General Data Protection Regulation Privacy Policy V1a1

Last Updated : October 2025

Information Collected on this Website:

No information of your visit is directly collected by healingfieldsawuku.com. We have not set up any plugins that deliberately look for any other metrics. However, Internet Protocol (IP) address, web browser type, cookies, the date and time of your visit, may be recorded by the Hosting Site.

Introduction:

In using this service we are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring that it is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, store, and secure your data. No information will be disclosed to any third party unless you have explicitly requested it or it is appropriate to do so.

Used Terms:

www.healingfieldsawuku.com (also may referred as: “we”, “us”, “Service”, “our site”, “our website”, “this website, The Healing Fields”) Personally identifying information (also referred as: “PII”. may include, but not limited to: Name, Email,) Terms of Use (also may be referred as: “Terms”, “Terms and Conditions”, “TOC” )

 Who we are:

Healing Fields Awuku/The Healing Fields is based in the United Kingdom, offers a Therapeutic Counselling Service, but is not associated with any other business’s using similar names.

Collection of initial Information:

We may collect certain personal information from you such as name, phone number, email address, age, health status, and any other relevant information. We will retain submitted information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the enquiry.

Use of Personal Information:

We use your personal information to ensure that the level of therapeutic counselling meets your individual needs. This is solely for the purpose of understanding how we can support you during the therapeutic process or other related services.  Your data is not shared with any third party without your explicit consent unless required to do so under applicable law.

Disclosure of Personal Information:

In certain circumstances, we may be obliged to disclose personal information in order to comply with legal obligations such as responding to a court order or as stipulated in the counselling contract. We will only release the minimum amount of data necessary in order to comply with any legal obligations.

Storage and Security:

Your personal information is stored securely, and access to this information is restricted to authorized personnel only.

Data Retention Policy:

The retention period of your personal information depends on various factors. According to Ethical Framework requirements of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) data should be only for as long as is necessary. In order to be in line with the (BACP’s) ethical complaint’s procedure data will be kept for a minimum of six years. Once this period has elapse, we securely delete the data.

Data Subject Rights:

You have various rights under GDPR such as access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, and objection. As a client or a past client within the data retention period, if you wish to exercise any of these rights do not hesitate to contact us.

Changes to Privacy Policy:

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy from time to time as necessary to reflect changes in our practices, services, and the ethical framework’s we subscribe to. You are encouraged to review it periodically for any updates or modifications that may affect your rights under GDPR.

Children and young people:

Whilst this service is not directly aimed at children and young people, it is recognised that enquiries may come from this section of society.

 for information:

Young persons 16 and older are able to give their own consent for therapy. Those less than 16 may do so if they are mature and understand enough. (Judged to be “Gillick competent,”)

A parent or legal guardian’s consent is required if such maturity is not established.