Physio4kids – Privacy Policy

Who we are

Georgina Farmer is private physiotherapist registered with the HCPC PH49614 and works as a sole trader under the name ‘Physio4kids’. My website address is: https://physio4kids.org.uk.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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.

Media

If you provide or upload or images to the website, you should avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options

cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on https://physio4kids.org.uk 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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

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If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on https://physio4kids.org.uk (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Physio4kids.org.uk Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Practice information

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Data Controller in relation to any personal data you or others supply in connection with any treatment is Georgina Phyllis Farmer (PZ7839862).

  1. Data Used will be for provision and administration of patient care only.
  2. Personal Details may include family, educational, photographic and medical information.
  3. Sharing of Information will be with other professionals involved with the data subject, this meets the CSP’s professional standards.
  4. Written and Printed Records will be stored and transported in a secure way.
  5. Computer Stored Information will be password protected and with network security software.
  6. I use Halaxy https://eu.halaxy.com/ for my practice management meeting GDPR requirements
    1. Halaxy Security

What rights you have over your data

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If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Practice information

In general, records relating to children and young people are kept until the child / young person reaches their 25th birthday or 8 years after the last entry if longer.

Paper notes will be shredded, pulped or burnt and disposed of securely. There are companies that provide a shredding service and issue a certificate.

Electronic notes will to be removed from my computer or any additional electronic device. All notes/letters/pictures and reports also need to be removed from any external back-up hard-drives and remote back up services.

Where your data is sent

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Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.