Legal and Privacy

The Legal and Privacy page of this website comprises the following two parts:

(1) The Medical Record Privacy Notice which applies to the information provided by our patients when attending our clinic for healthcare and medical treatment; and (2) Our Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy which governs your use of this website.

Part 1 – MEDICAL RECORD PRIVACY NOTICE:

This Medical Record Privacy Notice describes the uses Dr Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd (‘we’ or the ‘clinic’) make of your information: (i) to provide you with healthcare, (ii) for medical research purposes, and (iii) so we can meet our legal requirements.

Part 1 – Section 1 – Providing you with Healthcare

This clinic keeps medical records confidential and complies with the Data Protection Act 2018 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 otherwise known as the General Data Protection Regulation.

We hold your medical record so that we can provide you with safe care and treatment.

We will also use your information so that this clinic can check and review the quality of the care we provide. This helps us to improve our services to you.

We will share relevant information from your medical record with other health or social care staff or organisations when they provide you with care. For example, we will share information when we refer you to another healthcare professional, clinic or hospital. Or we may send details about your prescription to your chosen pharmacy.

For more information on how we share your information with organisations who are directly involved in your care can be found below.

You have the right to object to information being shared for your own care. Please speak to the practice if you wish to object. You also have the right to have any mistakes or errors corrected.

Other important information about how your information is used to provide you with healthcare

We are required by law to provide you with the following information about how we handle your information.

Data Controller contact details:

Dr Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd, 75 Harley Street, London W1G 8QL

Telephone:0207 935 6358 Email:reception@drhausdermatology.com

Purpose of the processing: To give direct health or social care to individual patients.

For example, when a patient agrees to a referral for direct care, such as to a hospital, relevant information about the patient will be shared with the other healthcare staff to enable them to give appropriate advice, investigations, treatments and/or care.

To check and review the quality of care. (This is called audit and clinical governance).

Lawful basis for processing: These purposes are supported under the following sections of the GDPR: Article 6(1)(f) ‘…for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller…’; and

Article 9(2)(h) ‘necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for the assessment of the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services…”

Clinic staff will also respect and comply with their obligations under the common law duty of confidence.

Recipient or categories of recipients of the processed data: The data may be shared with: healthcare professionals and staff in this clinic; hospitals; out of hours services; diagnostic and treatment centres; private health insurance companies; third parties engaged by us for the provision of telephone answering and appointment management services; or other organisations involved in the provision of direct care to individual patients, and the Data Processor (as that term is defined in the GDPR) who manages the IT infrastructure, including the email network, for our clinic.

Rights to object: You have the right to object to information being shared between those who are providing you with direct care. This may affect the care you receive – please speak to the reception desk.

You are not able to object when information is legitimately shared for safeguarding reasons.

In appropriate circumstances it is a legal and professional requirement to share information for safeguarding reasons. This is to protect people from harm.

The information will be shared with the local safeguarding service Westminster Social Services.

Right to access and correct: You have the right to access your medical record and have any errors or mistakes corrected. Please speak to a member of staff if you wish to know more about this.

We are not aware of any circumstances in which you will have the right to delete correct information from your medical record; although you are free to obtain your own legal advice if you believe there is no lawful purpose for which we hold the information and contact us if that legal advice confirms a different view.

Retention period: Medical records will be kept in line with the law and national guidance.

Right to complain: You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. If you wish to complain follow this linkhttps://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ or call the helpline 0303 123 1113

Data we get from other organisations: We may receive information about your health from other organisations who are involved in providing you with health and social care. For example, if you go to hospital for treatment or an operation the hospital may send us a letter to let us know what happens. This means your medical record at our clinic is kept up-to date when you receive care from other health professionals.

Part 1 – Section 2 – How your information is used for Medical Research

We are required by law to provide you with the following information about how we share your information for medical research purposes.

Data Controller contact details:

Dr Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd, 75 Harley Street, London W1G 8QL

Telephone:0207 935 6358 Email:reception@drhausdermatology.com

Purpose of the processing: Medical research and to check the quality of care which is given to patients.

Lawful basis for processing: The following sections of the GDPR mean that we can use medical records for research:

Article 6(1)(e) – ‘processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller’.

Article 9(2)(a) – ‘the data subject has given explicit consent…’

Recipient or categories of recipients of the processed data: For medical research the data will be shared with 3^rd parties with whom we have agreed to carry out research activities from time to time.

Rights to object: You have a right to object under the GDPR to information that identifies you being used or shared for medical research purposes. Please contact the practice if you wish to opt-out.

Right to access and correct: You have the right to access your medical record and have any errors or mistakes corrected. Please speak to a member of staff if you wish to know more about this.

Retention period: Medical records will be kept in line with the law and national guidance.

Part 1 – Section 3 – How your information is used to meet Legal Requirements

Public Health

The law requires us to share data for public health reasons, for example to prevent the spread of infectious diseases or other diseases which threaten the health of the population.

