Who we are
We are The Well Counselling Service, located at The Old Manse, Bondgate, Castle Donington, DE74 2NS.
Our website address is: https://counsellingatthewell.co.uk.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
As part of good counselling practice we need to obtain and process information. This includes your name, address, date of birth, email address and such other personal information as may be necessary. Notes will also be taken at each counselling session in which you participate.
Any personal data provided by you to us through any means (verbal, written, in electronic form, or by your use of our website) will be held and processed in accordance with the data protection principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulation and the BACP Ethical Framework, for the purposes for which you have given consent, to provide the services you have requested from us, and to meet the legitimate interests of the service.
To enable us to provide adequate support to you, we may record information which could be regarded as sensitive. This information will be stored securely, and if stored electronically, then under passwords only known to your counsellor. This information will NOT be shared with anyone else without your consent unless there is a clear legal requirement for disclosure.
Your personal information will be stored securely and confidentially. It will only be accessible to relevant staff. Your contact details will be removed from the records once you are no longer linked to the practice. We undertake an annual review of our data to determine this.
You have the right to ask to see any information we hold about you by submitting a ‘Subject Access Request’ to the practice. You also have the right to ask for information which you believe to be incorrect to be rectified.
If you are concerned about the way your information is being handled, please speak to us. If you are still unhappy you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Use of the “Contact Me” form
When visitors use this form we collect the data requested. We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us to detect spam and deter potentially malicious attacks on our website.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Data Protection
To exercise data protection we are committed to:
Restrict and monitor access to personal data;
Develop transparent data collection procedures;
Train staff in online privacy and security measures;
Use appropriate security products to protect data from cyberattacks;
Establish clear procedures for reporting privacy breaches or data misuse;
Establish data protection practices (document shredding, secure locks, frequent backups, access authorisation etc.);
Updates and Notification
We reserve the right to modify or amend this policy at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to this statement or how we use personally-identifiable information then we will post a notice on the “Home” page of this website, prior to implementing the change. The amended terms automatically become effective immediately after they are posted.