Privacy Policy
Meritum is strongly committed to respecting privacy, and this statement details our approach on such issues. By using this website (or “site”) or submitting any personal data, you agree to the use by Meritum of such data in accordance with this privacy statement and current legislative requirement. If you have questions on privacy issues, please email us at [email protected]
At Meritum, privacy and confidentiality of personal information is protected, whether provided through paper based, electronic communication or on the telephone. We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing a secure online experience. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to transmit and store information about you. When you enter personal information online, we encrypt that information using Secure Socket Layer technology (SSL), thereby offering the highest level of encryption or security possible for particularly sensitive data.
Data Collection
We only collect identifiable personal data or information for the provision of the services ordered or requested by each individual. For example, a visitor to our site may choose to provide information such as name, title, office address, office email address and telephone number to:
- contact us for further information.
Messages will contain the user’s screen name and email address, as well as any additional information the user may wish to include in the message.
Use of Data
When an individual provides personal data to us, we use it solely for the purposes for which it is provided as stated at the point of collection (or as is obvious from the context of collection). We do not collect or compile personally identifying information for dissemination or for general sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes.
Sensitive Data
We do not seek any sensitive personal data. Sensitive personal data includes data relating to: race or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or other similar beliefs; physical or mental health; sexual orientation or unspent criminal record.Meritum Integrated Care LLP is registered in England. We will process data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679).
Disclosure to Third Parties
Our policy is not to share personally identifiable information with any third parties, unless required by law, or explicitly requested by the individual or otherwise as set out in this section. We recognise that your information is personally sensitive, commercially valuable and we take all reasonable measures to protect your data while it is in our care.
Personal data, which has been submitted to Meritum, may be disclosed to other organisations where this is necessary to meet the purpose for which the individual has submitted the information. By submitting personal data to Meritum, the individual is providing explicit consent to the transfer of such data for the fulfilment of their voluntary requests. This data is not shared for any secondary or unrelated purposes, or shared with any third party, unless otherwise disclosed at the point of collection and we have obtained explicit permission.
Security
We have implemented accepted standards of technology and operational security to protect personally identifiable data and information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. We ensure that all appropriate confidentiality obligations and technical and organisational security measures are in place to prevent any unauthorised or unlawful disclosure or processing of such information and data and the accidental loss or destruction of or damage to such information and data. Only authorised Meritum personnel are provided access to personally identifiable information and these employees have agreed to ensure confidentiality of this information.
Data Retention
The personal data you submit to us will only be retained for as long as is required for the purposes for which it was collected or as required by statutory requirement.
For example, contact information about individuals (such as information generated through email request or job enquiry) will be kept if the information is required to completely service the contact request or until a user requests that we delete that information. Mailing list information, discussion posts and email are kept for only the period considered reasonable to facilitate the individual’s requests or governed by statutory requirement.
Cookies and Log Files
Our website is purely for information and signposting therefore we do not use cookies.
Third Party Links
There may be pages on our sites that include links to websites which are owned and operated by third parties and so which do not operate under this privacy statement. When you access links to other websites, this privacy statement and our privacy practices no longer apply. We encourage visitors to review each site’s privacy policy before disclosing any personally identifiable information.