We are committed to protecting your privacy when dealing with your personal information. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. If you have any questions about how we use your information, please email us at pa@singhdermatology.com. We will use your personal data for the reasons set out below.
- We collect information about to provide you with information and to deal with a query you have asked us to answer.
- We need you to provide your personal data so we can provide care and treatment and receive payment for these services.
- The type of information we will collect about you includes your name, date of birth, gender, phone number and email address. We will collect most of this directly during the appointment arrangement process.
- In some cases, we may collect personal data about you from third parties, such as insurer providers, referring doctors and sponsors.
- We will never collect sensitive information about you without your consent.
- The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us.
- Subject to applicable data protection laws we may share your personal data with Consultants/doctors and other healthcare professionals who provide treatment to you where we feel this will enhance the quality of your care.
- We will also share information about you with other members of staff involved in the delivery of your care (such as our administrators, typists and accounts team). At times we use an external medical typing agency for typing medical reports.
- We may also use information about you where there is a legal or regulatory obligation on us to do so (such as the prevention of fraud) or in connection with legal proceedings.
- The personal information that we hold, will be held securely in accordance with the law.
- If we intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area) we will always obtain your consent first.
- We will not e-mail you in the future unless you have given us your consent.