Privacy Policy
We respect the privacy of every user who visits the AChiPPP website and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use any personal information you give us and how we safeguard that information.
The Information you may want to share with us
To respond to your queries and requests AChiPPP will need to collect some personal data. AChiPPP has a legal duty to ensure we process and use this personal data in a fair, safe and secure manner, in accordance with the current General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). We have carefully considered the best way of protecting your information to keep it safe and this policy tells you what we will do and how we will use the information you share with us.
Prospective members
All membership applications include personal data such as name, email address, HCPC registration details etc. When membership is being considered you will be provided with a detailed privacy notice requesting your permission to retain the essential information needed to support your membership with AChiPPP and explaining how long we will retain your personal data. Your contact details may be used to information you of events that AChiPPP is running, to seek your opinion or to invite you to take part in discussions etc. If you do not wish to be contacted directly please let us know.
Members of the Public
You may also need to share personal data with us if you have a query or request. You may want to contact us via the Contact and Get in Touch forms on our website.
If you want or need to contact us, we may need to ask you to share some personal data so we can respond to find out more about your query or request. The kind of personal data we may need includes:
- A way of identifying you – typically your first and last name
- Your contact details such as your address, email address and/or contact phone number.
- Information about your query or request.
- Feedback from you about our website and the way we have answered your query or request.
- Analytical information – to help us monitor the number and type of requests and queries we receive. This may include IP addresses of visitors to the website so we can see how our website is being used. This data will not identify you personally. Please see our cookies policy for more information.
- If you are seeking a psychologist you may wish to use our Directory search which will ask for specific information such as the type of difficulties you need help with, but this is to narrow down your search and we do not store this information.
- You might also provide us with personal data when you fill in a help or contact form, during email exchanges, phone discussions or if you apply to become a member of AChiPPP.
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Security of your data
We do not share your personal data or allow other people to use your personal data. We also do not send you marketing communications or transfer your personal data outside the UK.
We take the security of your personal information seriously. AChiPPP uses physical and electronic procedures to help safeguard and prevent unauthorised access to your data, to maintain data security and to ensure that data is correctly used and stored. AChiPPP uses firewalls, anti-malware, password protection and, where appropriate, encryption.
We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and we follow their guidance regarding the security of your data. If there were to be a personal data breach we would follow their recommended course of action and let you know of the breach as soon as possible.
We will keep your personal data only as long as we need it to answer your query or request.
Membership applications
If you are applying for membership you will be sent a separate privacy notice along with your application information. AChiPPP takes precautions to ensure that any data shared with us is kept secure, accurate, up to date and only kept for as long as it is needed. Only authorised personnel from the Steering group, Admin and Membership team can access the data.
Members of the Public
If you have accessed a link from our website to gain information from other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of these websites. We consider that it is your responsibility to check the policies of these other websites prior to submitting any personal data to them. AChiPPP is not responsible for any data breaches or difficulties you encounter if you access other websites.
General Information and retention of data
You can use a Subject Access Request to ask us for a copy of your personal data and you can ask us to make corrections to that data if the information is not accurate. You may also ask us to restrict how we use your data e.g. by not contacting you as a member about upcoming events or you can ask us to delete any personal data you have given us if you no longer wish to continue with the request or query. We would expect to routinely delete your personal data 3 months after you have contacted us about a query or request. If you have applied for membership you will have been given a separate privacy notice which explains how long we will need to retain your data before we delete it.
We review our privacy policy on a bi-annual basis but please let us know if your personal data has changed since you provided it or if you have any queries about this privacy policy. The nominated Data Controller for AChiPPP will be a member of the Steering Group and details of the Steering Group are available on the website.
By using this website you have consented to our collection and use of your personal data as explained above.
Concerns about your data?
If you have any concerns about sharing information with us, please contact us so we can try to resolve any difficulties. If you remain concerned about the security of your data you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at (www.ico.gov.org.uk), but we hope that will not be needed.