Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22/09/2026
This policy explains what we do with any personal information you give us through this website.
Who we are
Soul Tonic Ltd is a UK registered company, number 09932833, based in London. We run samba percussion workshops, live music, a record label and audio services.
For anything to do with your personal information, contact us at info@soultonic.org.
We're the data controller for the information collected through this website, which means we're responsible for looking after it.
What we collect
When you fill in our enquiry form, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and whatever you tell us about your booking. That includes your organisation, where you're based, the type of booking, your date, rough numbers, and anything you write in the message box.
We only collect what you type in. We don't buy lists, and we don't gather information about you from anywhere else.
When you visit the site, our web host keeps standard server logs. These include your IP address, the pages you looked at, and the time you visited. That happens automatically on every website and it's used to keep the site running and secure.
We don't use Google Analytics or any other tracking or advertising tools on this website. Nobody is following you around the internet on our behalf.
Why we use it, and what allows us to
We use your enquiry to reply to you, work out whether we can help, give you a price, and arrange the booking if you go ahead.
Our lawful basis is legitimate interests. You've contacted us asking about a service, and replying to you is what you'd reasonably expect us to do with the details you sent.
If we go on to work together, we'll also use your details to arrange the session and invoice you, which is necessary to perform our contract with you. Invoices and related records are kept because we're legally required to keep them.
We won't add you to a mailing list or send you marketing you haven't asked for.
How long we keep it
Enquiries that don't lead to a booking are deleted after two years.
If you become a customer, we keep your details for as long as we're working together, and then for six years afterwards because HMRC requires us to keep financial records for that long.
Who else sees it
Your information is held in our email account and on our web hosting. We use the following companies to run those services, and they process your information on our behalf:
- Hostinger, who host this website
- Google, whose email service we use to receive and reply to enquiries
We don't sell your information, and we don't share it with anyone else unless the law requires it.
Cookies
This website uses cookies that are necessary for it to work properly and stay secure. It doesn't use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not work properly if you do.
Your rights
You have the right to:
- Ask what personal information we hold about you, and get a copy
- Have anything inaccurate corrected
- Ask us to delete your information
- Object to us using it, or ask us to restrict how we use it
- Ask for your information in a portable format
Email info@soultonic.org and we'll deal with it within one month. There's no charge.
If you're not happy
Please tell us first and we'll do our best to sort it out.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data protection regulator. They're at ico.org.uk, or on 0303 123 1113.
Children
This website isn't aimed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16 through it.
Where we run workshops in schools, any information about pupils stays with the school. We don't collect or keep it.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy we'll update the date at the top. If the change is significant, we'll say so on the website.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://soultonic.org.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
