Who we are
At The Healthy Living Lounge we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. Our website, www.thehealthylivinglounge.co.uk, is operated by The Healthy Living Lounge, a Sole Trader business registered in the United Kingdom. We provide a range of services within the scope of health & wellness and our goal is to deliver a safe, transparent, and user-friendly experience for all our visitors and customers.
If you have any questions about how we handle your data, you can contact us at [email protected]
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect and prevent spam. An anonymized string (also called a hash) may be created from your email address and provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available) may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Please note that any information you post in comments may be publicly accessible, so we advise caution when sharing personal details.
Media
If you upload images or other media to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in the files. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location information from media posted on the site. We recommend checking your files before uploading to ensure no unintended personal data is included.
All uploaded media may be publicly accessible depending on the context in which it is shared (e.g., blog posts, comments, user profiles).
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, and understand where our visitors are coming from. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us recognize your preferences and improve site functionality.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
We also use cookies to manage login sessions and to remember display preferences. Some cookies are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us improve performance or provide tailored content.
You can choose to disable or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that some parts of the site may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, social media feeds, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We do not control the privacy practices of these external websites and recommend reviewing their respective privacy policies for more information on how your data is handled.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, conduct our business, or provide services to you—such as website hosting, analytics, email delivery, and payment processing. These third parties are only given access to the information necessary to perform their specific tasks and are required to keep your data secure and confidential.
We may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law, in response to valid legal requests, or to protect our rights, property, or safety and that of others.
If you leave a comment, your IP address may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
For example, if you leave a comment on our site, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to allow us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
If you request to delete your data, we will comply with applicable data retention laws and delete your personal information as required, subject to any legal obligations or legitimate business purposes that may require us to retain certain data.
What rights you have over your data
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal data. These rights include:
- Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: You have the right to request the correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
- Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data, subject to any legal obligations or legitimate reasons for retention.
- Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data under certain conditions.
- Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transfer it to another controller.
- Objection to Processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain situations, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Automated Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, unless specific conditions are met.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [contact email]. We will respond to your request within one month, as required by GDPR. In certain cases, we may extend the response time by up to two additional months if the request is complex or if we receive numerous requests.
If you believe that we have violated your rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, or the relevant authority in your country.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.