Data Protection for Psychologists in 2024 with Clare Veal

Welcome to the Business of Psychology podcast. Today we're joined by Clare Veal, a commercial lawyer from Aubergine Legal. Lots of you listening will already be familiar with Clare, as she is the legal eagle behind our legal templates, which are bringing peace of mind to hundreds of mental health professionals right this second. She also teaches in my Start and Grow course, giving our students a really solid understanding of what we need to do and why we need to do it, to protect ourselves and our clients in our independent work. But today we have Clare on this podcast because I think it's really important that everyone that's seeing clients independently has a good grasp of data protection and specifically how it applies to us. I find that once you understand that, then things like contracts and policies that we need to create, or that we've created for you in the legal pack if you have that, they just don't seem so scary anymore.

Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of Psychology

Links:

Data Protection Workshop: Sign up for the June 17th data protection workshop (recording available)

Clare:

Website: www.auberginelegal.co.uk

LinkedIn: ​​Clare Veal

Facebook: Aubergine Legal

The legal pack of contracts and policies for psychologists and therapists

Try out WriteUpp (practice management software)

Psychology Practice - Data Retention Period Guide | Aubergine Legal Limi

Clinical Psychologist Legal Services | Aubergine Legal

Checklist for launching a website (auberginelegal.co.uk)

Psychology Practice - Data Retention Period Guide | Aubergine Legal Limited

BizCoach + Legal Toolkit for Business Coaches

What UK Businesses Need To Know About The UK Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPDI) (auberginelegal.co.uk)

Rosie on Instagram:

@rosiegilderthorp

@thepregnancypsychologist

The highlights

• Clare tells us about the main areas of law that we need to consider when we start to work independently 01:39
• Clare explains the basic principle behind GDPR 12:16
• Clare talks about getting consent 17:54
• Clare talks about data retention periods 22:32
• We discuss what differs when providing services to organisations 29:04
• Clare gives us examples of the common mistakes people make 35:46
• Clare tells us about the changes that are coming to the data protection laws 43:40
• Clare summarises the main points our Data Protection Workshop will cover 49:47

Thank you so much for listening to the Business of Psychology podcast. I'd really appreciate it if you could take the time to subscribe, rate and review the show. It helps more mental health professionals just like you to find us, and it also means a lot to me personally when I read the reviews. Thank you in advance and we'll see you next week for another episode of practical strategy and inspiration to move your independent practice forward.