Privacy policy

Last updated: [date of launch]

This policy explains how Cathy Swan ("I", "me") of Cathy Swan Yoga collects and uses your personal information when you use cathyswanyoga.co.uk, book a session or get in touch. I am the data controller. Contact: [email protected], [postal address].

What I collect

• Contact and booking details: your name, email, phone number (if given), the session you book and its time.
• Health information you choose to share: injuries, conditions or pregnancy you mention so I can teach you safely. This is special category data, and I only use it with your explicit consent, which you give by entering it.
• Messages you send through the contact form or by email.
• Website analytics: only if you accept cookies, Google Analytics records anonymised information about how the site is used (pages visited, device type, approximate location).

Why I use it and my lawful basis

• To arrange and deliver classes, workshops and yoga therapy: contract.
• To teach you safely and adapt practice to your health: explicit consent.
• To reply to your enquiries: legitimate interests.
• To understand which pages help visitors: consent (cookies).
• To keep records required by insurers and the law: legal obligation.

I never sell your information or use it for advertising.

Who sees it

Only me. Trusted providers process data on my behalf: [email provider], [booking system provider], GitHub/Cloudflare (website hosting) and Google (analytics, only with consent). Some of these may store data outside the UK under appropriate safeguards.

How long I keep it

Booking and health notes: for as long as you attend, then [up to 3 years] for insurance purposes, after which they are deleted. Enquiries that don't lead to a booking: 12 months. Analytics data: 14 months.

Cookies

The site uses one small item of browser storage to remember your cookie choice. If you click Accept, Google Analytics sets cookies named _ga and _ga_* (up to 2 years). If you click Reject, no analytics cookies are set. You can change your mind at any time with cookie settings.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, delete or move your data, object to how I use it, or withdraw consent at any time by emailing me. If you are unhappy with how I handle your data you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.