Privacy Policy

Introduction

This privacy notice explains how Bridget Barnes Therapy collects and processes personal data through this website.

By providing us with your data, you confirm you are at least 13 years old.

Bridget Barnes Therapy is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice).

Contact Details

Bridget Barnes Therapy
Email: bridgetbarnestherapy@gmail.com

It is important that the information we hold about you is accurate and up to date. Please let us know if your personal information changes.

WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU, FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND ON WHAT GROUND WE PROCESS IT

Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymised data.

We may process the following categories of personal data about you:

Communication Data includes any communication you send to us through the contact form or by email. We process this data to respond to enquiries, keep records, and for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. Our lawful ground is legitimate interests (to reply to you and keep appropriate records) and, where applicable, steps to enter into a contract.
Technical Data includes limited, aggregated usage data collected by GoatCounter in a cookieless configuration (no tracking cookies and no IP address storage). We process this data to understand how the site is used and improve it. Our lawful ground is legitimate interests.

We do not use your data for marketing, and we do not sell your data.

Sensitive Data

We do not request sensitive data through this website. Please avoid including sensitive information in the contact form unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

We will only use your personal data for the purpose it was collected for or a reasonably compatible purpose. If we need to use your data for an unrelated new purpose, we will let you know and explain the legal grounds for processing.

We do not carry out automated decision making or any type of automated profiling.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may collect data about you when you provide it directly (for example by submitting the contact form or emailing us). We may also collect limited, aggregated analytics data automatically through GoatCounter in a cookieless configuration.

Contact form submissions are processed by Web3Forms on our behalf.

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

We do not send marketing communications.

DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below:

Service providers who process data on our behalf, including Web3Forms (contact form processing) and GoatCounter (analytics).
Netlify, which hosts the live website.
Professional advisers or public authorities where required by law.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Some service providers may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, we take steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

DATA SECURITY

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from accidental loss, unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure. Access is limited to those who need it for legitimate purposes.

DATA RETENTION

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for appropriate record keeping.

YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under data protection laws, you have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict, and object to the processing of your personal data, and to request data portability. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at bridgetbarnestherapy@gmail.com.

You can read more about your rights at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): https://ico.org.uk/

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

This website may include links to third-party websites or embedded services (for example, the Psychology Today verification badge or Instagram). We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their privacy notices when you leave our site.

COOKIES

This site does not use tracking cookies. Some third-party services may set their own cookies. You can control cookies through your browser settings. For more information, see our cookie policy: /cookie-policy.