Healthcare Equality Partners is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website.  The following privacy policy explains how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.  By using or contacting us via this site, or giving us your personal details through other means, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy.

Information We May Collect From You

We may collect and process the following information about you:

• Information that you supply when you contact us, such as your name, contact details, debit or credit card information, employment information or CVs.
• Information about your visits to this site, such as your IP address and browsing patterns.  This data is used to improve our site and not to create a personal profile of you.

We may also ask you to supply sensitive information for diversity monitoring purposes.  You will be given the right to opt out of supplying this data and its storage and usage will be explained to you at the time of the request.

Use of your Information

Service Administration:  Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our website and to supply the goods or services you have requested.  It will also enable us to bill you and to contact you where necessary.

Business Development:  We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business.  In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our services to analyse and improve the services offered, for example to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.

Keeping in Touch:  We might also use your information to let you know about other products or services which we offer which may be of interest to you, or about important changes or developments to the website.  If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know.

Diversity Monitoring:  If we have your consent, we may use your information for diversity monitoring purposes.  Information taken for diversity monitoring will not be used for any purpose and will be securely and independently stored.

Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent or otherwise distribute your information to third parties with the following exceptions:

• Where third parties are processing information on our behalf, such as processing credit card payments to providing services to you.
• Where we are legally obliged to do so.

Security

We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage.  We will retain your information for a reasonable period or as long as the law requires.

Future Use

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice.  If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on our website to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses.  If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically.

Access to Your Information

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to all information that we maintain about them.  You can access this information or have this information corrected by sending us an email.

You may prevent your information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by contacting us.

Healthcare Equality Partners is a trading name of Vincent Hodges and Associates.

Registered Company Number: 04778984