Privacy Policy
for www.lewisham.nhs.uk
At Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust we are dedicated to
safeguarding and preserving your privacy when visiting our site or
communicating electronically with us. Our Privacy Policy has been
provided and approved by internet law specialists
LegalCentre.co.uk.
This Privacy Policy, together with our terms of use, explains what
happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we
collect from you when you are on this site.
We do update this Policy from time to time so please do return and
review this Policy regularly.
[For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 our Data
Controller/Data Protection Officer is the Information
Governance Manager].
Information We Collect
In operating our website we may collect and process the following
data about you:
i. Details of your visits to our website and the resources
that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data,
location data, weblogs and other communication data.
ii. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our
website, such as when you registered for information.
iii. Information provided to us when you communicate with us
for any reason.
Use of Cookies
We may on occasion gather information regarding your computer
whilst you are on our website. This enables us to improve our
services and to provide statistical information regarding the use
of our website to our advertisers where appropriate.
Such information will not identify you personally it is statistical
data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical
data does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your
general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used,
these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This
cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies
contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard
drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we
provide to you.
All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can
be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you
to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to
decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of
our website.
Use of Your Information
The information
that we collect and store relating to you is primarily used to
enable us to provide our services to you. In addition, we may
use the information for the following purposes:
i. To provide you with information requested from us, relating
to our services. To provide information on
other services which we feel may be of interest to you, where
you have consented to receive such information.
ii. To meet our contractual commitments to you.
iii. To notify you about any changes to our website, such as
improvements or service changes, that may affect our service.
Storing Your Personal Data
Data that is
provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to
any transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to
ensure its safety.
The transmission of information via the internet is not completely
secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent
to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore
entirely at your own risk. Where we have given you (or where you
have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our
site, you are responsible for keeping this password
confidential.
Disclosing Your Information
Where applicable, we may disclose your personal information to any
member of our group.
We may also disclose your personal information to third
parties:
i. Where we sell/transger any or all of our services
and/or our assets to a third party.
ii. Where we are legally required to disclose your
information.
iii. To assist fraud protection.
Third Party Links
You mind find links to third party websites on our website. These
websites should have their own privacy policies which you should
check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their
policies whatsoever as we have no control over
them.
Access To Information
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the
information that we hold about you. Please note that any demand for
access may be subject to payment of a fee of £10 which covers our
costs in providing you with the information requested. Should
you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact
us using the contact details below.
Contacting Us
We welcome any queries,
comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy
Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us at Lewisham
Healthcare NHS Trust, Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LH