SpeechMarks - Private Speech and Language Therapy

Award Winning Consultant Speech & Language Therapist Specialising in Adult Communication and Swallowing Difficulties


Privacy Notice

SpeechMarks Independent Speech and Language Therapy customer Privacy Notice

Registered name: SpeechMarks Independent Speech and Language Therapy Ltd.

Contact details

Telephone: 07972353539
Email: kathryn@speech.org.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:
  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Gender
  • Occupation
  • Date of birth
  • Health information (such as medical records or health conditions)
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints
  • Records of meetings and decisions
We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:
  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
  • Name
  • Contact information
We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:
  • Health information

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO's website: If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:
  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legal obligation - we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:
  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:
  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information

Records are kept for 8 years after the final treatment.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

29 November 2024