Privacy Notice
Who are we?
SJS Optical Ltd, T/A Long Stratton Eyecare is a private independent Opticians operating from Property House Court, The Street, Long Stratton, Norfolk, NR15 2XG. We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office as a Data Controller, registration number ZA806089.
This policy provides detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it and the very limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others.
Your privacy matters to us and we are committed to the highest data privacy standards, patient confidentiality and adherence with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR. We adopt the six core principles of data protection.
Where you provide personal data to us, we will become responsible for it as the data controller.
We will only collect data that is necessary for us to deliver the best possible service and ensure that you are reminded about appointments or information relevant to your ongoing care.
We collect your personal information directly from you, for example, when you visit our practice, get in touch with us by telephone or email, use our booking system or when you visit our website.
We may also collect it from other sources if it is legal to do so. This includes from the NHS or other healthcare providers, institutions or people you have authorised to provide information on your behalf (for example, parents or guardians), third-party service providers, government, tax or law-enforcement agencies, and others.
Your Privacy
Collection of your Personal Data
Main Categories and Type of Personal Data Collected and processed.
Sharing of Personal Data
We treat all personal data as sensitive but acknowledge that we also process special category data including health data and children’s data.
During the delivery of our service to you, we will share your data with other companies who are critical for the provision of our service to you and will be viewed as Data Processors. They are under contract with us and have provided sufficient guarantees that they will process your data only as per the terms of that contract and throughout processing activities will ensure your data is protected using appropriate technical and organisation measures.
If you are unhappy with anything we have done with your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office.
To make a complaint to the Information Commissioners Office use the link below or call their hotline on Tel No: 0303 123 1113.
For all data protection matters or questions relating to how we manage your data, you can contact our Data Protection Officer via these means:
Data Protection Officer: Clinical DPO
Phone Number: 0203 411 2848
Email: MShepherdOptometristDPO@ClinicalDPO.com
How to contact us
National Data Opt Out Statement
SJS Optical Ltd, T/A Long Stratton Eyecare is one of many organisations working in the health and care system to improve care for patients and the public. Whenever you use a health or care service, such as attending Accident & Emergency or using Community Care services, important information about you is collected in a patient record for that service. Collecting this information helps to ensure you get the best possible care and treatment. The information collected about you when you use these services can also be used and provided to other organisations for purposes beyond your individual care, for instance to help with:
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improving the quality and standards of care provided
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research into the development of new treatments
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preventing illness and diseases
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monitoring safety
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planning services
This may only take place when there is a clear legal basis to use this information. All these uses help to provide better health and care for you, your family and future generations. Confidential patient information about your health and care is only used like this where allowed by law. Most of the time, anonymised data is used for research and planning so that you cannot be identified in which case your confidential patient information isn’t needed.
You have a choice about whether you want your confidential patient information to be used in this way. If you are happy with this use of information you do not need to do anything. If you do choose to opt out your confidential patient information will still be used to support your individual care. To find out more or to register your choice to opt out, please visit www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters. On this web page you will:
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See what is meant by confidential patient information
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Find examples of when confidential patient information is used for individual care and examples of when it is used for purposes beyond individual care
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Find out more about the benefits of sharing data
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Understand more about who uses the data
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Find out how your data is protected
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Be able to access the system to view, set or change your opt-out setting
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Find the contact telephone number if you want to know any more or to set/change your opt-out by phone
See the situations where the opt-out will not apply:
You can also find out more about how patient information is used at: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/information-about-patients/ (which covers health and care research); and https://understandingpatientdata.org.uk/what-you-need-know (which covers how and why patient information is used, the safeguards and how decisions are made)
You can change your mind about your choice at any time. Data being used or shared for purposes beyond individual care does not include your data being shared with insurance companies or used for marketing purposes and data would only be used in this way with your specific agreement. Health and care organisations have until September 2021 to put systems and processes in place so they can be compliant with the national data opt-out and apply your choice to any confidential patient information they use or share for purposes beyond your individual care. Our organisation is currently compliant with the national data opt-out policy.