Privacy Statement

Your Privacy

For proper treatment, it is necessary that I, as your treating therapist, create a file. This is also a legal obligation imposed by the WGBO. Your file contains notes about your state of health and data about the examinations and treatments performed.

The file also contains data that are necessary for your treatment and that I, after your explicit consent, have requested from another healthcare provider, for example from your general practitioner.

As your treating therapist, I am the only person who has access to your file.

I will do my best to guarantee your privacy. This means, among other things, that I:

• Have a legal duty of professional confidentiality,
• Handle your personal and medical data with care,
• Ensure that no unauthorized persons have access to your data.

The data from your file can also be used for the following purposes:

• To inform other healthcare providers, for example when the therapy has been completed or when referring you to another practitioner. This only happens with your signed consent.
• For use for observation, during my absence.
• Or for use during peer review, your personal information remains anonymous.
• A small part of the data from your file is used for the financial administration, so that I can create an invoice.

If I want to use your data for any other reason, you will first be informed and your signed consent will be required.

This data in the client file will be kept for 20 years after our final session, as required by the law.

Privacy on the Health Care Invoice

The invoice that you’ll receive contains the data requested by your health insurance, so that should your insurance company cover these services and you have additional coverage you can then declare this invoice with your health insurance company.

• Your name, address and place of residence.
• Your date of birth.
• Your insurance policy number.
• The date of the treatment.
• A brief description of the treatment, such as ‘psychosocial consultation’.
• Mandatory codes and license numbers for reimbursement of your consultation.
• The cost of a consultation.

Your Rights

Your rights are well protected in the GDPR. You have the right to:

• Access,
• Rectification,
• Restriction of processing,
• Transferability.

If desired, I can provide you with access to the data we store about you. If this data incorrect, then you have the right to have your data amended.

If you believe that your date is being improperly stored, you have the right in principle to have it removed. However there are limitations for this this. For example, I must comply with the WGBO law which mandates that I store your data for 20 years after our final conversation.

‘Restriction of processing’ means that I’m not allowed to use your data if, for example, it is incorrect, or if you have previously objected to its use. This also applies to any data that has been stored.

Finally, you have the right to data transferability. This means that upon your written request, I will make your data available to you if, for example, you want to switch to another counsellor.