As part of the new General Data Protection Regulations, we are required to clarify the personal data we hold on you and your rights are in relation to this data.
During your time with us we will collect, hold and process certain personal information about you. This information is necessary to allow us to meet our GDPR obligations and compliance with Care Quality Commission. This information enables us to contact you or in an emergency, your next of kin.
We will only share relevant information where needed to comply with our legal obligations. Copies of passports obtained for DBS checks will be destroyed once the checks have been completed satisfactorily. We do not keep copies of your DBS certificates.
We take the security of your personal information seriously and hold it always in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations. As part of this we have to inform you of your rights:
- You can ask to see the information we hold on you at any time.
- If you think there’s anything in your information that isn’t correct, please tell us – you have the right to have this changed.
We are also required to give you some administrative information as follows. The Data Controller (the body responsible for your information) is Nightingale Hammerson, a registered Charity (Charity number 207316), whose registered office is Nightingale House, 105 Nightingale Lane, London, SW12 8NB. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice or wish to contact us about your data, please do so by writing to us at that address, addressing your letter to ‘The Data Controller.’ Or by email to mydata@nightingalehammerson.org.