KATE LEWIS COACHING CUSTOMER PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: 9th May 2025
katelewiscoaching.com ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website [www.katelewiscoaching.com] (the "Site").
By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.
Scope of the Privacy Policy
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
· What information we collect, use, and why
· Lawful bases and data protection rights
· Where we get personal information from
· How long we keep information
· Who we share information with
Contact details
Telephone: 07737175729
Email: kate@katelewiscoaching.com
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:
· Names and contact details
· Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)
· Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)
· Information relating to compliments or complaints
· Website user information
· During coaching sessions / meetings or facilitated events, Kate Lewis may take notes to support the delivery of the service.
We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:
· Names and contact details
· Addresses
· Marketing preferences
· Website and app user journey information
· IP addresses
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
· Names and contact details
· Correspondence
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
· Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
· Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
o Name and email address are collected to communicate with potential clients, share information about available services, complete contracts, and schedule sessions.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
o Personal information is collected to ensure that relevant and appropriate marketing and information updates are sent.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
· Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
· Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
o In order to ensure that we are providing the best service, we collect and use personal information, to address any queries and complaints in a timely manner.
Where we get personal information from
· Directly from you
How long we keep information - RETENTION SCHEDULE
Under UK GDPR and the DPA 2018 personal data must not be retained for longer than is necessary for its lawful purpose.
We keep accurate, proportionate records to:
• Provide a high-quality service to clients.
• Publicise our activities
At Kate Lewis Coaching, we keep any notes from the individuals who have agreed to receive marketing materials for 6 years, or until they unsubscribe.
We keep notes from coaching sessions of clients, for 6 months after the end of a coaching contract.
Others we share personal information with
· Third parties:
o Squarespace for website visitors
o Calendly for scheduling appointments
o Stripe for online payments
FOR WEBSITE VISITORS
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.
ANALYTICS
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
COOKIES
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
FORM BLOCK SUBMISSIONS
When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. We also share this information with Google Drive for storage.
SCHEDULING
When you schedule an appointment by booking on this website, we use a third party website, www.calendly.com. www.calendly.com collects personal information from you to complete the booking, like your:
Name
Email address
Details relating to your appointment (for example, who referred you)
Files you uploaded
See https://calendly.com/privacy for further details of their privacy policy.
MARKETING EMAILS
We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.
BLOG COMMENTS
This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:
Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)
Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)
Your website URL (optional)
This website includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share
Your IP address
FONTS
This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:
Information about your browser, network, or device
Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it
Your IP address
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site.