Privacy policy

Your privacy is important to us.

This website – www.sexualhealthwirral.nhs.uk – is provided to you by Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust ("the Trust") and its IT provider, Midlands & Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU).

The Trust is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commission (reg. no. Z2567487), which allows us to process any information you send us via this website so long as we maintain your privacy.

Wherever possible, we will use encryption techniques to protect any facilities on this site which allow you to send information to us but we still advise that you do not include anything in your correspondence which would be considered confidential.

In line with the Data Protection Act, we will only hold any information which you send to us for as long as is necessary for us to deal with your comment or question. And we will only let it be seen by those Trust staff who need to see it in order to deal with your comment or question. The only exception to this is if we are required by law to disclose your correspondence to an official investigating body such as the police.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ('Google'). Google Analytics uses 'cookies' and JavaScript code to help analyse user activity on websites. The information generated about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States.

Google will use this information to produce user activity reports for this website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Data collected from Google's Interest-based advertising or 3rd-party audience data (such as age, gender, and interests) may be used to collate reports on website usage to help improve this website.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data previously held. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Read Google's Full Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for detailed information.

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy statement, please e-mail wcnt.communications@nhs.net.