Privacy Policy
General Statement
Black Therapists Ireland respects your right to privacy and is devoted to protecting your personal data.
By submitting your data through any forms on blacktherapistsireland.ie, you are providing us with some level of personal information. This information is stored on our website database, and emailed to our website email address so we can respond to your enquiry. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at anytime. Black Therapists Ireland will not trade your data with any third parties.
Personal Data Collected and Processed
Personal Data that we collect and process include:
Purposes for which we hold your Personal Data
Black Therapists Ireland will always treat your personal information in a way that is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Personal Data that is referred to above will be processed for the purposes of:
We may disclose your Personal Data to various recipients in connection with the above purposes, including to other public authorities and bodies where required or permitted by law, such as An Garda Síochána or other law enforcement authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation or detection of crime; and to comply with any applicable law or regulation, a summons, search warrant, court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirement.
Where you have provided consent for the use of your Personal Data, you can withdraw it at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing which was carried out based on your consent prior to its withdrawal.
How long we retain your Personal Data
We will not hold your Personal Data for longer than is necessary. We retain your Personal Data for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, or to comply with any applicable statutory requirement.
Technical Data Collected
We gather statistical and other analytical information of all visitors to our website. This is non-personal data that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information regarding, for example, user IP addresses where they have been clipped or anonymised, browser types and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website.
Confidentiality
Black Therapists Ireland abides by IACP, IAHIP, IAAAC, or NAPCP Codes of Ethics and follow Children First Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Services provided by Black Therapists Ireland is strictly confidential, except in the following circumstances:
Your Rights
You have the following rights, in certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, in relation to your Personal Data:
In addition to these rights, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, and the right to pursue a remedy through the Courts if we fail to meet the required standards of data protection.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice, you can contact us at [email protected]
Black Therapists Ireland respects your right to privacy and is devoted to protecting your personal data.
By submitting your data through any forms on blacktherapistsireland.ie, you are providing us with some level of personal information. This information is stored on our website database, and emailed to our website email address so we can respond to your enquiry. You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at anytime. Black Therapists Ireland will not trade your data with any third parties.
Personal Data Collected and Processed
Personal Data that we collect and process include:
- Your name and contact details, including your address, phone number and email address if you have provided them to us
- Communications you have had with us via email or post
- Any other Personal Data relating to you that you provide to us or that we generate about you in connection with our relationship with you
Purposes for which we hold your Personal Data
Black Therapists Ireland will always treat your personal information in a way that is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Personal Data that is referred to above will be processed for the purposes of:
- Referring you to a psychotherapist or social worker at Black Therapists Ireland
- Providing you with the information and services that you have requested from us
- Complying with our legal obligations
- Contacting you if required to respond to any communications you might send to us
We may disclose your Personal Data to various recipients in connection with the above purposes, including to other public authorities and bodies where required or permitted by law, such as An Garda Síochána or other law enforcement authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation or detection of crime; and to comply with any applicable law or regulation, a summons, search warrant, court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirement.
Where you have provided consent for the use of your Personal Data, you can withdraw it at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing which was carried out based on your consent prior to its withdrawal.
How long we retain your Personal Data
We will not hold your Personal Data for longer than is necessary. We retain your Personal Data for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, or to comply with any applicable statutory requirement.
Technical Data Collected
We gather statistical and other analytical information of all visitors to our website. This is non-personal data that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as demographic information regarding, for example, user IP addresses where they have been clipped or anonymised, browser types and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website.
Confidentiality
Black Therapists Ireland abides by IACP, IAHIP, IAAAC, or NAPCP Codes of Ethics and follow Children First Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Services provided by Black Therapists Ireland is strictly confidential, except in the following circumstances:
- Where there is a danger of a client being harmed or causing harm to self or others.
- Where there are reasonable grounds for concern that a child may be at risk of abuse by someone in the present or the past.
- Where the therapist is subpoenaed by a court of law.
Your Rights
You have the following rights, in certain circumstances and subject to certain restrictions, in relation to your Personal Data:
- Right of access – The right to access your Personal Data
- Right to rectification – The right to request the rectification and/or erasure of your Personal Data in certain circumstances
- Right to erasure – The right to be forgotten in certain circumstances
- Right to restriction of processing – The right to restrict the use of your Personal Data in certain circumstances
- Right to object – The right to object to the processing of your Personal Data
- Right to data portability – The right to receive your Personal Data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to require us to transmit that data to another controller, in certain circumstances.
In addition to these rights, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, and the right to pursue a remedy through the Courts if we fail to meet the required standards of data protection.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice, you can contact us at [email protected]