Contact Consent Policy

The data controller is the Dr Sheraz, the Information Governance Lead is Dr Sheraz who is also the Data Protection Officer. 

Here at the practice we take your privacy seriously. From time to time we would like to contact you with details of other dental services that we provide or introduce, such as additional clinics or introductory treatment offers. To do this, we need to ask you for your consent before sending you this type of promotional message. We hope that you will appreciate the benefit of receiving these messages, but should you wish to withhold consent then please simply decline to sign this form. If you do provide consent, you may subsequently withdraw your consent at any time by following the opt-out processes shown on our messages or contacting the practice directly.

Please be aware that other messages you may currently receive from us, such as recalls and appointment reminders, are not considered promotional activity and are therefore excluded from being covered by this request for consent. Should you wish to stop receiving these messages then you will need to express your desire to opt-out directly to our reception staff. We might need to pass your details to trusted third-party communication companies who will deliver these messages to you. Your details will be used solely for delivering this message. We do not pass your details on to other parties for unsolicited marketing purposes. Should you wish to know further details of the third parties involved please refer to the practice's privacy policy. I consent for my details to be used for the purposes outlined below:

• Personal data for the provision of dental health care 
• Personal data for the purposes of providing treatment plans, recall appointments, reminders or estimates 
• Personal data such as details of family members for the provision of health care to children or for emergency contact details 
• Personal data for the purposes of employed and self-employed team members employment and engagement respectively 
• Personal data - IP addresses so that we can understand our patients better and inform our marketing approach as well as improve the web site experience 
• Special category data including health records for the purposes of the delivery of health care and meeting our legal obligations 
• Special category data including health records 
• Special category data to meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010 
• Special category data details of criminal record checks for employees and contracted team members 

We minimise the data that we keep, and do not keep it for longer than necessary. 

We never pass your personal details to a third party unless we have a contract for them to process data on our behalf and will otherwise keep it confidential. If we intend to refer a patient to another practitioner or to secondary care such as a hospital we will gain the individual’s permission before the referral is made and the personal data is shared. Your data will be shared with the NHS in England, 

• Personal data is stored in the US in digital format when the data storage company is certified with the EU-US Privacy Shield 
• Personal data is obtained when a patient joins the practice, when a patient is referred to the practice and when a patient subscribes to an email list 

For full details or where your data is stored, please ask to see Information Governance Procedures.

For more detailed information read our Privacy Policy.