Privacy policy
We at Better Bodies Sports Therapy take your privacy seriously. This policy covers the collection, processing and other use of personal data under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018, which is the UK’s implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
For the purpose of the DPA and GDPR we are the data controller and any enquiry regarding the collection or processing of your data should be addressed to Charlotte Burton at Better Bodies Sports Therapy, The Fitness Collective, Bedford MK40 1AH. Alternatively, you can email your enquiry to betterbodiessportstherapy@gmail.com
Information we collect
We will collect personal data directly provided to us by you, e.g. your name, date of birth, e-mail address and telephone number, as well as your medical history. This has been provided to us by you, therefore, with your consent.
Some treatments should not be performed under certain medical conditions, therefore, the information you provide to us should include all known medical conditions and all questions should be answered honestly. It is your responsibility to keep the Therapist updated as to any changes in your medical profile and there shall be no liability on the Therapist’s part should you fail to do so.
Your payment information provided when you make a purchase through credit/debit card is not received or stored by us. That information is processed securely and privately by the third-party payment processors that we use. Better Bodies Sports Therapy will not have access to that information at any time. We may share your personal data with our payment processors, but only for the purpose of completing the relevant payment transaction. Such payment processors are banned from using your personal data, except to provide these necessary payment services to us, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your personal data and payment information.
Use of your information
We may hold and process personal data that you provide to us in accordance with the DPA and GDPR. The information that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to enable us to provide our services/advise to you.
In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
To notify you about any changes to our services, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service. We may contact you, where you have consented, to receive our e-newsletter from time to time.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your information to regulatory bodies to enable us to comply with the law and to assist fraud protection.
Please be assured that we do not reveal any information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers.
Controlling the use of your data
If you have given us consent to use your data for a particular purpose you can revoke or vary that consent at any time. If you do not want us to use your data or you wish to vary the consent that you have provided you can write to us or email us using the contact information detailed above.
Where we store and transfer your data
We have a professional and legal obligation to keep an accurate record of our interaction with you. Our records are formatted in a way that can be permanently recorded. Both written and electronic records are compiled and stored securely in accordance with the DPA and GDPR. Records will only be accessible by relevant Therapist's when they are directly working with you.
We do not use or disclose sensitive personal data, such as race, religion, or medical history, without your explicit consent. Therefore, we will process, disclose or share your personal data only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements. You have the right to opt out of us processing your personal data for marketing purposes by contacting us at betterbodiessportstherapy@gmail.com.
Security
The transmission of information via the internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data, any such transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received any personal data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Use of cookies on our website
Our website uses cookies. We use cookies to gather information about your computer for our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website. Such information will not identify you personally - it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our website. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. We may also gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer, as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website.
Third party links
You might find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies, which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
Your rights
The DPA and GDPR give you the right to access information held about you by us at any point. Please write to us or contact us by email if you wish to request confirmation of what personal information we hold relating to you. There is no charge for requesting that we provide you with details of the personal data that we hold. We will provide this information within one month of your requesting the data.
You have the right to change the permissions that you have given us in relation to how we may use your data. You also have the right to request that we cease using your data or that we delete all personal data records that we hold relating to you. You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us using the information above.
Changes to this policy
We may update these policies to reflect changes to our services. Please regularly review these policies to be informed of how we are protecting your personal data.
We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Updated July 2020