The Personal Development Strategists is an company started by Gemma & Sandra; both registered therapists in the UK. Who work with both individuals & companies; to develop positive mental health & wellbeing.
Unfortunately Gemma is no longer with us; but her beautiful memory lives on. It was a privilege to have known and worked with her.
The Personal Development Strategists understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, The pdss.co.uk (our site) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
ACCOUNT means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features on Our Site;
Cookie Law means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003;
Personal Data means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from the data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679- the general Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and
We/Us/Our means The Personal Development Strategists. We are not registered as a limited Company.
Our Site is owned and operated by us.
The Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing and data to them.
4.1 As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
4.2 The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data
4.3 The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
4.4 The right to rectification of any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact us)
4.5 The right to be forgotten-i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you for a limited time, as explained in section 6, but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact us.
4.6 The right to restrict (I.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
4.7 The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or originations);
4.8 The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
4.9 Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.
4.10 If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us, and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the information Commissioner’s Office.
4.11 For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioners Office, or your local Citizens Advice Bureau
Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data.
Name;
Business/company;
Job title and /or profession;
Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
IP address;
How you heard about us;
Your workshop registration details including payment method;
GP details if you are patient;
6.1 All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
6.2 Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for Our performance and contract with you., because you have consented to Our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
Supplying our services to you (please note we require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
Replying to emails from you;
6.3 You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
6.4 We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following basis):
Registration data will be kept for seven years after the workshop
Patient records will be kept for ten years
7.1 We only keep your personal data s long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and /or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.
7.2 Your data will only be stored in the UK
7.3 Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.
8.1 Subject to section 8.2, we will not share any of your data with third parties for any purposes.
8.2 We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply services to you on our behalf. These may include workshop registrations, payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some of or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
8.3 In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or governmental authority.
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held).Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your written request free of charge.
Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are only used by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products And/Or services. In addition, our Site uses analytics services provided by Google, which also use Cookies, Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyses usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at ‘thepdss.co.uk’
Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about data we hold about you, under the section above.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Private Policy on your first use of Our Site following alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up to date.
Confidentially agreement for Patients (clients)
Patients (clients) have a right to expect that information about them will be held in confidence by health practitioners. Confidentiality is central to trust between practitioners and their patients (clients).
We will seek the explicit consent from or patients (clients), before imparting/disclosing any information you have given us.
Disclosers : Information will only be provided if the patient (client) is of a danger to themselves or another.