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Cookies Policy

 

What are cookies?

 

This website deposits certain bits of information called ‘cookies’ in a visitor’s computer. A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, which is sent to your browser from a website’s computer and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to tell us how and when pages in a website are visited and by how many people.

 

Cookie technology does not collect personal identifiable information; the information collected is in an aggregate, non-identifiable form. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers.

 

Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set.

 

What cookies are being stored from this website?

 

This website stores the following cookies: Cookie Policy Test, Google Analytics.

 

Cookie Policy Test

 

To comply with the ICO Cookie Legislation, this website has implemented a notification bar notifying the user of the use of cookies. To improve user experience, cookies are used to determine if the notification bar should be displayed.

 

Google Analytics

 

This allows the website to track anonymous data of what, when and how pages are accessed which is used to make enhancements to the website to improve user experience and to inform Autism Doctor.

 

For more information on Cookies stored by Google Analytics, please visit: 

 

https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies

 

How do I stop Cookies from this website being stored on my computer?

 

If you would like to stop cookies you can decline when given an option at the beginning of your user experience. Please be aware that a cookie will be stored in order to prevent other cookies being stored from this website when accessing the website in the future.

 

How do I stop Cookies from all websites being stored on my computer?

 

The best way of blocking cookies is to make changes to your privacy settings in your browser. Below are direct links with help and advice on how to stop cookies for each of the main browsers.

 

Internet Explorer 7 & 8

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies

 

Interner Explorer 9

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/How-to-manage-cookies-in-Internet-Explorer-9

 

Firefox

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Blocking%20cookies

 

Safari 3.0

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=safari/3.0/en/9277.html

 

Safari 5.0

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html

 

Google Chrome

https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies

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Privacy Policy

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Introduction

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as per the GDPR Rules and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

What personal information do we collect?

  • When registering or making enquiry in our website and software as appropriate, you are asked to enter your name, email address, phone numbers or other details to help you with your needs and to contact you.

  • We currently collect and process the following information:

    • Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)

    • Sensitive medical information as provided by you or your health care professional.

    • Personal Educational data provided by you or your child’s educational setting

    • Other details that you may have sent us

    • Information that is of relevance for assessment of your child

 

How we get the personal information and why we have it

 

  • Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you to help in the diagnostic assessment and management of your child

  • We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources:

  • School/Educational setting

  • GP

  • Other health care clinicians etc.

  • Social worker or similar professionals

  • We use the information that you have given us in order to assess your child and provide medical advice and treatment.

  • We may share this information with 

  • School/Educational setting

  • GP

  • Other health care clinicians etc.

  • Social worker or similar professionals

  • Third party relevant electronic systems such as pharmecierge and similar systems for direct patient care

  • Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

    •  Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting specialist@autismdoctor.co.uk

    • We have a contractual obligation

    • We have a legal obligation

    • We have a vital interest

    • We need it to perform a public task

    • We have a legitimate interest

 

How we store your personal information

  • Your information is securely stored with the Autism Doctor secure electronic system. There are very limited paper records.

  • We keep your personal information a time frame as relevant for the assessment. We will then dispose your information by deleting records both electronic and or paper versions. We request all carers to download and save the reports for future reference promptly after the finalised version is being sent to you.

 

Your data protection rights

  • Under data protection law, you have rights including:

    • Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information that are held in our database.

    • Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

    • Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

    • Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

    • Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

  • You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we usually have one month to respond to you.

  • You will be required to pay a nominal fee to retrieve data that has been considered ‘dormant’ ie 3 months after the last report sent from our source.

  • Please contact us at specialist@autismdoctor.co.uk if you wish to make such a request.

Lawful basis of processing this information

  • Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

    •  Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting specialist@autismdoctor.co.uk

    • We have a contractual obligation

    • We have a legal obligation

    • We have a vital interest

    • We need it to perform a public task

    • We have a legitimate interest

 

How we store your personal information

  • Your information is securely stored with the Autism Doctor secure electronic system. There are very limited paper records.

  • We keep your personal information a time frame as relevant for the assessment. We will then dispose your information by deleting records both electronic and or paper versions. We request all carers to download and save the reports for future reference promptly after it being sent to you.

Your data protection rights

  • Under data protection law, you have rights including:

    • Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information that are held in our database.

    • Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

    • Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

    • Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

    • Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

    • Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

  • You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

  • Please contact us at specialist@autismdoctor.co.uk if you wish to make such a request.

When do we collect information?

  • We collect information from you when you fill out our User Profile form or Sign-in to our website or software using Single Sign-on or enter information on our site.

How do we use your information?

  • We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make an enquiry, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • • To personalise user’s experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and   product offerings in which you are most interested.

  • • To quickly process your transactions.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

  • Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember session state. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

  • We use cookies to:

  • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.

  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

  • We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

  • You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer or Google chrome) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

  • If you disable cookies, some features will be disabled. It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

Third-party disclosure

  • We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

Third-party links

  • Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google

  • Google’s advertising requirements can be found in Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users.

Analytical Tracking

  • It’s also important to note that we use Google/ Microsoft Azure Analytical insights for behavioural tracking.

Contacting Us

How to complain about GDPR related issues

  • If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at specialist@autismdoctor.co.uk

  • You can also complain to the ICO if we have not been able to resolve the issue and if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: https://www.ico.org.uk

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