Photographs

For many years we have published pre and post-operative photographs of patients who have undergone aesthetic surgery on our website.

 

With this new website, and after a great deal of thought, we have elected not to continue with this practice. There are a number of misgivings being expressed by regulatory authorities that the use of photographs on websites are rarely educational and are rather directed towards inducements to surgery and given that every patient is individual the results may not always be applicable to everyone. It is also increasingly difficult to expect patients to allow their photographs to be used on the internet even when anonymised.

 

With the express agreement of some previous patients we are able to show all patients representative examples of before and after photographs during the private space of a personal consultation.

 

Data protection

Your privacy is our primary concern alongside your well-being and we will ensure that any information you choose to provide us with electronically, or during your visits to the Practice, will be treated with the utmost confidence.

We never sell or share the information you enter into this website with third parties.

 

Your rights

We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our Site immediately.

 

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

1. The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;
2. The right of access to the personal data we hold about you
3. The right to rectification if any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete
4. The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about you
5. The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
6. The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to reuse with another service or organisation);
7. The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
8. Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling:
   If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the details on our Contact page and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
9. For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

 

Why do we collect information about you?

While visiting our website we may ask you to enter personal details such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. you may also be asked whether you consent to use of that data and for what reasons. We will not use your data except to fulfil a request you make or to assist you with an enquiry.

 

Be agreeing to use our website you acknowledge that we may use the information gathered in the form of cookies (which are a means by which a website can monitor statistics and user behaviours) to contact you or keep you informed of services and products. The data gathered do not divulge personal information about users. This information may be used to personalise your visits to our website or provide you with relevant information based on your previous choices or information entered. You can configure your browser not to accept cookies and to prevent us using your information in this way.

 

We may also contact you to conduct surveys enabling us to continue to improve the level of service we provide to our patients. This contact may take the form of email, telephone or other methods, but you are able to opt out should you wish to do so.

 

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a piece of data sent to your device from a website. This means the website can recognise your device if you return to the same website and deliver content to save you time. Cookies do not contain any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify an individual user. A cookie often includes a unique identifier, which is an anonymous number (randomly generated) and is stored on your device. Some expire at the end of your website session; others remain on your computer for longer.

 

More information on cookies can be found here.

 

Google Analytics

This enables us to measure numbers and volumes of visitors to different parts of our site and this helps us ensure the service is fast and available when you want it. It also helps us ensure that different pages on our site are useful and easy to find. For more information visit: Google Analytics cookie information

 

If you have any concerns whatsoever about using our website, or if you think your information has been in any way compromised then please contact us at the number below.