Debra Sweeney Artist
Last Updated: May 15, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Debra Sweeney Artist (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares personal information when you visit our website debrasweeney.co.uk (the “Website”) or interact with us in other ways (e.g., through email, phone, or in person).
1. Who We Are
Debra Sweeney Artist is an individual artist based in the United Kingdom.
2. What Personal Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Contact Information: Your name, email address, postal address, phone number.
- Website Usage Data: Information about how you use our Website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits. This is typically collected through cookies and similar technologies (see section 7).
- Transaction Information: Details of purchases you make from us, including the artwork or prints ordered, payment information (processed securely by third-party payment processors – we do not directly store your full payment details), and delivery address.
- Communication Data: Records of our correspondence with you, including emails, phone calls, and messages sent through contact forms.
- Marketing Preferences: Information about your preferences for receiving marketing communications from us.
- Commission Inquiries: Details you provide when inquiring about commissioned artwork, which may include your ideas, preferences, and budget.
- Exhibition Sign-up Information: If you sign up for notifications about exhibitions, we will collect your name and email address.
3. How We Collect Your Personal Information
We collect personal information in the following ways:
- Directly from You: When you fill out forms on our Website (e.g., contact forms, order forms, exhibition sign-ups), when you contact us by email or phone, or when you provide information in person.
- Automatically: Through cookies and similar technologies when you browse our Website (see section 7).
- From Third Parties: We may receive limited personal information from third-party service providers (e.g., payment processors, analytics providers).
4. How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Manage Our Services: To process your orders, deliver artwork or prints, respond to your inquiries, and manage your account.
- To Communicate with You: To send you order confirmations, shipping updates, and respond to your messages.
- To Process Payments: To facilitate payments for your purchases (we use secure third-party payment processors).
- To Improve Our Website and Services: To analyze Website usage data to understand how visitors use our Website and to make improvements.
- For Marketing Purposes: To send you information about new artwork, exhibitions, and special offers (only if you have consented to receive such communications). You can opt-out at any time (see section 8).
- To Manage Commissions: To communicate with you about potential commissioned artwork and manage the commission process.
- To Inform You About Exhibitions: To send you notifications about upcoming exhibitions if you have signed up for this service.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- For Legitimate Interests: We may also process your personal information for our legitimate business interests, such as preventing fraud, maintaining the security of our Website, and improving our services, provided that your rights and freedoms do not override these interests.
5. How We Share Your Personal Information
We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: Third-party service providers who assist us with website hosting, payment processing, delivery services, email marketing, and analytics. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your personal information.
- Payment Processors: To process your payments securely. We do not store your full payment details.
- Delivery Companies: To deliver artwork or prints you have ordered.
- Legal Authorities: If required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request (e.g., a court order or government inquiry).
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with other third parties with your explicit consent.
6. International Transfers of Your Personal Information
We primarily process your personal information within the United Kingdom. If we transfer your personal information outside the UK, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information in accordance with UK data protection laws.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our Website may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies for various purposes, including:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Website.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors use our Website so we can improve it.
- Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (e.g., language preferences).
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Website.
8. Your Rights Under Data Protection Laws
Under UK data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- The Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we delete your personal information.
- The Right to Restriction of Processing: In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- The Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.
- Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
- The Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in section 10. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
9. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include [Insert specific security measures you take, e.g., encryption, secure servers, access controls]. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
Debra Sweeney Artist – darbysweeney@aol.com
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. The updated policy will be posted on our Website with a revised “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.