Privacy Policy & Cookies

How we use your information

CB1 Pharmacy is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. However, where you are receiving a service from us we are required to share that information with other organisations as part of your treatment and care. This is to ensure that your health records are accurate and up to date.

We may also use your information to inform, improve and maintain the services that we are delivering. This information may be included in reports that used by employed members of CB1 Pharmacy to show how we are improving and maintaining services, however any identifiable information which can identify you will be removed and anonymised to preserve your privacy and confidentiality.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your information to any third parties, unless we have your permission to do so.

For more information on how we use your information please contact Umar Sabat, Data Protection Officer via e-mail on umar.sabat@ig-health.co.uk

Data Protection

CB1 Pharmacy is committed to ensuring that any information it collects and retains is kept safe and secure and in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and confidentiality principles set out in law.

CB1 Pharmacy has completed a number of requirements associated with meeting requirements set out in Data Protection law this includes:

• Appointing a Data Protection Officer
• Continually reviewing and updating our policies and procedures
• Reviewing our Information risks
• Ensuring that there are Data Protection Impact Assessments in place where it has been determined that the information being processed is high risk due to the amount of sensitivity of the information. A Data Protection Impact Assessment policy is now in place.
• Ensuring that any privacy notices are in included or on documentation where this will require personal information to be used.

In addition to this, CB1 Pharmacy will also ensure adherence to the 8 Caldicott Principles.

• 1. Justify the purpose for using confidential information
• 2. Don’t use personal confidential data unless it is absolutely necessary
• 3. Use the minimum necessary personal confidential data
• 4. Access to personal confidential data should be on a strict need to know basis
• 5. Everyone with access to personal confidential data should be aware of their responsibilities
• 6. Comply with the law
• 7. The duty to share information can be important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality
• 8. Patients and service users are informed how their information is used

Security

We ensure your information is always secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place safeguards that protect physical, electronic and managerial procedures to secure information we collect.

Subject Access Requests

If you are or receiving a service from CB1 Phamacy and would like to know what information we hold, you have the right to ask us to provide that information to you. This is known as a subject access request (SAR). There is no fee for this.

To be able to provide you with that information you will need to provide proof of identification. Please speak to any member of staff to request this.

Employees and contractors

CB1 Pharmacy needs to process data about you because we enter in a contract with you.
In some cases, CB1 Pharmacy also processes your data to comply with a legal obligation.

Therefore, we may process your data in several different ways:

• Maintain accurate up to date employment record and contact details
• Operate and keep a record of disciplinary
• Keep a record of application form
• Obtain occupational health and support for you, sharing your information with consent
• Ensure effective HR and business administration
• Provide references on request for current and former employees

In addition to this CB1 Pharmacy works with appointed contractors that deliver clinical services on our behalf and your information will be shared with them for the purpose of delivering clinical care.

Cookies

Cookie are files saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website – they store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.

Cookies are not viruses or computer programs; they are very small so do not take up much space.

We also like to use analytics cookies – these cookies store anonymous information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit or what you click on.

List of Cookies that measure website use

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