Privacy Statement
Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind processes identifiable personal data for the purpose of maintaining the operations of its business. Any personal data you provide to Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind through any means, verbal, written, in electronic form, and through the Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind website, will be held and processed in strictest confidence, only in relation to purposes relevant to your request, and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind Privacy Policy.
Client Consent Form
By signing this document, you give Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind consent to process and store your information in relation to your request for counseling from our service, and any subsequent counseling service you may receive from Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind.
If you do not enter into a counselling contract with Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing & Hounslow Mind we will securely destroy these forms after 2 years.
If you proceed to engage with the service and attend an assessment and counselling sessions, then we will retain your records (including the intake form) for 7 years after you complete your counselling contract. After this time your records will be securely destroyed. To destroy records, we shred all hard copies and destroy electronic copies through specialist contractor.
All information you provide us is processed and stored as securely as possible. Our hard copies are always stored in locked cabinets with limited access, and our electronic records are password protected and stored in a secure server. Any information exchanged via email is always encrypted and emails are destroyed immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, internet communication is never completely secure, and for this reason we do our best to ensure we abide to highest standards of data protection. We ask you to recognize that any transmission of information you communicate to us over email is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will proceed to store it safely in order to prevent unauthorized access.