Privacy Notice
Sinead Keeley Therapy customer privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
· Contact details
· What information we collect, use, and why
· Lawful bases and data protection rights
· Where we get personal information from
· How long we keep information
· Who we share information with
· How to complain
Contact details
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:
· Names and contact details
· Addresses
· Purchase or service history
· Account information, including registration details
· Marketing preferences
We also collect or use the following special category information for the operation of client or customer accounts. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
· Racial or ethnic origin
· Political opinions
· Religious or philosophical beliefs
· Health information
· Sex life information
· Sexual orientation information
We collect or use the following personal information to protect client welfare:
· Names and contact information
· Client account information
· Health and wellbeing information
· Emergency contact details
We also collect or use the following special category information to protect client welfare. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
· Racial or ethnic origin
· Political opinions
· Religious or philosophical beliefs
· Health information
· Sex life information
· Sexual orientation information
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
· Names and contact details
· Addresses
· Payment details
· Account information
· Purchase or service history
· Customer or client accounts and records
· Financial transaction information
· Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)
· Correspondence
We also collect or use the following special category information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
· Racial or ethnic origin
· Political opinions
· Religious or philosophical beliefs
· Health information
· Sex life information
· Sexual orientation information
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
· Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
· Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
· Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
· Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
· Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
· Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
· Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accountsare:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
· Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
· Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to protect client welfare are:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
· Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
· Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
Where we get personal information from
· Directly from you
How long we keep information
Your records are stored securely and kept for 7 years after the final counselling session. This timeframe meets the guidelines of UKCP and insurance providers. Once this time has passed, your data will be safely and permanently destroyed.
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
· Emergency services
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a data protection complaint to us:
Email: sinead_keeley@me.com
Post: 2 The Quadrant St Albans Herts AL4 9RA
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated
4th July 2026
