Our Privacy Policy

Allen Carr’s Easyway are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

This Privacy Policy:

explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, call us or contact us by post or electronically
provides you with a detailed overview of how we will manage your data, from the point at which it is gathered and onwards.
will give you all the details you need on how we use your information, and how we will comply with the law in doing so. We may also, with your specific agreement, contact you with marketing materials.
sets out your rights in respect of your personal information, and how to exercise them. You can, for instance, seek access to your medical information, object to us using your information in particular ways and request rectification of any information which is inaccurate.

Customer details are not passed to third parties and are used only in accordance with the Data Protection Act. Your details will only be disclosed outside of Allen Carr’s Easyway to our partners who help in the delivery of our services.

Allen Carr’s Easyway may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, calling us or contacting us you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy. This policy is effective from 1 June 2018.

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About us

In this Privacy Notice we use “we” or “us” or “our” or “Allen Carr’s Easyway” to refer to the company who is using your personal information, and the therapists who provide your seminars.

Depending on your relationship with us, this may be:

Allen Carr’s Easyway (International) Ltd, Park House, 14 Pepys Road, Raynes Park, London SW20 8NH, Company No.2423347
Allen Carr’s Easyway (US) Ltd, 4 Phillimore Gardens, London W8 7QD Company No.8779260

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How do you collect information about me?

We obtain information about you when you contact us, for example:

Complete the contact us form on the website
Contact us through the ‘LiveChat’ section of the website
Ask us about products and services
Purchase a product or service
Register to receive one of our newsletters
Contact us electronically
Call us (calls may be recorded for training or monitoring purposes)
Complete our therapist’s pre-seminar assessment
For our corporate seminars, we have information about you which your employer has supplied to us. This is likely to include your name and contact details (postal and email addresses and phone numbers).

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What information do you collect?

The personal information that we collect will depend on your relationship with us. We will collect different information depending on whether or not you are already a client of Allen Carr’s Easyway but we may collect the following information:

Name
Contact information including email address
Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
Information provided via the therapist’s pre-seminar assessment (e.g. Details of services you have received from us and your personal history regarding your issue)

The confidentiality of your personal information is important to Allen Carr’s Easyway. We make every effort to prevent unauthorised access to and use of information relating to the services received from Allen Carr’s Easyway and details shared with us as part of the therapist’s pre-seminar assessment and seminar. In doing so, Allen Carr’s Easyway complies EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with UK data protection law, including the Data Protection Act 2018.

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What we do with the information we gather?

We may ‘process’ your information for a number of different purposes, which is essentially the language used by the law to mean using your data. Each time we use your data we must have a legal justification to do so. The particular justification will depend on the purpose of the proposed use of your data. When the information that we process is classed as “special category of personal information”, we must have a specific additional legal justification in order to use it as proposed.

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

Internal record keeping.
We use the email address to contact you in advance of and after your seminar or commencement of online product.
We may use the phone number to contact you if there are any issues with the seminar or your attendance.
We may contact you by email, phone, fax or post for general communication purposes in the provision of our services to you
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information we think you may find interesting using the email address you have provided.
The information collected through the therapist’s pre-seminar assessment is used solely by Allen Carr’s Easyway and the Therapist’s in providing services to you and treated with strict confidentiality.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or post. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Generally we will rely on the following legal justifications, or ‘grounds’:

Taking steps at your request so that you can enter into a contract with Allen Carr’s Easyway to receive services from us.
For the purposes of providing you with services pursuant to a contract between you and Allen Carr’s Easyway. We will rely on this for activities such as supporting your treatment and providing other services to you.
We have an appropriate business need to process your personal information and such business need does not cause harm to you. We will rely on this for activities such as quality assurance, maintaining our business records, developing and improving our products and services and monitoring outcomes.
We have a legal or regulatory obligation to use such personal information.
We need to use such personal information to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
You have provided your consent to our use of your personal information.

Note that failure to provide your information further to a contractual requirement with may mean that we are unable to set you up as a client or facilitate the provision of the Allen Carr’s Easyway service you wish to purchase.

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How do you lawfully use the information gathered?

One legal ground for processing personal data is where we do this in pursuit of legitimate interests and those interests are not overridden by your privacy rights. Where we refer to use for our appropriate business needs, we are relying on this legal ground.

