SMS and/or post and making contact by telephone for marketing-related purposes. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely promoting our business and communicating marketing messages and offers to our website visitors and service users.

4.5 Research and analysis - We may process usage data for the purposes of researching and analysing the use of our website and services, as well as researching and analysing other interactions with our business. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring, supporting, improving and securing our website, services and business generally.

4.6 Record keeping - We may process your personal data for the purposes of creating and maintaining our databases, back-up copies of our databases and our business records generally. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely ensuring that we have access to all the information we need to properly and efficiently run our business in accordance with this policy.

4.7 Security - We may process your personal data for the purposes of security and the prevention of fraud and other criminal activity. The legal basis of this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection of our website, services and business, and the protection of others.

4.8 Insurance and risk management - We may process your personal data where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks and/or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

4.9 Legal claims - We may process your personal data where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

4.10 Legal compliance and vital interests - We may also process your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

5. Providing your personal data to others

5.1 We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice.

5.2 We may disclose personal contact data to parties directly involved in your care insofar as reasonably necessary for the provision of safe and effective medical care.

5.3 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 5, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

6. International transfers of your personal data

6.1 In Section 6, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the United Kingdom.

6.2 The hosting facilities for our website are provided by Netlify and are distributed worldwide. The competent data protection authorities have made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the competent data protection authorities.

6.4 You acknowledge that personal data that you submit through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

7. Retaining and deleting personal data

7.1 Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

7.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

7.3 We will retain your personal data as per NHS Records Management Code of Practice.

7.4 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

8. Your rights

8.1 In Section 8, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.

8.2 Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a) the right to access - you can ask for copies of your personal data;