I am committed to your privacy and to the security of your data, as well as its appropriate, transparent and predictable use.
This GDPR notice addresses how I collect and use your information in the course of ethically and professionally running my coaching practice.
I aim to comply with data protection laws and laws on GDPR. This requires that any personal information I hold about you must be:
I gather this information for legitimate business/accounting needs, to run your coaching professionally, efficiently and effectively, and to get to know you as a person and make sure I can support you in a way that feels appropriate and acceptable for you.
This can sometimes be required by law and by professional codes of ethics and conduct in coaching.
Appropriate measures have been taken to store any data safely and securely to prevent your data from being lost, or used/accessed in an unauthorised manner. Should any data breach occur, I will notify you and any other relevant parties required by law in a timely fashion. The internet is never completely secure, and I must advise you that data that you share with me online, as with all practitioners, is shared at your own risk.
It is your duty to update me on changes to your data to ensure it is accurate.
Under certain circumstances, under the law, you might be able to:
Aside from very specific and rare cases, any information shared with me relating to the administration or content of your coaching (as set out above) will be treated in strict confidence. As noted above, I may need to collect and use some personal information in order to claim or administrate payment for your coaching with relevant third parties.
If you are having coaching funded by a third party such as a workplace or Access to Work, the contents of your coaching sessions remain confidential. However in the case of coaching funded by your workplace, if it is agreed between you, I and the workplace that certain outcomes or contents of the coaching session are shared at any point in the contract we all are party to, of course this will be carried out in line with our three-way agreement.
Finally, in cases where your life is in danger, you are at serious personal risk, or you represent a risk to public safety, I am obliged to inform emergency services or other professional services in your interest or in the wider interest of the public. I may also contact any next of kin or relevant support/health worker if we have discussed me doing so, should you become seriously unwell or safety or the safety of others is at immediate risk.