Privacy Policy

 

Your Privacy is important to Birth Boss and it is committed to protecting your personal data.

This privacy policy explains what personal data Birth Boss collects through its website at www.birthboss.co.uk and how it uses it. This policy may change from time to time so please check this page occasionally. If you do not accept or agree with the contents of this privacy policy, then you must stop using the website immediately.

This privacy policy has been written to provide you with information about:

  • What data Birth Boss collects from you

  • How your personal data is collected

  • How Birth Boss uses your personal data

  • Your legal rights relating to your personal data

Birth Boss is the controller and is responsible for your personal data. This includes anyone working for or on behalf of Birth Boss, and any external providers who have been engaged to provide services.

What type of data do we collect from you?

The personal data which Birth Boss collects may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name

  • Address

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Billing information

Birth Boss may also collect:

  • Your baby’s estimated due date

  • Your baby’s gender

  • Your baby’s name

  • Any images, documents or videos that you provide or agree to share on our website

Birth Boss respects your right to privacy and does not and will never, sell any of your personal data.

How we collect your personal data

Birth Boss obtains information about you when you use our website, for example, when you enquire about a course, book a consultation, book a course, or subscribe to our newsletter.

What your data is used for

All data that Birth Boss collects is used specifically for legitimate purposes, they may include but are not limited to:

  • Providing information to you about services offered

  • Booking you onto your Birth Boss course

  • Providing our services to you

  • Contacting you

  • Ensuring the information held for you is accurate

  • Checking that you are satisfied with the services you received

Birth Boss only uses your information when your interests or fundamental rights are not interfered with.

Search engine analytics

When someone visits www.birthboss.co.uk we use third party services, Squarespace and Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out information such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the website. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify individuals. We do not make, and do not allow Square Space or Google to make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Third parties

Birth Boss may use third-party software providers to log your use of it’s website to improve your experience and the performance of it’s website.

Birth Boss may also engage external providers to assist in the provision of services. In this event, your personal information may be shared with this external provider but only to the extent that it is required for the provision of services to you.

Mailing lists

When you register with Birth Boss, for example by booking a consultation or booking a course, we collect personal information.

Birth Boss uses this information to send you newsletters and other communications to:

  • Tell you about Birth Boss services

  • Inform you about changes to services

Birth Boss does not rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.

Birth Boss uses a system on our website to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry-standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletter. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing ellie@birthboss.co.uk.

Re-marketing materials

Occasionally Birth Boss uses re-marketing to share further information with you. This involves placing a cookie on your computer or device when you browse www.birthboss.co.uk we then use a third party to share further information about Birth Boss services. If you have consented to the use of Birth Boss cookies you may see advertisements for our services on other websites. Please read more about cookies in our Cookie Policy.

Your privacy rights

You have the following rights:

  • The right to ask for a copy of personal data that Birth Boss holds about you (the right of access)

  • The right to request that Birth Boss deletes personal data held on you; where it no longer has any legal reason to retain it (the right of erasure or to be forgotten) – please note, this may cause a contract to be cancelled, if the information requested to be deleted is required for said contract

  • The right to ask Birth Boss to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that it holds about you (the right of rectification)

  • The right to opt out of any marketing communications that Birth Boss sends you and to object to us using / holding your personal data if it has no legitimate reasons to do so (the right to object)

  • The right (in certain circumstances) to ask Birth Boss to restrict processing of data’, which means that it would need to secure and retain the data for your benefit but not otherwise use it (the right to restrict processing)

  • The right (in certain circumstances) to ask Birth Boss to supply you with some of the personal data it holds about you in a structured machine-readable format and/or to provide a copy of the data in such a format to another organisation (the right to data portability)

Birth Boss contact details are listed at the beginning of this privacy policy, if you wish to get in touch about any of the above, we will respond within 28 days.