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Privacy Policy


  1. SelectmySurgeon.COM

    1. This website is owned and operated by SelectmySurgeon Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 06264217 and with a registered office at 67 Longworth Avenue, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1GU (“SMS”).

    2. SMS is the data controller of any personal information that you submit through this website and is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you.

  2. COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

    1. You can access most of the pages on our website without giving us your personal information. However, you may choose to provide us with your personal information on some pages of the website, for instance by submitting patient feedback on the surgeons on the website or completing an enquiry form. When you do so, you may submit sensitive personal data relating to your health. By submitting your personal information, you consent to our use of the information (including in particular any information relating to your health) as set out in this privacy policy and this website’s terms of use.

  3. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

    1. SMS will use any personal information you give us as set out in this policy and in the privacy statements that appear on the forms through which you submit your personal information.

    2. SMS will use your information to give you access to secure parts of the SMS website, administer our relationship with you; and carry out statistical analysis (including but not limited to analysis of the use and access to this website).

    3. If you give us your personal information, SMS may also from time to time contact you by mail, telephone, or email to notify you about changes to the service provided by this website and provide other information that may be of interest to you, including details about the services SMS offers. SMS will give you an opportunity to choose not to receive marketing information before you submit your personal information. You can tell us to stop sending you marketing information at any time by contacting SMS.

    4. If you provide your consent when submitting your information, SMS may also share your information and the details you provide with the relevant surgeons and other third parties by publishing the information on this website. SMS may also disclose your information to third parties if it sells or buys any business or assets, in which case SMS may disclose your information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets. Unless required to do so by law or otherwise set out in this privacy policy, SMS will not share your information with any third party.

    5. SMS may disclose your information to its agents and service providers for the purposes set out above.

  4. COOKIES

    1. SMS uses a technology called "cookies" as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of users of this website. A cookie is an element of data that this website sends to your browser that is then stored on your SMStem. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.

  5. YOUR RIGHTS

    1. You have the right to ask SMS not to process your information for marketing purposes at any time by contacting us at SMS.

    2. You are entitled to access the information SMS holds about you. If you wish to do so, please contact SMS. SMS may charge a fee of £10 to meet it costs in providing you with details of the information it holds.

  6. CONTACTING SMS

    1. If you have any questions about the use of the information SMS holds about you or have any other questions about this privacy policy, please contact SMS.