Patient information on
data protection

Dear Patient,

the protection of your personal data is very important to us. According to the GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation), we are obliged to inform you about the purpose for which our practice collects, stores, forwards or otherwise processes data. The information also tells you what rights you have.

Person responsible for data processing and data protection officer:

Karla Bernat
Käthe-Niederkirchner Str. 23
10407 Berlin

The data processing takes place in order to be able to fulfill the treatment contract between you and us. We process your personal data, in particular your health data. This includes anamnesis, diagnoses, therapy suggestions and findings that I or other treatment persons (doctors/non-medical practitioners, etc.) collect or have collected. For these purposes, other doctors or psychotherapists who are treating you can also provide us with data (e.g. in doctor’s letters). The collection of health data is a prerequisite for your treatment. If the necessary information is not collected or provided, careful treatment by our practice cannot take place. We only transfer your personal data to third parties if this is permitted by law or if you have given your consent to this.

Recipients of your personal data can primarily be other non-medical practitioners/doctors/psychotherapists/physiotherapists, health insurance companies and clearing houses. The transmission takes place primarily for the purpose of billing for the services rendered by you. In individual cases, data can be transmitted to other authorized recipients. We only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to carry out the treatment. Due to legal requirements, however, we are obliged to keep this data for at least 10 years after the end of the treatment (§ 630 f BGB). You have the right to obtain information about the personal data concerning you and can request the correction of incorrect data. In addition, under certain conditions, you have the right to have data deleted, the right to restrict data processing and the right to data portability. Your data is processed on the basis of legal regulations. I only need your consent in exceptional cases. In these cases, you have the right to withdraw consent for future processing. You also have the right to complain to the competent supervisory authority for data protection if you believe that your personal data is not being processed lawfully. The legal basis for the processing of your data is Article 9 Paragraph 2 h GDPR in conjunction with Section 22 Paragraph 1 No. 1 b BDSG, Article 6 Paragraph 1 b GDPR.
Another note on our own behalf: Due to the new data protection agreement, which came into force on May 23rd, 2018, we are prohibited from sharing patient data (e.g. diagnoses, findings, photos, prescriptions, etc.) via non-secure media such as What’s App, SMS, unencrypted emails, etc. to communicate. In addition, this patient contact must also be documented and stored. In order to still be able to contact us at short notice, we have set up a new personal e-mail address. This is: contact@centre-pensees.com.
Thanks very much.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Your practice team