In order to provide these services this website & Ashley MacDonald may collect data from you. This policy explains:

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• what data is collected

• why this data is collected

• your rights in relation to this data​

If you want to ask a question or make a complaint, please be in touch with me here.

You can also reach out to the Information Commissioner’s Office - the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues

 

WHAT DATA DO I HOLD?

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- Information You Have Shared

- Information about your life as part of an intake or assessment process for sessions/trainings:

- If you have scheduled to have a chat about my services, completed an enquiry form, subscribed to Ashley MacDonald Yoga & Somatics newsletter or applied to participate in a training program you will have shared your contact details & other personal information.

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Information I May Generate:

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• A record of therapeutic sessions with dates, brief information on what was covered, concerns about risk & any tools offered

• Communications to other health professionals (if relevant)

• A shared (with you & anyone else you choose) Google Drive folder of any notes/images/video used during sessions

• Supervision & Peer Reflection Notes (anonymised)

• Payment details are maintained by Stripe, I only receive the type of credit card used to pay, no further credit card details.  You can see further details regarding Stipes Privacy Policy here.

 

WHY I COLLECT THIS DATA & FOR HOW LONG

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• A record of the work I do with you is to help me remember & review our sessions

• I am required to be in regular peer reflection and supervision, where I discuss my work (anonymised). I may make notes (anonymised) from these sessions

• Where you have shared your contact details as an enquiry or to schedule a chat, these details will only be used to make contact with you in relation to your enquiry or to schedule our chat

• I am required to keep a record of my TCTSY/TIY work for 7yrs after work has ended.

• Subscriptions to Ashley MacDonald Yoga & Somatics newsletter will be kept indefinitely or until an individual unsubscribes

• All other details on an individual will only be kept for as long as necessary to satisfy the individual's contract with me &/or deleted upon request &/or deleted after 7 years.

 

YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR DATA

You have a right to access your personal data. You can read more about this here. Please drop me an email with your request.