Privacy policy

Privacy Policy for Creative Mindfulness Mailing List
Effective Date: June 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you sign up for the Creative Mindfulness mailing list. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

Lottie Photography
69 Chapel Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, CO7 0HB
Email: [email protected]
We are the data controller for the personal data collected through this mailing list.

2. What Data We Collect

When you sign up for our mailing list, we collect the following personal data:

Your name (optional)

Your email address

Consent preferences (e.g. whether you agreed to receive marketing emails)

Email engagement data (e.g. opens and clicks — collected via our email marketing provider)

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, the lawful bases we rely on for processing your personal data are:

Consent – We ask for your clear consent to send you email communications. You can withdraw this at any time.

Legitimate Interests – To understand how subscribers engage with our content so we can improve our services. This does not override your rights.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data to:

Send you newsletters, event information, creative prompts, and mindfulness content

Inform you about relevant workshops, services, and offerings

Monitor email performance and engagement to improve what we send you

We will never sell or rent your data to third parties.

5. How We Store and Protect Your Data

Your data is securely stored and processed using Funnel Sketchers, which complies with GDPR and maintains strong data protection measures.

We retain your data for as long as you are subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your data will be deleted or anonymised within 30 days.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Under data protection law, you have the right to:

Access – Ask for copies of your personal data

Rectification – Request correction of inaccurate data

Erasure – Ask for your data to be deleted ("right to be forgotten")

Restriction – Ask us to limit how we use your data

Objection – Object to us processing your data

Data Portability – Request transfer of your data to another provider

Withdraw Consent – You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails, or by contacting us directly

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Cookies and Tracking

Our emails may include tracking pixels to help us understand engagement. You can disable image loading in your email client to prevent this, or unsubscribe if you prefer not to be tracked.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to review it periodically. When significant changes are made, we will notify you via email.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or your data:

Lottie Photography
Email: [email protected]