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Toni Kelly Hypnotherapy Combined Privacy and Data Protection Policy

At Toni Kelly Hypnotherapy (Toni Kelly T/A Toni Kelly Hypnotherapy), we take your privacy seriously. Integrity is a core value of Toni Kelly Hynotherapy (TKH) and we are comitted to ensuring that your data and personal information are treated with respect, and that you are fully informed of how we collect, store and use your data.

This policy will explain how Toni Kelly Hypnotherapy uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website or engage with us as a prospective or current client.

What data do we collect?

  • We collect personal identification information (your name, email address, phone number, date of birth and next-of-kin information) in order to provide services to you.

  • With your consent, we collect your name and email address for marketing and promotional purposes.

How will we use your data?

  • With your explicit consent: Marketing and promotions including newsletters and access to “locked content”

  • To contact you regarding upcoming appointments or to answer queries

  • To contact your next-of-kin in case of emergency

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide TKH with all of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:

  • Sign up for the newsletter on our website

  • Submit a query using our online form

  • Contact TKH directly by email or telephone

  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies

  • Complete the new client/ consent form

Our company does not receive your data indirectly from any sources.

How will we use your data?

TKH collects your data so we can:

  • Provide you with our services in a safe and supportive way

  • Process your queries

  • Organise and manage appointments

  • Email you offers and promotional materials we think you might like

How do we store your data?

TKH securely stores your data at our premises on the First Floor of Forte Lynne House, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. The office is secure and is always locked, and your records are kept in a locked storage unit within this locked office. Out of hours, the building’s main door is locked. This means that your personal information is behind between two and four locks at any given time.

TKH will retain your marketing data for as long as you allow, i.e. until you choose to opt-out. TKH will retain your personal information for the length of time that you remain a client, if or when you choose to no longer use the services of TKH, you can alert TKH and your information will be disposed of, in the appropriate manner.

Marketing

TKH would like to send you information about our services that we think you might like. If you have agreed to receive promotional emails, you may always opt-out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop TKH from contacting you for marketing purposes. It you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, click “opt-out” at the bottom of any previous marketing email or contact us.

What are your data protection rights?

TKH would like to make you fully aware of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following under Irish and European Law:

  1. The right to access – you have the right to request TKH for copies of your personal data. This will be free of charge.

  2. The right to rectification – you have the right to request that TKH correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request TKH to complete information you believe is incomplete.

  3. The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

  4. The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  5. The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

  6. The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

The TKH website is run on a platform called Squarespace, and by default, Squarespace uses cookies to run the TKH website and obtain information about TKH visitors for analytics. These are cookies that improve TKH visitors' browsing experience because they help the website remember preferences and understand how people use different pictures. TKH uses Mailchimp as our newsletter platform.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognise you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The TKH website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 15th June 2020.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about TKH’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Call us: +353879423981

Or write to us at:

Toni Kelly Hypnotherapy Forte Lynne House, Unit 1-2, Neil T. Blaney Road Letterkenny County Donegal, F92 R6AH Ireland

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Data Protection Commission.

Through their online webform at www.dataprotection.ie

Or by post: Data Protection Commission 21 Fitzwilliam Square South Dublin 2 D02 RD28 Ireland

Appendix A
Schedule of Data Collected
What data do we Why do we collect? collect this data?
How will this data be collected?
How will this data be stored?
For how long will this data be retained?
Name
For identification purposes
You provide this to us

As a hard-copy in a locked file or on a password protected personal device. If consent is provided, on MailChimp for marketing purposes

  • Email

To contact you regarding an appointment or query and/or to send newsletters and other promotional materials

You provide this data to us through, inter alia, our contact form, by sending an email, in person or over the phone.

As a hard-copy in a locked file or on a password protected personal device. If consent is provided, on MailChimp for marketing purposes.

  • Date of birth

For identification purposes, especially where two clients may share the same name

You provide this information to us if you engage with our services by filling out a client intake / consent form.

As a hard-copy in a locked file in a locked office.

  • Contact number

To contact you regarding an appointment or to reply to a query

You provide this data to us through, inter alia, our contact form, by sending an email, in person or over the phone.

As a hard-copy in a locked file in a locked office

  • Next-of-kin name

Your next-of-kin will be contacted In case of emergency or at the hypnotherapist’s discretion

You provide this information to us if you engage with our services by filling out a client intake / consent form.

As a hard-copy in a locked file in a locked office

  • Next-of-kin contact number

Your next-of-kin will be contacted In case of emergency or at the hypnotherapist’s discretion

You provide this information to us if you engage with our services by filling out a client intake / consent form.

As a hard-copy in a locked file in a locked office

  • Session notes

To keep a brief record of interactions and to ensure that your experience is consistent and worthwhile

Brief, anonymised notes will be taken during or directly after a session

As a hard-copy in a locked file in a locked office