Privacy Policy

This section explains our privacy policy and how we will use and protect any information about you that you give us when you visit this website.

This privacy statement only covers the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust website. It does not cover all sites that can be linked to from this site, so you should always be aware when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement on that site.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy covers what we collect and how we use, disclose, transfer and store your information on our website: www.midyorks.nhs.uk

What information do we collect?

When you use our website, we use various technologies to collect information automatically – such as your IP address. This is commonplace across all internet services to enable the investigation of issues such as service availability and the identification of malicious use. This information is then kept in our internet access logs.

From time to time, you may be given the option to submit personal information about yourself (e.g. name and email address) in order to receive or use services on our website such as when you want to cancel an appointment or to provide feedback.

By entering your details in the fields requested, you enable The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust to provide you with the services you select. Any information you provide to us will only be used by us, our agents and service providers and will not be disclosed unless we are obliged or permitted to by law to do so.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small files saved on your device when you visit a website. They store information about how you use the website, such as the pages you visit.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission before we can use them on your device. We ask for your permission to collect analytics cookies to help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. You can accept or decline these cookies via our ‘cookies pop up’. Please see our cookie policy for more information.

Data Protection Legislation

Under Data Protection Legislation, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We use leading technologies and encryption software to safeguard your data and keep strict security standards to prevent any unauthorised access to it.

Changes to our policy

If our privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing the page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Contact us

If you have any questions about these terms and conditions or the practices of this website, please contact us.