This privacy policy sets out how Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website; you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
You can access the Trust Privacy statement, which covers how patient data is handled, including information on how to access your health records
Information we may collect about you on our website
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors.
As with the majority of websites there are some types of information which will be automatically tracked. This includes information about your computer, and about your visits to and use of this website such as:
- your IP address
- the website you have come from
- the type of browser you are using
- the searches you carry out
- the length of your visit on our site
- the number of pages you viewed.
We use this data internally to understand the kind of information our visitors are looking for so that we can continually improve the content we provide on our website. This information does not contain any personal details and so our users cannot be identified in any way.
How we do this
We do this by using Cookies – small text files that are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. To find out more about how this works see our Cookie Policy.
Secure submission forms
We have some secure forms on our website where we ask for your name and other details where appropriate. These forms have been set up to help us respond to the most common requests for information.
All personal information is treated in the strictest confidence and is not stored on the website. Information submitted via our secure forms goes directly to a manned NHS mailbox via secure NHS Mail and is not shared with any third parties.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.