Last updated: 20 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Leyla Preston collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you visit Leylapreston.com, sign up to the newsletter, download free resources, contact me, or interact with my content.
1. Who we are
This website is operated by Leyla Preston.
Website: https://leylapreston.com
Email: info@leylapreston.com
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Leyla Preston is the data controller for personal information collected through this website, unless otherwise stated.
2. What information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- Your name and email address when you sign up to the newsletter, free email series, waitlist, or download a resource.
- Any information you choose to send through a contact form, reply, survey, comment, or email.
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, referral source, and website usage data.
- Cookie and tracking information, depending on your cookie choices.
- Purchase-related information where relevant, although payments and book purchases may be handled by third-party platforms such as Amazon or payment providers.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information unless you choose to provide it.
3. How we use your information
We use your information to:
- Send newsletters, free resources, book updates, and email sequences you have signed up for.
- Respond to your messages, questions, or requests.
- Improve the website, content, emails, and user experience.
- Understand how people use the website and newsletter.
- Share relevant updates about books, journals, resources, offers, or related content.
- Keep the website safe and secure.
- Comply with legal, tax, accounting, or regulatory obligations.
4. Lawful basis for using your information
We only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so. This may include:
- Consent: for example, when you sign up to receive newsletters or agree to non-essential cookies.
- Contract: where we need to provide something you have requested or purchased.
- Legitimate interests: for example, improving the website, understanding audience engagement, keeping records, or protecting the website from misuse.
- Legal obligation: where we need to keep certain records or comply with the law.
You can withdraw consent to marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email.
5. Newsletter and email marketing
If you sign up to the newsletter, a free email series, or a waitlist, we will use your email address to send you the content you requested, plus occasional updates connected to Leyla Preston, The Choosing Yourself Collection, books, journals, resources, and related work.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email.
Our email list may be managed through a third-party email service provider, such as Kit/ConvertKit or another similar platform.
6. Cookies and analytics
This website may use cookies or similar technologies to help the website work, remember preferences, understand website traffic, improve content, and support marketing.
Some cookies are essential for the website to function. Others, such as analytics or marketing cookies, should only be used with your consent where required.
You can manage or change your cookie choices through the cookie banner or your browser settings.
7. Third-party services
We may use trusted third-party services to run this website and related activities. These may include:
- Website hosting and security providers.
- Email marketing platforms such as Kit/ConvertKit.
- Analytics tools such as Google Analytics or similar services.
- Google Reader Revenue Manager or other Google tools.
- Payment providers, if products or services are sold directly.
- Retail platforms such as Amazon, where books may be sold.
- Social media platforms when you interact with our content there.
These providers may process your information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
8. Affiliate links and external websites
This website and emails may include links to third-party websites, including affiliate links. If you click those links, the third-party website may collect information about you.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of external websites. Please read their privacy policies before using them.
9. How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the reason it was collected.
For example:
- Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it.
- Contact form or email enquiries may be kept for as long as needed to respond and keep appropriate records.
- Legal, tax, or accounting records may be kept for the period required by law.
- Website analytics data may be kept for a reasonable period to help us understand and improve the website.
10. How we protect your information
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no website, email system, or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. International transfers
Some third-party providers may store or process personal information outside the UK. Where this happens, we aim to use providers that have appropriate safeguards in place to protect your information.
12. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:
- Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Ask us to delete your information.
- Ask us to restrict how we use your information.
- Object to certain uses of your information.
- Ask for your information to be transferred where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where we rely on consent.
- Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
To make a request, please contact: [insert contact email]
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk.
13. Children’s privacy
This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact us so we can delete it where appropriate.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date.
15. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is used, please contact:
Leyla Preston
Email: info@leylapreston.com