The right to object to other uses of your personal data

You have a range of rights in respect of your personal data, as set out in detail in the section entitled “What rights do I have?”

You will find details of our legal grounds for each of our processing purposes below. We have set out individually those purposes for which we will use your personal information, and under each one we set out the legal justifications, or grounds, which allow us to do so.

Purpose 1: To provide you with Allen Carr’s Easyway’s services and products

Clearly, the reason you come to us is to provide you with our services and products, and so we have to use your personal information for that.

Legal grounds:

Providing you with our services and products
Fulfilling our contract with you for the delivery of services and products
The use is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.

Purpose 2: For account settlement purposes

We will use your personal information in order to ensure that your account and billing is fully accurate and up-to-date.

Legal grounds:

Our providing you with services and products
Fulfilling our contract with you for the delivery of our services and products
Our having an appropriate business need to use your information which does not overly prejudice you
We need to use the data in order to provide our services to you
The use is necessary in order for us to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights

Purpose 3: Communicating with you and resolving any queries or complaints that you might have

From time to time, clients may raise queries, or even complaints, with Allen Carr’s Easyway and we take those communications very seriously. It is important that we resolve such matters fully and properly, and so we will need to use your personal information in order to do so.

Legal grounds:

Our providing you with healthcare and other related services
Our having an appropriate business need to use your information which does not overly prejudice you
The use is necessary for the provision of services pursuant to a contract with us
The use is necessary in order for us to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights

Purpose 4: Managing our business operations such as maintaining accounting records, analysis of financial results, internal audit requirements, receiving professional advice (eg tax or legal advice)

In order to do this, we will not need to use your special categories of personal information and so we have not identified the additional ground to use your information for this purpose.

Legal grounds:

Our having an appropriate business need to use your information which does not overly prejudice you

Purpose 5: Provide marketing information to you (including information about other products and services offered by selected third party partners) in accordance with preferences you have expressed to us

As a business, we need to carry out marketing but we are mindful of your rights and expectations in that regard. As a result, we will only provide you with marketing which is relevant to our business and only where you have specifically confirmed your consent to do so.

Legal grounds:

Our having an appropriate business need to use your information which does not overly prejudice you
You have provided your consent

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How long do we keep personal information for?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary depending on the particular type of record under our retention of records policy. This is to ensure that information is properly managed and is available whenever and wherever there is a justified need for that information, including to support client care and continuity of care; to support our legitimate interests, and to meet legal requirements. In the case of information received from Essex Wellbeing Service we will delete the data no later than 18 months after it has been received including any data held in other locations.

If you would like further information regarding the periods for which your personal information will be stored, please contact the Information Governance & Data Protection Officer (contact details below) for further details.

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Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Financial details provided by customers on this website are entered directly via Paypal, Stripe or other third party payment system and are not stored by Allen Carr’s Easyway.

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How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file, which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

Allen Carr also uses 3rd party vendor re-marketing tracking cookies, including the Google Adwords tracking cookie. This means we will continue to show ads to you across the internet, specifically on the Google Content Network (GCN). As always we respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other 3rd party remarketing system.

The third-party vendors, including Google, whose services we use – will place cookies on web browsers in order to serve ads based on past visits to our website. – Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website. This allows us to make special offers and continue to market our services to those who have shown interest in our service.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Information about how you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies is fournd at Google’s Ads Settings

What Cookies do we set?

