Abbey Hospitals Limited: Privacy Policy

This is a statement regarding the privacy of information collected on this Abbey Hospitals Limited website. Please read this Privacy Statement carefully to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make use of our site. This policy applies solely to our online data collection from this site. It does not describe information collection policies for other data we may collect, including direct marketing, telemarketing, offline or above the line advertising and promotion. We review our privacy practices from time to time and accordingly our Privacy Policy may be periodically supplemented or modified. If we make any material change, we will update our site to include such changes.

We recommend that you review this Policy regularly for changes Abbey Hospitals are committed to maintaining the very highest standards in the practice of our Privacy Policy. We adhere to the requirements of any applicable and relevant legislation concerning data protection and will not sell, trade or rent your personal information to any other company nor will we share any of the information we collect about you with third parties. By using this site and submitting your personal information to us, you are consenting to our collection and use of the information as set out in this Privacy Policy Statement.

This website uses Google Analytics and other measurement tools to help analyse how users use the site. These tools use 'cookies', which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This data is entirely anonymous. Cookies cannot be used to get data from your hard drive, get your e-mail address or personally identifiable information about you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

Abbey Hospitals will never (and will not allow any third party) to use these statistical analytics tools to track or to collect any personally identifiable information about visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither Abbey Hospitals nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information as above. You may set your Internet browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent. Please note, however, that by not accepting cookies, you may limit the functionality we can provide you when you visit our site.

Occasionally, we may send you e-mail communications with information which may be useful to you, including information about our procedures and treatments. At times, we may conduct online surveys to better understand the needs, profiles, and experience of our visitors. You will always be given the option of not participating in such surveys. Whilst we use reasonable security methods to protect the data contained within our servers, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the information you transmit to us, nor that the information that users supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.