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Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2025

This privacy policy explains how The Female CEO – Create Evolve Overcome Ltd (“we”, “our” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you interact with us, including through our website www.thefemaleceo.com, events, features, and community platforms.

We are committed to respecting your privacy and keeping your personal information safe. Please read this policy carefully.

Who we are

The Female CEO – Create Evolve Overcome Ltd is a global digital magazine, platform, and community designed to support and amplify women in business.

We are the “data controller” of your personal information, meaning we decide how your data is collected and used.

We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number ZB608597

What data we collect

We may collect the following types of data:

  • Identity and contact details (name, email address, telephone number, social media handles)
  • Account details (login credentials if you create an account with us)
  • Payment information (billing details when you purchase a feature, membership, or event ticket – handled securely via third-party processors such as Stripe, PayPal, or Kajabi)
  • Marketing preferences (opt-ins to newsletters, Biz Love Letters, community updates)
  • User submissions (articles, applications, testimonials, or other content you send us)
  • Technical information (IP address, browser type, operating system, referral source, website usage, cookies.

How we collect your data

  • When you interact with us directly (via our website, social media, phone, email, post, or events)
  • When you register for or purchase our features, memberships, or events
  • When you subscribe to our newsletters or join our community platforms
  • Automatically, through cookies, analytics, and similar technologies when you visit our website

How we use your data

We use your data for:

  • Providing and delivering our services (features, memberships, events, magazine access)
  • Processing payments and managing orders
  • Sending newsletters, Biz Love Letters, and marketing you’ve consented to receive
  • Managing your account and community participation
  • Improving our website, services, and content
  • Responding to enquiries and customer support
  • Complying with legal or regulatory obligations

Legal bases for processing

We only use your data where we have a lawful basis to do so under data protection law. These are:

  • Consent – where you opt-in to marketing or cookies
  • Contract – where we need to provide services you’ve purchased or signed up for
  • Legitimate interests – where it’s necessary for us to operate our business (e.g., analytics, community management), provided it does not override your rights
  • Legal obligations – where we are required to keep certain records for tax or regulatory purposes

Marketing

You may receive communications from us if you have:

  • Consented to receive them, or
  • Previously purchased a product/service from us (soft opt-in).

You can opt out at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” in our emails or contacting us at [email protected].

Cookies and tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Keep our website secure and functioning
  • Understand how visitors use our site (via tools like Google Analytics)
  • Improve user experience and personalise content
  • Support marketing and advertising (e.g., Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag)

You can manage cookies through your browser settings or our cookie consent tool. For more details, see our Cookie Policy

Sharing your data

We will never sell your data. We may share it with trusted third parties to help us operate, such as:

  • Website and email hosting providers
  • Payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, Kajabi)
  • Marketing and analytics providers
  • Event or membership software platforms

Where data is transferred outside the UK/EEA (for example, to US-based service providers), we ensure adequate safeguards are in place (such as Standard Contractual Clauses).

Data retention

We keep your data only as long as necessary for the purposes we collected it, including for legal, tax, or accounting requirements. After that, it will be securely deleted or anonymised.

Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including:

  • Secure servers and encryption where appropriate
  • Restricted access to personal data
  • Regular monitoring for potential vulnerabilities

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have rights including:

  • Access – request copies of your personal data
  • Correction – ask us to fix inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Erasure – request deletion of your data
  • Restriction – limit how we use your data
  • Data portability – request your data in a usable format
  • Objection – object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing
  • Withdraw consent – if you previously consented, you can withdraw at any time

To exercise your rights, email us at [email protected].

If you’re unhappy with how we handle your data, you can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): www.ico.org.uk.

Links to other websites

Our site may include links to other websites. We are not responsible for their privacy policies, so please check theirs before sharing personal data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our website.