We will report the relevant information to local health protection team or Public Health England.

For more information about Public Health England and disease reporting see: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report

We are required by law to provide you with the following information about how we handle your information and our legal obligations to share data.

Data Controller contact details:

Dr Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd, 75 Harley Street, London W1G 8QL

Telephone:0207 935 6358 Email:reception@drhausdermatology.com

Purpose of the processing: Compliance with legal obligations or court order.

Lawful basis for processing: The following sections of the GDPR mean that we can share information when the law tells us to.

Article 6(1)(c) – ‘processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject…’

Article 9(2)(h) – ‘processing is necessary for the purpose of preventative…medicine…the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services…’

Recipient or categories of recipients of the processed data: The data will be shared with the Care Quality Commission.

The data will be shared with our local health protection team or Public Health England.

The data will be shared with the court if ordered.

Rights to object and the national data opt-out: There are very limited rights to object when the law requires information to be shared but government policy allows some rights of objection as set out below.

Public Health – Legally information must be shared under public health legislation. This means that you are unable to object.

Care Quality Commission – Legally information must be shared when the Care Quality Commission needs it for their regulatory functions. This means that you are unable to object.

Court Order – Your information must be shared if it ordered by a court. This means that you are unable to object.

Right to access and correct: You have the right to access your medical record and have any errors or mistakes corrected. Please speak to a member of staff if you wish to know more about this.

Retention period: Medical records will be kept in line with the law and national guidance.

The provisions of this Medical Record Privacy Notice are effective from 17 August 2021

Part 2 – WEBSITE TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY:

Part 2 – Section 1 – Website Terms of Use

This section (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.drhausdermatology.com (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read this part carefully before you start to use the site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept our terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.

Information About Our Site

www.drhausdermatology.com is a site operated by Dr. Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (“we” or “us”).

Accessing Our Site

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.

From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site, to users who have registered with us.

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

When using our site, you must comply with our acceptable use requirements, which appear below.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Acceptable Use

When using our site, you must comply with the following provisions of acceptable use. These acceptable use provisions set out the terms between you and us under which you may access our site. These acceptable use provisions apply to all users of, and visitors to, our site. Your use of our site means that you accept, and agree to abide by these acceptable use provisions.

You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:

In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
To transmit or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other of or of similar solicitation (spam);
Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt: any part of our site, any equipment or network on which our site is stored, any software used in the provision of our site, or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise stated, we are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Reliance on Information Posted

Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice, especially medical advice, on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all and any liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

Our Site Changes Regularly

We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Our Liability

The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

All conditions, warranties and other terms, which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including without limitation any liability for:
loss of income or revenue;
loss of business;
loss of profits or contracts;
loss of anticipated savings;
loss of data;
loss of goodwill;
wasted management or office time; and

for any other loss or damage of any kind, howsoever arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Information About You and Your Visits to Our Site

We may process information about you in accordance with the provisions of this Part 2. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material, which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and/or other legislation. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Linking to Our Site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.

Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in the acceptable use provisions of these terms and conditions.

If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to reception@drhausdermatology.com

Links from Our Site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these terms in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

These terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Variations

We may revise the information on this page at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

Your Concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact reception@drhausdermatology.com. Thank you for visiting our site.

Part 2 – Section 2 – Website Privacy Policy

Dr. Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd (“we” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy when visiting our website.

The Terms of Use which appear above in Part 2 – Section 1, including any documents referred to in it, and this Website Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you may provide to us during your visit to our website, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. If you wish to know how we use information that is provided to us by patients at our clinic, then please refer to Part 1 (Medical Record Privacy Notice) at the top of this page.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act), the data controller is Dr. Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd of 75 Harley Street, London W1G 8QL England.

Information We May Collect From You When Visiting Our Site

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site www.drhausdermatology.com (our site). This includes information provided by you at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to any service provided by us through our site, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a competition or promotion sponsored by us and when you report a problem with our site.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.

IP Addresses and Cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file, which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service. They enable us to:

Estimate our audience size and usage pattern.
Store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customize our site according to your individual needs.
Speed up your searches.
Recognise you when you return to our site.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site.

Where We Store Your Personal Data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your request for services through our site, the processing of your payment details (if applicable) and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing and processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Uses Made of the Information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, unless you request us not to contact you for such purposes.
To notify you about changes to our service.

We may also use your data, to provide you with information about goods or services, which may be of interest to you, and we may contact you about these by email, post or telephone unless you have specifically asked us not to use one of these methods to communicate with you. We will never provide information about you to any third party for marketing purposes unless we have first asked for and obtained your consent to do so.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of Dr Haus Dermatology Clinics Ltd, it’s business, our customers, or others.

Access to Information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.

General

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties unrelated to us. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Changes to This Page

Any changes we may make to our Medical Record Privacy Notice or Website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding any of the information on this page should be addressed to reception@drhausdermatology.com

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