Privacy Policy
Last updated: 1 June 2026
This privacy policy explains how Vaughan Wickins collects, uses and protects your personal information when you use this website, contact us, join a mailing list, buy a course or digital product, or make an enquiry.
This website is operated by Vaughan Wickins, based in the UK.
If you have any questions about this policy or how your personal information is used, please contact:
Email: info[at]vaughanwickins.com
1. What Information We Collect
We may collect the following information when you use this website or interact with us:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number, if you choose to provide it
- Information you submit through contact forms, booking forms, checkout pages or surveys
- Information about courses, books, downloads or services you purchase
- Payment and transaction information
- Email marketing preferences
- Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and how you use the website
If you choose to share information about your health, wellbeing, gut health, breathwork, symptoms or personal circumstances, we may process that information so we can respond to your enquiry or provide the service you requested.
Please do not send sensitive personal or medical information through this website unless it is necessary for your enquiry or service.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Provide courses, downloads, coaching, workshops or other services
- Process payments and deliver purchases
- Send service-related emails
- Send marketing emails if you have opted in
- Manage customer records
- Improve this website and our services
- Keep the website secure
- Comply with legal, tax and accounting obligations
3. Lawful Basis For Using Your Information
Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for using your personal information.
We usually rely on one or more of the following:
- Contract: when we need your information to provide a product or service you have requested or purchased
- Consent: when you opt in to receive marketing emails or choose to provide certain information
- Legitimate interests: to respond to enquiries, improve the website, run the business and communicate with customers
- Legal obligation: where we need to keep records for tax, accounting or legal reasons
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
4. Email Marketing
If you join a mailing list, download a resource, buy a product, or ask to receive updates, we may send you emails about gut health, breathwork, courses, books, events and related services.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting:
info[at]vaughanwickins.com
We do not sell your email address or personal information.
5. Payments And Purchases
If you buy a course, book, download or other product, your payment will be processed by a third-party payment provider. We do not store your full payment card details.
We may keep records of purchases for customer service, tax and accounting purposes.
6. Who We Share Your Information With
We only share your information where necessary to operate the website, provide services, process payments or comply with the law.
This may include trusted service providers such as:
- Website and funnel platforms
- Email marketing providers
- Payment processors
- Course or product delivery platforms
- Analytics tools
- Booking or CRM systems
- Professional advisers, where necessary
These providers may process your information on our behalf. We do not sell your personal information.
7. Cookies And Analytics
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function, improve user experience, understand website traffic and support marketing or analytics.
Cookies may collect information such as your device type, browser, IP address, pages visited and interactions with the website.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some parts of the website may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
If this website uses analytics, pixels or advertising tracking, these may involve third-party providers.
8. How Long We Keep Your Information
We only keep your personal information for as long as necessary.
Typical retention periods include:
- Enquiry information: as long as needed to respond and manage the relationship
- Customer and purchase records: usually up to 6 years for tax and accounting purposes
- Marketing email data: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it
- Website analytics: according to the settings of the analytics provider
We may keep information longer if required by law or to resolve a dispute.
9. Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have rights over your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information
- Ask us to delete your information
- Ask us to restrict how we use your information
- Object to certain uses of your information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request a copy of your information in a portable format
To exercise your rights, contact:
info[at]vaughanwickins.com
10. Health And Wellbeing Information
This website discusses gut health, breathwork, wellness and related topics. Any information provided is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical advice.
If you choose to provide health-related information in an enquiry, form or consultation, we will only use it for the purpose of responding to you or providing the service you requested.
11. International Transfers
Some service providers we use may process personal information outside the UK.
Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards required by data protection law, such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent protections.
12. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure.
Please avoid sending highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms or email unless necessary.
13. Links To Other Websites
This website may contain links to third-party websites, podcast platforms, payment providers, course platforms or social media sites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. You should read their privacy policies before providing information to them.
14. Children
This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact us and we will delete it where appropriate.
15. Complaints
If you have a concern about how your personal information is handled, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection.
16. Changes To This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will be published on this page.
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