Ensuring your Privacy

Inspiring Women Changemakers is a brand of Anj Handa Associates. We are committed to protecting your privacy, and we take our responsibilities regarding the security of user information seriously. This page was last updated on 2 November 2026.

1. Who we are

Inspiring Women Changemakers (IWC) is a trading name of Anj Handa, a sole trader registered as Anj Handa Associates, based in Leeds, UK. For the personal data described in this notice, Anj Handa is the data controller.

ICO registration number: 00019975033

Contact for all data protection matters: anj@inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk. Postal address on request.

This notice explains what personal data we collect, why, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it and what your rights are. It applies to our website, newsletter, free resources, membership, events and consultancy work.

Part 3 explains a different role. When we help a client with trustee recruitment, we usually act as the client’s data processor, and the client is the controller. In that case, the client’s own privacy notice governs how candidate data is used.

2. What personal data we collect and why

We collect only what we need. The table sets out each activity, the data involved and our lawful basis under UK GDPR Article 6.

Special category data

We do not ask for special category data (for example health, disability, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation) in our own activities, except where you choose to tell us about access needs so we can make an event or meeting accessible to you. If you tell us, we use it only for that purpose, on the basis of your explicit consent, and delete it when it is no longer needed.

Children

Our services are for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18.

Automated decisions

We do not make decisions about you using solely automated processing or profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects.

3. Where your data comes from

Mostly from you, when you contact us, sign up, download a resource, join, book or work with us. We also receive some data from the tools we use, such as analytics and email delivery statistics, and from publicly available professional information when we research organisations we may work with.

4. Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data. We do not lease it or share it for others’ marketing. We share it only where needed, with:

• Service providers acting on our instructions (data processors), listed below
• Professional advisers such as our accountant, insurer and legal adviser, under duties of confidentiality
• Regulators, courts or law enforcement where the law requires it
• Clients, where you take part in their recruitment or consultation process and the arrangement is explained to you by that client

If you are unsure whether a provider is current, ask us and we will confirm.

5. Transfers outside the UK

Some providers process data outside the UK, particularly in the United States and the EU. Where they do, we rely on a UK adequacy decision (including the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified) or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, so that your data receives equivalent protection. We can give you more detail on request.

6. How long we keep your data

7. Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

• Be informed about how we use your data (this notice)
• Access a copy of the personal data we hold about you. We carry out reasonable and proportionate searches to find it
• Have inaccurate data corrected
• Have your data erased in certain circumstances (the right to be forgotten)
• Restrict how we use your data in certain circumstances
• Receive your data in a portable format where we process it by automated means on the basis of consent or contract
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to direct marketing at any time
• Withdraw consent at any time. This does not affect processing already carried out

To use any of these rights, email anj@inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk. You do not need to use any set wording. We may ask you to confirm your identity. We respond within one month. If your request is complex or you have made several, we may extend this by up to two further months, and we will tell you why within the first month. We do not charge a fee unless a request is clearly unfounded or excessive.

The right to erasure and some other rights are not absolute. We will explain if we cannot comply fully, for example where we must keep accounting records by law.

8. Cookies and similar technologies

Essential cookies keep the website working and do not need your consent. We use other cookies, such as those for analytics and for embedded YouTube videos, only where you agree through our cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time. Our Cookies Policy lists every cookie we use, what it does and how long it lasts.

9. Security

We protect personal data with measures suited to a small independent practice, including secure and encrypted storage, strong and unique passwords with multi-factor authentication where available, restricted access to the data I hold, encrypted devices, a secure website certificate (SSL) and prompt installation of security updates. We choose service providers who offer appropriate security and sign suitable terms with them.

10. Personal data breaches

If a breach is likely to risk your rights and freedoms, we report it to the Information Commissioner’s Office within 72 hours of becoming aware of it. If the risk to you is high, we also tell you without undue delay, explaining what happened, what data is involved, the likely effects and what we are doing about it. We keep a record of all breaches, including those we do not need to report.

11. Links to other websites

Our website may link to other sites. We do not control them and are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please read their notices.

12. Changes to this notice

We will post any changes here and update the date at the top. If a change is significant, for example a new purpose for your data, we will tell you directly. Using our website does not mean you consent to anything in this notice. Where we need your consent, we ask for it separately and clearly.