Privacy GDPR & Cookies
GDPR
Update following the UK’s exit from the EU: The GDPR is retained in domestic law as the ‘UK GDPR’, but the UK has the independence to keep the framework under review. The ‘UK GDPR’ sits alongside an amended version of the DPA 2018. The key principles, rights and obligations remain the same. Further guidance here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-and-the-eu/data-protection-and-the-eu-in-detail/the-uk-gdpr/
On the 25th May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. Under this new law, European standards in data protection aligned with current technology standards. This is good news for all individuals who are affected by data processing, and raises standards and enforces new processes, obligations and transparency in relation to the handling and security of your personal data. The Aldershot PCN has ensured that we have met or are working towards meeting all our responsibilities under the new legislation.
For more information, see the ICO’s website, “Your Data Matters” : https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/
GDPR is a new piece of legislation that has superseded the Data Protection Act (1998). The GDPR is similar to the Data Protection Act, but strengthens many of the DPA’s principles. It not only applies to the UK and EU, it covers anywhere in the world in which data about EU citizens is processed.
Under the original Data Protection Act, and the new General Data Protection Regulation, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it.
We have a named Data Protection Officer.
Changes to our policy
If our privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
What information do we collect on the web site?
This privacy statement only covers the Aldershot PCN website. It does not cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement on that site.
From time to time on this website, you may be asked to submit limited personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to contact us, or to receive or use services.
By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable the Aldershot PCN and its service providers to provide you with the services you select. Any information you provide to the Aldershot PCN will only be used by us, our agents and service providers, and will not be disclosed unless we are obliged or permitted to by law to do so.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you use the service you have requested and remove it in the event that the purpose has been met or when you no longer wish to continue your subscription.
At any time you may request to know what data we hold about you, and you may request that we delete your data.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect against the loss or alteration of information under our control.
Use of cookies
When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:
- Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don’t have to give the same information several times during one task
- Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don’t need to do it for every web page requested
- Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast
You can manage permissions for these small files yourself using our Cookie Consent popup when first visiting the site, (and thereafter by clicking the cookie icon button at the bottom left of our web pages). You can also control cookies through your own browser settings (See below*).
Current cookies
We use the following cookies on our website –
Essential Cookies – Functional & Security
Purpose: There are some cookies which are essential to the basic functionality and security of our website, including the security of our web contact forms. As such they can not be turned off, they but are listed and described in the ‘Cookie Settings’ information panel from our Cookie Consent popup.
Cookie: Google Analytics
Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, which we use to help improve it. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.
These cookies can be turned off using our Cookie Consent pop up when first visiting our website. Thereafter, your general cookie preferences for our website can be changed at any time using the ever present cookie icon button at the bottom left of a web page.
More information about Google cookies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-GB
Other Cookies – Embedded content & links to off site content – Other Third Party Cookies
We want to provide interesting and engaging content on our website. On a number of pages we use ‘plugins’ or embedded media or news feeds. For example, we may embed YouTube videos in some pages. We may also provide links to share content with popular social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter(X). Other cookies may also be identified as originating from england.nhs.uk.
The suppliers of these services may also set cookies on your device when you visit their web pages from page links where we have used this type of content. These are known as ‘third-party’ cookies. Third party cookies are delivered on behalf of their respective organisations and as such they may change their name and purpose from the cookies generally identified here; this is beyond the immediate control of the Aldershot PCN.
Cookie: YouTube
We may use services from YouTube to show you embedded health related videos on our website. We always embed YouTube videos using YouTube’s ‘No-Cookie – Privacy-Enhanced‘ mode.
You can read more about YouTube’s privacy enhanced mode here:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cturn-on-privacy-enhanced-mode
Note: If you visit a page containing a YouTube video and are already logged in to your own YouTube or Google account, Google may then use additional cookies for security purposes, to remember your preferences, and receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes, and collect data linked to your Google account.
For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=GB&hl=en-GB#intro
How to control and delete cookies*
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
In addition to our Cookie Consent popup, you can restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website through your browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should tell you how.
Alternatively, you may wish to visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to restrict the use of cookies on the browser of your mobile phone you may need to refer to your handset manual.
To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction after leaving our website, please refer to their websites for further information.
Please be aware that restricting all cookies may impact on the functionality of our website.