Privacy Policy

Birth Coach Method® (“Birth Coach Method,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates www.birth-coach.com and offers professional education and training related to birth work and perinatal coaching. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our website and related online services, including inquiries, program registration, student access, and purchases.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Contact and inquiry information: your name, email address, phone number if requested, and the information you choose to include in a form or message.
• Enrollment and student information: registration details, professional background where relevant, account information, enrolled programs, course participation, progress, attendance, and completion or certification records, as applicable.
• Order and transaction information: products or courses purchased, billing and contact details, transaction references, and payment status. Payment credentials are handled according to the checkout and payment provider’s processes; we do not assume that all payment information passes through our website.
• Newsletter information: your email address, subscription preferences, and, depending on the mailing service, information about email delivery or engagement.
• Technical and usage information: information such as IP address, browser and device characteristics, pages viewed, approximate location derived from technical data, and interactions with the website, subject to the technologies and privacy settings in use.

Our general website forms are not intended for medical records or sensitive health information. Please do not send patient information or private medical details through those forms.

How We Use Information

We use information to answer questions, process registrations and purchases, provide student access and educational services, administer courses and credentials, offer support, maintain records, protect the website, and comply with applicable obligations.

If you subscribe to our newsletter or other promotional communications, we may send you educational updates, event announcements, and information about our programs. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link included in those messages. We may still send necessary transactional, account, or course-related communications.

Cookies and Analytics

Our website and service providers may use cookies and similar technologies for site functionality, account sign-in, checkout, security, embedded content, and performance measurement.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Depending on its configuration and your choices, analytics technologies may collect information about visits, interactions, devices, and online identifiers.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser or through privacy controls provided on the website, where available. Blocking certain cookies may affect features such as student sign-in or checkout. Additional consent or opt-out options will be provided where required by applicable law.

Service Providers and Disclosures

We use third-party providers to operate our website and educational services. Depending on the features you use, these may include website hosting and security services, analytics, contact-form and newsletter platforms, learning-management and student-account services, video or virtual meeting services, and online checkout and payment processors.

We disclose information to these providers as needed for their services. Some providers may process information under their own privacy notices, particularly when you interact directly with an external registration, learning, or payment service.

We may also disclose information when required by law, in response to valid legal requests, or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users, and services. We do not state that information is never sold or shared for advertising purposes without assessing the technologies in use and the definitions under applicable privacy law.

Data Retention and Security

We keep information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, manage student and transaction records, respond to requests, resolve disputes, and meet applicable legal obligations. The retention period may vary depending on the information and the service involved.

We take reasonable measures intended to protect personal information. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time. You can also contact us to ask about personal information we hold, request a correction, or request deletion, subject to applicable law and legitimate recordkeeping needs.

Depending on your location and the privacy laws applicable to our business, you may have additional rights regarding access, correction, deletion, or certain uses and disclosures of personal information. We will respond to qualifying requests as required by law.

California privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, depend on whether the law applies to the business and the processing activity. We do not imply that every right under that law applies in every circumstance.

Other Important Information

Third-party sites and embedded services. Links, videos, enrollment tools, and other embedded services may be operated by third parties with their own privacy practices. We encourage you to review their policies when using those services.

Children. Our website and professional training programs are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website. Please contact us if you believe a child has provided information to us.

International visitors. We operate from the United States. Information may be processed in the United States or in other countries where our service providers operate. Additional rights may apply depending on your location.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as our services, technology, or legal obligations change. We will publish the revised version on this page and update the date above. We will provide additional notice when required.