christianmurphy.com (‘the Site’) is a web site owned and operated by Christian Murphy (‘Christian’). [Contact]

This Privacy Policy (‘the Policy’) applies to all personal information collected by Christian from users of the Site (‘Site Users’) either person-to-person or through the Site.

The Policy forms part of the Terms of Use of the Site. [Terms of Use]

Christian reserves the right to change the Policy at any time without notice. Please refresh this page and read the Policy carefully. Site users should check this page frequently to ensure they are aware of any changes to the Policy.

Any personal information collected by Christian as described above will only be used in order to provide psychotherapy, counselling and related services.

All such personal information will remain strictly private and confidential at all times, and will not be disclosed to any third party without the written consent of the Site User to whom it relates.

There are certain extreme situations where Christian may be required to disclose information about a Site User to someone else. These are situations where he judges he has sufficient reason to believe that:

	The Site User’s or another person’s safety is in significant danger, or;
	A serious crime is likely to be committed, or;
	A child, an elderly person, a disabled person or other vulnerable individual has been abused, or is in significant danger of being abused.

In any of these situations, Christian would:

	Take every appropriate step to discuss the matter with the Site User.
	Explore with the Site User what disclosure the Site User or Christian might want to make to a third party.
	Seek the Site User’s permission for any disclosure he might make.
	Only reveal the information that was necessary to protect the Site User or another person.
	Not reveal all the personal information the Site User had ever given him.
	Discuss with the Site User any disclosure, made with or without their consent, as soon as possible after the disclosure.

There are some legal limits to confidentiality, such as under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1989, and in a court of law, where a therapist may be required to reveal information about someone to whom they owe a duty of confidentiality.

In addition to the personal information collected as described above, Christian uses technology to collect anonymous information about the use of the Site. For example, technology may used to record the number of visits to the Site, the date and time of each visit, which pages of the Site are viewed and Site Users’ choice of Web browser. This technology does not identify Site Users personally; it simply allows the compilation of statistics about Site Users and their use of the Site. This information is used to monitor the effectiveness with which the Site is being promoted, review its technical specifications and assess its usefulness.