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You’ve probably been told to check for a locked padlock icon in the corner of your browser window — and an ‘https:’ in your address bar — to be sure a web page is secure, right? Well, unfortunately, the received wisdom about providing your personal details on a ‘secure web form’ is just plain wrong…
Are you looking for basic information about electronic security in your mental health practice?
CounsellingResource.com employs technology carefully to safeguard the privacy of individual users.
You can be sure your privacy will be respected on our site, because CounsellingResource.com does not normally share your details with third parties and will not contact you without your permission.
Within the mental health profession in the UK, there seems to be a widespread perception that practitioners are exempt from registering under the Data Protection Act 1998. To my mind, this seems like collective professional self-deception.
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