Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

At Placenta Practice we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

What we do with the information we collect

We use information held about you in the following ways:

We may also use your data to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we may contact you about these by email, post or telephone.

If you agree we may pass certain information (such as; name, phone, email and chosen hospital) to third parties so that they can offer you their services. As an example one such company may be Smart Cells Baby.

If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

If you do not want us to use your data in this way please send an email with your request to hello@placentapractice.co.uk.

Testimonials

If you are an existing customer, we may contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) to request a testimonial. Testimonials are used on our website and social media accounts for marketing purposes. We will never reveal your name on any testimonials we use.

Where we store your personal data

Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure content management system.

We use password protection and encryption to prevent unpermitted access to all personal data files.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Cookies

In this section you will find information on what cookies may be set when you visit our website and how to reject or delete those cookies.

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are provided on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example your computer or mobile phone.

This information consists of small files known as cookies and they cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve our services for you through, for example:

You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them by visiting www.direct.gov.uk/managingcookies

How to control and delete cookies

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website or any other website, you can do this through your browser settings.

Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of the websites you visit.

How long we will store your personal data

If Placenta Practice provides any paid services to you, we are required under UK tax law to keep your personal information for a period of 6 years. After this period your information will be destroyed. We are also required, for insurance purposes, to hold on to your information. We are also legally required to hold on to 1 x TCM and 1 x Simple Placenta Capsule from each client for the same period.

Your rights

You have the right, at any stage, to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of all or some of your personal information please email us at hello@placentapractice.co.uk

If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office https://ico.org.uk/

Third party cookies

Cookies set for embedded social web content

To support our information provision and engagement, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube, Vimeo, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Flicker. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, Facebook or Twitter, you may be presented with cookies from these websites. We do not control the use of these cookies. You should check third party websites for more information on these cookies.

Our website may also carry embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles with their peers through a number of popular social networks. These sites may set a cookie when you are also logged in to or otherwise using their service. We have no control over these cookies and you should check for more info from their website on these cookies.

Cookies for web analytics

We use third party services to gather data regarding the usage of our site on our behalf using cookies, log file data and code which is embedded on our website. We use this type of information to help improve the service we provide to UK and non UK visitors.

Google analytics

Google analytics is a web analytics service provider provided by Google Inc. Google analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate a visitor’s use of our website.

Google stores the information collection by the cookie on their servers in the United States, or in some instances within the EU. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and the purposes set out above.

For more information on the cookie set by Google analytics, including information on how to opt out please go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

Changes to our privacy policy

This policy was last updated on the 22/04/2018. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.