What User Data We Collect

When you visit our website, we may collect the following data:

· Your IP address.

· Your contact information and email address.

· Other information such as preferred pronouns and preferences.

· Details regarding your pregnancy you choose to share with us.

· Data profile regarding your online behaviour on our website.

We provide this information to Squarespace, our online website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

We also provide this information to our payment processor Stripe so we can process your payments. You can read their privacy policy(ies) here.

We are collecting your data for several reasons:

• To provide the services we offer to you.

• To better understand your needs.

• To improve our services and products.

• To send you promotional emails containing the information we think you will find interesting.

• To contact you regarding courses and events you sign up for.

• To customise our website according to your online behaviour and personal preferences.

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information 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. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data (site usage information of end users) for its own purposes in their Privacy Policy.

Gather & Grow Birth Community is committed to securing your data and keeping it confidential.

We make reasonable efforts to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk associated with the processing of your Personal Data.

Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. 

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 necessary 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.

Our website contains links to other websites. If you click on these links Gather & Grow Birth Community is not held responsible for your data and privacy protection once you leave our website. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our website.

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you.

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

• You’ve created a customer account

• Your customer account password has been reset or updated

• You’ve made a purchase

It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can send these emails to you on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you.

Under the GDPR you are entitled to eight key rights that are aligned with the primary principles of transparency, security and accountability. These rights help you to hold Gather & Grow Birth Community accountable by providing streamlined processes that hand back control of personal data to you.

• The right to access data relating to you

• The right to rectify/correct data relating to you

• The right to object to processing of data relating to you

• The right to restrict the processing of data relating to you

• The right to erase/delete data relating to you

• The right to ‘port’ certain data relating to you from one organisation to another

• The right to object to the processing of your data

The GDPR gives individuals the right to object to automated individual decision making and profiling. Gather & Grow Birth Community does not make any decisions about users using wholly automated means.

This website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly target our services to children under the age of 13 or knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected the personal data from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete that personal data as soon as possible.

• Consent: We process your personal data with your consent, as you have agreed to allow us to use your information for the purposes specified in our privacy notice. (You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time)

• Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

• Recognised legitimate interest: the processing is necessary for one of the pre-approved purposes.

Data controller: Jessica Cornish

Contact email: gatherandgrowbirthco@gmail.com

When you sign up to one of our antenatal courses you will be invited to join a Whatsapp group for that specific course group. You can also opt in to communicate with your teacher for course queries or antenatal questions. You have the right to decline the invitation or to opt out at a later date.

If you join the Whatsapp group, your information will be processed by Whatsapp/Meta in line with their terms and privacy policy.