Privacy Policy for Tidebrush Studio
At Tidebrush Studio, located at Brandon Street, London, London, City of, SE17 1EA, United Kingdom, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal data of our website visitors and students. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you interact with our online platform, which serves to promote art classes and workshops, showcase student work, and facilitate online registration.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, which may include:
- Personal Identification Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number (+447445129515), postal address, and payment information (e.g., credit card details) when you register for a class, workshop, or make a purchase.
- Demographic Information: Such as age or date of birth, which may be collected to tailor class recommendations or for age-restricted activities, always in compliance with legal requirements.
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use our site, including your browsing history, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and referring website addresses. This may be collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
- Communication Data: Records of your correspondence with us, such as inquiries made through contact forms or emails to [email protected].
- Student Work and Portfolio Information: If you choose to submit student work for display on our site, we may collect images, descriptions, and your name as associated with the artwork. Consent for such display will be explicitly obtained.
2. How We Use Your Information
Your information is used for various purposes, including:
- To Provide Services: To process your registration for classes and workshops (Watercolour painting, Acrylic painting, Figure drawing, Pottery, Sculpture, Mixed media, Art history workshops), manage your accounts, and facilitate online payments.
- To Communicate With You: To send you updates, confirmations, class schedules, and respond to your inquiries.
- For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: To inform you about new classes, workshops, special offers, or events that may be of interest to you, always with your consent where required by law.
- To Improve Our Services: To analyze website usage, understand preferences, and enhance the user experience on our site.
- To Display Student Work: With your explicit consent, to showcase student artwork on our site to inspire others and highlight the achievements of our participants.
- For Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users (e.g., payment processors, analytics providers). These parties are obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
- Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR
As a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Tidebrush Studio, Brandon Street, London, London, City of, SE17 1EA, United Kingdom.
5. Data Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. These measures include using secure servers, firewalls, and encryption technologies.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.
- Session Cookies: Essential for site functionality, these are temporary and erased when you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: Remain on your device for a set period or until manually deleted, helping remember your preferences and actions.
- Analytics Cookies: Used to understand how visitors interact with our site, helping us improve its performance and content.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
7. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
8. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or our data practices, please contact us:
- By Mail: Tidebrush Studio, Brandon Street, London, London, City of, SE17 1EA, United Kingdom