Company number: 02951100
Registered Address: 35 High Street, Stokesley, TS9 5AD
This Website.
The content of this website is for information & educational purposes only and it is not intended to be a substitute for regular eye examinations or professional advice obtained directly from a qualified optical practitioner. You should always consult a qualified Optician or seek medical attention, should you experience any visual symptoms. Cooper & Barr Ltd expressly gives no warranty for the accuracy of the content, information contained therein or any omissions and cannot be held responsible for any losses or damages arising, as a consequence of any information given or implied on these pages.
Orders.
We pride ourselves in offering exceptional customer service, products and advice. However, this incurs significant costs to us as a business. Therefore, due to the bespoke nature of the service, advice and goods given, once an order is placed, this will be deemed final. No refunds will be made for any cancelled orders. We will require a minimum of 50% deposit on top of any professional fees, on all orders placed.
Prescriptions.
At Cooper & Barr we want every client to be delighted with their new spectacles, however occasionally it may take a short time for people to adapt to their new prescription or lens design.Your optometrist depends upon your subjective responses during the sight test to determine and refine the final spectacle prescription issued. This can lead to slight differences in prescription from one sight test to another, and sometimes gives a prescription which isn't tolerated so well. When you buy your glasses from us we will happily retest you and put right any issues, as long as you make us aware of any problem within 30 days of collecting your glasses.
However, if you purchase glasses or contact lenses elsewhere, it is the responsibility of the supplier of your optical products to rectify any problems. Should this situation arise, any time spent and costs incurred by us will be chargeable to you.
Here are the OCCS guidelines which explain this.
OCCS Non-Tolerance Guidelines
Privacy Policy.
Cooper & Barr are committed to protecting your personal data. We only collect data that is necessary for us to deliver the best possible service and ensure you are reminded about appointments or anything else relevant to your ongoing care. This policy provides detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, and the very limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others.
Collection of your personal informationCooper & Barr Ltd, trading as Cooper & Barr Opticians, is a registered data controller. We collect and process clients’ personal data for the purposes of healthcare and marketing.
Our legal bases for processing personal data for healthcare purposes, including appointment reminders, include public task or legitimate interests.
We only process our clients' personal data for marketing purposes with their consent or to meet a legitimate interest. This means we can tell you about eye care products and services that may be relevant to you. If you do not want us to process your personal data for marketing purposes, please let us know and we will stop.
The data we may collect and processThe personal data of clients that we may collect and process includes:
Personal information will be retained by us for as long as is reasonably necessary (or as defined under applicable healthcare laws and regulations) to provide products and services, including aftercare services, and to maintain records as required to satisfy tax and other legal or regulatory requirements, as well as to protect and defend against claims.
We will usually keep any personal data we hold about you for ten years after our last contact with you before we delete it. This is the period recommended as good practice by the College of Optometrists. If we collected the data when you were aged under 18 we will keep it until your 25th birthday, in line with NHS requirements. In exceptional cases we may need to retain personal data for a longer period and will explain our reasons for doing so on request.
How and when we may share your personal informationWhere necessary we may disclose your information to health care professionals including the NHS. We may also pass information to external agencies and organisations, including the police, for the prevention and detection of fraud and criminal activity. Should any claim be made, we may pass your personal information to our insurers and if our business is wholly or partially transferred to a third party, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
In the course of processing your personal data we may share it with:
As effective as modern security practices are, no physical or electronic security system is entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the complete security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet. Any transmission is at your own risk.
In the event that there is an interception of your personal information or unauthorised access or use of our database, we will not be liable or responsible for any resulting misuse of your personal information.
We have no control over the contents of third party sites or resources which are linked to our website and we accept no responsibility or liability for them or the privacy practices they use or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of such websites or resources.
Privacy Policy updatesWe reserve our right to make any changes and updates to this privacy policy without giving you notice as and when we need to. Our most up to date privacy policy is always available on our website.
Contacting us and the ICO about your personal dataPlease speak to us first if you have any questions or concerns about the way in which we process personal data. You can contact us by e-mail, using admin@cooperandbarr.co.uk, or write, addressing any letter: FAO Data Protection Officer, Cooper & Barr Opticians, 35 High Street, Stokesley, North Yorkshire TS9 5AD.
