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Mylife Mycare customer privacy notice

Registered name: MY LIFE MY CARE LIMITED

We are the controller of your personal data. For more information on controllers and their responsibilities please see our guidance on data protection principles, definitions, and key terms.

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

  • Contact details
  • What information we collect, use, and why
  • Lawful bases and data protection rights
  • Where we get personal information from
  • How long we keep information
  • Who we share information with
  • Sharing information outside the UK
  • How to complain

Contact details

Telephone

020 4578 5569

Email

info@mylifemycare.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods:

  • Name, address and contact details
  • Gender
  • Date of birth
  • Next of Kin details including any support networks
  • Emergency contact details
  • Photographs

Health information (including medical conditions, allergies, medical requirements and medical history)

  • Information about care needs (including disabilities, home conditions, medication and dietary requirements and general care provisions)
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Insurance policy details
  • Records of meetings and decisions
  • Call recordings

We also collect the following special category information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information for patient app or portal functionality:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Medical history
  • Payment details
  • Account information, including registration details
  • Information used for security purposes
  • Marketing preferences

We also collect the following special category information for patient app or portal functionality. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Identification documents
  • Right to work
  • Insurance details
  • Safeguarding information
  • Criminal offence data

We also collect the following special category information to comply with legal requirements. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:

Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)

  • Date of birth
  • National Insurance number
  • Copies of passports or other photo ID
  • Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
  • Education history (eg qualifications)
  • Social media
  • Right to work information
  • Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks )

We also collect the following special category information for recruitment purposes. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Health information

We collect or use the following personal information for information updates, marketing or market research purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Marketing preferences
  • Website and app user journey information
  • IP addresses
  • Personal information used for administration of the research
  • Personal information used for the purpose of research
  • Personal information used for medical investigations
  • Records of consent, where appropriate
  • Information relating to the national data opt-out

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Payment details
  • Account information
  • Call recordings
  • Customer or client accounts and records
  • Financial transaction information
  • Correspondence

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

  • To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide patient care, services, pharmaceutical products and other goods are:

Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for patient app or portal functionality are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates, marketing or market research purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.
  • Public task – we have to collect or use your information to carry out a task laid down in law, which the law intends to be performed by an organisation such as ours. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure and the right to portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Family members or carers
  • Other health and care providers
  • Social services
  • Councils and other public sector organisations
  • Previous employers
  • Providers of marketing lists and other personal information
  • Other healthcare providers referring clients

How long we keep information

We retain data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which

it was collected, comply with legal obligations, and address legitimate

business needs. Upon expiration of the defined retention period, data is

securely and permanently deleted or anonymised in accordance with our

data retention policy. In any case, this will not be longer than 7 years.

For more information on how long we store your personal information or

the criteria we use to determine this please contact us using the details

provided above.

 

Who we share information with

Data processors

H20 Solutions

This data processor does the following activities for us: They manage our IT systems

Bright HR

This data processor does the following activities for us: Payroll & HR

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Others we share personal information with

  • Other health providers (eg GPs and consultants)
  • Care providers
  • Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
  • Emergency services
  • External auditors or inspectors
  • Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media
  • Debt collection agencies
  • Current employers
  • Previous employers

Duty of confidentiality

We are subject to a common law duty of confidentiality. However, there are circumstances where we will share relevant health and care information. These are where:

  • you’ve provided us with your consent (we have taken it as implied to provide you with care, or you have given it explicitly for other uses);
  • we have a legal requirement (including court orders) to collect, share or use the data;
  • on a case-by-case basis, the public interest to collect, share and use the data overrides the public interest served by protecting the duty of confidentiality (for example sharing information with the police to support the detection or prevention of serious crime);
  • If in England or Wales – the requirements of The Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 are satisfied; or
  • If in Scotland – we have the authority to share provided by the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland, the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care or other similar governance and scrutiny process.

Sharing information outside the UK

Where necessary, we will transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.

For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.

  • Organisation name: ZOHO
  • Category of recipient: Tech provider
  • Country the personal information is sent to: Europe, Netherlands

How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint