Your privacy and confidentiality are important. This policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored and protected when you visit this website or contact the practice.
At Cathryne Baird Educational Psychology, your privacy and confidentiality are important. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information may be collected, used, stored and protected when you visit this website or contact the practice.
The practice is based in Cape Town, South Africa, and is subject to applicable South African data protection laws, including the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA).
When you submit an enquiry through this website or contact the practice, the information provided may include:
Basic technical information, such as IP addresses, browser details and website usage information, may also be processed by the website, hosting provider or configured services.
Personal information submitted through the website is used, where appropriate, to:
Information is processed where there is an appropriate legal basis and for purposes relevant to the practice's activities.
Information relating to mental health, psychological services and assessments is sensitive and requires particular care.
Please avoid submitting detailed medical histories, assessment reports, diagnoses or other sensitive clinical information through the general website enquiry form.
Where professional services are provided, relevant personal and health information may be collected through appropriate intake, consent and clinical procedures. Such information is handled in accordance with applicable legal and professional confidentiality obligations.
Personal information is not shared with unrelated third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Where necessary, information may be processed by authorised service providers supporting website hosting, email delivery, website maintenance and practice administration.
Information may also be disclosed where permitted or required by law, or in accordance with professional obligations and valid consent.
Reasonable organisational and technical safeguards are used to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Where external technology providers process information, appropriate safeguards and applicable data protection requirements are considered.
Personal information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or where retention is required or permitted by applicable law.
Clinical and patient records are subject to separate professional recordkeeping and retention obligations, which may extend beyond the retention period for ordinary website enquiries.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Requests may be subject to legal, confidentiality and professional recordkeeping requirements.
This website may use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, security and other enabled website services.
Any optional analytics, advertising or third-party tracking technologies must be disclosed and managed in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
You can manage certain cookies through your browser settings.
This website may contain links to external websites, including medical scheme information and other helpful resources.
External websites operate under their own privacy policies and practices. Please review those policies when visiting third-party websites.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in website functionality, practice procedures or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests relating to your personal information, please contact:
Cathryne Baird
Educational Psychologist
Cape Town, South Africa
Email: info@cathrynebaird.com
Contact Number: 067 473 1782