Privacy Policy

Last updated: 02 December 2025.

This Privacy Policy explains how Lewis Powell (“I”, “me”) collects, uses and protects your personal information when you visit www.lewis-powell.com, join my mailing list, or contact me about my work, trainings, retreats or mentorship.
By using this website or sharing your information, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

Who I am and contact details

Name: Lewis Powell
Website: www.lewis-powell.com
Email: lewispowell.org@gmail.com
Phone: +44 7482 871127

If you have any questions about this notice or how your data is used, please contact me using the details above.

Personal data collected

Depending on how you interact with the site, I may collect:

Identity and contact details: your name, email address and phone number when you complete the contact form, book a 1‑to‑1 session, or otherwise get in touch.
Enquiry details: information you include in messages about trainings, retreats, Amazon expeditions, Inner Guru CIC, or collaborations.
Marketing preferences: whether you have opted in to receive future information or mailing list updates (via the tick boxes on the Contact page and the “Join the mailing list” section).
Website usage and technical data: limited information such as IP address, device type, browser and pages visited, collected through cookies or similar technologies used by Wix and any integrated analytics tools.

Please avoid sharing detailed medical information or highly sensitive personal details via standard website forms; where deeper information is needed, this is usually gathered more appropriately during consultations or directly with you.

How your data is collected

Your personal data is collected when you:

Submit the Contact form on the website.
Click the “Book a 1‑to‑1 Session” link or otherwise contact me by email or phone.
Subscribe to the mailing list using the email subscription box in the site footer.
Browse the website, where Wix and any connected services may set cookies and collect usage data.

Purposes for using your data

Your personal data is used to:

Respond to your enquiries and messages, including questions about shamanic work, NEOSH trainings, Kambo Practitioner Alliance, retreats, Amazon expeditions and Inner Guru CIC.
Arrange and manage 1‑to‑1 sessions, mentorship, programmes and other services you request.
Send essential service communications (for example, booking confirmations, updates or changes to sessions or events).
Send optional updates and information about upcoming trainings, retreats, expeditions and mentorship openings, where you have opted in to receive them.
Maintain basic records for administration, tax and accounting purposes.
Improve the website and understand how visitors engage with the content and pages.

Lawful bases for processing

Under UK data protection law, personal data is only used where there is a lawful basis. For this website and my work, I rely on:

Contract – to provide the services, sessions, trainings or events you have requested, or to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement (for example, when you enquire about a course or booking).
Consent – for optional email marketing, mailing list updates and other non‑essential communications that you actively opt into via the website forms. You can withdraw this consent at any time (see “Consent and marketing preferences”).
Legitimate interests – to respond to general enquiries, maintain basic business records and run, develop and protect my services, where this does not override your rights and freedoms.

Sharing your data

Your data is treated with care and is only shared when necessary, for example with:

Wix.com Ltd – the platform that hosts this website and processes contact form submissions and mailing list sign‑ups on my behalf.
Email and communication providers that enable me to receive and respond to your messages.
Professional advisers (such as accountants or legal advisers) where reasonably required for business and legal purposes.

Your personal data is not sold to third parties.

Some of these providers may store or process data outside the UK. Where this happens, reasonable steps are taken to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent protections required under data protection law.

Cookies and similar technologies

This website is built on Wix, which uses cookies and similar technologies to:

Ensure the site functions correctly and securely.
Provide certain features, such as contact forms and embedded content.
Collect anonymised analytics or performance data to understand how visitors use the site (if enabled).

You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where provided, through any on‑site cookie banner or settings. For more detail, please refer to the separate Cookie Policy (when available) and to Wix’s own cookie and privacy documentation.

How long your data is kept

Your personal data is only kept for as long as needed for the purposes described in this notice, including to satisfy legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

In general:

Enquiry emails and form submissions are usually kept for up to 2 years after our last meaningful contact, unless there is a clear reason to keep them longer (for example, ongoing work together).
Client and booking records relating to sessions, programmes or trainings are usually kept for up to 7 years from the end of our work together, in line with typical professional and accounting guidelines.
Mailing list details are kept until you unsubscribe or until the list is cleaned and inactive contacts are removed.

When data is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymised.

Your rights

You have rights over your personal data, including:

Access – to request a copy of the personal data held about you.
Rectification – to ask for inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected.
Erasure – to request deletion of your data in some circumstances.
Restriction – to ask for the use of your data to be limited in certain situations.
Object – to object to certain types of processing, including direct marketing.
Data portability – to request your data in a structured, commonly used, machine‑readable format in some circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact me using the details in the “Who I am and contact details” section.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with how your data is handled: www.ico.org.uk.[1]

Consent and marketing preferences

If you tick the option to “opt for future information” on the Contact page or “I want to subscribe to your mailing list” in the footer, you give consent to receive occasional emails about future trainings, retreats, expeditions, events and mentorship openings.

You can withdraw this consent at any time by:

Clicking the unsubscribe link in marketing emails (where provided); or
Emailing lewispowell.org@gmail.com and asking to be removed from the mailing list.

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before it was withdrawn.

Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect your personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, including using reputable service providers and access controls.

However, no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed. You submit information at your own risk and are encouraged to avoid including highly sensitive details in website forms.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the law, my services or the technologies used on the website.

The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised, and the latest version will always be available on **www.lewis-powell.com**.[18]