PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us, so Benjamin Stanley t/a Talk to Ben, a company based in the UK, has created the following Privacy Policy ("Policy") to let you know what information we collect when you visit our Site http://talktoben.co.uk ("Site"), why we collect it and how we use it.

The terms "You," "Your," "Yours" and "User" refer to the entity/person/organization using our Site.

When this Policy mentions "We", "Us," and "Our" it refers to Talk to Ben and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

For any questions regarding this Policy or any requests regarding the processing of personal data, please contact us at hello@talktoben.co.uk.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

We collect the information You provide to us and this information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contractual arrangement which is in place between You and us and allow us to comply with our legal obligations.

- Signup/Registration Information. When You begin to use our services, we ask You to provide information, such as Email, Name, Surname, Phone, Address, GP Contact, Next of Kin and any pertinent medical information.

- Communications, Chats, Messaging. When you communicate with us through email or any other way, we collect information about your communication and any information You choose to provide or disclose. In order to answer your request, we may access information provided by email, chats, purchase history, etc.

- Other Personal Information Provided by You. We may collect other data provided by You from surveys, feedback, financial information (purchase history), GP Contact and other similar data.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY

When you use our Site or contact us directly we may collect information, including your personal information, about the way you act in our Site, the services You use and how You use them.

This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between You and us, to enable us to comply with legal obligations and given our legitimate interest in being able to provide and improve the functionalities of the Site.

- Tracking technologies and Cookies. We use Cookies. We also automatically collect information about device’s operating system, .

3. THE WAY WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We process your information adhering to the general data processing principles.

We may use the information we collect through our Site for a number of reasons, including to:

  • to send billing information

  • to contact user

  • to comply with applicable laws

  • to provide counselling services

We will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate business interests.

4. COOKIES

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer when you visit our Site. We use cookies to improve our Site and make it easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize users and avoid repetitive requests for the same information.

Cookies from our Site cannot be read by other Sites. Most browsers will accept cookies unless you change your browser settings to refuse them.

Cookies we use on our Site:

- Strictly necessary cookies - These cookies are required for the operation of our Site. They help us to show you the right information, customize your experience, and allow us to implement and maintain security features as well as to help us detect malicious activities. Without these cookies operation of the Website would be impossible or its functioning may be severely affected.

You may find more information about how to delete cookies, as well as the other useful information related to the use of the cookies, on the website http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

5. INFORMATION FROM MINORS

This site and our Services are not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or ask for information from minors. We do not knowingly allow minors to use our Site or Services.

We will delete any information we discover is collected from a minor. Please contact us using the contact details below if you believe we might have information about a minor.

6. SENSITIVE INFORMATION

We do not collect sensitive information such as political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, genetic data, biometric data, health data or data related to sexual orientation.

Please do not send, upload, or provide us any sensitive data and contact us using the contact details below if you believe that we might have such information. We have a right to delete any information we believe might contain sensitive data.

7. PAYMENT INFORMATION

To order and use our services we may require you to provide certain financial information to facilitate the processing of payments. We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your Personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. All payment data is stored by Square. You may find their privacy policy link(s) here: https://squareup.com/gb/en/legal/general/privacy

8. RETENTION

We retain your personal information to provide services to you and as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligation, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We will retain your personal information not longer than 84 months (7 years) after you terminate your account, unless we are otherwise required by law or regulations to retain your personal information longer.

If you would like to stop us using your personal information, you shall request that we erase your personal information. Please note that even after deletion of your account we may keep some of your information for tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations.

9. SECURITY

We have implemented security measures designed to protect the personal information you share with us, including physical, electronic and procedural measures. Among other things, we regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us, the transmission of information via internet, email or text message is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute protection and security of your personal information.

We therefore encourage you to avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive information via the website, message or email of which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm.

If you have any questions regarding the security of our Site or Services, you are welcome to contact us at hello@talktoben.co.uk.

10. YOUR RIGHTS

You are entitled to a range of rights regarding the protection of your personal information. Those rights are:

- The right to access the information we have about you. If you wish to access your personal information that we collect, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

- The right to rectify inaccurate information about you. You can correct, update or request deletion of your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

- The right to object the processing. When we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to the withdrawal of your consent.

- The right to lodge a complaint. You can raise questions or complaints to the national Data Protection Agency in your country of residence in the event where your rights may have been infringed. However, we recommend attempting to reach a peaceful resolution of the possible dispute by contacting us first.

- The right to erase any data concerning you. You may demand erasure of data without undue delay for legitimate reasons, e.g. where data is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected, or where the data has been unlawfully processed.

11. APPLICATION OF POLICY

This Policy applies only to the services offered by our Company. Our Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites that may include our services or other sites linked from our Site or Services.

12. AMENDMENTS

Our Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on our Site and, if the changes are significant, we may consider providing a more explicit notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).

13. ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY

We assume that all Users of this Site have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this Policy, they should refrain from using our Site. We reserve the right to change our Policy at any time and inform by using the way as indicated in Section 12. Continued use of this Site implies acceptance of the revised Policy.

14. FURTHER INFORMATION

If you have any further questions regarding the data we collect, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us.

Benjamin Stanley hello@talktoben.co.uk