Privacy Notice
Last updated: 19 August 2026
The Path of Compassion respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal information with care and respect.
This privacy notice explains what information may be collected when you contact me or use my services, why it may be collected, how it is used and how it is kept private.
Information I may collect
When you contact The Path of Compassion or arrange a session, I may collect information such as:
* Your name
* Your contact details
* Appointment and booking information
* Messages or correspondence between us
* Information you choose to provide before or during a session
You may also choose to provide information relating to your health or well-being where this is relevant to your comfort, safety or participation in a session.
I aim to collect only information that is reasonably necessary for providing my services safely and appropriately.
How your information is used
Your information may be used to:
* Respond to enquiries and communicate with you
* Arrange and manage appointments
* Provide the session or service you have requested
* Understand information relevant to the safe delivery of a session
* Maintain appropriate records relating to services provided
* Meet legal, regulatory, administrative or insurance requirements where applicable
Your personal information will never be sold.
Lawful basis for using your information
Personal information is only processed where there is an appropriate lawful basis under UK data protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include taking steps at your request before providing a service, providing a service you have arranged with me, complying with a legal obligation, or legitimate interests connected with the appropriate operation and administration of The Path of Compassion.
Health information receives additional protection under UK data protection law. Where such information is collected, it will only be used where an appropriate lawful basis and condition for processing that information applies.
How your information is stored and shared
I take reasonable steps to keep personal information secure and to limit access to it.
Your information will not normally be shared with another person or organisation unless this is necessary for providing or administering the service, required by law, or you have asked or authorised me to do so.
Some information may be handled through services used to operate The Path of Compassion, such as email, website, appointment or electronic storage providers.
Appropriate care will be taken when choosing and using services that process personal information.
How long your information is kept
Personal information will only be kept for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including where records need to be retained for legal, insurance or administrative reasons.
When information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or disposed of.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you certain rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
* Ask for access to your personal information
* Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected
* Ask for your information to be deleted in certain circumstances
* Ask for the use of your information to be restricted in certain circumstances
* Object to certain uses of your information
* Withdraw consent where consent is being relied upon
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact me using the details below.
Contact
The Path of Compassion
Guildford, Surrey
thepathofcompassion@hotmail.com
If you have any questions or concerns about how your personal information is handled, please contact me and I will do my best to address them.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.