Privacy Policy
Last updated: 25 August 2026
Purposeful Parenting respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use and protect your information when you visit my website, contact me or purchase my services.
1. Who I am
Purposeful Parenting is a sole-trader business providing parenting education and 1:1 parenting coaching.
For data protection purposes, I am the data controller for the personal information you provide to me.
Business name: Purposeful Parenting
Contact: livgortonparenting@gmail.com
2. Information I collect
Depending on how you use my website and services, I may collect:
Your name and contact details, such as your email address.
Information you provide when completing an enquiry or discovery call form.
Information you choose to share about your family, parenting challenges or your child's behaviour and development.
Details relating to purchases and payments.
Correspondence between you and Purposeful Parenting.
Basic website and technical information collected through cookies or similar technologies.
Please only provide information that is relevant to the support you are seeking.
3. How I use your information
I may use your information to:
Respond to enquiries and requests.
Arrange and provide parenting coaching sessions.
Understand your circumstances and tailor support appropriately.
Process payments and manage purchases.
Communicate with you about your sessions or enquiries.
Maintain appropriate business and financial records.
Improve my website, services and customer experience.
Meet legal, regulatory and accounting requirements.
I will only use your information where I have a lawful basis for doing so under UK data protection law.
4. Information about children
You may choose to share information about your child when seeking parenting support.
I ask that you only provide information that is necessary and relevant to the support you are seeking. Where possible, please avoid providing unnecessary identifying information about your child.
Information relating to a child's health, development or other sensitive circumstances may constitute special category data under UK GDPR. Where this applies, I will only process such information where there is an appropriate lawful basis to do so.
5. Payments
Payments made through this website are processed using third-party payment providers connected to Squarespace.
I do not receive or store your full payment card details.
Payment providers may collect and process your payment information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.
6. Website and Squarespace
This website is hosted using Squarespace. Squarespace may collect and process certain technical information about visitors and may use cookies and similar technologies to operate and improve the website.
Squarespace may also process information when you make a purchase or submit a form through the website.
You can find further information about how Squarespace processes personal information in its own privacy documentation.
7. Cookies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions properly and, depending on the settings and features enabled on the website, to understand how visitors use the site.
Where required, I will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
8. Who I share your information with
I will not sell or rent your personal information.
I may share information with trusted third parties where necessary to operate my business, including:
Squarespace, which hosts my website and may provide website, form and payment functionality.
Payment providers used to process transactions.
Email or communication providers used to communicate with you.
Professional advisers, such as an accountant, where necessary.
Government bodies, regulators or law enforcement where I am legally required to do so.
I only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
9. How long I keep your information
I will only keep your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Some business, financial and tax records may need to be retained for longer periods to meet legal and accounting requirements.
When information is no longer required, I will securely delete or dispose of it where reasonably possible.
10. Keeping your information secure
I take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.
However, no online service or method of transmitting information can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including:
The right to ask for access to the personal information I hold about you.
The right to ask for inaccurate information to be corrected.
The right to ask for your information to be deleted in certain circumstances.
The right to ask for processing of your information to be restricted in certain circumstances.
The right to object to certain processing.
The right to data portability in certain circumstances.
The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
If you would like to exercise one of these rights, please contact me using the details below.
12. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how I use your personal information, please contact:
Purposeful Parenting
Email: livgortonparenting@gmail.com
You also have the right to make a complaint to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), if you believe your personal information has not been handled appropriately.
You can find information about contacting the ICO at ico.org.uk.
13. Changes to this policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my services, website or legal requirements.
The latest version will always be available on this website.