GDPR & Cookies

MS Hypnotherapy
Last updated: 26 September 2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how MS Hypnotherapy, operated by Mariola Sztwiertnia (sole trader), collects, uses, and protects personal data in connection with the website www.mshypnotherapy.com.

MS Hypnotherapy acts as the Data Controller under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR.

Contact details:
📧 mariolasztwiertnia@mshypnotherapy.com
📞 +44 7538 044765 +44 7538 044765
🏠 🏠 8 West Greenhead Cottage, KY2 6QX, Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom
🆔 🆔 ICO Registration Number: C1696284

2. Data collected

MS Hypnotherapy may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• • Name and surname,
• • Email address,
• • Phone number,
• • Billing details (address, VAT information),
• • Order details,
• • Technical data (IP address, cookies, session identifiers).

3. Purposes and legal basis of processing

Your data may be processed for the following purposes:

• • To perform and manage contracts and orders (Article 6(1)(b) UK GDPR),
• • To communicate with clients (Article 6(1)(b) and (f)),
• • To issue invoices and comply with accounting obligations (Article 6(1)(c)),
• • To send newsletters and marketing communications (based on consent – Article 6(1)(a)),
• • To analyse website traffic and improve services (Article 6(1)(f)). Consent may be withdrawn at any time by emailing us.

Zgoda może być w każdej chwili wycofana poprzez kontakt mailowy.

4. Data sharing and disclosure

We may share your personal data only when necessary and only with trusted third parties, including:

• • Payment providers: PayPal, Revolut, bank,
• • Website hosting providers,
• • Analytics and marketing tools: Google Analytics, Meta Pixel (Facebook),
• • Email marketing tools (newsletter distribution),
• • Public authorities, where required by law. We do not sell personal data to third parties.

We do not sell personal data to third parties.

5. International data transfers

Some of your data may be transferred outside the UK or EEA, e.g. to the United States, through tools like Google Analytics and Meta Pixel. Such transfers are based on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the UK and EU authorities.

6. Data retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary:

• • For order fulfilment and contractual purposes,
• • To meet legal and tax obligations,
• • For marketing purposes – until consent is withdrawn.

7. Your rights

You have the right to:

• • Access your data,
• • Rectify incorrect data,
• • Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”),
• • Restrict processing,
• • Data portability,
• • Object to processing,
• • File a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

8. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to ensure proper operation and enhance user experience:

• • Essential cookies – required for website functionality,
• • Analytics and marketing cookies – e.g. Google Analytics, Meta Pixel.

Users can manage cookie preferences via browser settings.
See our separate Cookie Policy for full details.

9. Data security

MS Hypnotherapy applies appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.

10. Contact

For all privacy-related matters, please contact us at:
📧 mariolasztwiertnia@mshypnotherapy.com
🆔 🆔 ICO Registration Number: C1696284