Privacy Policy

The Studio Faringdon is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our studio, use our website, or book our yoga classes.

  1. Important Information and Who We Are

Data Controller

The Studio Faringdon is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

* Full name of legal entity: The Studio Faringdon

* Email address: yogawithsaraoxfordshire@gmail.com

* Postal address: 3-5 Marlborough Street, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7JE, UK

  1. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, grouped as follows:

* Identity Data: First name, last name, date of birth, and gender.

* Contact Data: Billing address, email address, and telephone numbers.

* Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely via Momoyoga and its integrated payment gateways like Stripe). We do not store your raw card details.

* Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products, memberships, or class passes you have purchased from us.

* Health Data: Information regarding your physical health, medical history, or injuries, which you provide to ensure safe participation in our yoga classes.

* Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, and location data when you access our website, our Mailchimp signup forms, or the Momoyoga booking widget.

  1. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

* To register you as a new customer and manage your class bookings through Momoyoga.

* To deliver your yoga sessions safely, tailored to any health conditions you disclose to us.

* To process payments, fees, and charges.

* To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about class schedule changes, cancellations, or updates to our terms.

* To send you newsletters and marketing updates via Mailchimp, if you have opted in to receive them. You can opt out at any time using the unsubscribe link.

  1. Third-Party Sharing (Momoyoga & Mailchimp)

We share your personal data with specific third-party service providers to run our studio operations:

* Momoyoga: Our booking platform provider, used to process your class registrations, schedules, and account profiles.

* Mailchimp: Our email marketing platform provider, used to securely store your contact details and deliver newsletters, studio updates, and promotional offers.

Both providers act as data processors and operate under strict data processing agreements to ensure your information is kept secure and compliant with UK data protection laws.

  1. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

  1. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

  1. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

* Request access to your personal data.

* Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.

* Request erasure of your personal data.

* Object to processing of your personal data.

* Request restriction of processing your personal data.

* Request the transfer of your personal data.

* Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.

 

  1. Cookie Policy

Our website, booking widgets, and email campaigns use cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a smooth user experience and allows us to improve our services.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

The Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies:

* Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies required for the operation of our website, Mailchimp forms, and Momoyoga widget, such as keeping you logged into your member account or managing checkout.

* Analytical or Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.

* Marketing/Tracking Cookies: These are deployed by Mailchimp to track email open rates and clicks, helping us improve the relevance of our updates.

Managing Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to log in, book yoga classes, or receive tailored updates online.

  1. Changes to This Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on 2 June 2026.