A little about us…
We are a well-established Audiology and Optical Provider. We undertake all our testing and care remotely. We’ve been looking after people’s sight and hearing in the comfort of their own homes for over 30 years.
We are a registered Data Controller with the Information Commissioner.
Your Privacy matters to us
We appreciate the trust you place in us when sharing your personal data, the security of your data is very important to us. In this notice, we will explain how we collect, use, and protect your personal data. We will also provide information on what rights you have with regards to your personal data and how you can exercise those rights.
We appreciate that the world of data protection can seem a little complicated, we will try to explain things in a simple and straight forward way.
We collect information from:
What information we collect:
Here’s how we use the personal data we hold:
Do we have a reason to use your information?
We use most personal information in accordance with ‘legitimate interests’ this includes considering benefits to the customer, OutsideClinic and our trusted partners... but don’t worry we balance your privacy rights to ensure that the benefits pass privacy tests before using personal information in this way!
Where its appropriate to do so, we will ask for your consent to ensure we are clear on your choices.
We may also use information to fulfil a transaction or contract – for example if you purchase glasses, we’ll handle payment information and address details, to deliver you what we have promised!
We might need to pass certain information on to the NHS if we find that you need additional treatment or advice, we’ll mostly do this after talking this through with you, in rare & serious cases this might be done to protect you (where it is in your vital interests).
We always need to follow the law so there may be some cases where we are legally required to share information with statutory partners & Ombudsman – these are official Organisations like the Police or the General Optical Counsel. We’ll tell you more about this in the ‘who we share information with’ section.
We might occasionally fulfil public tasks on behalf of the NHS to provide audiology services; this will be in line with the NHS Hearing Loss Action Plan, the NHS Act 2006, the Equality Act 2010 and the Health & Social Care 2012.
Can you opt out?
Of course! Wherever we have used your information in line with legitimate interests and consent you will usually be able to opt by clicking this link: outsideclinic.co.uk/remove
There may be some cases where we have to hang on to some information – we explain this in the ‘information we keep’ section.
Who we share information with:
The NHS – inward and outward referrals and invoicing. We refer customers to the NHS for support and treatment where necessary.
Experian for marketing services and support.
Gingerblack Analytics marketing insight and support.
Optelec for specialist medical products where discussed with the customer.
Statutory partners for investigations and audits such as the GOC General Ophthalmic Counsel, the Police, the Information Commissioner and so on.
Our trusted Subsidiary Company Visioncall
Trusted optical consultants.
IT consultants and system providers.
Courts and Tribunals where necessary.
We promote details of our trusted partners offers, services and products. We give the customer the choice whether they want to contact the partner directly, and share their own personal information.
Your rights for personal data:
Information we keep:
We keep your personal data for as long as we have to and always do this in line with data protection laws. We don’t want to keep your data any longer than we need to!
We store information securely, we mainly keep this digitally on our protected devices, we may also keep paper records for a certain period of time but don’t worry we’ll keep these secure as well.
How to complain:
We care so much about privacy that we have got a helping hand from some data protection experts, Midland Data Protection act as our registered Data Protection Officer. Their contact details are below:
You can email: info@midlanddataprotection.co.uk
Or call: 0333 577 0646
OutsideClinic Contact details can be found at https://www.outsideclinic.co.uk/contact-us/
For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data sharing issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):
Alternatively, visit ico.org.uk or email icocasework@ico.org.uk
A little about us…
We are a well-established Audiology and Optical Provider. We undertake all our testing and care remotely. We’ve been looking after people’s sight and hearing in the comfort of their own homes for over 30 years. We have a wide range of employees who help us deliver a high standard of care to our customers.
We are a registered Data Controller with the Information Commissioner.
Your Privacy matters to us
We appreciate the trust you place in us when sharing your personal data, the security of your data is very important to us. In this notice, we will explain how we collect, use, and protect your personal data. We will also provide information on what rights you have with regards to your personal data and how you can exercise those rights.
We appreciate that the world of data protection can seem a little complicated, we will try to explain things in a simple and straight forward way.
For the purposes of this privacy notice the term employee(s) will collectively refer to all employees, contractors, sub-contractors, and agency workers.
We collect information from:
Here’s the kind of information we collect and deal with:
Here’s how we use the personal data we hold:
Employee monitoring
In accordance with the schedule 1 (1), (2) & schedule 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018, & Article 6 (b), (c) & (f) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation; we may monitor the use of company assets, employee conduct & records of time keeping for purposes such as preventing and detecting criminal acts, investigating unauthorised use, making sure that policies are being followed and for training and quality control.
Examples of such monitoring may include but is not limited to: CCTV, surveillance, access logs, system audits, remote working, IT usage, conduct, performance and the use & management of financial assets.
Please note that all employees are not routinely monitored in a blanket manner – all monitoring will be proportionate and justified.
Do we have a reason to use your information?
We process a lot of employee information in line with our legal obligations under the following laws:
We may at times rely on our ‘legitimate interests.’ This is another way of saying we treat information in line with our business needs… but don’t worry we balance your privacy rights to ensure that the business needs pass privacy tests before using personal information in this way!
We might occasionally ask you for consent – we’ll be clear if we do.
We also use information to fulfil our contract – for example ensuring you are paid your agreed rate or salary.
In addition to employment laws, there are other laws we have to follow so there may be some cases where we are legally required to share information with statutory partners & Ombudsman – these are official Organisations like the Police or the General Optical Counsel. We’ll tell you more about this in the ‘who we share information with’ section.
Can you opt out?
If we relied on consent you can opt out by emailing info@outsideclinic.com
If we have relied on legitimate interests you may also be able to opt out, for more information contact info@outsideclinic.com
There may be some cases where we have to hang on to some information – we explain this in the ‘information we keep’ section.
Who we share information with:
OutsideClinic internal departments where appropriate.
Both internal colleagues & external customers will have access to information relating to you acting in your professional capacity and your personal contact details. We will of course balance disclosures with our duty of confidence to you and your expectation of privacy.
External organisations such as; H M Revenue & Customs, Disclosure and Barring Service, H M Court Service, Police Authority, Department of Work and Pensions, Pensions Administrators, employee benefits provider, external auditors, internal software providers, external organisation linked to TUPE legislation, external training providers supporting personal development or apprenticeships.
Health and Social care partners to ensure that care is accessible and where applicable administered to employees.
Organisations such as the Information Commissioner, Police, General Optical Counsel, Health and Care Professional Council and so on.
Your rights for personal data:
Information we keep:
We keep your personal data for as long as we have to and always do this in line with data protection laws. We don’t want to keep your data any longer than we need to!
We store information securely, we mainly keep this digitally on our protected devices, we may also keep paper records for a certain period of time but don’t worry we’ll keep these secure as well.
How to complain:
We care so much about privacy that we have got a helping hand from some data protection experts, Midland Data Protection act as our registered Data Protection Officer. Their contact details are below:
You can email: info@midlanddataprotection.co.uk
Or call: 0333 577 0646
OutsideClinic Contact details can be found at https://www.outsideclinic.co.uk/contact-us/
For independent advice about data protection, privacy and data sharing issues, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):
Alternatively, visit ico.org.uk or email icocasework@ico.org.uk