Thérapie Fertility is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal data and to handling your personal data in a transparent and responsible manner in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU – 2016/679) and with the Irish Data Protection Act 2018.
This Privacy Notice explains how and why we collect, process and disclose your personal data. It also outlines your rights in relation to your personal data. Please read the following carefully.
This Privacy Notice is current from 21/09/2023. From time to time we may make changes to our policy, processes and systems in relation to how we handle your personal data. We will update this Privacy Notice to reflect any changes. Those changes will be available on our website and in the clinic.
Thérapie Fertility is a trading name for Thérapie Fertility Limited. (Company Registration Number: 507410) who is the controller for the personal data we process unless otherwise stated. Thérapie Fertility is part of the Thérapie Medical Group as a subsidiary of Thérapie Medical Ltd.
Thérapie Fertility
First Floor, The Holbourne Building,
Block 60,
The Park,
Carrickmines,
Dublin 18, Ireland
Contact number: +35312238933
Email: info@therapiefertility.com
Thérapie Fertility Limited.
60A South William Street,
Dublin 2, Ireland.
Our Data Protection Officer is Cyrille Kuster. You can contact him at dpo@therapiefertility.com or via our postal address. Please address the envelope to ‘Data Protection Officer’.
Personal data refers to information relating to an identified or identifiable person. It does not include data that has been anonymised and cannot be traced to an identified or identifiable person.
We currently collect and/or process the following personal data:
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you from the following sources:
In some occasions we will also receive personal information indirectly from third parties such as:
To contact you in relation to a service you queried or to respond to your communication to us
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps to enter into a contract with you.
To contact you during your treatment with us regarding the medical aspect of care and also the administrative aspects of care including finance.
This would also include the processing of Special Categories of Personal Data (Health Data, Sex life and Sexual Orientation Data)
The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
We will only process your Special Categories Personal Data after you have given us explicit consent to the processing of those personal data as part of your Treatment with us.
To ensure our staff have all information necessary to advise you of the best course of treatment.
This would include the processing of Special Categories of Personal Data (Health Data, Sex life and Sexual Orientation Data)
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
We will only process your Special Categories Personal Data after you have given us explicit consent to the processing of those personal data as part of your Treatment with us.
To carry out our obligations arising from any agreements entered into between you and us.
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
For patient attending fertility services, all data necessary to ensure identification and traceability of donated material must be kept to meet the legal requirements under the EU Tissues and Cells Directive 2004/23/EC and relevant Irish Regulations.
Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Thérapie Fertility, as a Tissues Establishment, is subject to.
To improve and customise your browsing experience when visiting our website via the use of Cookies (See Cookies Policy)
You have given consent to the processing of your personal data (non-essential cookies information) through the Cookies Banner available on our website.
CCTV footage used for security reason including patients and staff safety.
The processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by Thérapie Fertility in protecting their property and goods and
maintaining your safety when using our buildings and environs, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
To carry out statistical analysis in order to improve our service and business. Data will be made anonymous before carrying-out statistical analysis.
The processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by Thérapie Fertility in assessing areas for business improvement as well as improvement of services offered. Except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
As part of your treatment with Thérapie Fertility, we will need to collect and process information concerning your health and concerning your sex life or sexual orientation. On some occasions, if required for treatment, we may also need to process information regarding your ethnicity and genetic data.
These information are considered Special Categories Personal Data under GDPR. As such we will only process your Special Categories Personal Data after you have given explicit consent to the processing of those personal data for the purpose of your treatment with us.
Your information is securely stored within our Patient Electronic Database System which also include the integration of our Web Patient Portal.
The number of paper records processed at Therapie Fertility will be very limited and will be stored internally in our secure facility at Thérapie Fertility Facilities.
All personal information necessary for traceability purposes in relation to the gametes and embryos processed at Thérapie Fertility will be kept for 30 years after clinical use as per EU Directive 2004/23/EC and Irish Regulation S.I. No. 158/2006.
Phone call recordings will be securely stored onsite in Thérapie Fertility and will be deleted after 3 months.
CCTV recordings will also be securely stored onsite in Thérapie Fertility and will be deleted after 28 days.
In order to provide you with best quality of care as well as ensuring the compliance with legal obligation, some of your personal data will be shared on the need to know basis with the following third parties:
Regulatory bodies and Accreditation bodies such as HPRA and JCI.
If you wish to obtain more information on third parties with whom your data may be shared, please contact our Data Protection Officer (dpo@therapiefertility.com).
We will not share your personal data outside the European Union or European Economic Area except for the storage of the Call Recordings as well as the storage of your Treatment Consent which will be stored by approved third party providers on a server located in the US.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at dpo@therapiefertility.com if you wish to make a request.
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us at dpo@therapiefertility.com.
You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
Telephone: +353 (0)761 104 800 or Lo Call Number 1890 252 231
Email: info@dataprotections.ie
For further information please visit www.dataprotection.ie