Privacy Policy

StopSmokingHypnotherapy.net is a trading style of Avon Hypnotherapy.  This privacy policy sets out how Avon Hypnotherapy uses and protects any information that you give Avon Hypnotherapy when you use this website.

Avon Hypnotherapy is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

Should you provide information about yourself, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

By submitting personal details to Avon Hypnotherapy via online forms, e-mail, telephone or face-to-face, you are deemed to have agreed that such data may be processed as laid out herein.

Avon Hypnotherapy may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are aware of any changes. This version of the privacy policy is effective from the 27th of February 2007.

What we collect
We may collect the following information:

• Your name
• Your e-mail address
• Your telephone number
• Any other details you supply

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Via the contact forms:

• To enable us to assess whether our services could be of use to you
• To establish which kind of therapy session (if any) would be appropriate to your needs
• To assess which practice (if any) might be best for you due to your geographical location
• To determine your practice preference
• To determine your preference in terms of the type of session or information required
• To have an (optional) telephone number to hand, so that we could respond to your query more quickly
• To gather any further details that might help us to handle your request more quickly and effectively
• To enable us to determine the location and age demographics of those who use the web forms
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We will NOT use the information provided for the purposes of promotional e-mail or special offers
• We may send follow-up e-mails from time to time to ensure that you have received a satisfactory level of service

Due to the availability of telephone, mail, and e-mail contact, the use of the forms on the website is entirely optional. If choosing to use the contact form to contact us, the e-mail address is the only required field.

All information gathered is used as appropriate for our business purposes, including maintaining client records and associated accounting procedures.

Security

We may store the information given in manual (paper based) and/or electronic format, and whatever the method of storage, we are committed to ensuring that your information is secure.

In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Please note that we use standard, commercially available third party e-mail software and services. E-mail correspondence should not therefore be considered secure.

Website Hosting

We use commercial website hosting services which handle data transfer between the server and the browser, and vice-versa. As a function of the server activity, certain basic information about the browser (IP address, browser version, operating system, pages accessed etc) is logged. We have secure FTP access to this information.

How we use cookies

Our website does not use cookies.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. 
Exceptions to this are:

Where we believe we are required by law to release information

Where we believe you present a clear and immediate danger to yourself or others

Where we have your permission to refer you to a therapist or other healthcare professional outside of Avon Hypnotherapy. In this event, with your permission, the information necessary for that further therapy or care may be transferred to that party.

This privacy policy is part of www.stopsmokinghypnotherapy.net, a website governed by UK law.

We will NOT use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy sessions are held at:

Avon Hypnotherapy
33 St. Francis Drive
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6BS

and

Avon Hypnotherapy
The Hitchin Natural Therapy Centre
3-4 High Street,
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG5 1BH