Privacy Policy
Last updated: 16th November 2025
Introduction
Welcome to The Joyful Coach Limited’s Privacy Policy.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contact details
sophie@sophiecliff.com
Postal address
The Joyful Coach Ltd, 3rd Floor, 86-90 Paul St, London EC2A 4NE
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
Addresses
Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
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)
Account access information
Website user information
We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Purchase or service history
Account information, including registration details
Information used for security purposes
Marketing preferences
Technical data, including information about browser and operating systems
We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Profile information
Marketing preferences
Purchase or account history
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
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 set out in brief 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. Read more about the right of access.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
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. Read more about the right to data portability.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
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.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Where we get personal information from
Directly from you
Sharing information
We don’t sell or trade your personal data. Sometimes, we use secure third-party tools that help us to provide our services - for example:
Flodesk (for emails)
Acuity (for scheduling)
Podia (for service delivery)
Zoom (for workshops and coaching)
Each of these services has its own privacy protections in place.
Use of cookies
Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. We may use cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer in order to assist us in improving our website.
We may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally; it is statistical data which does not identify any personal details whatsoever.
You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can be done within the “settings” section of your computer. For more information please read the advice at AboutCookies.org.
How long we keep information
We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed. Your information we use for marketing purposes will be kept with us until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive this information. Any information obtained for use as a client, will be obtained for one year from the end of your agreement. After this any identifying information will be removed but data may be kept for research reasons.
Contact us
If you wish to contact us about our use of your personal data, please contact us via email at sophie@sophiecliff.com.