You have the right to complain to the ICO if you have a concern about our handling of your personal data which you do not think we can resolve. You can contact the ICO here
Registered Address: 35 High Street, Stokesley, TS9 5AD
This Website.
The content of this website is for information & educational purposes only and it is not intended to be a substitute for regular eye examinations or professional advice obtained directly from a qualified optical practitioner. You should always consult a qualified Optician or seek medical attention, should you experience any visual symptoms. Cooper & Barr Ltd expressly gives no warranty for the accuracy of the content, information contained therein or any omissions and cannot be held responsible for any losses or damages arising, as a consequence of any information given or implied on these pages.
Orders.
We pride ourselves in offering exceptional customer service, products and advice. However, this incurs significant costs to us as a business. Therefore, due to the bespoke nature of the service, advice and goods given, once an order is placed, this will be deemed final. No refunds will be made for any cancelled orders. We will require a minimum of 50% deposit on top of any professional fees, on all orders placed.
Prescriptions.
At Cooper & Barr we want every client to be delighted with their new spectacles, however occasionally it may take a short time for people to adapt to their new prescription or lens design.Your optometrist depends upon your subjective responses during the sight test to determine and refine the final spectacle prescription issued. This can lead to slight differences in prescription from one sight test to another, and sometimes gives a prescription which isn't tolerated so well. When you buy your glasses from us we will happily retest you and put right any issues, as long as you make us aware of any problem within 30 days of collecting your glasses.
However, if you purchase glasses or contact lenses elsewhere, it is the responsibility of the supplier of your optical products to rectify any problems. Should this situation arise, any time spent and costs incurred by us will be chargeable to you.
Here are the OCCS guidelines which explain this.
OCCS Non-Tolerance Guidelines
Privacy Policy.
Cooper & Barr are committed to protecting your personal data. We only collect data that is necessary for us to deliver the best possible service and ensure you are reminded about appointments or anything else relevant to your ongoing care. This policy provides detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, and the very limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others.
Collection of your personal informationCooper & Barr Ltd, trading as Cooper & Barr Opticians, is a registered data controller. We collect and process clients’ personal data for the purposes of healthcare and marketing.
Our legal bases for processing personal data for healthcare purposes, including appointment reminders, include public task or legitimate interests.
- When we provide services under the NHS General Optical Services contract (such as a sight test funded by the NHS), our legal basis for processing personal data in respect of that service is public task.
- Otherwise our legal basis is legitimate interests.
We only process our clients' personal data for marketing purposes with their consent or to meet a legitimate interest. This means we can tell you about eye care products and services that may be relevant to you. If you do not want us to process your personal data for marketing purposes, please let us know and we will stop.
The data we may collect and processThe personal data of clients that we may collect and process includes:
- Your name
- Your date of birth
- Your contact telephone numbers (including mobile)
- Your e-mail and postal address
- Your general and ocular health history, your family medical and ocular history, and any relevant signs or symptoms you tell us about
- Details of medicines, spectacles and contact lenses prescribed for you
- Details of examinations and other healthcare checks and treatments we provide
- Information relevant to your continued care from other people who care for you or know you well, such as other health professionals and relatives
- Any other information voluntarily provided to us by you from time to time
- Your ongoing eyecare
- Letting you know when your next appointment is due and reminding you to book an appointment if you’ve not had one for a while
- Providing our products and services to you
- Notifying you about changes to our products and services
- Letting you know of relevant products or services that we believe would be of interest to you
- Obtaining feedback on services and products that we have provided to you
- Responding to queries from you
- Processing and retaining personal data relating to your credit/debit card and order details to enable the fulfilment of your orders and to deal with any queries or refunds of payment
- Carrying out security checks to protect against fraudulent transactions at or following any purchase or order you make to prevent and detect criminal activities
- Responding to and addressing any claims made against us
- Maintaining records for tax, compliance with laws, defence of claims and other corporate purposes
- Managing and administrating insurance claims
Personal information will be retained by us for as long as is reasonably necessary (or as defined under applicable healthcare laws and regulations) to provide products and services, including aftercare services, and to maintain records as required to satisfy tax and other legal or regulatory requirements, as well as to protect and defend against claims.
