Privacy Policy

The Spirit Health Foundation may receive, hold, process and share information that we have about you. To ensure you are fully aware of all the details about this, we have developed our privacy notice. If you would like a copy of our privacy notice, please email your request to hello@spirithealthfoundation.org. 

How we maintain the confidentiality of your records

We are committed to protecting your privacy and will only use information collected lawfully in accordance with the GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 (which is overseen by the Information Commissioner’s Office), Human Rights Act, and the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality.

All of our staff, contractors and Board of Trustees receive appropriate and on-going training to ensure they are aware of their personal responsibilities and have contractual obligations to uphold confidentiality, enforceable through disciplinary procedures. Only a limited number of authorised staff has access to personal information where it is appropriate to their role and is strictly on a need-to-know basis.

We maintain our duty of confidentiality to you at all times. We will only ever use or pass on information about you if others involved in your care have a genuine need for it. We will not disclose your information to any third party without your permission unless there are exceptional circumstances (i.e. life or death situations), or where the law requires information to be passed on.

Spirit Health Foundation Privacy Notice

The Spirit Health Foundation is making health easy and accessible in underserved communities across the world, in particular Sub-Saharan Africa. We bring all the healthtech platforms, services, people, and know-how of Spirit Health – a leading international organisation and major partner to the NHS for two decades – to help address this challenge. We provide all this as in-kind funding to other non-profits, governments and global health partners, and work together to build stronger health systems and services.

The information we collect: 

General contact information: 

• Name, Address, Telephone Number, Email address,
• Job Title and Area of responsibility 
• Visual images (Video recordings)
• Verbal comments (audio recordings)

How is it collected?

Partners and providers 

• From other Healthcare professionals
• Web based resources
• Public domain resources
• Inter business resources

Services users

• Service user themselves
• Clinician involved in service user’s direct patient care

Why is it being collected?

This information is being collected for the legitimate interest of the Data Controller. In addition to this, under some specific circumstances consent is also used/obtained – this would be for the recording of images and audio for marketing purposes.

Information is collected for

The information is collected for direct promoting purposes and day to day business management.

How will it be used?

• To engage other partners to promote the Spirit Health Foundation’s solution
• To produce promotional information

Who will it be shared with?

• Inter-business colleagues
• Healthcare system leaders 
• Academics on joint pieces of work
• Media

Where will the data be stored?

• All data collect will be stored within the United Kingdom.
• No automated decision making is used with the data collected.

Your rights as a data subject

• Access and obtain a copy of your data on request;
• Require the organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data;
• Require the organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and
• Object to the processing of your data where Spirit is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact hello@spirithealthfoundation.org.

Accessing your information

If you would like to access the information we hold on you, please write to hello@spirithealthfoundation.org and your request will be dealt with in accordance with the GDPR guidance.

Opt out of promotional material

If you would like to change your mail preferences and/or opt out from our promotional material, we will be sorry to see you go, but to do so, could you please email hello@spirithealthfoundation.org.

The Data Controller

The Data Controller responsible for keeping your information confidential is:

Spirit Health Foundation
Spirit House
Saffron Way, Leicester, LE2 6UP
Telephone: 08008815423
www.spirithealthfoundation.org

Registration reference: ZB635758

Information Commissioner

The Data Protection Act 2018 requires organisations to lodge a notification with the Information Commissioner to describe the purposes for which they process personal information. These details are publicly available in the Register of Data Controllers. To search the register, go to www.ico.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 www.ico.org.uk