Terms and Conditions 

The Course

Refund & Cancellation  

A full refund will be issued if your baby arrives before the course starts, or in the very unlikely event of the course being cancelled. If your baby arrives part-way through the course you’ll be refunded the cost of the remaining sessions, minus the welcome pack (£20).

The £50 deposit to secure your place is non-refundable.

An exception of course would be made for refunds in the case of baby loss.

The complete fee is due 7 days before the course starts. If a session for any reason needs to be rescheduled, you will be given as much notice as possible

Any behaviour I consider to be rude, disrespectful of me, my content or anyone else in the group will not be tolerated and I reserve the right to remove you and your partner(s) from the sessions and the WhatsApp group with immediate effect. The fee for any remaining sessions (minus the cost of the welcome pack) will be refunded.

Disclaimer 

Using Hypnobirthing techniques is not a substitute for the advice of or the presence during birth or any part of pregnancy or labour of a qualified Medical Practitioner, Midwife or Obstetrician.  It does not represent in fact or otherwise an alternative to appropriate medical care or for professional medical advice in any way shape or form.  

Any questions or doubts that you have about the use of Hypnobirthing by you or any third party in any part should be discussed by you with your medical caregiver and the safety of or the appropriateness of this programme to you or any third party whom you represent be confirmed with your medical care giver prior to undertaking the programme.

Anna Clarkson & Hackney Hypnobirthing accept no responsibility for the inappropriate use of Hypnobirthing techniques or complications or harm to any third party resulting from the use of Hypnobirthing techniques as a substitute for medical advice.  Hypnobirthing is intended solely as an 'aid' to help increase the comfort of labour and birth and is not in any way a guarantee or promise of expected, imagined or actual outcome of the labour or birth in any way shape or form. 

Participation in Hypnobirthing classes in any part or in total by any person or third party is undertaken with the understanding by any persons or third party that no litigation or legal action whatsoever will be initiated or that no form of compensation or reimbursement or refund will be claimed or applied for at any time now or in the future against Anna Clarkson and Hackney Hypnobirthing. 

All course material provided is for general information purposes only and should not under any circumstances be construed in any way as being particular individual medical advice or instruction.  I accept no responsibility for any of the decisions you make in regards to your pregnancy and birth. 

Hackney Hypnobirthing accepts no responsibility or liability for any injury caused by taking part in any physical activity on the courses. When taking part in any physical activity on our courses, you are responsible for ensuring your space and equipment are safe to use.  If you, or your partner, feel unwell whilst attending a course you should immediately seek the advice of your Midwife, GP or other appropriate health professional.  

Hackney Hypnobirthing accepts no responsibility or liability for any loss, damage to any property arising out of or resulting from attendance at our classes. 

Privacy & GDPR

Information Held
I, Hackney Hypnobirthing, as data controller, hold business contact information including the names and contact details of individuals. This may include their email address, mobile or landline telephone numbers and business addresses.

The information I store is used solely on the GDPR lawful basis of: ‘Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for your legitimate interests’. This includes advertising, marketing and public relations and for the upkeep of my own accounts. This processing of personal information is done solely to support my primary business activity.

The information I store has come from a variety of sources including incoming business enquiries, and online searches for publicly available information on prospective business customers.

The individuals I hold information about are restricted to those we need to process for our own marketing and account – for example past, existing or present customers or suppliers. The information we hold is restricted to that information necessary for our advertising, marketing and public relations – for example, names, email addresses and other identifiers.

Additionally, I process this information for the purposes of keeping accounts relating to any business or other activity we carry out; for keeping records of purchases, sales or other transactions to ensure the relevant payments, deliveries or services take place.

The individuals I hold information about are restricted to anyone whose personal information needs to be processed for the upkeep of these accounts and records – for example past, existing or present customers or suppliers. Further, the information I hold is restricted to that personal information that is necessary for the upkeep of these accounts and records.

No information relating to any individual under the age of 18 years is or will ever be knowingly recorded.

Data Retention

The information we hold is reviewed annually to make sure that it is accurate and relevant to my ‘core business purposes’. Incorrect or out of date data will be updated when identified. 

Subject Access Requests

Any individual may submit a Subject Access Request at any time. Following verification of their identity, they will be provided in writing via email, a detailed report describing what personal data is held by myself, why it is being held, which individuals or organisation it has or might be shared with and the source of this information (if available), within one calendar month of submission. 

Data Breaches

In the event of a data breach, the risk to individuals on my data base is low and unlikely to affect the rights and freedoms of those individuals that could result in: discrimination, damage to reputation, financial loss, loss of confidentiality or any other significant economic or social disadvantage. However, in the event that exposure to this risk is possible, the ICO will be informed within 72 hours of the breach becoming known, followed by direct correspondence to the individual(s) concerned.

Data Sharing

I do not directly share any of the information we store digitally in my database with any third party.

Contact

If any individual feels that any aspect of these activities contravenes G.D.P.R. regulations, they are invited to contact us directly to which we will respond formally within 10 working days. Individuals should be aware that if they believe there is a problem with the way we are handling their data, they also have the right to complain to the ICO if they wish.

 Zoom Courses

Once you’ve signed up you have committed to join the 4 sessions live.. It is an interactive course and not a lecture and therefore the sessions will not be recorded. This is also a matter of respect for the group dynamic and private nature of the conversations within. If you are unable to make a particular week you may be able to join another group course, by prior arrangement.

Agreement 

 Any booking of a course assumes full and informed compliance to and agreement with all of these terms and conditions of sale.  In the event of a dispute, English law pertains.

Website privacy

Cookies

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Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of our Site may not function fully or as intended.

Certain features of our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below, but please be aware that our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them

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