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ℹ️ PLEASE NOTE THAT SUFFOLK AND NORTH EAST ESSEX IS NO LONGER AN INTEGRATED CARE SYSTEM. FROM APRIL 2026, LOCAL PARTNERS BEGAN WORKING TOGETHER IN NEW ESSEX AND NORFOLK & SUFFOLK SYSTEMS.

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Privacy Notice

Who we are

Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System (SNEE ICS) brings together the full spectrum of partners responsible for planning and delivering health and care across North East Essex, Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk to ensure shared leadership and joint action to improve the health and wellbeing of the one million people who live locally.

This Privacy Notice details the types of information that are collected and recorded by the SNEE ICS website and how that information is used.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Notice, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Notice applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website.

The SNEE ICS website is hosted by Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board whose details are below:

Severalls Business Park
Aspen House
Stephenson Road
Colchester
Essex
CO4 9QR

Information Commissioners Office (ICO) registration number: ZB340189
Data Protection Officer – Paul Cook (IG Lead) – email: dpo@snee.nhs.uk

Information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information directly from you:

  • Name
  • Company name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

Log Files

SNEE ICS website follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • To add you to our mailing list
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes

We also receive personal information indirectly through your use of the website, for the following reasons:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyse how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Find and prevent fraud

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information is your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting sneeics.admin@nhs.net

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored.
Contacts made via our contact form are sent directly to a dedicated SNEE ICB email. An email contact log is retained in our servers however this is securely deleted after 30 days

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, the SNEE ICS website uses ‘cookies. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies” from Cookie Consent.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care System’s Privacy Notice does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Notices of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Your Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at dpo@snee.nhs.uk if you wish to make a request.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

The SNEE ICS website does not knowingly collect any personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at dpo@snee.nhs.uk

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk