Privacy Policy

Customer Privacy Policy

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD is a company registered in England and Wales, company number 08797919 (collectively referred to as Derma Aesthetics Clinic LTD”, “we” or “us” in this policy)

Overview

Maintaining the security of your data is a priority at, Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD and we are committed to respecting your privacy rights. We pledge to handle your data fairly and legally at all times. We are also dedicated to being transparent about what data we collect about you and how we use it.
This policy, which applies whether you visit one of our clinics or use your mobile device or go online, provides you with information about:

• how we use your data
• what personal data we collect
• how we ensure your privacy is maintained
• your legal rights relating to your personal data.

How we use your data

General

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD (and trusted partners acting on our behalf) uses your personal data:

• to provide goods and services to you
• to make a tailored website available to you
• to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us
• to verify your identity
• for crime and fraud prevention, detection and related purposes, including CCTV
• with your agreement, to contact you electronically about promotional offers and products and services which we think may interest you
• for market research purposes – to better understand your needs
• to enable Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD to manage customer service interactions with you
• where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute)

Marketing

Promotional communications

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD uses your personal data for direct marketing purposes (with your consent, or if we believe that we have a legitimate basis to do so under the recital 47 of the GDPR) and may send you postal mail to update you on the latest Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD offers. Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD aims to update you about products & services which are of interest and relevance to you as an individual.

You have the right to opt-out of receiving promotional communications at any time, by:

• making use of the simple “unsubscribe” link in emails or the “STOP” number for texts; and/or
• contacting Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD via the contact channels set out in this Policy.

We may analyse your browsing and purchasing activity, both online and in the clinic, and your responses to marketing communications. The results of this analysis, together with other demographic data, allows us to ensure that we contact you with information on products and offers that are relevant to you. To do so, we use software and other technology (automated processing).

Sharing data with third parties

Our service providers and suppliers

In order to make certain services available to you, we may need to share your personal data with some of our service partners. These include IT, delivery and marketing service providers.
Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD only allows its service providers to handle your personal data when we have confirmed that they apply appropriate data protection and security controls. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to data protection and security, which mean they can only use your data to provide services to Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD and to you, and for no other purposes.

Other third parties

Aside from our service providers, Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD will not disclose your personal data to any third party, except as set out below. We will never sell or rent our customer data to other organisations for marketing purposes.

We may share your data with:

• our trusted partners who help us to deliver the services that you have asked of us
• credit reference agencies where necessary for card payments
• governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so:
  • to comply with our legal obligations
  • to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases)
  • for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders, and
  • for the protection of our employees and customers.

International transfers

To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD to share your data outside of the European Economic Area. This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws.

If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers.

How long do we keep your data?
We will not retain your data for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of data, however the longest we will normally hold any personal data is 10 years.

What personal data do we collect?

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD may collect the following information about you:

• your name, age/date of birth and gender
• your contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address
• purchases and orders made by you#
• when you make a purchase or place an order with us, your payment card details
• your communication and marketing preferences
• your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses#
• your location
• your correspondence and communications with Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD
• your medical history, for the purpose of checking suitability for treatment and identifying possible contra-indications for treatment. This will be held prior to treatment, throughout the treatment course and for up to 7 years post-treatment.

Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. This list is not exhaustive, and, in specific instances, we may need to collect additional data for the purposes set out in this Policy. Some of the above personal data is collected directly, for example when you leave an enquiry through our websites or make a booking at one of our clinics.

Other personal data is collected indirectly, for example, your browsing or shopping activity. We may also collect personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us, or from publicly available sources.

How we protect your data

Our controls

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD is committed to keeping your personal data safe and secure. Our security measures include:

• encryption of data
• regular cyber security assessments of all service providers who may handle your personal data
• regular scenario planning and crisis management exercises to ensure we are ready to respond to cyber security attacks and data security incidents
• security controls which protect the entire Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD   IT infrastructure from external attack and unauthorised access, and
• internal policies setting out our data security approach and training for employees

What you can do to help protect your data

• Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD will never ask you to confirm any bank account or credit card details via email. If you receive an email claiming to be from Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD asking you to do so, please ignore it and do not respond.
• If you are using a computing device in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session.

Your rights

You have the following rights:

• the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any time
• the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of charge, and
• (as set out above) the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we may send you. If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.

The legal basis for processing customer personal data

Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD collects and uses customers’ personal data because is it necessary for:

• the pursuit of our legitimate interests (as set out below)
• the purposes of complying with our duties and exercising our rights under a contract for the sale of goods to a customer, or
• complying with our legal obligations.

In general, we only rely on consent as a legal basis for processing in relation to sending direct marketing communications to customers via email or text message if they are not a member of our rewards scheme.

Customers have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Where consent is the only legal basis for processing, we will cease to process data after consent is withdrawn.

Our legitimate interests

The normal legal basis for processing customer data is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD, including:

• selling and supplying goods and services to our customers
• protecting customers, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and welfare
• promoting, marketing and advertising our products and services
• sending promotional communications which are relevant and tailored to individual customers
• administering our rewards scheme
• understanding our customers’ behaviour, activities, preferences, and needs
• improving existing products and services and developing new products and services
• complying with our legal and regulatory obligations
• preventing, investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behaviour and prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies
• handling customer contacts, queries, complaints or disputes
• managing insurance claims by customers
• protecting Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD, its employees and customers, by taking appropriate legal action against third parties who have committed criminal acts or are in breach of legal obligations to Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD
• effectively handling any legal claims or regulatory enforcement actions taken against Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD, and
• fulfilling our duties to our customers, colleagues, shareholders and other stakeholders

Cookies policy

What are cookies?

Like most websites, Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD websites use cookies to collect information. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or other devices (such as smart ‘phones or ‘tablets’) as you browse this website. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses our websites. Cookies are essential for the effective operation of our websites and to help you shop with us online. They are also used to tailor the products and services offered and advertised to you, both on our websites and elsewhere.

Information collected

Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing behaviour when you access this website via the same computer or device. This includes information about pages viewed, products purchased and your journey around a website. We do not use cookies to collect or record information on your name, address or other contact details. Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD can use cookies to monitor your browsing and purchasing behaviour.

How are cookies managed?

The cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access our websites are designed by:

• Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD, or on behalf of Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD, and are necessary to enable you to a make purchase on our websites
• third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes, and
• third parties who broadcast web banner advertisements on behalf of SMART Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD

What are cookies used for?

The main purposes for which cookies are used are:

1. For technical purposes essential to effective operation of our websites, particularly in relation to online transactions and site navigation.
2. For Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD to market to you, particularly web banner advertisements and targeted updates.
3. To enable Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD to collect information about your browsing and shopping patterns, including to monitor the success of campaigns, competitions etc.
4. To enable Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD to meet its contractual obligations to make payments to third parties when a product is purchased by someone who has visited our website from a site operated by those parties.

How do I disable cookies?

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use.

What happens if I disable cookies?

This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general, the websites may not operate properly if cookies are switched off. If you only disable third-party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our sites. If you disable all cookies, you will be unable to complete a purchase on our sites.

Contact information

If you have any questions about how Derma Aesthetic Clinic LTD uses your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your
personal data, please contact us by any of the following means:

• phone us on: 01277 213980
• e-mail us at: info@daclinic.co.uk
• write to us at 5 St Thomas Road, Brentwood, CM14 4DB

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

Updates

This policy was updated in March 2019