Privacy & Cookies

Privacy

At The Osteopathic Centre for Children we are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement describes how The Osteopathic Centre for Children collects and uses information about people who visit our website. If you have any queries about this statement please contact The Data Protection Manager, The Osteopathic Centre for Children, Unit 1 Knot House, Brewery Square, London, SE1 2LF.

We have divided this Privacy Policy into sections so you can easily find the information that is relevant to you.

1. Visitors to our site – if you are interested in our work and how you can help us
2. People who use our services – for parents or guardians of children attending our clinic, or practitioners who need advice
3. General security and privacy provisions – for everyone

The terms of the Policy may change, so please check it from time to time.

Visitors to our site

How do we collect information?

We will collect personal information from you when you enquire about our activities, register with us, make a donation to us or otherwise provide us with personal information. We may also receive information about you from other people, for example from a friend who wants to tell you about this website.

We also gather general information about the use of our website, such as which pages are visited most frequently. We only use anonymous information and statistics which do not identify individual visitors. This information helps us improve the services and information we offer on our website. We may use service providers to help us collect and analyse this information.

What personal information do we collect?

The types of personal information collected might include name, date of birth, email address, postal address, telephone number and direct debit details or your opinions about a product, service or an issue.

How do we use this information?

We will use your personal information to provide you with the services, products or information you have requested, for administration purposes and to further our charitable aims, including for fundraising activities. We may need to share your information with our service providers, associated organisations and agents for these purposes, though we will only do this at your discretion.

We will use your personal information for marketing purposes unless you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing choices at any time by contacting our Team at The Osteopathic Centre for Children, Unit 1 Knot House, Brewery Square, London, SE1 2LF, or email data-protection@fpo.org.uk

People using our services and treatments at our Clinic

The Osteopathic Centre for Children offers treatments at its Clinic in Southwark.

What information do we collect and how do we collect it?

We will collect personal information about our patients when you first visit the Centre. The information is filled in by the parent or guardian of every child and we then process the information in our internal system. The information provided and required includes name, date of birth, gender e-mail address, postal address, telephone number and fax number.

How do we use this information?

We use the information about children and our patients to keep all the personal information that will be used by our consultants throughout their treatment at our Clinic. We also use this information to contact our patients if there are any changes with their booking appointments, update them on our fundraising activities or anything else that we might think is of relevance to our patients and supporters.

We will use your personal information for marketing purposes unless you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing choices at any time by contacting our Team at The Osteopathic Centre for Children, Unit 1 Knot House, Brewery Square, London, SE1 2LF, or email data-protection@fpo.org.uk

General security and privacy provisions

Do we use ‘Cookies’?

‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enable the server to collect information from the browser. Essentially it takes the form of a small text file deposited on your computer’s hard drive.

The Osteopathic Centre for Children uses cookies to ensure that you can interact with our web sites successfully, to identify you when you visit our web sites and to keep track of your browsing patterns. The use of cookies does not give us access to the rest of your computer or to personal information about you.

We also works with Google Analytics to monitor use of our website. Google Analytics use cookies to gather statistics about our visitors, such as where you come from before entering our website, which pages you look at on our site and where you go afterwards. Information collected in this way is anonymous and does not identify individual visitors. This information allows us to improve our website and the services we provide. For more information about Google Analytics, please see their privacy policy at www.google.com/privacy

If you want to prevent our cookies being stored on your computer in future, you may do so by referring to your internet browser’s instructions. You can do this by clicking on the “Help” menu. Please note however that if you disable our cookies you may not be able to access certain services or facilities on our sites and your use of our sites may be restricted. Further information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org

How do we protect personal information?

Information that you submit in a registration or enquiry form is encrypted and stored on a secure server. We also use encryption and a secure server when you make a donation via our website. However, the transmission of information over the Internet is never 100% secure so while we try to protect your personal information, we can’t guarantee the security of any information you submit to us via our website.

We also take appropriate measures to ensure that the information we receive is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used. Access to our secure servers is restricted to authorised staff.

Will we disclose the information we collect to other organisations?

Any contact information received from our patients will not be passed onto a third party for the purposes of outside marketing          

Emergencies

We may need to disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a court order or request from a law enforcement agency. In exceptional circumstances, where we think someone is at serious risk of being harmed, we may contact the police or a local authority safeguarding team.

Your consent

By providing us with your personal information you consent to the collection and use of that information for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

Links

Our website may include links to websites run by other organisations. The Osteopathic Centre for Children is not responsible for the privacy practices of other organisations’ websites so you should read their privacy policies carefully.

Right of access

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected.

If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact:

The Data Protection Manager, The Osteopathic Centre for Children, Unit 1 Knot House, Brewery Square, London, SE1 2LF, or email data-protection@fpo.org.uk

Changes

If your personal details change, please help us to keep your information up to date by notifying us at the above address.

We reserve the right to amend this privacy statement. The latest version will be available on our website so please check from time to time. By continuing to use the website you will be deemed to have accepted any changes.

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