Your privacy, respected

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how your data is collected, used, and safeguarded.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: February 2026

Who We Are

Emma Hingston is a UK-based sole trader business providing maternity nurse and newborn support services. For data protection purposes, the Data Controller is Emma Hingston.

Information Collected

When you submit an enquiry through this website, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and any information you choose to provide. We may also collect information automatically when you browse the website, such as your IP address, device and browser information, and pages visited (for example via analytics and security tools).

How Your Information Is Used

We use your information to respond to enquiries, communicate with you, and provide agreed services. Contact form submissions are processed securely via Formspree. We may also use data to understand and improve website performance and to measure how people find the website (for example via analytics).

Lawful Basis for Processing

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we rely on the following lawful bases:

How Your Information Is Stored

Your information may be stored and processed using trusted third-party services such as Formspree (contact form processing), Google Analytics (website analytics), and Cloudflare (website security/performance), as well as internally where needed to manage enquiries and provide services.

International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as adequacy regulations or Standard Contractual Clauses) to protect your personal data.

Data Retention

We keep personal data for as long as legally permitted and necessary for the purposes it was collected. Where there is a legal requirement to retain records (for example, tax, accounting, insurance, or regulatory purposes), we will keep data for the maximum period required or allowed by law. Where there is no specific legal retention requirement, we will retain data only for as long as needed to manage our relationship with you and to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, after which it will be securely deleted or anonymised.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to make the site work, to protect it, and (where enabled) to understand website usage. Non-essential cookies (such as analytics cookies) are used only where required with your consent, and you can control cookies through your browser settings and any cookie consent options provided on the site.

Data Protection

We do not sell your personal information. We only share information with service providers where necessary to operate the website, handle enquiries, or deliver services, and we take reasonable measures to keep your data secure.

Your Rights

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR, you have rights over your personal data. These include:

The right to access

You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

The right to rectification

You can ask us to correct inaccurate information or complete information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure

You can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.

The right to restrict processing

You can ask us to restrict how we use your personal data in certain circumstances.

The right to object

You can object to certain types of processing in certain circumstances.

The right to data portability

You can request that we transfer certain data to another organisation or to you, where applicable.

If you make a request, we aim to respond within one month.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, please contact us and we will try to resolve the issue. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

To request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, please email [email protected].