Privacy Policy

Great Junction Dental Practice Data Protection privacy notice for patients

In providing your dental care and treatment, we will ask you for information about you and your health. Occasionally, we may receive information from other providers who have been involved in providing for your care. This privacy notice describes the type of personal information we hold, why we hold it and what we do with it.

Information that we collect

We may collect the following information about you:

Personal details such as your name, date of birth, national insurance number, NHS number, address, telephone number and email address

Information about your dental and general health, including:

Clinical records made by dentists and other dental professionals involved with your care and treatment, X-rays, clinical photographs, digital scans of your mouth and teeth, study models, medical, dental histories, treatment plans, consent notes of conversations with you about your care, Dates of your appointments, details of any complaints you have made and how these complaints were dealt with correspondence with other health professionals or institutions, details of the fees we have charged, the amounts you have paid and some payment details. The Data Protection Officer is responsible for securely keeping the information we hold about you.

Who can access the information about you:

Those at the practice who have access to your information include dentists and other dental professionals involved with your care and treatment, and the reception staff responsible for the management and administration of the practice.

How we use your information:

To provide you with the dental care and treatment that you need, we require up-to-date and accurate information about you.We will seek your preference for how we contact you about your dental care. Our usual methods are telephone, email or letter.

Sharing the information:

Your information is normally used only by those working at the practice but there may be instances where we need to share it – for example, with: Your doctor, The hospital or community dental services or other health professionals caring for you Private dental schemes of which you are a member We will only disclose your information on a need-to-know basis and will limit any information that we share to the minimum necessary. In certain circumstances or if required by law, we may need to disclose your information to a third party not connected with your health care, including HMRC or other law enforcement or government agencies.

Keeping your information safe:

We store your personal information securely on our practice computer system and in a manual filing system. Your information cannot be accessed by those who do not work at the practice; only those working at the practice have access to your information. They understand their legal responsibility to maintain confidentiality and follow practice procedures to ensure this. We take precautions to ensure security of the practice premises, the practice filing systems and computers. We use high-quality specialist dental software to record and use your personal information safely and effectively. Our computer system has a secure audit trail and we back up information routinely. We keep your records for 10 years after the date of your last visit to the Practice or until your reach the age of 25 years, whichever is longer.

Keeping your information safe:

Access to your information and other rights:

You should have a right to access the information that we hold about you and receive a copy. You should submit your request to the practice in writing or by email. We do not usually charge you for copies of your information, if we pass on a charge, we will explain the reasons.

You can also request us to:

Correct any information that you believe is inaccurate or incomplete. If we have disclosed that information to a third party, we will let them know about the change Erase information we hold although you should be aware that, for legal reasons, we may be unable to erase certain information (for example, information about your dental treatment) Stop using your information – for example, sending you reminders for appointments or information about our service. Supply your information electronically to another dentist

If you do not agree:

If you do not wish us to use your personal information as described, you should discuss the matter with your dentist. If you object to the way that we collect and use your information, we may not be able to continue to provide your dental care. If you have any concerns about how we use your information and you do not feel able to discuss it with your dentist or anyone at the practice, you should contact The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF (0303 123 1113 or 01625 545745)

This policy is effective as of 19/01/2020

Great Junction Dental Privacy policy for using our website

This privacy policy sets out how Great Junction Dental Great Junction uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.

Great Junction Dental Leith, Edinburgh is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Great Junction Dental Leith, Edinburgh may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 13 September 2011.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

Name and Job Title contact information including email address demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers What we do with the information we gather We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping:

We may use the information to improve our products and services. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Security:

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies:

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites:

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information:

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways::

whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes. if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at greatjunctiondental@gmail.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to GREAT JUNCTION DENTAL, 163 Great Junction Street, Edinburgh, EH6 5LG

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

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