Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Inspirations for a Better Life, operated by Phill Hanlon, collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you visit this website or contact us.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This policy is written in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who We Are
Data Controller: Phill Hanlon, trading as Inspirations for a Better Life.
Contact: studio@inspirationsforabetterlife.com
Website: https://inspirationsforabetterlife.com
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
Contact information: your name, email address, and telephone number when you submit our contact form.
Message content: any information you choose to include in your message or file attachments you upload via the contact form.
Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Usage data: information about how you use our website, including pages visited and time spent on pages.
3. How We Collect Your Data
Directly from you: when you complete and submit our contact form.
Automatically: via cookies and similar tracking technologies as you browse our website. Please see our Cookie Policy section below.
Third parties: we may receive technical data from analytics providers and hosting infrastructure providers.
4. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
To respond to your enquiries (Legal basis: Legitimate interests — responding to contact requests).
To improve our website and services (Legal basis: Legitimate interests — improving our offering).
To comply with legal obligations (Legal basis: Legal obligation).
We will never sell your personal data to third parties, nor use it for unsolicited marketing without your explicit consent.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users and to improve your experience. We use a cookie consent banner to obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies.
Essential cookies: necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions you take, such as setting your privacy preferences.
Analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These are only placed with your consent.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
6. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We may share your personal data with the following categories of third parties:
Hosting and infrastructure providers: our website is hosted on GoDaddy's platform, which processes data on our behalf under appropriate data processing agreements.
Analytics providers: we may use analytics services to help us understand website usage.
Legal authorities: where required by law, court order, or governmental authority.
All third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
7. International Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers may be based outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA). Where we transfer your data outside the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as using providers covered by UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses approved by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
8. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months from the date of submission, after which they are securely deleted.
9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights:
Right of access: you have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: you have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
Right to erasure: you have the right to request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to restrict processing: you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: you have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to you or a third party in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Right to object: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on legitimate interests.
Rights related to automated decision-making: you have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at studio@inspirationsforabetterlife.com. We will respond to your request within one calendar month.
10. Right to Complain
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.
11. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to access it.
We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: studio@inspirationsforabetterlife.com
Website: https://inspirationsforabetterlife.com