Clonee Physiotherapy Privacy Policy
This purpose of this Website Privacy Policy is to outline the manner in which Clonee Physiotherapy collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from of our website, www.cloneephysio.ie
Your Information
Clonee Physiotherapy collects information relating to their patients’ health and personal details. This information is classed as sensitive data and termed as special category data. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, patients of Clonee Physiotherapy have a right to know why their information is collected, for what purpose it is used and how it is kept safe. Patients also have rights to access the information that Clonee Physiotherapy holds on them.
Why is information collected?
For a detailed and accurate physiotherapy assessment and treatment to take place, information about a patients’ current and past health, needs to be obtained. Under the GDPR, Clonee Physiotherapy has a legitimate interest in the patients’ information and that forms part of the contract between a health professional and their patient. This information allows us to give patients the best treatment possible.
How is this information used?
Information such as addresses, allow us to post receipts and invoices. Your telephone number allow us to send text reminders of appointments and communicate with you outside of appointment times. E-mail addresses are used for sending you receipts and your individual online exercise programme as required. Your date of birth is used as a unique identification for your records. Medical details allow for a detailed assessment to take place, which enables us to diagnose and treat the problems that you have. In some instances, with your consent, there will be communication with the referring GP or consultant.
Who has access to your information?
All staff of Clonee Physiotherapy are bound by patient confidentiality laws, the standards of conduct, performance and ethics of CORU, (Regulating Health & social care professionals) and the Irish Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (ICSP) code of conduct. Your information will not be shared outside the Clinic unless you have given consent, except when:
requested by law
in your best interests and you are unable to give consent
in the public interest to prevent serious harm to others
How is your information stored?
Treatment notes are kept on the Cliniko practice management software, which is kept on a computer that is password protected with robust security measures to prevent loss of information. Your name, address, telephone number and e-mail are transferred onto the electronic record with Cliniko. All notes will be kept for a period of 7 years after the last treatment or date of death at which point they will be permanently destroyed.
How can you access your records?
You have the right to request to see the information that Clonee Physiotherapy holds about you. All requests will be answered in the time frame of one month unless you are notified of a difference to this time scale. There will be no fee for information provided.
Requests can be made either verbally or in writing to:
Mail: Clonee Physiotherapy, 5 The Mall, Main Street, Clonee, Co. Meath D15C2VR
Tel: 018252623
email: info@cloneephysio.ie
In the instance where requests are excessive or unfounded, Clonee Physiotherapy has the right to refuse and/or charge for time spent. This does not affect the individual’s right to complain to the data protection commissioner to seek judicial remedy. Where a fee is deemed appropriate Clonee Physiotherapy will not comply with any requests until the fee is received. Your right to amend, restrict and object to the information held.
Under the GDPR all individuals have the right to have incorrect information that is held about them amended. If this was to arise within the notes held by Clonee Physiotherapy the notes would become restricted, i.e. not used until the issue was resolved. However, if Clonee Physiotherapy deems the information to be accurate then no amendment will be made.
You have the right to have the information we hold restricted:
if you contest the accuracy,
you need the information to establish, defend or exercise a legal claim
you object to the information held.
In this instance all treatment will be stopped until the issue is resolved. You also have the right to object to Clonee Physiotherapy holding your personal information on grounds relating to your particular situation and as with restriction, all treatments will stop and the notes will become restricted until the issue is resolved.
How is your information kept safe?
Notes stored by Clonee Physiotherapy are kept on a password protected computer, stored on the password protected Cliniko practice management system. There are robust security measures on the computer to prevent and minimise the risk of information theft. Written notes are kept in a locked filing cabinet in the clinic. When information is shared with others, GPs for example it will either be sent via encrypted email or hand delivered.
Clonee Physiotherapy will take the utmost care to ensure that your personal information is safe whilst it is under our care. In the unlikely event that this safety was compromised you will be notified immediately, as will the Data Protection Commissioner.
Changes to this privacy policy
Clonee Physiotherapy reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes to this policy will be posted to our website, and we will revise the date underneath accordingly. It is the user’s responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, we would ask that you refrain from visiting our website. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
Personal identification information
If a user wishes to make contact with us through the website, they can do so via a contact form or booking form. So that we may respond effectively to their query, we will require the user to provide their name, telephone number and/or email address, (plus home address and date of birth in the case of booking form submissions). Personal information submitted via the website will only be used for the purposes of answering the query or processing a booking. The user will need to read and accept the terms of this policy in order to submit their contact form.
Web browser cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance the user experience. The user’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. The user may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert them when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the website may not function properly.