Privacy Policy, GDPR and Cookie Law
Privacy Statement
Your privacy is important to Michael Charlton Optometrists. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that Michael Charlton Optometrists collects, and the ways in which it uses that personal information.
This Privacy Policy has been updated to clarify how we protect your personal information in keeping with the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal information collection
Michael Charlton Optometrists may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:– Information that you provide to us by email/phone call or in person (including; NAME; EMAIL ADDRESS; ADDRESS; PHONE NUMBER and any other information that you supply to Michael Charlton Optometrists.)
Using personal information
Michael Charlton Optometrists may use your personal information to:
– Contact you to book an appointment;
– Register you as a client on our systems (Secure office computers), where details you agree to supply us with (via email or phone or in person) will be stored in order for you to use Michael Charlton Optometrists’ services.
Michael Charlton Optometrists will not disclose your personal information to a third party.
In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, Michael Charlton Optometrists may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights. With your agreement your details may be shared with your GP, Ophthalmologists and other healthcare professionals for your ongoing care and treatment.
The safety of your data
In the unlikely event that we believe that your data has been breached we will let you know at the earliest opportunity and as soon as we are aware of any data breach.
How long will we keep your personal information?
We will retain any personal information that you provide to us only for as long as is necessary for the purpose of your enquiry and/or for our client relationship to continue and for you to use Michael Charlton Optometrists’ Services. Should you decide to use Michael Charlton Optometrists’ services, your details will be kept for at least 10 years purely for the purpose of business record keeping, which is required by law and is recommended as good practice by The College of Optometrists. After which your information will be securely disposed of/deleted once it is no longer required.
Access to my personal information?
You have the right to know what information we hold about you. If you would like to know if we hold any personal information about you, please contact us by email: fishguardeyes@aol.com
Your right for your personal details to be corrected or deleted. (and your right to be forgotten)
You have the right to request your information to be deleted if you believe that we are no longer entitled to hold your information.
If you would like your personal details to be deleted, please contact us by email at: fishguardeyes@aol.com
Securing your data
Michael Charlton Optometrists will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.
Michael Charlton Optometrists will store all the personal information you provide on its secure servers.
Updating this statement
Michael Charlton Optometrists may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website.
You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.
Other websites
This website may contain links to other websites.
Michael Charlton Optometrists is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.
Contact Michael Charlton Optometrists
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or Michael Charlton Optometrists’ treatment of your personal information, please write by email to: fishguardeyes@aol.com
Cookie Policy
About cookies
This website uses cookies. By using this website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to Michael Charlton Optometrists’ use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Cookies are files sent by web servers to web browsers, and stored by the web browsers.
The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables a web server to identify and track web browsers.
There are two main kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach their expiry date.
Cookies on our website
Michael Charlton Optometrists uses the following cookies on this website, for the following purposes:
Session Cookies which are deleted from your computer when you close your browser and persistent cookies.
Refusing cookies
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.
In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.
In Firefox, you can adjust your cookies settings by clicking “Firefox”, “Preferences” and “Privacy”.
Blocking cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.
Contact Michael Charlton Optometrists
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or Michael Charlton Optometrists’ treatment of your personal information, please write by email to fishguardeyes@aol.com
Credit : This document was created partly using a Contractology template.