Who we are

CAT Cymru is the trading name of South Wales CAT Training Ltd, a limited company. We aim to understand and help to relieve psychological distress in individuals and society by promoting the practice of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT). South Wales CAT Training Limited is a private company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. Company registration number 9693217, registered at: CRIC, 1 Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, NP8 1BN. We aim to ensure that any additional funds (profits) remaining will be reinvested in our training course and graduates of the course in the form of CPD days and other activities.

What we do

We train qualified health professionals in Cognitive Analytic Therapy to the accredited standard for CAT Practitioners.  We offer Continuing Professional Development to CAT practitioners, psychotherapists and other psychological therapy professionals through a series of workshops, training days and supervision. We support a network of people interested in CAT within Wales.

Our commitment

Protecting and respecting your privacy is very important. We hold your personal data securely. We aim to ensure that people who work with us share these values and they are individually responsible for complying with data protection legislation.  We do not share your data with external organisations.  These guidelines are an overview of how we comply with data protection legislation and the basis on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or you provide us.

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How we obtain personal data

When we say ‘personal data’ we mean information that can identify you, such as your name, email, address, telephone number, bank details / payment information, and any other data that would be considered personal information.  If you can’t be identified (for example, when information about you has been aggregated and anonymised) then this does not constitute personal data and so the information in these guidelines does not apply.  You may provide us with your personal details when you:

• Register and/or pay for a course, a conference or a training event
• Contact us for information about Cognitive Analytic Therapy
• Enquire about CAT Cymru training and the services we offer

How we use personal information

We use this information

• To contact you to response to your queries (for example, if you email us with a question)
• To provide you with services (e.g. to send you information by email, put you in touch with a therapist or enable your progress through a training course).
• To process payments
• To ask you to respond to surveys relevant to your involvement with South Wales CAT (for example, an evaluation of training if you are on a training course)

Professionals contributing to our training courses

People who contribute include CAT practitioners, CAT psychotherapists and CAT supervisors, who provide supervision, teaching, continuing professional development events, marking, moderation, trainee advice and training therapy.  Their personal information is stored for the purpose of organising these services and for financial transactions. 

People undertaking training with us

This includes those in CAT practitioner training, CAT skills training and CPD events that we organise.  Their personal information is kept for the purpose of providing these services. This may include attendance records and where applicable, details of course assignments and marks. On completion of training, these records are kept for 5 years.  Contact details continue to be held for the purpose of keeping attendees informed about CAT Cymru Ltd activities and other training opportunities.

Data retention and destruction

We do not keep information about you for any longer than is necessary.  The length of time we keep your data may be determined by statutory or regulatory requirements. We will delete or destroy all personal data when it is no longer required.

Your rights

Subject Access

You have the right to see what personal data we hold about you. You also have the right to know where we got the data from, how and why we are processing your data, who it has been shared with, and how long we intend to keep it for.

Rectification

You have the right to ask us to investigate, and correct where appropriate, any personal data we hold about you that you believe is wrong.

Erasure

You have the right to ask us to erase personal data we hold about you where we no longer have a lawful purpose to process the data, or where the data is being processed based on your consent which has now been withdrawn.

Restriction of Processing

You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Restricted processing means that we cannot make any changes to the data unless we have your consent.  You can ask for restricted processing where:

• You believe the data we hold is inaccurate and we need time to properly investigate
• We have unintentionally come into possession of your personal data that we should not hold but you do not want us to delete it.
• Where we no longer need your personal data, but you want us to keep it for legal reasons
• Where you have objected to how we use your personal data, and this is being investigated.

Right to Object

Where you feel that we are processing your personal data in a way that is inappropriate, you have the right to object and so ask us to demonstrate legitimate grounds for doing so. This includes asking us not to communicate with you other than in ways you choose.  We hope you never need to make a complaint, but if you do not think we have responded appropriately to your needs, you may raise your concern within 3 months with the Information Commissioner www.ico.org.uk.

Right to not be subject to Automated Decision-making or Profiling

We do not use automated processing or profiling, and your data are never subjected to these methods.

How to contact us

If you would like any further information, or you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please get in touch.

By email:         susie@catcymru.uk

By post:           CAT Cymru, CRIC, 1 Beaufort Street, Crickhowell, NP8 1BN.