‘The Audacious And’ Customer Privacy Notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

  • 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

  • How to complain

Contact details

Email: anna@audaciousand.com

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

  • Names and contact details

  • Pronoun preferences

  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)

  • Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)

  • Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)

  • Video recordings

  • Audio recordings (eg calls)

  • Records of meetings and decisions

We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

  • Names and contact details

  • Purchase or service history

  • Account information, including registration details

  • Marketing preferences

We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details

  • Marketing preferences

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name

  • Contact information

  • Client account information

  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

We collect or use the following personal information to protect client welfare:

  • Names and contact information

  • Client account information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details

  • Payment details

  • Account information

  • Purchase or service history

  • Customer or client accounts and records

  • Correspondence

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 in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

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 and improve products and services for clients 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.

  • 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:

    • We collect and use personal information for our clients, including those supported through the UK Government's Access to Work scheme, to allow us to support their personal development in a way that is informed and prevents unintentional cause of harm. An example of this might be if a client discloses that they have access needs - these are stored in connection with their client account to ensure that these needs are always provided.

  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts 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.

  • 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:

    • It is essential to collect information about clients when they make purchases to allow us to receive payment for our services.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information 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.

  • 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.

  • 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:

    • We collect marketing preferences so that we are able to promote our range of services in line with the person's wishes, following fully informed consent. To ensure that these have the lowest possible amount of impact, we collect the minimum data possible to match the individual to their preferences.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • 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 to protect client welfare are:

  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • 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.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information

Video and audio recordings and records of sessions are securely stored for the duration of the time that you are working with the company and a further 12 months after the termination of your contract.

Contact details and payment records are retained for 7 years to support financial and tax records. Your individual banking details can not be accessed by the company - all that is kept is a record of the transaction with an identifying reference number, the date paid, amount paid, and who the sum was paid by.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with

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: 20.05.2025