The Care Portal and Healthcare A2Z are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, and the procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.

The information we collect and how we use it
If you respond to any of the requests for information within our registration or feedback services, you may as a result submit to us your name, date of birth, profession, organisation, and email address. This information is used by our database to verify it is you when you use this site. Collated information and some individual information may be used by Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin PCTs for evaluation purposes. It is our policy never to pass any of this information on to any third parties.

How we protect your information
The Internet is not a secure medium. However, we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this Privacy Policy.

Firewalls are used to block unauthorised traffic to our servers, which are situated in a secure location. Our servers can only be accessed by authorised personnel.

We respect the information that you submit to us and follow good practice. Our internal standard operating procedures cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.

Your consent
By submitting any information about yourself, you consent to its use as set out in this Privacy Policy. If we amend our Privacy Policy, we will post any changes on this page. We may also place notices on other pages within the website, so you are aware of the information that we are collecting. Failure to inform us that you do not wish to be contacted will signify that you agree to any such changes.

We will not pass your personal information to other companies for processing on our behalf.

If you do not want us to hold your personal contact information, then please do not submit it to us.

How to contact the Care Portal team
We welcome your views about the Care Portal website and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an email to admin@thecareportal.org