Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how I, Catherine Ogier of West Coast Counselling, use and protect any information that you give to me when you use this service.
I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should I ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using my services, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
I may change this policy from time to time and I suggest that you regularly check this page to ensure that you continue to be comfortable with the measures that I am taking to protect your privacy. This policy is effective from 1st May 2018.
By visiting 'www.westcoastcounselling.net' (my site) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
Any changes I make to my privacy policy will be posted on this page, and where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any changes to my privacy policy.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Catherine Ogier.
Information I may collect:
You may give me information about you such as name, address, phone number and email address by corresponding with me by phone, email or otherwise. I may receive information about you from from other sources, such as Google Analytics, or if you use any of the other services I provide, for example commenting on a blog.
With regard to each of the visits to my site, I may automatically collect the following information:
Technical information, including the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstreams to, through and from my site (including date and time);mservices you viewed or searched for; page response times,meow load errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
Cookies
My site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of my site. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that I store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
Please follow the link at the bottom of the page to find out more about the cookies used on this site.
If you don't want me to use cookies in your web browser you can remove them from your computer or change browser settings so that it either blocks cookies altogether or asks you if you'd like to accept them from some websites. Some of the cookies used on this website are essential for the site to work properly.
Uses of made of the information:
To carry out my obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and me and to provide you with information and services that you request from me;
To notify you about changes to my service;
To administer my site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
To improve my site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer;
To allow you to participate in interactive features of my service, when you choose to do so;
As part of my efforts to keep my site safe and secure;
Internal record keeping - for example, client hours;
To operate my business effectively including financial records.
Disclosure of your information
All my dealings with you and any information that I have about you is confidential except when I have a legal obligation to share, such as terrorism, money laundering and radicalization.