PRIVACY NOTICE

Business details: Private Autism Assessment, which is a trading name of Suzi Morris.
contact@privateautismassessment.co.uk; 07495 483326

Private Autism Assessment & Suzi Morris are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Suzi Morris & her independent clinical associates are registered Data Controllers & abide by the regulations of the Information Commissioner and their professional bodies. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

Type of personal information typically collected:

  • ­ Contact details: name, email address, phone number
  • ­ Next of kin and emergency contact details
  • ­ GP contact details
  • ­ Informant contact details – individual(s) requested by you to support your autism assessment
  • ­ Assessment notes and records
  • ­ Pre-assessment questionnaire responses
  • ­ Correspondence with you and any external institutions or agencies involved
  • ­ Financial details through transfer of funds for payment

How personal information is collected and why we have it:

Most of the information collected is provided by you in order to carry out the contract of service between us and to process payments for the service provided.

Examples of the use made of this information are:

  • ­ To enter into and carry out a contract of service between us – specifically an autism assessment
  • ­ To process payments relating to the service of contract
  • ­ For governance and professional standards requirements
  • ­ For professional insurance purposes

Private Autism Assessment may also receive personal information indirectly in the following circumstance:

  • Where you have given us permission to speak to/liaise with other institutions or support agency/agencies involved in your care.

Sharing of your personal information:
Private Autism Assessment does not share this information with any other organisation or individual. The only exception to this relates to payments made for contracted services where identifiers attached by you /
your bank to this payment information can be seen by the bank or other financial institution processing that payment.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases relied on for processing this information are:

  • ­ Entering into and performing a contract
  • ­ Legal duty
  • ­ Legitimate interest

How we store your personal information:

Your personal information, including case records, is securely stored. Physical data is stored in a secure cabinet at the practice premises of Private Autism Assessment/Suzi Morris. Digital data is stored on
password-protected hardware or in the cloud.

In accordance with professional and insurance requirements, a record of your personal information (including case records) will be retained for a period of 7 years from the point at which any contract between us ends. At the end of that period, any information processed will be securely destroyed. At any stage during that period of time, or during the contract, you can request access to the information that is held in relation to you.

How to complain about data processing:

If you have any concerns about the use of your personal information, please contact us in the first instance at contact@privateautismassessment.co.uk

We will send you a written acknowledgement within 30 days, make every effort to resolve the matter within three months, and inform you of the outcome. As required by the law, we will keep a record of your complaint for six years.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data or if you are not happy with how we have attempted to resolve your complaint. Contact them at:

Information Commissioner’s Office; Wycliffe House; Water Lane; Wilmslow; Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk