Data protection

Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust is the Data Controller for this website under the Data Protection Act 1998. We will process your data in accordance with the Data Protection Act.

The purpose of the privacy policy is to inform you as a user of the site about what information we collect when you visit the site and how we use that information.

We want you to feel secure when visiting the site. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Below we give an overview of how we do that.

Information we collect when you visit the website

We collect information indirectly and directly. When you access this website, we use technology to collect information indirectly, such as your internet address, which is then kept in our internet access logs.

Use of cookies

We collect information directly from you by using cookies. Cookies are small files of information that save and retrieve information about your visit to our site, such as:

• how you entered our site
• how you navigated through the site
• what information was of interest to you

The cookies we use identify you merely as a number. If you are uncomfortable about the use of cookies, you can disable cookies on your computer by changing the settings in the preferences or options menu in your internet browser.

How do we use this information?

We analyse website visit information to see what is most effective about our site, to help us identify ways to improve it, and to make it more effective.