Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we treat your personal information.

What information do we collect?

We may collect, store, and use the following kinds of personal data:

• information about your visits to and use of this website
• information about any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our services
• information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us and/or subscribing to our website services and/or email notifications

Information about website visits

We may collect information about your computer and your visits to this website such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. We may use this information in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability, and for marketing purposes.

Using your personal data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may use your personal information to:

• send information (other than marketing communications) to you which we think may be of interest to you by post or by email or similar technology
• send to you marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications to be sent by emailing us)

We will not provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

• to the extent that we are required to do so by law
• in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings
• to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk)
• to the purchaser or seller (or prospective purchaser or seller) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling or purchasing

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of third-party websites.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us.

GDPR Policy

Purpose

This notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act, and any other national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK.

How we may collect your personal data

We obtain personal date about you when:

• You apply to join.
• You contact us by telephone or email requesting information about our services.

What information we hold about you

• Your personal details
• Your qualifications
• Where you studied
• Our correspondence and communications with you
• Information about any complaints made about you or you make about us
• Information we receive from other sources, such as sharing of information via Disclosure and Barring Services, Health Care Professions Council, etc.

How we use personal data we hold about you

• We process your personal data for purposes necessary for the performance of your membership with us.
• We may process your personal data for certain additional purposes with your consent and in these limited circumstances where your consent is required for the processing of your personal data you have the right to withdraw your consent.
• Provide you with information relating to your membership 

Data retention

• We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it is collected. When assessing what retention period is appropriate for your personal data, we take into consideration:
• The requirements of our business and the services provided
• Any statutory legislation or legal obligations
• The purpose of which we originally collected the personal data

Data sharing

We will share your personal data with third parties where we are required by law

Data security

We have put in place commercially reasonably and appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in any unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those who genuinely have a need to know.

Rights of access, correction, erasure and restriction

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Should your personal information change please notify us of any changes of which we need to be made aware of by contacting us.

Under certain circumstances by law, you have a right to request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data when there is no good reason for continuing to process it.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us.