Privacy Policy

In compliance with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we will keep your contact details for no longer than one year following our last correspondence or until you request us to delete them. We will not distribute, sell or lease personal information to third parties unless we have your strict permission or are required by law to do so.

This privacy policy, as part of the consent form, sets out how Akin uses and protects any personal information that you provide us. Akin is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our services, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

This policy is effective as from 01/03/2022.

Why we collect your data:
We collect your personal data because you give us consent to do so, in order to provide our independent nutrition and dietetic services to you.

We may collect the following information:
Information in relation to this consent form; contact details in order to inform you of appointment changes or arranging appointments, contact details in order to distribute relevant information to you, further clinical information in relation to reports from other health professionals.

We require this information for the purpose of:
Professional clinical record keeping of client information; Sharing information with relevant health professionals.


Security:
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place encrypted electronic systems and standard operating procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Controlling your personal information:
We will not distribute, sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission or are required by law to do so. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact Olivia, Data Protection Officer, at Akin via email on our contact page. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

How you can withdraw and request to be deleted from our files?
If you do not wish us to make use of your Personal Information in this way, please contact Olivia, or email olivia@akindietitian.com. You have the right to withdraw consent. Should you have any queries in relation to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) here are the contact details of our Data Controller: Olivia, olivia@akindietitian.com.