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A SHORTish GDPR implementation checklist, for health and wellbeing practitioners and therapists

I find it all very confusing. Just when I’ve spent a few hours figuring something out and deciding to set something in place, I then hear from someone else that we don’t have to set that thing in place. There’s reams of info, with clauses about this and that and the other. So I reckon, reduce your stress and prevent pulling out your hair, put a whole bunch of stuff in place, cover your back, then you don’t have to worry about anything. I’ve …

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GDPR Opt-In advice for complementary therapists / health and wellbeing practitioners

In my previous post you can read about GDPR and what action you can take to make sure you are adhering to the regulations. However, I felt we needed a bit more clarity on the “must clients opt-in” question. Ever heard of a “soft opt-in”? Well, now you have. The information below will help you tremendously to understand what you need to do around getting clients, or potential clients, to opt-in. Coupled with this advice, I recommend you do the …

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Why is GDPR important to me (a health and wellbeing practitioner) and what action must I take?

Easy speak GDPR summary and solutions below for health and wellbeing practitioners Don’t freak out about GDPR, it’s actually quite simple! We are not experts on this subject, this is simply The Webmistress take on all of these GRPD changes. I can’t include EVERYTHING in the list below, please read this checklist from the ICO and adhere to it. There is another checklist here (a more recent blog post) you might want to look at. As a wellbeing practitioner you …

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Cookies notice and privacy policy

Cookies. What are they and why do I need a cookie notice? Cookies? No, not fortune cookies! If you have a website which uses software like WordPress, Joomla or Drupal you will need to display a cookie notice and link to a page with a Privacy Policy. You might even need the afore mentioned if you have any other type of site e.g. Weebly or Wix. Cookies are tiny files created on your computer by your web browser. They are …

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What is HTTPS and why does my site need it?

When you open a web browser (e.g Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and to look at website, the browser is actually asking a webserver (a big computer) somewhere across the world, to send the pages of the website to your computer. This conversation between your computer and server is handled by thousands of other computers and devices. Think of this analogy; when you post a letter, is it handled by post office workers, driven around the country in Post Office vans, stored …

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