Privacy Policy.
The School of Somatic Sexology Ltd cares about the privacy of your personal information and is committed to protecting it.
This Privacy Policy (Policy) explains what information we collect about you and why, what we do with that information, and how we handle that information.
The School of Somatic Sexology Ltd (School of Somatic Sexology, We or Us) is the company responsible for your personal information for the purposes of the applicable data protection laws (the UK General Data Protection Regulation / GDPR, together with any implementing legislation, in particular, the Data Protection Act 2018). This Policy applies to information obtained by Us through your use of the information, products and services made available through the somaticsexology.school website (Website).
The type of Personal Information We collect
Most of the Personal Information We process is provided to Us directly by you. For example, when you enrol for a The School of Somatic Sexology course, you voluntarily give Us certain Personal Information, including your:
Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics (for example, name and contact details)
Billing information, if you make a purchase, which is required to complete a commercial transaction
Use of your Personal Information
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases We rely on for processing this information are:
Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting kian@seaschoolofembodiment.com
We have a legitimate interest, including to:
operate the Website and deliver the services
communicate with you about the services you use
understand and improve how our users use and interact with our services
market our services to you
When you enrol with Us or subscribe to receive our newsletters, the legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and Us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.
When We process any payment made by you, We process your Personal Information to prevent or detect fraud (including fraudulent payments and fraudulent use of the Website) and for the collection of taxes and duties.
Personal Information access and disclosure
We will only disclose Personal Information to third parties:
When We use vendors and service providers to assist Us in meeting business or operating needs, such as providing educational services, hosting our Website, communicating with users, delivering and improving our services, e-mail communication, invoicing and payments, customer support services and analytics. These service providers may only access, process or store Personal Information pursuant to our instructions and to perform their duties to Us, and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; or
When We have your explicit consent to share your Personal Information; or
When We determine that disclosure is required to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The School of Somatic Sexology and users of the Website, or to respond to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or requests by public or regulatory authorities; or
If We anonymously disclose information about our client work in our supervision processes on an ongoing basis. We may sometimes disclose / request support from other practitioners who you are connected to (such as a supervisor), but would ask for written consent over email to do so from you. We reserve the right to break confidentiality if We are concerned you may cause harm to yourself or others. We would always try to discuss this with you before We did so.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask Us for copies of your Personal Information
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask Us to rectify Personal Information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask Us to complete information you think is incomplete
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask Us to erase your Personal Information in certain circumstances
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask Us to restrict the processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances
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, in certain circumstances
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, We have one month to respond to you.
Please contact Us at kian@seaschoolofembodiment.com if you wish to make a request.
What happens if there is a data breach?
If a breach is likely to result in high risk of adversely affecting individual’s rights and freedoms, We would notify the ICO within 72 hours and inform those individuals without undue delay.
Transfers outside of the UK & EEA
As part of the services offered to you through the Website, the Personal Information you provide to Us may in certain circumstances be transferred to and stored in countries outside of the UK and European Economic Area (EEA). By way of example, a transfer of your Personal Information may happen if one of our service providers is located in a country outside of the UK or EEA; particularly for the provision of educational services to you.
Links to third party websites
Our Website includes links to other websites whose privacy practices are not under The School of Somatic Sexology’s control. If you submit Personal Information to any of those websites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy on any website that you visit.
Use of Cookies and Analytics
Cookies are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. Like many other websites, our Website, currently hosted by SquareSpace also does this. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. This helps Us to improve our Website and deliver a better more personalised service to members and the public. We occasionally access the following information – country of origin, clicks made on websites, pages looked at and search engine terms used to get to the Website.
On our Website you can decline the use of analytical cookies by clicking ‘decline’ on our cookie banner. It is also possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as:
For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org. We may use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here:
If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google analytics opt out page.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to Us at kian@seaschoolofembodiment.com.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how We have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Changes to this Policy
We will occasionally update this Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. The School of Somatic Sexology encourages you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how We are protecting your Personal Information.