Privacy policy
This page explains how Inner Balance Living collects, uses and protects your information. We have written it in plain language, because a policy you cannot read is not transparency.
Our privacy promise. We do not sell your personal information, we collect the minimum we need, and you can have it deleted with a single email.
Privacy at a glance
Six answers to the questions readers actually ask. Every card links to the full detail below.
Your email if you subscribe or write to us, plus standard, largely anonymous usage data.
To send what you asked for, answer you, keep the site secure and understand which articles help.
Encryption in transit, access limited to the people who need it, and vendors held to contract.
Access, correct, delete, unsubscribe or withdraw consent at any time — in one email.
Essential ones always; analytics, advertising and affiliate cookies only with your consent.
Privacy questions go straight to a human at privacy@innerbalanceliving.com.
Information we collect
We collect what you deliberately give us, plus the standard technical data every website receives.
Only what you choose to share with us, when you subscribe or get in touch.
Collected automatically, used in aggregate, and never combined into a personal profile.
How we use your information
If we ever want to use your data for something outside this list, we will ask you first.
Understanding navigation and reading patterns so pages load fast and content is easy to find.
Sending The Balance Brief to the address you provided, and only the editions you opted into.
Answering questions, corrections, pitches and privacy requests sent through our forms.
Seeing which guides answer reader questions — and which need rewriting or retiring.
Aggregate reporting on traffic, page speed and errors. We do not build individual profiles.
Detecting abuse, spam submissions and attempts to disrupt the site.
Suggesting related articles based on the topic you are reading, not on your identity.
Third-party services
These providers act on our instructions under contract. This list is updated when a provider changes.
Aggregate traffic and readership measurement. IP anonymisation is enabled where available.
Serves display advertising in standard IAB slots and measures ad delivery.
Stores newsletter subscriptions and delivers The Balance Brief.
Share buttons and embedded posts may set their own cookies when you interact with them.
Video players from third-party hosts load only when you press play, where technically possible.
Track referred purchases so partner merchants can attribute and pay commissions.
Data security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the data.
The whole site is served over HTTPS, and data sent to our providers is encrypted.
Only the team members who need access to subscriber data have it, and access is reviewed.
Providers are assessed and bound by data-processing agreements before we send them anything.
No online system can guarantee absolute security. We cannot promise that data transmitted over the internet is completely safe, but we do commit to acting quickly and notifying affected readers if something goes wrong.
Data retention
Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for legal, operational or service-related purposes.
Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, applicable law may give you some or all of these rights. We honour them for every reader regardless.
Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Have inaccurate or incomplete information corrected.
Ask us to erase your data where no legal obligation requires us to keep it.
Change your mind at any time; withdrawal does not affect prior lawful processing.
Update your consent choices here or through your browser settings.
One click in the footer of any email removes you from the list immediately.
To exercise any of these, email privacy@innerbalanceliving.com. We respond within 30 days and will never charge a fee for a reasonable request.
Scope & changes
Inner Balance Living is written for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16 unless a specific service states otherwise. If you believe a child has provided us with data, email the privacy desk and we will delete it promptly.
We publish worldwide, and privacy rights differ by region — the GDPR in the UK and EEA, the CCPA/CPRA in California, and equivalent laws elsewhere. Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, under appropriate safeguards. Regional specifics are maintained in this section as our provider list changes.
We update this policy periodically as our practices, providers or the law change. Material changes are announced on this page and, where appropriate, by email.
Privacy questions
A named member of the editorial operations team answers every privacy request. No ticket queues, no automated replies.
Related pages