How The Smile Suite collects, uses and protects your personal information when you visit thesmilesuite.co.uk or use our services.
This privacy policy sets out how The Smile Suite uses and protects any information that you provide when you use this website: www.thesmilesuite.co.uk.
The practice is committed to complying with the Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the guidelines outlined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as well as professional standards and requirements.
It is important for you to be fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements our other notices and is not intended to override them.
Data Protection Officer: Dr Fawzia Walji is responsible for data protection at The Smile Suite.
The information we collect via our website includes:
We may use your personal information for the following reasons:
We will never pass your personal details on to a third party, unless we have a contract for them to process data on our behalf, and will otherwise keep it confidential.
For marketing purposes, we will get your opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any other company. You have the right to withdraw consent for marketing at any time by following the opt-out links or contacting us at info@thesmilesuite.co.uk.
You have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at info@thesmilesuite.co.uk. Further details of these rights can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website.
We implement measures to prevent your data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. Furthermore, we restrict access to your personal data to a strictly business-related, need-to-know basis. In addition, employees, agents, contractors and other third parties with access to data are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
If a change occurs within our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice. Any third parties will respect the security of your personal data in conjunction with the law.
Our third-party service providers must not use your personal data for their own purposes, and we only allow them to process your personal data for specific purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
We may be required to pass on your personal information if we have a legal obligation to do so, or if we must enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements. This includes exchanging information with the government for legal reasons.
A cookie is a small text file, stored by your web browser, on your computer or mobile device. Some cookies are essential for websites to work and help us provide you with relevant information.
Cookies can enable your device to remember useful information, such as visited pages and logging in options for the next time you visit the site. They also allow us to recognise your computer (but not specifically who is using it), when you access our site, and to improve the usability and performance of our website.
By using our website, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with this cookie notice. Please note, most web browsers allow some control to restrict or block cookies through the browser settings, if you prefer. However, be aware that if you disable cookies, you may find this affects your ability to use certain parts of our website or services.
Our website contains links to third party websites. Please note, our privacy policy only applies to this website and does not cover other websites that we link to. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
Please contact the practice for any comments or enquiries using the details below, or write to us or visit the practice at:
If you are unhappy with our response, or if you need any advice, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on 0303 123 1113. The ICO can investigate your claim and take action against anyone who has misused personal data.
Visit their website for further information at ico.org.uk.