Last Update: 19 June 2026
Effective from: 19 June 2026

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Samantha Coles Coaching, North Somerset, BS20 6JA, UK on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the website samanthacolescoaching.com.

By accessing or using the website you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to this, please do not access or use it.

We recommend you review this page as we may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. Your continued access or use of the website after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

The website holds cookies

These are for anti-spam purposes.

When you complete a contact or signup form

We store the personal information you provide in the form.

• We will use that information to respond to you, support you and we may use it for analytics or to keep you informed of news, information, offers and updates relevant to the service we provide.
• You can opt out of this at any time by writing to samantha@samanthacolescoaching.com.
• If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

Leaving comments

When visitors leave comments on the site:

• We collect the data shown in the comments form with the IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
• An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
• You can opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
• The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

If you upload images

Please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

If you edit or publish an article

An additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Registering and logging in (when this function becomes available)

When you register on our website, we store the personal information you provide in the 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 see and edit that information.

If you visit our login page (when it becomes available), we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

• When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

• These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Retention Of Your Information

• We will retain your personal information with us for up to 2 years after user accounts remain idle, or for as long as we need it to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
• We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc.
• Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.

Security

The security of your information is important to us, and we will take all reasonable measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Ownership

If the website or our company is merged or acquired with another company, any information you provide to us may be included within the assets transferred to the new owner.

Analytics

Third party’s may use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

What rights you have over your data

• If you have an account on this site, have left comments or completed an enquiry form, you can request to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• If you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, it may prevent you from using our services.
• To exercise these rights, you can write to us at samantha@samanthacolescoaching.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

Queries or concerns

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email samantha@samanthacolescoaching.com.

We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

THIS BELOW WAS WHAT YOU HAD PASTED PETE:

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you can opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website, we also 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 see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.