Privacy Notice
Last updated: 20 July 2026
This privacy notice explains how David Hopkins, practising as the Kingston & Surbiton Centre (“I”, “me”, “my”), looks after personal information when you use this website or make an enquiry about therapy.
I am responsible for how this information is used. If you have questions about privacy or your personal data, please use the contact form and choose the option for a data protection or privacy enquiry.
1. What this notice covers
- Visiting and using this website
- Sending an enquiry through the contact form
- Using practice documents linked from the site (such as the client agreement or intake form)
- Arranging and administering therapy if we work together
If we enter into a therapeutic relationship, confidentiality and record-keeping are also set out in the Client Agreement and related practice documents.
2. Information I may hold
Depending on how you contact me, this may include:
- Your name and ways of reaching you
- What you choose to share in an enquiry
- Information needed to run the website safely and reliably
- Information you later provide as part of therapy arrangements (for example agreements or intake materials)
Please keep initial enquiries brief. There is no need to share detailed personal history through the contact form; that can wait for a conversation or session if we decide to work together.
3. How enquiries are handled
When you use the contact form, your message is sent securely to me so that I can respond. I do not use it for marketing lists, and I do not sell your information.
Only those who need to help deliver or secure the website and my practice systems may process information on my behalf, under appropriate arrangements. I may also share information where the law requires it, or where there is a serious risk of harm, as described in the Client Agreement.
4. Client intake form
The client intake form on this website can be completed on your own device. You choose how to keep or share the completed form with me (for example by bringing a copy to a first session).
5. Why I use personal information
- To respond to enquiries and arrange conversations or sessions
- To provide therapy and administer the practice if we work together
- To meet legal, safeguarding, regulatory, and professional obligations
- To keep the website secure and working properly
6. How long information is kept
Enquiries are kept only as long as needed to respond and for a short administrative period, unless there is a good reason to keep them longer. Client records are kept in line with professional guidance, insurance, and legal requirements, as described in practice policies and the Client Agreement.
7. Your rights
Under UK data protection law you may ask to:
- See the personal information I hold about you
- Correct information that is wrong
- Ask for information to be deleted or restricted in certain circumstances
- Object to certain uses of your information
- Receive a copy of information you provided, where that right applies
- Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
To make a privacy or data protection request, please use the contact form and select the data protection / privacy option. Some rights may be limited where the law or professional duties require information to be kept.
Further information about your rights is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office.
8. Looking after your information
I take care to keep personal information confidential and secure, in line with my professional and legal responsibilities. No system can be completely risk-free, so please also take care with the devices and accounts you use when contacting me.
9. Children
This website is intended for adults enquiring about therapy. If you think a child has shared personal information through the site, please let me know using the contact form.
10. Changes
This notice may be updated from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last revised.
11. Getting in touch
David Hopkins
Kingston & Surbiton Centre
For therapy enquiries, privacy questions, or data protection requests, please use the contact form.