Privacy

The HeartMap Reflection

Last updated: 7 September 2026

Who is responsible for your information

Dr Lori Leyden is responsible for the information collected here. She decides what it is used for and she is who to contact about it.

Intellectual Perspective Press builds and runs the tool on her behalf, and handles your information only on her instructions.

For anything at all to do with your information, including a copy of it or having it deleted, write to lori@drlorileyden.com.

What we collect

When you use the reflection:

• What you write in the four boxes.
• The reflection produced for you in response.
• A random identifier stored in your browser, so that if you come back we can show you your earlier readings. It is not linked to your name.
• A one-way scrambled version of your IP address. It cannot be turned back into your actual address. We use it only to filter out our own testing and obvious bot traffic.

If you choose to have your reflection emailed to you, we also collect:

• Your first name, if you give one, and your email address.
• Which consent boxes you ticked, the exact words you were agreeing to, and the date and time.

We do not use cookies for advertising, and we do not track you across other websites.

A note on what you write

You choose what goes in those four boxes. People sometimes write about their health, their families, their finances or other private matters, because that is often what the pressure is actually about.

Two things follow from that. Please write only what you are comfortable having stored. And please do not include information that identifies other people, such as names of colleagues, clients or family members. If you do, we may remove it.

Your answers are saved as soon as your reflection is generated, so that we can show it to you and so you can return to it. They are not connected to your name or email unless you choose to give them.

What we do it for, and on what basis

We use your writing for one purpose: to produce your reflection and show it to you.

If you ask us to email it, we use your name and address to send it, and we keep a record of your consent so we can show it was given.

If you also ticked the optional box, Dr Lori Leyden may write to you from time to time about this work. That box is separate, it is never ticked for you, and leaving it blank makes no difference to receiving your own reflection.

Our legal basis is your consent. You can withdraw it at any time by writing to the address above, and we will delete your information.

Who else handles it

To make the tool work, your information passes through these companies. Each of them acts only on instructions.

Anthropic processes your writing in the United States under standard contractual clauses. Your writing is not used to train their models.

We do not sell your information. We do not share it with advertisers.

How long we keep it

We keep reflections for as long as the tool is running, so you can come back to yours.

If you ask us to delete your information, we will do it and confirm when it is done.

If the tool is ever retired, everything is deleted within 90 days.

Your rights

You can ask us to:

• Give you a copy of everything we hold about you.
• Correct anything that is wrong.
• Delete it.
• Stop using it.

Write to lori@drlorileyden.com. We will respond within one month.

If you are not happy with how we have handled it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

This is not a medical service

This reflection is educational. It is not a medical diagnostic and it is not a substitute for therapy, medical care or professional support. We do not keep medical records and we are not providing treatment.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top.