Privacy Notice

Get Free Publicity Today

Last updated: 15 October 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Get Free Publicity Today.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect your personal information when you visit our website, request free resources, apply for our services, purchase a product or service, or communicate with us.

We are committed to handling your personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), as amended.

This notice applies to www.getfreepublicitytoday.com and any related landing pages, application forms, booking pages, payment pages or services operated by Get Free Publicity Today, including those hosted by third-party service providers.

Our services are intended for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

2. Who Is Responsible for Your Personal Information?

The data controller responsible for your personal information is:

Sharon Bolt trading as Get Free Publicity Today

Email: enquiries@getfreepublicitytoday.com

Postal address:
PO Box 688
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 4UE
England

Website: www.getfreepublicitytoday.com

As the data controller, we determine how and why your personal information is processed.

If you have any questions about this notice or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us using the details above.

3. What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of information.

Identity and Contact Information

Your name, email address, telephone number, business name, billing details and other contact information you choose to provide.

Business and Professional Information

Information about your business, profession, expertise, website, social media profiles, target audience, business goals, publicity experience and media objectives.

Application and Service Information

Information submitted through our applications, questionnaires, consultation forms, Magnetic Media Review applications and other service-related forms.

This may include your professional background, publicity goals, existing media coverage, marketing challenges and materials submitted for our review.

Media and Content Materials

Press releases, biographies, media kits, photographs, pitch documents, website links, video or audio recordings, and other content you voluntarily submit in connection with our services.

Transaction Information

Information about purchases, payment amounts, payment dates, transaction references, refunds and the services purchased.

Payments may be processed by secure third-party payment providers. We do not normally receive or store complete payment-card numbers or card security codes.

Marketing and Communication Information

Your email preferences, newsletter subscriptions, consent records, unsubscribe requests and communications with us.

Technical and Website Information

Your IP address, browser type, device information, website usage, pages visited, referral information and information collected through cookies or similar technologies.

Feedback and Testimonials

Reviews, survey responses, testimonials and other feedback you voluntarily provide.

We do not routinely request special category personal data, such as health information, religious beliefs or political opinions.

Please avoid including sensitive personal information in applications or submitted materials unless it is genuinely necessary and we have agreed an appropriate way to handle it.

4. How We Collect Your Information

We collect personal information when you provide it directly to us, including when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter or request a free guide, masterclass or other resource.
• Complete an application for the Magnetic Media Review or another service.
• Purchase publicity mentoring, coaching, consulting or other services.
• Book a consultation or communicate with us.
• Submit a press release, biography, media kit or other material for review.
• Participate in a coaching session, consultation or recorded interview.
• Provide feedback or a testimonial.
• Contact us through email, social media or our website.

We may also collect technical information automatically when you use our website, subject to applicable cookie and privacy requirements.

Where relevant to the services you request, we may review publicly available professional information, including business websites, published articles and social media profiles you provide or direct us to.

5. How and Why We Use Your Information

We only process personal information where we have an appropriate lawful basis.

To Provide Products and Services

We use your information to process applications, arrange consultations, take payments, deliver purchased services, provide personalised feedback and respond to service-related enquiries.

Lawful basis: Performance of a contract or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.

To Deliver Free Resources

When you request a free guide, masterclass or other resource, we use the contact information you provide to deliver that resource and respond to related enquiries.

Lawful basis: Our legitimate interest in fulfilling your request, or another appropriate lawful basis depending on the circumstances.

Requesting a free resource does not automatically authorise us to send unrelated marketing communications.

To Send Marketing Communications

We may send newsletters, publicity advice, business updates and information about our products or services where we have your consent or another lawful permission to do so.

We comply with the applicable electronic marketing requirements under PECR.

To Improve Our Services

We may use customer feedback, enquiries and relevant service information to improve our website, resources, mentoring and customer experience.

Lawful basis: Our legitimate interests in operating and improving our business.

To Protect Our Business and Website

We may process technical information to maintain website security, prevent spam, detect fraudulent activity and protect our services.

Lawful basis: Legitimate interests and, where applicable, legal obligations.

To Meet Legal Requirements

We may retain or disclose information where necessary to comply with tax, accounting, regulatory or other legal obligations, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Lawful basis: Legal obligation or legitimate interests, as appropriate.

6. Email Marketing and Your Choices

We may send you emails containing publicity tips, educational resources, business insights, service announcements and information about Get Free Publicity Today products and services.

For individual subscribers, including sole traders and certain partnerships, we normally obtain consent before sending unsolicited marketing emails unless a lawful exception applies.

Where the products and services soft opt-in applies, we may send marketing about our own similar products or services if we obtained your contact details directly during a sale or negotiation of a sale, offered a clear opportunity to opt out when collecting those details, and provide an opt-out in every subsequent marketing message.

Where different rules apply to corporate subscribers, we will still comply with applicable data protection requirements and respect objections to direct marketing.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or contacting enquiries@getfreepublicitytoday.com.

Withdrawing consent or unsubscribing will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out beforehand.

You may still receive essential service-related communications concerning a purchase, booking or ongoing service.

We may retain a minimal suppression record to ensure that we respect your request not to receive further marketing.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

7. Publicity Mentoring, Media Submissions and Confidentiality

As part of our publicity mentoring and consulting services, you may provide us with business information, draft pitches, press releases, professional biographies, marketing strategies and other materials.

We use these materials to provide the services you have requested.

Where media outreach forms part of an agreed service, we may share approved professional information and publicity materials with relevant journalists, producers, editors or media organisations.

We will not intentionally publish private consultation materials or confidential client submissions as testimonials or promotional examples without appropriate permission or another lawful basis.

Information you specifically approve for public media distribution may subsequently be published, stored or shared by independent media organisations according to their own editorial and privacy practices.

We cannot control the independent publication or retention decisions of those organisations.

8. Who We Share Your Information With

We may share personal information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate our business and deliver our services.

These may include:

• Website hosting, landing-page and form providers.
• Email delivery and marketing management platforms.
• Secure payment processors.
• Booking, video conferencing and video delivery services.
• Website analytics, security and technical support providers.
• Accountants, legal advisers and other professional service providers.
• Journalists, editors, producers or media organisations where sharing is part of an agreed publicity service.
• Regulators, authorities or other parties where disclosure is legally required.

We only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Where a service provider processes information on our behalf, we seek to ensure that appropriate data protection arrangements are in place.

Some third parties, including independent payment providers and media organisations, may act as separate data controllers and have their own privacy notices.

We do not sell customer or subscriber databases.

9. International Data Transfers

Some of the technology and service providers we use may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where a restricted international transfer takes place, we will ensure that an appropriate transfer mechanism applies.

Depending on the destination and provider, this may include:

• Applicable UK adequacy regulations.
• The UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, where the US recipient is appropriately certified and the transfer qualifies.
• Appropriate contractual safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to relevant standard contractual clauses, together with any required transfer risk assessment.
• Another transfer mechanism permitted under applicable UK data protection law.

You may contact us for further information about the safeguards relevant to your personal information.

10. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate records and meeting legal obligations.

Retention periods depend on the type of information and why we hold it.

Enquiries and Applications

We review enquiries and applications that do not result in a purchase and remove information when it is no longer needed for responding to the enquiry, follow-up or legitimate business record-keeping.

Client and Transaction Records

We retain relevant records for the duration of our business relationship and for any additional period required for accounting, tax, contractual or legal purposes.

Submitted Publicity Materials

We retain materials for as long as needed to deliver the agreed service, handle reasonable follow-up requests or meet applicable legal requirements, and then delete or anonymise them where appropriate.

Marketing Records

We retain relevant subscription information while you remain subscribed, subject to periodic review.

If you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to respect your preference.

Technical and Website Information

Retention depends on the nature of the information, the relevant technology and our Cookie Policy.

When determining retention periods, we consider the nature and sensitivity of the information, the purpose for which it is held, applicable legal obligations and whether the purpose can be achieved using less information.

When information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to delete or anonymise it securely.

11. How We Protect Your Information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, disclosure or loss.

These measures may include secure service providers, access controls, account authentication, appropriate confidentiality arrangements and secure payment processing.

Access to personal information is limited to people and service providers who reasonably need it for legitimate business purposes.

Although we take appropriate precautions, no internet-based service or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Where required by law, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority and affected individuals of qualifying personal data breaches.

12. Your Data Protection Rights

Subject to applicable legal conditions and exemptions, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of your personal information.
• Request restriction of certain processing activities.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Object at any time to the use of your information for direct marketing.
• Request the transfer of certain information to you or another provider.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Exercise applicable rights relating to automated decision-making.

To exercise your rights, please email enquiries@getfreepublicitytoday.com.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law, normally within one month, subject to any lawful extensions.

You will not normally be charged for exercising your rights, although the law permits fees or refusal in certain limited circumstances.

If you have concerns about how we handle your information, please contact us first so we can investigate.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.

ICO website: https://ico.org.uk

13. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, security, performance measurement and other purposes described in our Cookie Policy.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly.

Where required by law, we obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies, including relevant analytics or advertising technologies.

You can manage your cookie preferences using the controls provided on our website, where available, and through your browser settings.

For further information, please read our Cookie Policy:

https://www.getfreepublicitytoday.com/cookie-policy

14. Third-Party Websites and Social Media

Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, media publications, booking services or other third-party resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of independently operated websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy notices of those organisations before submitting personal information.

15. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our services, business practices, technology or applicable law.

The latest version will be published on this website with its updated revision date.

Where changes materially affect how we use personal information, we will provide additional notice where required by law.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, how we handle your personal information, or your data protection rights, please contact:

Sharon Bolt trading as Get Free Publicity Today

Email: enquiries@getfreepublicitytoday.com

Postal address:
PO Box 688
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 4UE
England

Website: https://www.getfreepublicitytoday.com