Privacy Policy
This privacy policy ("policy") will help you understand how The Affirming Place ("us", "we", "our") uses and protects the data you provide to us when you visit and use www.theaffirmingplace.com ("website", "service"). We reserve the right to change this policy at any given time, of which you will be promptly updated. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to frequently visit this page.
This privacy policy sets out how The Affirming Place uses and protects any information that you give The Affirming Place when you use this website. The Affirming Place is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. The Affirming Place may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from October 2025.
User Data
What User Data We Collect
When you visit the website, we may collect the following data:
Your IP address.
Your contact information and email address.
Other information such as interests and preferences.
Data profile regarding your online behaviour on our website.
Why We Collect Your Data
We are collecting your data for several reasons:
To better understand your needs.
To improve our services and products.
To send you promotional emails containing the information we think you will find interesting.
To contact you to fill out surveys and participate in other types of market research.
To customise our website according to your online behaviour and personal preferences.
Safeguarding and Securing the Data
The Affirming Place is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential. The Affirming Place has done all in its power to prevent data theft, unauthorised access, and disclosure by implementing the latest technologies and software, which help us safeguard all the information we collect online.
Our Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Once you agree to allow our website to use cookies, you also agree to use the data it collects regarding your online behaviour.
The data we collect by using cookies is used to customise our website to your needs. After we use the data for statistical analysis, the data is completely removed from our systems.
Please note that cookies don't allow us to gain control of your computer in any way. They are strictly used to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not so that we can provide a better experience for you.
If you want to disable cookies, you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser.
Links to Other Websites
Our website contains links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links The Affirming Place is not held responsible for your data and privacy protection. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our website.
Personal Data
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
name and job title
contact information including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
Internal record keeping.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
If you have consented for us to do so, we may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers, blog entries or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
If you have consented for us to do so, from time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Restricting the Collection of your Personal Data
At some point, you might wish to restrict the use and collection of your personal data. You can achieve this by doing the following:
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us hello@theaffirmingplace.com.
The Affirming Place will almost never lease, sell or distribute your personal information to any third parties, unless we have your permission. Where legally required we may disclose your personal information with law enforcement. Your personal information will be used when we need to send you promotional materials if you agree to this privacy policy.
Request for personal information
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to hello@theaffirmingplace.com.
Altering personal information
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us at hello@theaffirmingplace.com as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Last Updated: October 2025