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What does a psychologist's website in Spain have to comply with?
The same as any website, plus three things specific to the profession: a legal notice with your professional association and membership number, a contact form that does not pile up health data, and advertising that respects the code of ethics, with no patient testimonials and no promised results.
The legal notice
Spain's LSSI asks for your name, tax ID (NIF), address and a contact email. Since psychology is a regulated profession, you also add the professional association (colegio) you belong to, your membership number, your qualification and the country where you obtained it.
Your title, stated correctly
In healthcare, psychologists work as a General Health Psychologist (Psicólogo General Sanitario, with the qualifying master's) or as a specialist in Clinical Psychology (through the PIR residency). Only those with the specialty can call themselves a "clinical psychologist". On the website, use exactly the title you hold.
If your practice is a registered health centre
If your practice is authorised as a health centre, many regions require advertising, the website included, to show the health registration number. The rules vary from one region to another, and your colegio will tell you which apply to you.
The form and health data
- A message that says "I am looking for therapy" is already health data, which the GDPR protects more than other data.
- Better for the form to email it to you and not store it on the website: many plugins keep a copy of every message in the dashboard, and there it stays.
- Ask for the minimum: name, a way to reply and the message. No drop-down to choose the reason for the visit.
- Under the form, a sentence saying who receives the data and why, with a link to the privacy policy.
What is better left out
- Patient testimonials: professional secrecy and the code of ethics make them very delicate.
- Promised results, such as "overcome anxiety in ten sessions".
- Tracking tools and advertising pixels: besides forcing a cookie banner on you, they tell third parties who visits a therapy website.
What I do
The websites I make for practices come with the legal notice and privacy policy, a form that does not store messages and no tracking cookies. From €890 + VAT, with a fixed price before anything starts.
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This is a practical explanation, not legal advice. When in doubt, your colegio has the last word.
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