We are committed to protecting your privacy. You can access our website without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations.
In general, you can visit our web site without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. However there may be occasions when you choose to give us personal information, for example, when you choose to contact us or request information from us. We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you.
We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services. We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organisations. We do not collect or use personal data for any purpose other than that indicated below:
- To send you confirmation of requests that you have made to us
- To send you information when you request it.
We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information and we have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to do so. We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should be aware that we don’t have any control over the other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting these sites.
Our website and the services that it enables are provided by Schappit Ltd, Trading as Silicon Practice. Schappit Ltd, Trading as Silicon Practice is a data processor which means that they will only process your personal data on the instruction of the practice, the data controller, unless otherwise required by law. The practice has entered into a data processing agreement with Schappit Ltd, Trading as Silicon Practice which is a binding contract setting out the obligations of each party in relation to the processing of personal data.
If you would like to find out more about Schappit Ltd, Trading as Silicon Practice you can access details of how they protect data and deliver services in their Data Processing Agreement.
How your data is used for research and planning (OpenSAFELY)
To help improve NHS services and patient care, we allow some of your health information to be used for research and planning. This is done through a secure system called OpenSAFELY, which is run by NHS England. Only pseudonymised data (which means your name and other details that directly identify you are removed or replaced with codes) is used. Your full personal information never leaves our GP system, and the data is only used in highly secure environments by approved NHS researchers. This use of data is allowed by law because it supports important public health work and research that benefits everyone.
This is done under the legal basis of public interest tasks (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(e)) and for health research (Article 9(2)(j)). You can read more about OpenSAFELY at www.opensafely.org and if you’d prefer not to have your data used in this way, you can opt out at www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters.
Please note: For some projects run under NHS legal powers (like OpenSAFELY), your data may still be used in a protected, pseudonymised form, even if you choose to opt out. This is because the law allows certain types of data use where it’s in the public interest.