Privacy Policy

Six Degrees Group Limited | The Conscious Female Founder

1. Introduction

At Six Degrees Group Limited, we believe that trust, transparency and respect are at the heart of building meaningful relationships and communities.

We are committed to protecting your personal information and being clear about how we collect, use and look after it.

This Privacy Policy applies to Six Degrees and The Conscious Female Founder (CFF), a brand operated by Six Degrees Group Limited.

It covers our websites, membership communities, events, workshops, programmes, podcasts, digital resources and other services, including The Conscious Female Founder Secret Podcast.

Six Degrees Group Limited is the data controller responsible for the personal information covered by this policy.

We process personal information in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable UK privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

Your name and contact information, including your email address, telephone number and postal address.

Information you provide when registering for our Secret Podcast, workshops, events or other free resources.

Membership information, including your membership level, payment history and participation in our communities.

Information you voluntarily share through surveys, questionnaires, coaching sessions or communications with us.

Your preferences regarding email marketing and SMS communications.

Information about how you interact with our websites, emails and digital services, where permitted by law.

Technical information, such as your IP address, browser type and website usage data, where collected.

We only seek to collect information that is relevant to providing our services, communicating with you and improving your experience.

3. How We Collect Your Information

We may collect your personal information when you:

Register for The Conscious Female Founder Secret Podcast.

Join a Six Degrees or CFF membership community.

Register for an event, workshop, programme or masterclass.

Download a resource or complete an online form.

Subscribe to our email communications.

Opt in to receive an SMS reminder.

Contact us by email, telephone, social media or another communication channel.

Complete a survey or provide feedback.

Visit our websites or interact with our digital content.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

Deliver the services you've requested

This includes providing access to the Secret Podcast, sending episode links and relevant access information, administering memberships, managing event bookings and delivering purchased services.

Communicate with you

We may contact you about your registration, membership, booking or participation in our services.

Share news, resources and opportunities

Where we have the appropriate permission or another lawful basis, we may send you information about upcoming workshops, events, community opportunities, programmes, membership offers and other relevant content from Six Degrees or The Conscious Female Founder.

Improve our services

We may use feedback, participation information and website analytics to understand what is helpful to our community and improve the experiences we create.

Meet our legal obligations

We may process information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, maintain financial records or respond to lawful requests.

5. The Conscious Female Founder Secret Podcast

When you register for our free Secret Podcast, we collect the information necessary to provide access to the series.

This will normally include your first name and email address. You may also choose to provide a mobile telephone number.

We use your registration details to:

Confirm your registration.

Provide access to the podcast and its episodes.

Send relevant information about accessing or completing the series.

Provide any associated resources or completion rewards you request.

Respond to questions about your registration.

Registering for the Secret Podcast does not automatically mean you have agreed to receive ongoing promotional emails or text messages. Where we invite you to receive additional marketing communications, we will provide a separate opportunity to opt in.

6. Email Marketing and SMS Communications

We would love to stay in touch, but we believe that should always be your choice.

Email marketing

If you opt in to receive marketing emails, we may contact you with fresh perspectives, community news, upcoming workshops, programmes, membership opportunities and offers from Six Degrees and The Conscious Female Founder.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in our marketing emails or by contacting us directly.

SMS reminders

Where we offer an optional SMS reminder, such as a notification when the Secret Podcast launches, we will only use your mobile number for that purpose in accordance with the consent you provide.

You can withdraw your consent to SMS communications at any time, including by replying STOP where that option is provided.

Your choices

You can register for the Secret Podcast without agreeing to receive ongoing marketing communications.

Withdrawing marketing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew it.

7. Our Legal Bases for Processing Your Information

Under UK GDPR, we must have a lawful basis for using your personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we rely on:

Contractual necessity: Where processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested or purchased.

Consent: Where you have actively agreed to receive optional marketing communications or where consent is otherwise required.

Legitimate interests: Where processing is necessary for the reasonable operation and improvement of our business, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

Legal obligations: Where we must process or retain information to comply with applicable law.

