Confidentialility and Data Protection
Last Updated: 1st July 2026
At BeNkd Coaching for Men, your privacy, confidentiality and trust are taken seriously.
O]My health and wellbeing services are built upon a safe and confidential relationship, and every reasonable effort is made to protect the information you choose to share.
This page explains how confidentiality is maintained, how information is handled, and the circumstances in which confidentiality may need to be limited.
Confidentiality
Information shared during health and wellbeing sessions is treated as confidential.
This includes information disclosed during consultations, health and wellbeing sessions, written communications and other professional interactions.
Confidential information will not normally be shared with anyone outside the health and well-being relationship without your knowledge or consent.
Limits to Confidentiality
Although confidentiality is a fundamental part of my health and well-being services, there are some exceptional circumstances where information may need to be shared.
These may include situations where:
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There is a serious risk of harm to yourself
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There is a serious risk of harm to another person
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There are safeguarding concerns involving a child or vulnerable adult
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Disclosure is required by law
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A court order requires disclosure
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Information relates to serious criminal activity where disclosure is legally required
Wherever possible and appropriate, any need to disclose information would be discussed with you before action is taken.
Record Keeping
Records may be kept in relation to my heath and wellbeing services. These can be seen anytime by yourself upon request and are deleted three months after you stop having BeNkd Coaching for Men sessions or earlier at your request.
Such records are maintained for professional, legal, insurance and safeguarding purposes and are stored securely.
Records are only accessible to authorised persons where necessary and appropriate.
Website Enquiries
If you contact BeNkd Coaching for Men through the website contact form the information you provide will be used only for the purpose of responding to your enquiry and discussing health and well-being services.
More information about how website enquiries are handled can be found in the Privacy Policy.
Data Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
While no electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, appropriate safeguards are used to protect information and maintain confidentiality.
Data Protection Rights
You may have rights under UK data protection legislation, including rights relating to access, correction and, in certain circumstances, deletion of your personal information.
Further details can be found in the Privacy Policy.
Questions
If you have any questions regarding confidentiality, privacy or the handling of your personalinformation, please feel free to get in touch with me.
BeNkd Coaching for Men - Email: info@benkdcoaching.com
