Disclosure and Privacy Policy

As a dietitian, I support transparent and ethical use of information, both when I provide and receive it. This disclosure and privacy policy will explain a little more about what I do, some of the logistics of the information I provide to you and how I use/handle any personal data which I may collect from you.

My profession and code of practice

About the information that I provide on this website, through my social media and when providing content for others:

  • My goal is to inspire and empower others to live healthy and happy lives by sharing evidence-based diet and lifestyle information that is relatable, supportive and invigorating.
  • While I share evidence-based information about nutrition and diets, this should not be used as an alternative to individually tailored advice given by a registered health professional.
  • I will strive to ensure that all content I provide is up-to-date and provides the latest evidence available on the topic. I will strive to up date older posts as often as I can. However please be aware that older posts on this website may not be fully up to date.
  • I promise to only provide the public with my honest opinion. Thus employment or any financial or material gains will not influence my statements or choices.
  • All opinions are my own and do not necessarily represent those of my employers.

Sponsorship/Advertising/Reviews

  • I will always disclose if I have a professional or financial relationship that could appear to influence the content of a blog post. These disclosures will appear at the end of each relevant post.
  • Any freebies/samples or money received for writing posts or product reviews on this blog/website will be clearly disclosed and will not influence my opinions, the content or the topics discussed on this site.
  • I intend to adhere to the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) guidelines for sponsorship and advertising and will make it clear when paid for a promotion or blog post.
  • When it comes to reviewing, featuring or advertising services or products, I will only do so if I believe that these are of benefit to my followers. I will use my skills and knowledge as a dietitian to assess and review each endorsed product/service. I do not automatically endorse a product if I mention it.
  • There are currently no “adverts” on this website.

Privacy Notice

Who are we?

My name is Diewerke de Zwarte and I own a dietetic consultancy under the business name of Didititian. Our website address is https://www.didititian.com.  

What data do we collect?

Didititian is dedicated to making sure that your information is treated carefully. The information that follows outlines how that information is used, who we may share that information with and how we keep it secure. This notice does not provide exhaustive detail. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent to Didititian@gmail.com. We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review. This Privacy Notice was last reviewed in April 2020. 

What data do we collect and what it may be used for.

You directly provide Didititian with most of the data that is collected. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Email us via the contact form on the website or email us directly via didititian@gmail.com. If you enquire about or use Didititian’s services, we may store details relevant to providing you with the service, including contact details, information about the project or service requested and invoicing details.
  • Book your appointment via our WP Amelia booking plugin. We may store details relevant to providing you with the service, including contact details, information about the project or service requested and invoicing details.
  • Comment on a post on the site. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
  • When you pay for your consultation or service on our website, we use WP Amelia to manage your shopping experience. When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
    • Send you information about your account and order
    • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
    • Process payments and prevent fraud
    • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
    • Improve our company offerings
    • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

    We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 10 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses. We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

  • To process your payment, we use Stripe. WP Amelia sends the purchase total, currency and customer’s billing information to the respective payment processor. Please see the respective third party’s privacy policy (Stripe’s Privacy Policy) for more details.

  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies. We do not make use of cookies to collect any private or personally identifiable information. The technical platform of this website uses cookies solely to aid the proper technical functioning of the website. The cookies used contain random strings of characters alongside minimal information about the state and session of the website – which in no way collects or discloses any personal information about you as a visitor. Advanced areas of this site may use cookies to store your presentation preferences in a purely technical fashion with no individually identifiable information. Our  analytics software also uses cookies to function. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • I am committed to ensuring that all personal information is secure. I will not distribute, sell or lease personal information to third parties unless I have explicit permission or are required by law to do so.

How do we store your data?

  • Didititian securely stores your emailing data in a password protected gmail account.
  • Didi may store notes relevant to the service provided in password protected Word documents on a password protected laptop. This includes project notes and consultation notes needed to provide you with a dietetic service.
  • Didititian stores your appointment information on a password protected WordPress website and in a password protected google calendar.
  • Any information provided by you via email, contact form, video call or telephone that is not linked to an ongoing service relationship will be deleted after 1 year.
  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
  • You are welcome to contact didititian@gmail.com if you wish for your information to be deleted prior to the 1 year period following termination of services.

Links to other websites

This site contains some links to other websites and embedded content (such as videos) from other websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please be aware that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we at Didititian do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

I (Diewerke de Zwarte) am the data controller at Didititian. Please contact me through didititian@gmail.com with any queries or requests related to your personal data and I will get back to you as soon as possible.a