This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contents
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- How long we keep information
- Who we share information with
- Sharing information outside the UK
- How to complain
Contact details
Name: Daniel Cox t/a Dan Goldfield
Email: dan@dangoldfield.com
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide spiritual and philosophical teaching, mindfulness facilitation, and ontological inquiry, including the recording of sessions for instructional review and the verification of student eligibility.
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Purchase or account history
- Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
- Health information (including dietary requirements, allergies and health conditions)
- Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
- Photographs or video recordings
- Call recordings
- Records of meetings and decisions
- Information regarding philosophical or spiritual beliefs.
We also collect or use the following special category information to provide services and goods, including delivery. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Health information (Our condition for processing this special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR is your Explicit Consent.)
We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Marketing preferences
- Recorded images, such as photos or videos
- Call recordings
- Website and app user journey information
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
- Financial transaction information
- Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
We also collect or use the following special category information to comply with legal requirements. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Health information Our condition for processing this special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR is your Explicit Consent.
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Payment details
- Purchase or service history
- Call recordings
- Customer or client accounts and records
- Financial transaction information
- Correspondence
We also collect the following special category information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Health information Our condition for processing this special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR is your Explicit Consent.
We collect or use the following information to To provide spiritual and philosophical teaching and guidance, including the recording of sessions for mine and the student’s review.:
- Names and contact details
- Health information (including dietary requirements, allergies and health conditions)
- Photographs or video recordings
- Call recordings
- Records of meetings and decisions
- Records of consent, where appropriate
- Information regarding philosophical or spiritual beliefs.
We also collect or use the following special category information to To provide spiritual and philosophical teaching and guidance, including the recording of sessions for mine and the student’s review.. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Health information Our condition for processing this special category data under Article 9 of the UK GDPR is your Explicit Consent.
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are: To promote our philosophical and spiritual teaching services to individuals who have expressed an interest in our work or have a prior relationship with us.
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for To provide spiritual and philosophical teaching and guidance, including the recording of sessions for mine and the student’s review. are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- CCTV footage or other recordings
- Publicly available sources
- Third parties: B2C and B2B referrals.
How long we keep information
We retain all records relating to the professional services provided—including session recordings, health declarations, and meeting notes—for a minimum of 7 years following the conclusion of the student relationship. This is to comply with the record-keeping requirements of our professional indemnity insurance and HMRC tax obligations.
Who we share information with
Data processors
- Fathom Video, Inc.: This data processor does the following activities for us: They host and distribute recordings, transcripts and AI summaries of meetings.
- Google: This data processor does the following activities for us: They host sessions via Google Meet, use Google's enterprise AI tools for transcription, and encrypt all data within our Google Workspace environment without being used to train public AI models.
- Paypal: This data processor handles financial transactions and payment card data securely on our behalf.
- Wise: This data processor handles financial transactions and payment card data securely on our behalf.
- Kit: This data processor manages our mailing list and delivers our newsletters and marketing.
- Cal.com: This data processor manages session bookings and appointment details.
- BoldSign: This data processor manages our legally binding contracts and onboarding documents, including the secure storage of signed health declarations.
Additional Service Providers To run my business efficiently, I also share limited personal information (such as your name, email, and payment details) with other third-party providers. These fall into the following categories:
- Email Marketing Platforms (e.g., Substack) to send you my newsletters and updates.
- Scheduling Tools (e.g., Calendly) to manage our session bookings.
- Creative Tools (e.g. Canva) to create educational and marketing content.
These providers act as ‘data processors’ and only use your information under my instructions. Most are based in the US and are covered by the UK-US Data Bridge or Standard Contractual Clauses.
Others we share personal information with
- Professional advisors, insurers or legal representatives (to manage our professional liability and in the event of a legal claim or regulatory audit).
- Relevant regulatory authorities
- Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we will transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: Fathom Video, Inc Category of recipient: Storage provider, AI tool Country the personal information is sent to: U.S. How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
Organisation name: Google Category of recipient: Storage and app provider Country the personal information is sent to: U.S. How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 Website:https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated 20th May 2026