Attachment Matters Manchester

Who We Are

Attachment Matters Manchester and Dr Louise Atkin; gather and process your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and obligations, and explains how, why and when we collect and process your personal data.We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office, (ICO) under the Data Protection Regulations: Registration Number A8435947.

Information that We Collect

Attachment Matters Manchester processes your personal information to meet our legal, statutory and contractual obligations and to provide you with our services. We will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and do not process your information in any way, other than already specified in this notice.

The personal data that we collect from you is:

Name
Date of Birth
Home Address
Personal Email
Business Email
Home Telephone Number
Work Telephone Number
Mobile Telephone Number
Medical Details

How We Use Your Personal Data (Legal Basis for Processing)

Attachment Matters Manchester takes your privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share or sell your data without your consent, unless required to do so by law. We only retain your data for as long as is necessary and for the purposes specified in this notice.

The purposes and reasons for processing your personal data are detailed below:

We collect your personal data to provide therapeutic services based on the information supplied to us upon registration.We collect and store your personal data as part of our legal obligation and retain your records for a maximum of 6 years for adults and until the age of 25 for young people. We also retain your information for business accounting and tax purposes.

Your Rights

You have the right to access any personal information that Attachment Matters Manchester processes about you and to request information about:

What personal data we hold about you
The purposes of the processing
The categories of personal data concerned
The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
How long we intend to store your personal data for
If we did not collect the data directly from you, information about the source
If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.
You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing in accordance with data protection laws, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use.

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information

We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement. Only authorized personnel have access to your data, systems are password protected and information no longer required is disposed of by means of confidential shredding.