Joanne Cook Coaching and Therapy Privacy Policy

Joanne Cook Coaching and Therapy is a trading name of JOANNE COOK COACHING AND CONSULTING LTD.

The website we refer to is joannecook.com.

What personal data do we collect and how we use it

We may collect the following personal data provided to us by you: name and contact details including phone numbers and email address; payment details.

We may process your personal data that has been given to us in the course of:

  • providing services to you;
  • communicating with you;
  • processing a payment for services provided;
  • ensuring the security of our services;
  • maintaining backups of our databases;
  • lawful record keeping and billing.

The lawful basis for this processing is that processing is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us or taking steps, at your request, prior to entering into any payment contract.

Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal data.

We use cookies on our website and will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website where you can opt in and opt out.

We may process information about your use of our website using our analytics tracking system for the purposes of analysing website use. This may include:

  • IP address;
  • geographical location;
  • browser type and version;
  • operating system and referral source;
  • length of visit, page views and website navigation paths;
  • timing, frequency and pattern of your website use.

The lawful basis for this processing is our legitimate interests in monitoring and improving our website and services. The tracking software we use is Google Analytics.

We do not use your personal data for marketing purposes including direct marketing unless you opt in.

Sharing your personal data

We may disclose your personal data (name and contact details) as reasonably necessary to any other therapists for any recommendations you have requested, for the purposes of providing our/their services to you.

We do not share or sell your personal data to any third parties for marketing purposes including direct marketing.

Retention and deletion of your personal data

We retain your personal data for a minimum of seven years after the completion of services provided for the purposes of identifying the service that we provided to you, in order to answer any queries or complaints about our service to you and for operational and compliance obligations.

Your access to and control over your personal data

If you wish to contact us regarding the personal data that we hold either to:

  • request a copy of personal data that we hold;
  • request that inaccurate personal data is rectified;
  • request that personal data is blocked, erased or destroyed where we have no need to keep for legal or compliance purposes;
  • to object to processing of your personal data where we have no need to keep for legal or compliance purposes.

Email marketing and opt-in forms

By requesting (opting-in) to receive any information from me via my website, you are providing permission for me to contact you. Should you wish to opt out of these emails at anytime, you are given the option on each email at the bottom. Please unsubscribe should you not wish to hear from me via email. If you requested a free call or made an enquiry via my booking site, you will receive emails from me providing you with the information we need to complete your free call/booking.

Social Media Platforms

Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively. Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. This website nor its owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

This website shows a social share buttons which links directly from our web pages to the social media platforms. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account and we take no responsibility for external websites. We have a link to their Privacy Policies below should you wish to read that.

Resources and Further Information

Google Privacy Policy

Facebook Privacy Policy

Linkedin Privacy Policy

Instagram Privacy Policy

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues www.ico.org.uk. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

Email: Joanne@joannecook.com

Registered UK Company No. 11504821

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Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
Last updated on 21/06/2023