Your Information

Your information

You have rights to do with information that is recorded and held about you. These rights are protected by the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

As a provider, we may collect information regarding your contact with our services. This information about your physical and/or mental health is part of your agreement to utilise our communication platform to share your story/article. Your rights under GDPR remain that you may write to us at any time to request your previously supplied information is removed from our platform and upon receipt of your request we will work to complete this within 5 working days.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Under the GDPR, 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. More detail about how we collect, process, transfer and store your data can be found in our privacy policy.

What are my rights in relation to my data?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018 you have specific rights in relation to your data; you can make these requests at any time. Your rights are as follows:

Right to be informed

MyoMinds has a duty to provide you with information in relation to how your personal and special category data (information provided by you to us for the purpose of publishing your story on our platform) is collected, stored and processed. This is provided within our privacy notice on this page.

Right of Access to Information/Subject Access

You can request a copy of the information MyoMinds holds about you by emailing myomindsgeorge@gmail.com. This information is generally available to you free of charge once you provide appropriate ID. We have 30 calendar days to respond to your request. In certain circumstances a response may not be able to be provided in such a time scale; however, we will write to you and inform you of this as soon as possible. Please contact us for further information by contacting myomindsgeorge@gmail.com.

Right to rectification and erasure

You have the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data and the right to request the erasure of your personal data, including any material you have previously supplied to us for publication on our platform. However, the rights to rectification and erasure are not an absolute right and it may be necessary for MyoMinds to continue to process your personal data for lawful and legitimate reasons. If you wish to make such a request, please contact myomindsgeorge@gmail.com

Right to object to, or restrict processing

You have the right in certain circumstances to ask MyoMinds to stop processing your personal data in relation to our service. You can also request not to receive information from the MyoMinds. However, the right to object to, or restrict processing is not an absolute right and it may be necessary in certain circumstances for MyoMinds to continue to process your personal data for a number of lawful and legitimate reasons.

If you wish to object to your information being processed, to receiving information from the Trust, or wish to have information rectified or erased, please send your request in writing via email to myomindsgeorge@gmail.com.

Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

MyoMinds does not use your information to make automated decisions about you, nor to undertake profiling.  

Right to Data Portability

The right to data portability allows you to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.

It allows you to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without affecting its usability. If you wish to make such a request, please email myomindsgeorge@gmail.com.

Who do I contact if I have any concerns about my data?

To safeguard your information and to support your rights, MyoMinds has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The role of the DPO is to monitor internal compliance with data protection legislation and inform and advise staff, and the public in relation to data protection. The DPO can be contacted by emailing myomindsgeorge@gmail.com.

If you have a concern about any aspect of the way your records have been managed, you can also contact in the first instance -

Email: myomindsgeorge@gmail.com 

Alternatively, you can also contact the Information Commissioner if you have a complaint about our processing of your personal data:

The Office of the Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524510