GDPR and Your Right to Privacy

The new legislation, GDPR, which comes into force on 25th Of May 2018 means that some of your privacy rights, in relation to holding or storing confidential information about you has changed. 
 
 
Please read below Highly Sensitive Person Sussex Counselling Privacy Policy in relation to this.
 
If you are using any of the services that Highly Sensitive Person Sussex provides you will need to explicitly agree to this Privacy policy by signing it before any service can begin. 
 
Please print of a copy and sign and return at the beginning of counselling session, or email electronically signed to counselling@highly-sensitive-person-sussex.co.uk. Alternatively send onto 13 Hollingbury Rise, Brighton, East Sussex. Bn1 7hh
 
 
HSPS Privacy Policy 
 
1. You personal data is always held confidentially. The information HSPS will hold  on you is the following.

Name
DOB
Address
Phone numbers
Email Address
Emergency Contacts
Personal Relevant Information (including medical and Doctors Details) which you have provided within the initial assessment.   
Counselling Session and Mental Health Notes and Records. 
 
2. This information will not be passed onto anyone else other than within
a) HSPS Professional Counselling Supervision boundaries where this information will also be discussed and held in the strictest of confidence. 
b) Where there is a safeguarding issues that effects either yourself or a vulnerable individual within your care. In the event of this happening we will endeavour, where safely possibly, to gain your consent first. 
 
3. HSPS holds your information confidentially and securely online using The British Association Of Counselling And Psychotherapy approved secure database, BACPAC. 
 
4. You have the right to have your personal information changed/ deleted or find out what information has been stored in relation to yourself at anytime. Please email HSPS at counselling@highly-sensitive-person-sussex.co.uk at any time or contact 07584201837 to discuss this further if you need too.
 
Please give your consent to your information being stored by HSPS as above by signing below 
Printed Name 
___________________________
 
Signature
___________________________ Date_________________
 
Please give your consent for us to continue to contact you if needs be,on your phone or email by signing below 
 
Printed Name 
___________________________
 
Signature
 
___________________________ Date_________________