How your information is used.

Who we are

This website supports the private clinical practice of Dr Michael Rowe, Consultant Clinical Oncologist (GMC 7280973). Dr Michael Rowe is the data controller for personal information submitted through this private-practice website and is responsible for deciding how that information is used and protected.

Information we collect

If you use the website enquiry form, we may collect your name, email address, telephone number, the type of enquiry and the brief message you choose to provide. The form is deliberately designed not to request detailed medical information. Please do not submit medical records, pathology, imaging or other detailed health information through the public website form.

Why we use your information

Information submitted through the enquiry form is used to respond to your request, consider whether an appointment or referral can be arranged, and communicate with you about that enquiry. If you later become a patient, additional information will be handled under the privacy arrangements applying to the clinical service through which your care is provided.

How the website form works

The website is designed for deployment on Netlify. Netlify Forms processes and stores form submissions and can send notifications containing the submitted information to the practice mailbox configured for the site.

Sharing information

Your information will only be shared where necessary for the purpose for which it was provided, for the delivery of clinical care, where required by law, or where another valid legal basis applies.

How long information is kept

Website enquiry submissions are normally retained for up to 6 months from the date they are received and are then deleted when they are no longer needed to manage the enquiry. If an enquiry subsequently forms part of clinical care, relevant information may instead become part of the clinical record and be retained in accordance with the professional, legal and clinical-record requirements applying to that care.

Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law gives you rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection and data portability. Some rights may not apply where information must be retained as part of a clinical record or to meet another legal obligation.

Questions or complaints

If you have questions about how your information is used, please make contact via the website contact page. You also have the right to raise concerns with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Cookies and analytics

This version of the site does not install advertising or analytics trackers and does not require non-essential cookies for its core pages. If analytics, embedded media or marketing tools are added later, the cookie information and consent mechanism should be reviewed before those tools are enabled.