Effective Date: 2nd September 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to TheGoodnessGuide.com (“Website”, “we”, “our”, “us”). The Goodness Guide Limited (“Company”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website, in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of information:

a. Personal Information:
When you interact with our Website, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.

b. Usage Data:
We may collect information about how you access and use our Website. This may include details such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit.

c. Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

• To operate, maintain, and improve our Website.
• To provide you with customer support and respond to your inquiries.
• To send you promotional materials, newsletters, and other information that may interest you (you can opt out of these communications at any time).
• To monitor and analyse trends, usage, and activities on our Website.
• To protect the security and integrity of our Website.
• To comply with legal obligations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Your Information

We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

• Consent: Where you have provided consent to receive marketing communications or to use cookies.
• Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as providing customer service.
• Legal Obligations: Where processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, provided these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as web hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and email delivery.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

6. Security of Your Information

We take the security of your information seriously and use reasonable measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. International Data Transfers

As we are based in the UK, your information will be processed and stored within the United Kingdom. If you are accessing our Website from outside the UK, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the UK, where our servers and central database are located.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information.
• Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain legal obligations.
• Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
• Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
• Opt-Out: You can opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with an updated effective date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By visiting this page on our website: https://thegoodnessguide.com/contact-us/