This privacy policy describes how the NIHR King’s Clinical Research Facility (‘CRF’) uses and protects information you give us when using our website.
What information we collect and how we use it
Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed in accordance with the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Automatic information
We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with this website. We use the information to monitor website traffic and to assist with the navigation and user experience of the website. Any disclosure of this information will be in aggregate form and will not identify individual users.
Information that we receive automatically includes:
- Website usage data
- User data such as your IP address and details of your browser and device
Information you choose to give us
If you choose to use any of our contact forms, we will collect the following information:
- Your name
- Your email address
We will only use this to handle your enquiry.
Retention of your data
We will retain data for as long as required for the purpose for which it was collected.
Lawful basis
Personal data collected through this website is processed on the basis of your consent to do so (GDPR Article 6.1(a)) or under the legitimate interests of the relevant parties (Article 6.1(f)).
Cookies
We use cookies to operate the website and to track how people use it. A cookie is a small file stored on your computer or device, which enables our website to identify your computer or device as you view our website pages. All the information collected is anonymous and we do not use it for any other purpose.
Third-party service providers
We use the following third-party service providers to process and store your data:
- Google Analytics (owned by Google LLC), which we use to monitor usage of our website. Google Analytics collects IP addresses so it can report things like whether people return to our website or what country visitors come from. GDPR considers IP addresses to be personal information. However, IP addresses are not linked to other personally identifiable data, and IP addresses are not available in Google’s reporting tools. Read Google’s privacy policy.
How to make a request about your data
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the Data Controller for this website for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. Read the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s Data Protection Policy.
You can contact us to ask us what data we hold about you, who has access to it and how it is being used. We will also delete any data we hold about you if you ask us to.
If you have any concerns as to how your personal data is processed, you can contact the relevant Data Protection Officer at kch-tr.dpo@nhs.net.
It is also your right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Further details can be found at www.ico.org.uk.