This is UKSAID CARE’S Privacy Notice.
As part of the services we offer, we are required to process personal data about our colleagues, people we support and, in some instances, the friends or relatives of people we support and colleagues. “Processing” can mean collecting, recording, organising, storing, sharing or destroying data.
We are committed to being transparent about why we need your personal data and what we do with it. This information is set out in this privacy notice. It also explains your rights when it comes to your data.
If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at: info@uksaid.care
So that we can provide a safe and professional service, we need to keep certain records about you. We may process the following types of data:
We need this data so that we can provide high-quality care and support. By law, we need to have a lawful basis for processing your personal data.
We process your data because:
We have a legal obligation to do so – generally under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 or Mental Capacity Act 2005.
We process your special category data because
In our use of health and care information, we satisfy the common law duty of confidentiality because:
So that we can provide you with high quality care and support we need specific data. This is collected from or shared with:
We review our data processing on an annual basis to assess if the national data opt-out applies. This is recorded in our Record of Processing Activities. All new processing is assessed to see if the national data opt-out applies.
At this time, we do not share any data for planning or research purposes for which the national data opt-out would apply. We review all of the confidential patient information we process on an annual basis to see if this is used for research and planning purposes. If it is, then individuals can decide to stop their information being shared for this purpose.