CHEF'S SOULFUL COMPASS PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: September 16, 2026
Chef's Soulful Compass, LLC (“Chef's Soulful Compass,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you visit our website, book a travel experience, purchase mentoring or career services, complete a form or questionnaire, participate in a session, contact us or otherwise interact with our services.
1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT
Depending on how you interact with Chef's Soulful Compass, we may collect:
Contact Information: Name, email address, telephone number, mailing address and other information you provide.
Booking & Travel Information: Trip selections, reservation details, payment status, arrival and departure information, dietary requirements, accessibility information, emergency contact information and other information reasonably necessary to organize your travel experience.
Mentoring & Career Information: Professional background, work history, career goals, résumé information, employment preferences, skills, experience, questionnaire responses, assessment results and information you voluntarily provide during mentoring or career-development services.
Payment Information: Payments may be processed through third-party payment providers. We may receive information confirming your payment, transaction amount, payment status and related transaction details. We generally do not receive or store your complete payment-card information when payment is processed directly by a third-party provider.
Communications: Emails, contact-form submissions, questionnaire responses, messages and other communications you send to us.
Website Information: Depending on the technology used by our website and service providers, information such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring pages and website interaction data may be collected automatically.
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
• Process purchases and reservations
• Organize and administer travel experiences
• Communicate trip information and updates
• Provide mentoring and career-development services
• Prepare Career Action Plans, résumés, bios, portfolios and other client materials
• Review questionnaires and assessments
• Schedule and conduct appointments
• Provide customer support
• Process and confirm payments
• Respond to questions and inquiries
• Maintain business and transaction records
• Improve our website, services and customer experience
• Protect against fraud, misuse or security threats
• Comply with legal, tax, accounting and regulatory obligations
• Send marketing communications where permitted by law and applicable consent requirements
3. MENTORING QUESTIONNAIRES & ASSESSMENTS
Clients participating in mentoring or career services may be asked to complete questionnaires, assessments or intake forms.
These may contain information about your professional experience, employment history, compensation goals, career challenges, strengths, skills, applications, interviews and future plans.
We use this information to understand your professional circumstances and provide the mentoring, assessment, strategy or career-support services you requested.
4. VIDEO, AUDIO & RECORDED SESSIONS
Certain mentoring, strategy, coaching or educational sessions may be recorded when disclosed to you.
Recordings may be used to:
• Provide you with a replay of your session
• Review information discussed during the session
• Extract relevant information from the conversation
• Prepare notes, assessments or a Career Action Plan
• Create other materials included with the service you purchased
• Maintain appropriate business records relating to the service
Recordings and information obtained from private sessions will not be intentionally published or used as advertising, testimonials or promotional content without appropriate permission.
Recordings may be created, transmitted, stored or processed using third-party video-conferencing, transcription, artificial-intelligence, cloud-storage or related technology providers when reasonably necessary to provide the service.
5. TRAVEL INFORMATION
When you book a Chef's Soulful Compass travel experience, we may collect information reasonably necessary to administer the trip.
This may include your contact information, reservation information, flight or arrival details, emergency contact, dietary requirements, accessibility needs and information necessary to coordinate accommodations, transportation or activities.
Certain information may need to be shared with providers involved in your experience when reasonably necessary to fulfill your reservation.
6. HEALTH, DIETARY & ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
You may voluntarily provide information about food allergies, dietary restrictions, accessibility needs or other circumstances relevant to safe or appropriate participation in a travel experience.
We use this information only as reasonably necessary to understand your needs, coordinate services, communicate with relevant providers and administer your experience.
Please provide only information reasonably necessary for us to assist you.
7. HOW WE MAY SHARE INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information when reasonably necessary with service providers that help us operate our business or deliver purchased services, including:
• Payment processors
• Website and hosting providers
• Email and communication providers
• Scheduling platforms
• Video-conferencing and recording providers
• Cloud-storage or document providers
• Form and questionnaire platforms
• Technology or artificial-intelligence tools used to assist with service delivery
• Accommodation providers
• Transportation providers
• Tour, activity and excursion operators
• Restaurants or food providers
• Other travel vendors involved in an experience
• Professional advisers when reasonably necessary
We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process or governmental authority, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, customers, business or others.
We share only information reasonably appropriate for the purpose involved.
8. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
Our website and services may use or link to third-party platforms for payments, scheduling, forms, video calls, travel services or other functions.
Those businesses maintain their own privacy practices and policies. Information you provide directly to a third party may be governed by that provider's privacy policy.
Chef's Soulful Compass does not control the privacy or security practices of independent third-party providers.
9. COOKIES & WEBSITE TECHNOLOGY
Our website or service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, improve performance or measure marketing effectiveness.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain technologies may affect some website functionality.
Where required by applicable law, consent will be obtained for cookies or similar technologies requiring consent.
10. EMAIL & MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
We may send communications relating to your inquiry, purchase, reservation, appointment or existing relationship with Chef's Soulful Compass.
We may also send promotional or marketing communications when permitted by law.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting us. Transactional or service-related communications may still be sent when necessary to administer an active purchase, reservation or service.
11. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and transaction records, resolving disputes and satisfying legal, accounting or tax obligations.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods.
Information that is no longer reasonably necessary will be deleted, anonymized or otherwise handled in accordance with applicable requirements and reasonable business practices.
12. DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative and technological measures appropriate to the nature of our business to protect personal information.
However, no website, electronic transmission, cloud service or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. You should use reasonable care when transmitting sensitive information electronically.
13. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES & RIGHTS
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which may include rights to request access, correction or deletion of certain information or to object to or restrict certain uses.
You may contact us at chefssoulfulcompass@gmail.com with a privacy request.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. Some information may need to be retained when required for legal, tax, accounting, transaction or legitimate business purposes.
14. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Chef's Soulful Compass services and website are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.
If we learn that information has been collected from a child in circumstances requiring parental consent, we will take appropriate steps consistent with applicable law.
15. INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
Travel experiences may involve destinations outside the United States.
Information reasonably necessary to provide travel services may therefore be communicated to or processed by travel providers located in other countries. Privacy and data-protection laws in those countries may differ from those in the United States.
We limit such sharing to information reasonably necessary to arrange or provide the applicable travel service.
16. BUSINESS CHANGES
If Chef's Soulful Compass undergoes a business reorganization, merger, sale, transfer or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction where permitted by law and subject to applicable privacy obligations.
17. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organizations.
Chef's Soulful Compass is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of independent websites. You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website you choose to use.
18. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business practices or legal requirements.
The “Last Updated” date at the top identifies the current version.
Material changes will be communicated when required by applicable law.
19. CONTACT US
Questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information may be directed to:
Chef's Soulful Compass, LLC
Email: chefssoulfulcompass@gmail.com