Privacy Policy

All information gathered by Rise Rooted Wellness is confidential and will not be shared with a third party unless in the event of an emergency, where we may be required to give yours and your assigned emergency contact/next of kin's details for health and safety reasons.

Any information submitted in paper form will be stored securely in a locked filing cabinet. We will also hold minimal and abbreviated health information for current students who attend classes, courses, workshops and retreats (for example "low bp") which is stored securely and electronically within. 

Should you discontinue using our service, your information will be stored securely within a filing cabinet for a period of time as per the guidelines of our liability insurance provider, BGI.

In accordance with good practice, we will also keep records of practices and/ or alternative practices taught or offered during classes, workshops, courses, 1-1s, yoga therapy sessions and retreats.

If you wish to alter any of your data, review how it is used or wish to request its return to you, please contact us.

You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information, however we may not be able to provide certain services to you.

Mailing List

When you purchase any service from Rise Rooted Wellness you will be added to our mailing list. You will receive emails informing you of existing, future or alternative services and any forthcoming changes to services. All newsletters will be sent through an email system called MailChimp (see their Privacy Policy at www.mailchimp.com). You have the option to opt out at the bottom of any and all of these communications and may do so at any time.

Phone Numbers/ Emails

The phone number and email address provided by you will be for the purposes of contacting you in relation to class cancelations and to communicate about other class/ teaching related issues, for example joining instructions for a workshop or retreat. This will also enable you to be added to private community groups should you choose to join. They will not be used for marketing purposes. 

Notifying you of Changes to this Notice

If there is a change to the privacy notice or how we use your data you will receive this information in our regular newsletter.  It will also be updated on this page. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, and you may have opted out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Notice.

Links to Other Web Sites

Rise Rooted Wellness cannot be responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from this site or from my newsletters, nor the information or content contained in them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from www.rrwellness.co.uk to another website, your browsing and interaction on any other website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. We encourage you to read over those rules and policies before proceeding.

Rise Rooted Wellness reserves the right to update our Privacy Notice from time to time, and so you should review this notice periodically. If ever the notice is changed in a material way, the date will be amended at the bottom of this Privacy Notice. Changes to this Privacy Notice are effective when they are posted on this page. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please get in touch.

If at any time you feel that there is an issue with the way that we handle your data you can contact the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office).

Your Rights

Data Protection Law means that you have extensive rights regarding the collection, storage and use of your data.

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) you have the following rights as an individual regarding your data:

• The right to be informed
• The right of access
• The right to rectification
• The right to erasure
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to object
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling

If you would like to find out more about these rights, or if you would like to report a breech of them then you can contact the ICO (Information Commissioners Office)

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/or call their helpline on 0303 123 1113

Further contact details for the ICO can be found here: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/helpline/