We assess the appropriate lawful basis according to the purpose for which information is collected and used.

8. How We Store and Protect Your Information

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure. These measures may include secure systems, access controls and the use of reputable technology providers. We use third-party platforms to help manage our websites, registrations, customer relationships, communications and community services. These include GoHighLevel and other service providers involved in delivering our services.

Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that suitable data protection arrangements are in place. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, but we take the protection of your information seriously.

9. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share relevant information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate our business and deliver our services. These may include providers of: Website hosting and online forms.

Email and SMS communications. Membership and community platforms. Payment processing. Event booking and administration. Analytics and advertising services.

We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to protect our legal rights.

Within our membership communities, information you choose to share with other members may be visible to those members, depending on the platform and its settings. We encourage everyone participating in our communities to respect the privacy of others.

10. International Data Transfers

Some of the technology providers we use may process or store information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will ensure that an appropriate transfer mechanism or safeguard is in place, as required by applicable data protection law.

11. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including delivering our services, managing memberships, communicating with our community, maintaining business records and meeting our legal obligations.

How long we retain information depends on its nature and the purpose for which it is used.

For example:

Podcast and event registrations: We retain registration information for as long as necessary to deliver the experience, provide relevant follow-up communications and manage associated records.

Marketing subscribers: We retain relevant contact information while you remain subscribed to our communications, subject to periodic reviews of the information we hold.

Membership and customer records: We retain information for as long as necessary to administer our services and meet any applicable contractual, accounting or legal obligations.

Financial records: We retain relevant financial information for the periods required by applicable UK tax and accounting legislation.

Unsubscribed contacts: Where you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may retain limited information necessary to record your preferences and prevent unwanted future contact.

We periodically review the personal information we hold and securely delete or anonymise information when it is no longer required. You may contact us at any time to ask about the information we hold or request its deletion, subject to any applicable legal obligations.

12. Cookies, Website Analytics and Advertising

Our websites, including those operated under Six Degrees and The Conscious Female Founder, may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor behaviour and improve our services and communications.

What are cookies and pixels?

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Pixels are tracking technologies that can help us understand how visitors interact with our websites and advertising.

These technologies may be used to:

Ensure our websites and registration forms function correctly.

Understand how visitors find and use our websites.

Measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

Understand which advertisements lead to podcast registrations, workshop bookings or other relevant actions.

Improve our website experience and the relevance of our communications.

Meta Pixel and advertising

We may use the Meta Pixel and related advertising technologies in connection with our Facebook and Instagram advertising campaigns.

These technologies can help us understand whether someone has visited a landing page or completed a registration after interacting with an advertisement.

Where permitted by law and your cookie preferences, they may also help us measure advertising performance and reach relevant audiences.

Information collected through these technologies may be processed by Meta in accordance with its own privacy practices.

Analytics

We may use website analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our websites and digital content.

This information helps us identify what is working well and where improvements may be needed.

Your choices and cookie consent

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing or accessing non-essential cookies or activating optional advertising and analytics tracking technologies.

You can choose whether to accept or reject these technologies through the cookie consent controls provided on the relevant website.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.

We will review our use of cookies and tracking technologies as our websites and services evolve.

13. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights relating to your personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, these include the right to:

Request access to the personal information we hold about you.

Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.

Request deletion of your personal information.

Restrict or object to certain types of processing.

Request the transfer of your information where applicable.

Withdraw consent where we rely on consent.

Object to the use of your information for direct marketing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.

We would appreciate the opportunity to address any concerns directly, but you are not required to contact us before approaching the ICO.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, business operations or legal obligations. The latest version will be published on our website with an updated revision date.

Where changes materially affect how we use your personal information, we will take appropriate steps to inform you.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how we use your personal information or your data protection rights, please contact:

Six Degrees Group Limited
Operating as Six Degrees and The Conscious Female Founder

Queensgate House
48 Queen Street
Exeter
EX4 3SR

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07515 670452

We are committed to treating your information with the same care, consideration and respect that we aim to bring to every experience we create.