Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy and your rights to control your personal data. We will be clear about what data we collect and why we collect it.

This privacy notice explains the personal information we collect from you, why we collect it, how we will use it and how we protect it.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We collect personal data to provide professional dietetic services and healthcare advice.

Dietitian for Women’s Health is a Controller of the personal data you (the data subject) provide us.

We can collect the following types of personal data from you:

Personal Data: name, address, contact details, date of birth, gender, next of kin

Sensitive Personal Data, with your consent, regarding patient and family medical history, details of medical tests and procedures, medication details, biochemical, haematological and microbiological details, allergy details, anthropometrical details.

2. Why We Collect Your Personal Data?

One to One Consultations
We collect your personal data because you give us consent to do so, to provide our independent nutrition and dietetic services to you.

We require this information for:
Professional clinical record keeping of client information in accordance with the Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute (INDI) Guidance for Records and Record Keeping.
Sharing information with relevant health care professionals (only when consent is given by the client).

When Visiting our Website

When you visit this website, your IP address is anonymised before this is shared with Google Analytics (in order to monitor broad trends). This means that no data is collected which could identify an individual. Certain information is also collected using JavaScript, such as: the browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system and platform, information about your visit, including specific webpages on the site, clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs).

When Joining Our Community

If you choose to join our community, your email address is added to a secure list within our Convertkit account in order to allow me to send you information and offers that I feel may be of interest to you. All subscribers to this email list are clearly informed about how their data will be used, stored, processed and tracked using the Convertkit on my community sign up notice before choosing whether to opt-in or not. Subscriber’s email addresses are used for no other purposes than those outlined above, and they are free to opt-out at any time. Verifiable consent is obtained using a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant sign-up form, which stores permission data in list export files. A double opt-in method is also used to ensure explicit consent is obtained for the subscription. All subscribers are free to change their information or unsubscribe from our community at any time.

When Making a Purchase

Only the information which a visitor enters when making a purchase (first name, last name, company name, address, town, county, Eircode, phone number & email address) is collected on this site. No other information is collected.

Payment information is processed by a 3rd party payment site and is never saved by this website.
As indicated above, this personal user information is obtained when the website visitor has entered their details in order to proceed with the placement of an order. This information is needed by us to process the required order. This personal data is stored in a password protected database. Details are not shared with any third party.

3. Sharing & Disclosure

We strive to keep your personal data safe and only share it when necessary. We recognise that you have a right to know that the information you share with Dietitian for Women’s Health is maintained confidentially.

We do not rent or sell your personal data to anyone.

We do not share your personal data with third parties unless you have given us your consent.

However, in certain limited circumstances, obtaining patient consent may be impractical, not possible, or undesirable.

Examples could include:
Where the disclosure is required by law.
Where the disclosure is required to prevent, detect, or investigate offences.
Where the disclosure is required urgently to prevent injury, or other damage to the health of a person, or otherwise to protect the vital interests of the patient.

 
4. How long we keep your personal data?

Under statute, we keep all patient information for eight years. After that period, confidential shredding of paper files takes place and electronic data is deleted. 
Sometimes there may be a circumstance where data is required to be held for a longer period, and this will be outlined to you.

5. What Cookies do we use on our site?

We use the following cookies, but they do not collect personal data:

(A) Necessary cookies: used to serve up the site.

(B) Analytics cookies: to help track site visits and to improve the content of our web pages.

6. How do we keep your personal data secure?


We use appropriate technical, organisational, and administrative security measures to protect all personal data we hold in our records and keep it secure.

7. What are your rights?
 Right of Access

Individuals have the right to access their personal data and supplementary information. Please contact the Geraldine at hello@dietitianforwomenshealth.com.

We will acknowledge your request and respond to you within one month.

Right to Rectification


Please advise us of any changes in your personal information, as soon as possible.

Should you believe that any personal data we hold on you is incomplete or incorrect, you can request to see this information and have it rectified.

Right to Erasure

In certain circumstances, data subjects have the right to the erasure of their data. Please contact Geraldine at hello@dietitianforwomenshealth.com

We will acknowledge your request and respond to you within one month.

Please note, this is not an absolute right and only applies in certain circumstances.

Right to Restrict Processing

Individuals have the right to request the restriction or suppression of their personal data.

Please contact the Geraldine at hello@dietitianforwomenshealth.com.

We will acknowledge your request and respond to you within one month.

Please note, this is not an absolute right and only applies in certain circumstances.

Right to Object

You have the right to object and be removed from any direct marketing emails.

Right to be Informed

This privacy policy explains what information we need to collect and how we use it.

Right to Portability

You can ask that your personal data be transferred to you or a third party in a machine-readable format.

Please note, this is only if the data in question is:

1) provided by the data subject,

2) is processed automatically and

3) is processed based on consent or fulfilment of a contract.

If you wish to complain about how we have handled your personal data, please contact the Geraldine at hello@dietitianforwomenshealth.com.

If you still feel that your personal data has not been handled appropriately, you can contact the Irish Data Protection Commission and file a complaint with them.

Data Protection Commission,
Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, R32 AP23, Co. Laois
Tel: 1890 252 231
info@dataprotection.ie