Haxby Group Privacy Policy
As a patient, we maintain records about your health and any treatment or care you have received. These records are used to help to provide you with the best possible healthcare. NHS healthcare records may be electronic, on paper or a mixture of both, and we use a combination of working practices and technology to ensure that your information is kept confidential and secure.
To learn more about the information we collect from you and how we process it as part of your care, please download our Privacy Notice
Website Privacy Policy
Our website privacy policy sets out how Haxby Medical Group uses and protects any information that you give Haxby Medical Group when you use this website.
Haxby Medical Group is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Haxby Medical Group may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 26/06/2020.
What we collect
We may collect the following information if you provide it online:
- Name and title
- Contact information including email address
- Other information relevant to patient surveys and/or information
We may also collect demographic information such as postcode area, preferences and interests via your browser if you have accepted cookies.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our services.
- We may contact you by any address (phone, mail or email) you have provided
- We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide via our website is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a string of information which assigns you a unique identifier that we store on your computer. Your browser then provides that unique identifier to use each time you submit a query to the Site. We use cookies on the Site to, among other things, keep track of services you have used, record your user preferences, keep you logged into the Site, and track the pages you visit. Cookies help us understand how the Site is being used and improve your user experience. To understand more about cookies and how we use them on, please read our Cookie Policy.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to easily enable you to visit other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.
We will not sell your infomation to third parties, nor distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish for this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact us.
If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.