Last updated: 21 January 2026
1. Introduction
Your Sustainable Wellness (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data when you visit or interact with our website:
https://yoursustainablewellness.com (the “Website”).
We process personal data in accordance with:
- The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
- The EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)
- The Data Protection Act 2018 (UK)
2. Who We Are (Data Controller)
My name is R.G. and I own and operate this website.
I am the data controller responsible for the processing of personal data collected through this Website.
If you wish to contact me regarding data protection matters, you may do so via the contact form on this Website found in the section About Us.
3. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to:
- Website visitors
- Individuals submitting enquiries or messages
- Individuals leaving comments
- Individuals interacting with embedded content or analytics tools
It does not apply to third-party websites linked from this Website.
4. Personal Data We Collect
4.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily (Fluent Forms)
When you submit a form on the Website, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Message content
- Any additional information you choose to provide
Purpose:
To respond to enquiries and communicate with you.
Lawful basis:
- Legitimate interests (responding to enquiries)
- Consent, where required by law
Form submissions may be stored securely within the WordPress database and may be transmitted by email to site administrators.
4.2 Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect:
- The data shown in the comments form
- The visitor’s IP address
- Browser user agent string
This data is collected to help with spam detection, moderation, and site security.
An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Once approved, your comment and profile image (if applicable) may be visible publicly.
Lawful basis:
Legitimate interests (site moderation and abuse prevention).
4.3 Media Uploads
If you upload images to the Website, you should avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may be able to download and extract such location data from images.
4.4 Technical and Usage Data
We may automatically collect limited technical data, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and interactions
- Date and time of access
This data is collected via cookies, analytics tools, and server logs.
Purpose:
Security, performance monitoring, and Website improvement.
5. Special Category (Health) Data
We do not intentionally collect medical or health data through this Website.
If you voluntarily include health-related information in a message or enquiry, you do so at your own discretion. Such information will be treated confidentially and used solely to respond to your enquiry.
The Website does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure Website functionality and to understand how visitors use the Website.
Detailed information is provided in our Cookie Policy.
Cookies may be:
- Strictly necessary
- Preference-based
- Analytics-related (subject to consent where required)
7. Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics (GA4) to analyse Website usage and improve content and performance.
Google Analytics may collect:
- IP address (anonymised where possible)
- Device and browser information
- Pages visited and interaction data
Google acts as a data processor on our behalf.
Google Analytics will be enabled only after consent, where required by law.
More information:
8. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on this Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles).
Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly. These websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with embedded content
We do not control the data practices of third-party websites.
9. How We Use Personal Data
We use personal data to:
- Respond to enquiries and messages
- Moderate comments
- Improve Website functionality and content
- Maintain Website security
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data.
10. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We may share limited personal data with trusted service providers, including:
- Website hosting providers (e.g. managed WordPress hosting)
- Email delivery services
- Spam detection services
- Analytics providers
All third parties are required to process data securely and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
11. International Data Transfers
Personal data may be processed outside the UK/EEA where appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:
- Adequacy decisions
- Standard contractual clauses
12. Data Retention
- Contact form submissions: retained only as long as necessary to respond and for administrative or legal purposes
- Comments and metadata: may be retained indefinitely to facilitate moderation and security
- Analytics data: retained according to analytics configuration
Data is not retained longer than necessary.
13. Your Rights (UK, EU & EEA Residents)
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request erasure (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict or object to processing
- Request data portability
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
Requests may be submitted via the contact form on the Website.
14. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.
15. Children’s Privacy
This Website is not intended for children under the age of 16.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
16. External Links
This Website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
18. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us via the contact form of this Website found in the section About Us.