GDPR

RE: GDPR

Chris Milligan — Tue, 15 May 2018 17:00:06 GMT

bureaucracy gone mad innit mate etc.

No I think this sounds like nonsense :D

RE: GDPR

Bob Russell — Tue, 15 May 2018 13:08:13 GMT

Overthinking!

Overzealous consultant?

RE: GDPR

Niall Taylor — Tue, 15 May 2018 12:13:18 GMT

[quote user="janine redman"]Has anyone been told that they will not be able to display consent forms with client and patient details written on them? Ie they will not be able to place those consent forms on kennel doors in case someone without official access, such as a visitor , happens to see them?[/quote]

Wot a load of nonsense! Who told you that?

Niall

RE: GDPR

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 15 May 2018 08:51:07 GMT

I think you will find that this comes under legitimate interest - so long as you can justify that the information is needed for the welfare of the pet and is therefore in the interest of the owner I don't see an issue. You can argue that the likelihood of a third party seeing these details and them actually using them for another purpose is lower than the probability of homeopathy working. I'd be more worried that someone without official access was wondering around in the first place, more of a security issue I'd say.

There is a big danger of over-thinking the implications of GDPR. So long as you have done your data audit and staff training and recorded them, and can justify how you use and store data, legitimate interest and 'previous intention to purchase' cover most of your requirements, a modicum of common sense and good housekeeping takes care of the vast majority of everyday practice.

RE: GDPR

Rob Loxley — Tue, 15 May 2018 08:46:59 GMT

[quote user="janine redman"]Has anyone been told that they will not be able to display consent forms with client and patient details written on them?[/quote]

I'm not sure that GDPR makes any changes from what the current laws would expect regarding privacy of personal data for people that would specifically change what you do in such a situation? If you have the public walking round your kennels you probably already should not have confidential information on public display?
When I was in hospital last week (just visiting) the ward boards had the patient names, but obviously not phone numbers etc, on display.