We will usually keep any personal data we hold about you for ten years after our last contact with you before we delete it. This is the period recommended as good practice by the College of Optometrists. If we collected the data when you were aged under 18 we will keep it until your 25th birthday, in line with NHS requirements. In exceptional cases we may need to retain personal data for a longer period and will explain our reasons for doing so on request.
How and when we may share your personal informationWhere necessary we may disclose your information to health care professionals including the NHS. We may also pass information to external agencies and organisations, including the police, for the prevention and detection of fraud and criminal activity. Should any claim be made, we may pass your personal information to our insurers and if our business is wholly or partially transferred to a third party, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
In the course of processing your personal data we may share it with:
- The healthcare professionals working at this practice and those under their supervision.
- Healthcare professionals and those under their supervision at other optical practices, but only if you have specifically asked us to pass your personal data (such as your prescription) to them.
- Your GP, ophthalmologists and other healthcare providers and commissioners, and suppliers of optical appliances or similar products, in connection with your ongoing healthcare treatment.
- Software providers for our patient record and invoicing systems, and financial institutions, so that we can keep patient records up to date and arrange payment for services provided to you.
- External agencies and organisations, including the police and other law enforcement agencies, for the prevention and detection of fraud (including fraudulent transactions) and criminal activity. These external agencies may check the information we give them against public and private databases and may keep a record of such checks to use in future security checks.
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, we may disclose personal information about customers to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, personal information held by us about customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- We may pass certain personal information to your employer, where you have been referred to us as a corporate eyecare customer.
- We may pass your personal information to third parties in order to comply with any legal obligation (including court orders), or to enforce or apply our website Terms and conditions of purchase, Terms and conditions of use of website or other agreements we have with you or to protect our rights, property and safety or those of our clients, employees or other third parties.
- The right to be informed about how we use personal data – this privacy notice gives that information.
- The right to object – if you object to us processing your data for marketing purposes, or for healthcare purposes where our legal basis is legitimate interests (see ‘Collection of your Personal Information’, above), we will then stop doing so, unless we are processing the data in respect of a legal claim or can otherwise show that our legitimate interest in processing the data overrides your rights and interests.
- The right of access – if you ask us for the personal data we hold about you we will provide it within a month, free of charge (unless we have already provided it to you, in which case we may have to charge you the administrative cost of providing it again).
- The right to rectification – if you ask us to correct personal data about you that is inaccurate or incomplete, we will do so within a month (unless we need longer, in which case we will discuss this with you).
- The right to erasure – also known as the ‘right to be forgotten’. If you ask us to delete your personal data, we will do so if there is no compelling reason to continue processing the data. We will not usually delete healthcare data before our usual time limit (see ‘How and when we may share your Personal Information’ above) where we have a duty to keep accurate records – for example, to comply with a legal obligation, or in connection with a legal claim. If you ask us to delete such data we will discuss this with you.
As effective as modern security practices are, no physical or electronic security system is entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the complete security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet. Any transmission is at your own risk.
In the event that there is an interception of your personal information or unauthorised access or use of our database, we will not be liable or responsible for any resulting misuse of your personal information.
We have no control over the contents of third party sites or resources which are linked to our website and we accept no responsibility or liability for them or the privacy practices they use or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of such websites or resources.
Privacy Policy updatesWe reserve our right to make any changes and updates to this privacy policy without giving you notice as and when we need to. Our most up to date privacy policy is always available on our website.
Contacting us and the ICO about your personal dataPlease speak to us first if you have any questions or concerns about the way in which we process personal data. You can contact us by e-mail, using admin@cooperandbarr.co.uk, or write, addressing any letter: FAO Data Protection Officer, Cooper & Barr Opticians, 35 High Street, Stokesley, North Yorkshire TS9 5AD.
You have the right to complain to the ICO if you have a concern about our handling of your personal data which you do not think we can resolve. You can contact the ICO here