Privacy Policy
In this Privacy Policy when we refer to “Angelica Care” or “we”, “us” or “our”, we mean Angelica Care.
Angelica Care is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who use our services or even if you are just visiting our website.
In accordance with Data Protection legislation, Angelica Care is registered with the ICO. Our registered address is - Angelica Care is registered with the ICO. Our registered address is - Unit 2 Gloucester Road Estate, Gloucester Road, Littlehampton, BN17 7BS.
This notice sets out the way Angelica Care processes, stores and protects user data and information that you may supply to us. It also outlines the obligations and requirements of the users, the website and website owners.
You may contact us at any point with regards to this privacy notice or the way your personal data is being processed by contacting our Data Protection Officer by one of the following means:
By post: 1 The Parade, Pagham, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21TW
By phone: 01243 859876
By email: info@angelicacare.com
About Us
Angelica Care provides individuals with personalised packages of care and support to enable them to remain in their own home for longer.
Working together with individuals and their families we create a support plan to suit the needs of the person in the short and longer term, promoting independence, choice, respect, privacy, security and continuity.
Our experienced, professional Care Assistants, Support Workers and specialist staff are specifically trained to deliver tailored, individual support packages.
We take great pride in our ability to design appropriate person-centred care plans. By understanding the needs of our individual customers we are able to offer a personalised, reliable and high quality service that provides peace of mind to them and their families.
Our commitment is to improve a person’s quality of life and give them the opportunity to maximise their independence through our outcomes based care approach. Our Services include:
Home care services
Supported living services
Live-in Care
Specialist services
Respite care
Palliative care
End of life care
Dementia care
Complex care
Learning disabilities
Updates to this website Privacy Policy
From time to time we may amend this privacy policy to fall in line with changes to legislation, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation 2016, Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulation 2003 and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Any changes, updates or amendments to this policy will be shown on our website with the date of the latest update.
Personal Data
‘Personal data’ is defined in law as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
We collect or amass personal data in accordance with our contractual obligations or with consent as set out in our respective privacy policies for service users, staff and job applicants and marketing.
Purposes for the processing of personal data
When you enter a contract with Angelica Care, you will always have clear visibility with regards to the type of personal data that is being collected.
You will have the opportunity to review the purposes of the data collection and you will have the choice to either approve or disapprove. Please note, that if you do not approve or agree to disclose the information required for the delivery of our services, we will be unable to provide these services as we are required to collect certain types of data to be able to provide you with those services.
The information that is collected by Angelica Care is used for the following purposes:
The provisioning of home care services
The provisioning of supported living services
The provisioning of live-in care services
The provisioning of specialist services
The provisioning of respite care services
The provisioning of palliative care services
The provisioning of end of life care services
The provisioning of dementia care services
Consent
Where Angelica Care needs to collect or pass on your information to a third party, we will obtain your consent where we require consent as grounds for processing. For example, if we need to process data any highly sensitive or “special categories” of data, we will obtain your consent and explain the purposes of processing prior to doing so.
Third-party sharing
Angelica Care will never sell or share any of your details to any organisations to use for their own marketing or advertising purposes. It may be necessary to provide your information onto a third party for the delivery of a service that you have requested, however we will always ensure that the appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information prior to transferring.
Angelica Care may share your information with parties that we have vetted and authorised for the provisioning of a service. Such parties include staff members, technology providers and other services providers that we use to be able to deliver our services. These third party processors may disclose your information to others for the delivery of the service you have requested; please ensure you have familiarised yourself with their terms and conditions and / or their privacy notices.
If you would like a copy of our authorised third parties, please contact us at info@angelicacare.com. Please note that we will only disclose this information to those that we process data regarding.
Where we believe there is a need to investigate, prevent or report illegal activities, issues pertaining to threats to the physical safety of any person we may pass your information onto other 3rd parties including but not limited to The Police and other emergency services, the Care Quality Commission, the Information Commissioner’s Office or the Health and Safety Executive.
Where your data is transmitted internationally, outside of the EEA, we shall ensure that enforceable binding contracts are in place in the absence of a suitable data protection legislation. We will not conduct business where there is neither an enforceable contract nor a suitable data protection legislation.
Cookies in use on this website
For any information regarding the cookies that are used on this website, please refer to the Cookies Policy.
Security controls
Angelica Care has implemented a number of organisational and technical controls to ensure that the confidentiality, the integrity and the availability of the data that we process is always preserved. The main objective of those controls is to help protect your information from loss, destruction, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure. The combination of organisational and technical controls ensures that your data is processed securely at all times.
Organisational controls
User access controls and limitation of data access has been implemented to ensure that only the authorised staff members have access to data.
We have implemented a data retention policy for the different datasets that we process. The retention periods for the data are either based on legal requirements set by the regulatory body or in accordance with legitimate purposes to carry our business operations
A password policy is in place to ensure that all passwords are changed on a regular basis and that they correspond to the required standards when they are generated
We regularly review our information security policies and procedures to ensure that it is up to date with the latest technology and most importantly with the latest legislation with regards to data protection and data privacy
We ensure that our third party processors are carefully vetted and selected with regards to compliance with data protection and data privacy laws
The access to special categories of data has been limited to staff members on a needs basis in order to reduce the exposure of such type of data
Our staff members are well trained professionals
Technical controls
Encryption has been implemented on computer equipment to ensure that data will not be available in the event of loss or theft.
Encryption controls have been implemented for data that is in transit and for email communication.
Antivirus and malware protection is installed on all computer equipment.
Regular backups of our data to ensure that it is readily available in the event of a technical issue or a natural disaster.
Other Sites and external links
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not controlled by us; therefore we are not responsible for the content or use of these services. Please ensure that you understand this and also please review those website privacy policies and terms and conditions. Angelica Care cannot and will not be held liable for any damage that might have been caused to your computer equipment by those websites. Such damage includes but are not limited to: loss of data, exfiltration of data, unauthorised intrusion, virus and malware infection, hardware damage. The use of any external link or website is at your own risk.
Special Categories of Data
We do process medical data and child data at times. Such type of data is processed with the prior positive consent of our clients.
General Data Protection Regulation Rights
You have many rights under the GDPR, they are defined as below:
The right to be informed
The right of access
The right to rectification
The right to erasure
The right to restrict processing
The right to data portability
The right to object
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
If you are an existing client of ours and wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact our data protection officer who will be able to assist you in exercising your rights with us as a processor.
When an access request is submitted to us, we must verify your identity before any data can be sent to you. If we are unsure about your identity or if our controls do not match the information that is gathered, we reserve the right to nullify the access request.
Additional information
If you have any questions with regards to this privacy notice, the way your data is handled or if you would like to exercise any of your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation, please contact info@angelicacare.com.
If you would like to learn more about the current regulations and legislation about data protection, please refer to the following links:
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation (PECR)
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/what-are-pecr/
For any concerns with regards to your personal data, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Officer at the following link: https://ico.org.uk/