Privacy Policy
Last Updated 22/05/2024
Privacy and online safety are important to Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication. This policy explains how we may collect information about you and then how we use it. It also gives certain assurances on things that we will and what we will not do.
1. Purpose and consent for collection
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication collects, stores, processes or transmits data in order to provide Services to Customers. This may include marketing of services, customer support activities, or for the purposes of conducting corporate activities such as administration.
By providing personal information to Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication in any of the ways described in this policy, the Subject is agreeing that they are authorised to provide the information and that they accept this privacy policy and that Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication is authorised to process it.
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication will collect a range of information about the Subject, either via activity via our website, emails, telephone, in person or at trade shows. This information includes:
Name
Phone number
Email address
IP address
We will not collect sensitive categories of data without their explicit consent.
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication will not collect data relating to minors as defined under UK law. Minors as defined by UK law are not permitted to use Sandra Gaertner’s Services or interact with us as a corporate entity.
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication may from time to time contact the Client via email or phone regarding service related matters such as billing, product support and logistics.
2. Data retention
We will keep your personal information for as long as you are a client of Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication. After you stop being a client, we may keep your data for longer so we can respond to any questions or complaints and comply with any legal and accounting requirements.
3. Data transfers and the use of Data Sub Processors
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication will not share Subject data with a third party not directly associated with the provision of services without their explicit consent. Sandra Gaertner will also not transfer Subject data to a third party country outside of the UK or EEA that is not compliant with the applicable data protection laws via adequacy agreement, Binding Corporate Rules or other legally appropriate means as defined by the Information Commissioner’s Office without their explicit consent.
At Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication we make use of a number of 3rd party organisations so that we can deliver web services to our clients using this website, powered by Squarespace. While the following List summarizes data collected by the webprovider, please see their Privacy Policy for more information:
Analytics
This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
Form Submission
When you use the contact form and submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. We also share this information with webhost Strato AG for storage and with Zapier for data porting.
Host Squarespace
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.
Blog Comments
This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:
Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)
Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)
Your website URL (optional)
This website includes “likes” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share
Your IP address
Fonts
This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:
Information about your browser, network, or device
Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it
Your IP address
By interacting with Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication as defined in this policy, the Subject provides their consent for this transfer and use of our Data Processors and their Data Sub-Processors, and for transfer to any other appropriate third party Data Processor for the purposes of delivery of the Services and customer relationship management activities.
4. Commitment to confidentiality and security of processing
Sandra Gaertner Bodycommunication uses appropriate technical and organisational security measures within our sphere of responsibility to ensure an appropriate level of confidentiality and integrity. Should there be a concern regarding a possible security incident or data breach, please email mail@sandragaertner.net
5. Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored in a computer’s web browser memory. They help website providers with things like understanding how people use a website, remembering a User’s login details, and storing website preferences. We use cookies and other similar technologies to help us ensure that our Services function properly, prevent fraud and other harm, and analyze and improve the Services in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
5 a) How We Use Cookies.
We change the cookies periodically as we improve or add to our Services, but we generally use cookies for the following purposes:
a. To Operate Our Services. Some cookies are essential to the operation of our website and Services. We use those cookies in a number of different ways, including:
Fraud Prevention and Detection. Cookies and similar technologies that we deploy on our website help us monitor for and detect potentially harmful or illegal use of our Services.
Site Features and Services. We use cookies to remember what products you have in your basket during your shopping experience.
b. To Analyze and Improve Our Services. Cookies help us understand how to make our website and customer services work better for You. Cookies tell us how people reach our website and they give us insights into improvements or enhancements we need to make to our website and Services.
5 b) How We Use Other Technologies
a. Pixel tags. Pixel tags (also known as web beacons and clear GIFs) may be used in connection with some Services to, among other things, track the actions of Users (such as email recipients), measure the success of our marketing campaigns and compile statistics about usage of the Services and response rates.
b. Third Party Analytics. We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies, to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. To help protect Your privacy we anonymize personally identifiable information like IP addresses.
5 c) How To Manage Cookies
You can opt-in or opt-out of using cookies in a separate banner that appears when you open our website.
Your web browser may allow You to change Your cookie preferences. Please consult the help section of Your web browser or follow the links below to understand Your options, but please note that if You choose to disable the cookies, some features of our website or Services may not operate as intended.
Chrome
Explorer
Safari
Firefox
Opera
5 d) Cookie Table
Cookies that we commonly use are listed below. This list is not exhaustive, but describes the main reasons we typically set cookies.
wordfence_verifiedHumanThis cookie is by our website security system to help prevent abuse.
_ga
_gid
_gat
These cookies are used by Google Analytics to distinguish different users and provide analytics.
6. Get in touch
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time, or discuss any other data protection matters with us, by contacting us at mail@sandragaertner.net
Data Subjects, Controllers or any other concerned parties wishing to discuss matters relating to data protection, such as a Subject Access Request or concern over accuracy of collected data, please email mail@sandragaertner.net.
The email address is monitored within working hours and you should receive a reply within 14 working days.