DATA PRIVACY
YOUR PRIVACY
We are committed to protecting your personal data and being clear about how we use it in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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To help us secure funding and raise awareness of our community projects, we may wish to take photographs/videos at our classes, courses or workshops. Such media will only ever be used positively and only the best images chosen. We will ask your permission before photographs/videos are taken and explain where they will be used.
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How we collect information
We collect information in a number of ways and only when you specifically provide them on a voluntary basis. This information comes directly from you and with your consent when you sign up to a course, subscribe to our newsletter or take part in an event/class/workshop.
​What information we collect and why
When you sign up to a course or workshop on our site, we store the following information: Name, Email and Telephone Number. If you sign up for a family course or workshop we will also ask the ages of any children taking part. When you sign up for a course you are entering a contact with us. In order to perform this contract we need to process and store your data in order to be able to contact you by email or phone, to confirm information, update you with important changes or in case of a cancellation.
If you sign up to our newsletters, we store your email address, as you have entered it into our 'subscribe' box. You can unsubscribe at atny time, by clicking the 'unsubscribe' link in any email, or by emailing us at info@artbrasil.org.uk
How we store your information
Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform that allows us to sell places for our courses and workshops to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. Payments on our site are made via Paypal and adhere to the standards set by The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
You can read Paypal's privacy policy here.
Privacy policy updates
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
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Questions and your contact information
If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at info@artbrasil.org.uk.
GDPR COMPLIANCE
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective from May 2018 gives all EU citizens more rights and protections for their personal data, to minimise the possibility of theft and fraud.
These regulations include provisions for the following areas:
The right to be informed - Companies must publish a privacy notice, in addition to explaining transparently how they use this personal data.
The right of access - Individuals will have the right to demand details of any of their data that a company may hold. This information must be provided within one month of request at no charge to the individual.
The right to rectification - If a person’s data is incorrect or incomplete, he or she has the right to have it corrected. If the company that holds the information has passed any of that information to third parties. The company must inform the third party of the correction and inform the person which third parties have their personal data.
The right to be forgotten - A person may request the removal of his or her personal data in specific circumstances.
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The right to restrict processing - Under certain circumstances, an individual can block the processing of his or her personal data.
The right to data portability - A person can access their data for their own use anywhere they prefer.
The right to object - A person can object to the use of their personal data for most purposes.
