The Health Centre at the University of Sussex is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals using this website.
This policy explains how we use any personal information we collect from you via this website and also from records held on our system when you are registered.
COVID-19 privacy
For additional privacy and data sharing information during this period, please see our additional COVID-19 privacy policy.
Data collection opt out
Data will normally be collected and used for research and planning for National Health care needs by the NHS. This information is always anonymised, meaning no patients can be identified from the data.
You can opt out from having your data used by the NHS. Patients wanting to opt out need to go to the Your NHS Data Matters website.
You no longer need to let us know about wanting to opt out from this collection service, as we are unable to affect this change any more.
GDPR policies
All of our Privacy Notices for the GDPR are detailed below and are split into the sections that they cover:
- Care Quality Commission
- Emergencies
- Direct Care
- National screening programs
- Payments
- Summary Care Record
- NHS Digital
- Public health
- Research
- Risk stratification
- Safeguarding
Website privacy policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals using this website. This policy explains how we use any personal information we collect from you through this website.
Collection of personal information
You can access most of the pages on our website without giving us your personal information. However, you may choose to provide us with your personal information on some pages of the website by completing an on-line form.
By submitting your personal information, you consent to our use of the information as set out in this privacy policy.
Use of personal information
We shall use any personal information you give to us, in accordance with this policy, and with any additional statements appearing on forms used for submitting your personal information. We shall not disclose your personal information to any third parties without obtaining your prior consent unless we are required by law to do so. In particular:
- We shall use your personal information to administer, and may respond to, your request.
- We shall securely store the information you supply together with any response we may provide.
If you contact us regarding the website we may use your details to reply to you. If you make a comment or complaint about other aspects of the service we may use your details to investigate your comments.
Website privacy
This website uses https to ensure data is encrypted in transmission. This encryption, known as TLS encryption protocol, allows us to protect your privacy. You can usually verify that the page is encrypted by seeing a small lock symbol in the upper left corner of your browser and the website address is prefixed with https://.
Data storage
All data obtained by us is held and used in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties that run any other websites. Please refer to their own privacy policies for more information.
Access to your personal information
You have a right under the Data Protection Act 2018 to ask us to provide you with the information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. If you would like to access a copy of your information, please contact the practice manager.