Soniamarie Consulting is a trading name of Event HR Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number is 09193329.

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy online.  This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect through this website at (the “Site”), and how we collect and use that information. 

Soniamarie Loves is the "data controller". This means that Soniamarie Loves determines the purposes for which, and the manner in which, your Data is processed.

The terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refers to Soniamarie Consulting. The terms “user,” “you,” and “your” refer to site visitors, customers, and any other users of the site. The term “personal information” is defined as information that you voluntarily provide to us that personally identifies you and/or your contact information, such as your name, phone number, and email address.  This privacy policy applies between you the User of this Website and us, the owner and provider of this Website. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website.

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This notice sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We keep certain basic information when you visit our website and recognise the importance of keeping that information secure and letting you know what we will do with it.  

This policy only applies to our site. Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

1. Definitions and Interpretations

In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

• Data - collectively all information that you submit to Soniamarie Consulting via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws;
• Cookies - a small text file placed on your computer by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies);
• Data Protection Laws - any applicable law relating to the processing of personal Data, including but not limited to the Directive 96/46/EC (Data Protection Directive) or the GDPR, and any national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, for as long as the GDPR is effective in the UK
• GDPR - the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
• UK and EU Cookie Law - The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011;
• User or you - any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by Soniamarie Consulting and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Soniamarie Consulting and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and
• Website - the website that you are currently using, www.soniamarieconsulting.com, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

2. Data Collection

We may collect the following Data, which includes (but not limited to) personal Data, from you:

1. name;
2. contact Information such as email addresses, postal address and telephone numbers;
3. demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests;
4. in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

We collect Data in the following ways:

1. data is given to us by you;
2. data is received from other sources; and
3. data is collected automatically.

​​Data that is given to us by you - We will collect your Data in a number of ways, for example:

• when you contact us through the Website, by telephone, post, e-mail or through any other means;
• when you register with us and set up an account to receive our products/services;
• when you complete surveys that we use for research purposes (although you are not obliged to respond to them);
• when you enter a competition or promotion through a social media channel;
• when you make payments to us, through this Website or otherwise;
• when you elect to receive marketing communications from us;
• when you use our services including buying a course, membership, booking a consultancy call or buying a download;
• when you download one of our free resources or opt -ins;
• in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

​Data that is received from other sources/third parties - We will receive Data about you from the following third parties:

• Facebook; their privacy policy can be found here. 
• Instagram; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Wix; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Kartra Tracking Tools; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Stripe; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Paypal; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Calendly; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Google/Google Analytics; their privacy policy can be found here.
• Zapier;their privacy policy can be found here.

​Data that is collected automatically - To the extent that you access the Website, we will collect your Data automatically, for example:

• we automatically collect some information about your visit to the Website. This information helps us to make improvements to Website content and navigation, and includes your IP address, the date, times and frequency with which you access the Website and the way you use and interact with its content.
• we will collect your Data automatically via cookies, in line with the cookie settings on your browser. For more information about cookies, and how we use them on the Website, see the section below, headed "Cookies".

3.Our use of Data

Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

• improvement of our products / services;
• transmission by email of marketing materials that may be of interest to you; in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

We may use your Data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object in certain circumstances (see the section headed "Your rights" below).

For the delivery of direct marketing to you via e-mail, we'll need your consent, whether via an opt-in or soft-opt-in:

• soft opt-in consent is a specific type of consent which applies when you have previously engaged with us (for example, you contact us to ask us for more details about a particular product/service, and we are marketing similar products/services). Under "soft opt-in" consent, we will take your consent as given unless you opt-out.
• for other types of e-marketing, we are required to obtain your explicit consent; that is, you need to take positive and affirmative action when consenting by, for example, checking a tick box that we'll provide.
• if you are not satisfied about our approach to marketing, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. To find out how to withdraw your consent, see the section headed "Your rights" below.

​When you register with us and set up an account to receive our services, the legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

4. Disclosing Your Personal Data

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for legal obligations, service of the contract or our legitimate interest in improving the quality of the website and marketing materials:

• any of our group companies or affiliates - to ensure the proper administration of this website and business;
• our employees, consultants, agents and/or professional advisors - to obtain advice and/or ensure the proper administration of this website and business;
• service providers who provide IT and system administration services - to ensure the proper administration of this website and business;
• professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers
• government bodies that require us to report processing activities.
• third party payment providers who process payments made over the Website - to enable third party payment providers to process user payments and refunds;
• relevant authorities - to facilitate the detection of crime or the collection of taxes or duties; in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.
• third party applications such as Facebook Ads, Instagram, Google Analytics - for the administration of target adverts and marketing materials based on your previous digital interaction with us (and/or opt-in, soft opt in), on our website or social media platforms

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

5. Keeping Data Safe

Storage and Transfer of Personal Data

We understand our obligation to ensure that appropriate technical and organisations measures are taken to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing, loss, damage or destruction of personal data. Therefore, we will ensure that relevant personal data is in a secure location, only accessed by authorised individuals, only processed by authorised individuals and cannot be lost, damaged or destroyed.

We confirm that: -

• All information you provide to us is stored on the secure servers of our third party providers (see their privacy policy above), and our own secure software. We use McAfee Live Safe to maintain and monitor the on-going security on our computers. Their privacy policy is here.
• Option Any payment transactions will be encrypted, and the data held securely by Stripe
• Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. (We ask you not to share a password with anyone)

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access, in line with GDPR, as set out above.  If you suspect any misuse or loss or unauthorised access to your Data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-mail address: hello@soniamarieconsulting.com

6. IP Addresses, Cookies and Email Marketing

We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual and we will not collect personal information in this way. However, where an IP address or cookies means that a user is identifiable, we will treat this as a personal data and will secure it in the appropriate way.

We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. They enable us:

• To estimate our audience size and usage pattern
• To store information about your preferences, and so allow us to customise our site according to your individual interests
• To speed up your searches
• To recognise you when you return to our site

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

Email Marketing

We will make it as easy as we can for you to opt out of unwanted processing, providing it does not restrict our ability to provide you with the primary service you have requested.  Please note if you wish to unsubscribe from any marketing emails that you have signed up for, you can do so by emailing hello@soniamarieconsulting.com or clicking onto the unsubscribe link on the marketing email that was sent to you. It may take 24 hours for this to become effective.

7. Your Rights

Objections to Processing

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at email address.

Access to information, Withdrawal of Consent, Rectification of Data & Right of Erasure

You also have the right to:

• Access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised by raising a ‘Subject Access Request’
• At any time, withdraw your consent to us holding data about you or to having information sent to you
• Request for your data to be rectified. Where you identify that your personal data is incorrect, or incomplete, you can request correction, deletion, or modification of your personal data
• Request that your data is erased in certain circumstances

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please send an email to email address  hello@soniamarieconsulting.com requesting this, and we will advise you accordingly. We will follow a reasonable process set out under GDPR including advising you of our decision, and any recourse you may have to complain.

Right to Complain to Supervisory Authority

If you wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local supervisory authority. The Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights and you can find out further information about them by going to https://ico.org.uk/

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Any changes we may make to this document in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. However, we advise that you check this page regularly to keep up to date with any necessary changes.

This notice was last updated on 14th December 2019