Cookie	Description
Necessary
rc::c	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
rc::a	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
cf_clearance	Clearance Cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server.
_cfuvid	The Rate Limiting Rules product uses a number of techniques for applying rate limits to traffic where multiple unique visitors share the same IP address, such as traffic from behind a NAT. These techniques can be enabled by using the cf.unique_visitor_id field in the rate limiting configuration.
wpEmojiSettingsSupports	WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.
connect.sid	This cookie is used for authentication and for secure log-in. It registers the log-in information.
geo-timezone	Used within our booking module to ensure you are presented with times in your local timezone.
__cf_bm	This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management.
vuid	Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos to the website.
__stripe_mid	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
__stripe_sid	Stripe sets this cookie cookie to process payments.
JSESSIONID	The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category .
CookieLawInfoConsent	Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
geo-currency	Used within our booking module to ensure you are presented with prices in your local currency.
geo-country	Used within our booking module to ensure you are presented with seminars local to your region.
viewed_cookie_policy	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.
Functional – to remember your choices
yt-remote-cast-available	The yt-remote-cast-available cookie is used to store the user’s preferences regarding whether casting is available on their YouTube video player.
yt-remote-fast-check-period	The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos.
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY	The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future.
yt-player-headers-readable	The yt-player-headers-readable cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences related to video playback and interface, enhancing the user’s viewing experience.
yt-remote-session-app	The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player.
yt-remote-cast-installed	The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-session-name	The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
_dc_gtm_UA-*	Google Analytics sets this cookie to load the Google Analytics script tag.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	Hotjar sets this cookie to detect a user’s first pageview session, which is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
Performance – to improve the website
SRM_B	Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors.
Analytics – to see how to improve the site
_gat_UA-*	Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behaviour tracking.
sbjs_session	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_udata	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_first	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_current	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_first_add	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_current_add	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
sbjs_migrations	Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.
_vwo_uuid_v2	This cookie is set by Visual Website Optimiser and calculates unique traffic on a website.
_hjTLDTest	To determine the most generic cookie path that has to be used instead of the page hostname, Hotjar sets the _hjTLDTest cookie to store different URL substring alternatives until it fails.
_hjRecordingEnabled	Hotjar sets this cookie when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized, to see if the user is already in a recording in a particular session.
_hjRecordingLastActivity	Hotjar sets this cookie when a user recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket.
MR	This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes.
_hjSession_*	Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.
_hjFirstSeen	Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores the true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.
_hjSessionUser_*	Hotjar sets this cookie to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site is attributed to the same user ID, which persists in the Hotjar User ID, which is unique to that site.
_fbp	Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website.
_gid	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_ga	Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.
_ga_*	Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
ahoy_visitor	This cookie is set by Powr for analytics measurement.
ahoy_visit	This cookie is set by Powr for analytics measurement.
CONSENT	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
_clsk	Used by Microsoft Clarity to store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording.
Advertisement – to make sure the ads you see are relevant
PREF	PREF cookie is set by Youtube to store user preferences like language, format of search results and other customizations for YouTube Videos embedded in different sites.
test_cookie	doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies.
IDE	Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads according to the user profile.
yt.innertube::requests	YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
yt.innertube::nextId	YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
fr	Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites with Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
yt-remote-device-id	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-connected-devices	YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video.
MUID	Bing sets this cookie to recognize unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations.
ANONCHK	The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user’s session ID and also verify the clicks from ads on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well.
YSC	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
_clck	Cookie is used by Microsoft Clarity to store a unique user ID.
Others – to improve user experience
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CLID	No description
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How can I control cookie preferences?

You can manage your cookies preferences by clicking “Manage cookies“. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

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Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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What rights do I have?

The law provides you and other clients with certain rights in relation to the information about you that we hold. You may exercise these at any time by contacting our Information Governance & Data Protection Officer (contact details below) or as otherwise noted below and without adversely affecting your care.

There will not usually be a charge for handling a request to exercise your rights and if we cannot comply with your request, we will usually tell you why. If you make a large number of requests or it is clear it is not reasonable for us to comply with a request, then we do not need to respond or we can charge for doing so.

Right of access

You have the right to access information held about you. This includes details of what information we hold about you and a copy of that information. The information will be provided free of charge and, unless there are grounds for extending the statutory deadline, the information will be provided to you within one month of receipt of your request. Please note we will generally also ask for confirmation of your identity and may need further information from you in order to locate the information, in which case the time period starts from the date we have that detail. Please note that in some cases we may not be able to comply fully with your request, such as where your request also involves information about someone else and it would not be fair to that other person to provide the information to you.

Please contact the centre where you attended the seminar or the Information Governance & Data Protection Officer (contact details below) should you wish to exercise this right.

Right to rectification

We take reasonable steps to ensure the information we hold about you is both accurate and complete. However, you are entitled to have the information rectified if that is not the case. Unless there are grounds for extending the statutory deadline, we will respond within one month of receipt of a rectification request.