Introduction

I am committed to respecting and safeguarding the privacy of my Website visitors. I am the controller of the personal information processed via this Website. My following policy statement explains how I will treat your personal information. Any reference to “you” or “your” in this Privacy Policy means the person whose personal information is collected, used and processed by me. 

Your Rights

I will only use your personal information in accordance with ‘The Data Protection Act 2018’ and the ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ (GDPR), which came into force on the 25th May 2018. It aims to protect EU citizens and others from privacy and data breaches. Under this regulation, citizens of the EU and others are given the right to knowledge and transparency into what personal data is collected and how it is stored. Further, they have the right to have their information removed from my database.

Retaining Personal Information

Anyone who accesses information on my Website does so in the knowledge that they are accepting the following terms and conditions:

Under GDPR regulations, you have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed and if so the right to access the data and the information it contains. You also have the right to rectification of any inaccurate data and erasure of that data without undue delay.

On my website you are invited to contact me if you wish to. If you wish to receive a reply from me you are invited to include your name, email address and telephone number in with your message. If you wish to send these details, in so doing you agree to my Privacy Policy and Terms of Service as outlined on my Privacy Policy page.

When I receive such an email from you, clearly this may contain personal information such as your name contact details and any other personal details you choose to share with me. I will keep your email correspondence and personal details safe and never share your email address or the contents of your emails to any third party without your express consent. Nor will I sell, trade or otherwise transfer your personal identifiable information to outside parties. The only possible circumstances under which I may be required to release information is to comply with the law, to enforce my website policies or protect the rights of myself and others, and their property or safety. I also do not store your email address in my address book. Any email correspondence between us remains on my computer in a designated mailbox until you conclude our correspondence, or you ask me to delete it, whichever comes first. All these emails and their contents are then deleted. If I close my website, any on-going communications and personal information will be immediately deleted.

 Cookies 

The Website https://www.aboutcookies.org/ explains how you can delete and control the cookies that are stored on your computer.

My Website is based on WordPress a content management system. WordPress and the components used within the website use cookies to ensure optimal browsing for my visitors. My Website may receive traffic from the EU. Websites that receive traffic from the EU are required by law to get visitors’ consent to use cookies. Therefore, I have added a cookie notification to my Website, which will display at the foot of my Website until my visitors accept my policy.

‘Performance Cookies’ are small files that a Website or service provider transfer onto your computer hard drive through your Web browser (only if you select to allow by clicking the accept button). This allows the Website or service providers’ systems to recognise your browser and capture and record certain information about the areas of the Website you visit; time spent there and to identify any issues you encounter to help improve the performance of the site. Through these cookies and other tracking technologies, the provider stores and processes certain aggregated and personal information of people who visit my site.

You can find out more about Cookies on this page.

 Age of Consent & Safeguarding

The content of my Website consists of photographs of my artwork which is accompanied by relevant details in text. These include life drawings. There is no adult content and it is unlikely, and not intended, to cause any offence. The legal age of consent for accessing Websites is 16 so anyone under 16 should not access this site without expressed permission from a parent, guardian, carer or teacher/instructor.

Accessing Other Websites Through Hyperlinks

On my Website there may be opportunities to visit other Websites through hyperlinks. These Websites are not controlled by me so if you visit another website via mine, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what they do with your information as I am not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties. My Privacy Policy only applies to my Website alone. I do not pass on any of your information to other websites.  There are links from my Website to social networking sites, e.g. Facebook. By visiting social networking sites through such links, you are accepting their privacy policies.

 Changes to my Privacy Policy

If I make any changes to my privacy policy, these will be posted on this my Privacy Policy page and the Privacy Policy date will be updated. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

Robin Elgar updated 28. November 2020

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