Art Classes For Me (“we”, “us”, “our” or “I”) understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits booking.artclassesforme.com (“Site”, “Website”), and adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). We will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Our site is owned and operated by Art Classes For Me, art classes run by artist Kate Marr.

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

Personal data is defined by the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Under the GDPR you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:

1. The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions.
2. The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
3. The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.
4. The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we have.
5. The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
6. The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
7. The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that if data is processed using automated means you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.
8. Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal data:
Name, Address, Email address, Telephone number, Mobile number, payment information, information about your preferences and interest, IP address

Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data may be used for one of the following purposes:

1. Supplying our products and services to you. Your personal details are required in order for us to enter into a contract with you.
2. Personalising and tailoring our products for you.
3. Communicating with you. This may include responding to emails or calls from you.
4. Supplying you with information by email and or post that you have opted-in to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by emailing us at info@artclassesforme.com and putting ’unsubscribe‘ in the subject box.

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message and or post with information, news, and offers on our classes. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.

We not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):

1. For the duration of your course
2. And a further 36 months so that we are able to send you information on our classes that may be of interest to you. You are able to opt out at any time, and in doing so we will delete your data.

We have put in place security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorisation. We also allow access to your personal data only to those who have a business need to know such data. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they must keep it confidential.

In addition to your rights under the GDPR, when you submit personal data via our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for any direct marketing purposes.

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used solely by us. We may use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our Site and to provide and improve our services. We will have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details for the attention of Kate Marr:
Email: info@artclassesforme.com
Mobile: 0790-503-3025

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.