How do we collect information about you?

We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you contact us through this website or Twitter, or if you register to receive our newsletter.

What type of information is collected?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what web pages are accessed and when.

How is this information used?

We may use your personal information to send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. We will not contact you for marketing purposes.

We may use non-personal information about you such as IP address, device type or geographical location in order to monitor activity on our website to better understand how our website is being used, and what countries our visitors come from. This data is tracked by Squarespace and Google Analytics; for further information, see the Squarespace and Google Analytics privacy policies. However, we do not match your IP address to any other information that would identify you as a unique individual person.

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or until such time as you request that we delete your information.

Who has access to your information?

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes. 

Security

Non-sensitive details (eg name, email address) are transmitted over the Internet, we cannot guarantee that the data will be 100% secure when it is transmitted. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us through enquiry forms, registration forms, or email enquiries, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Transfer your data outside of Europe

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EU. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

Cookies

This website uses cookies to generate user statistics such as which pages on our website were the most popular, how many visits we received from a certain country, or other stats that help us better understand our audience. This website is built on the Squarespace platform. Squarespace may use cookies which are necessary for the proper operation of their system, and to track the usage of this website in order to help us understand how the site is being used – and ultimately provide an improved user experience. You can read the Squarespace privacy policy here.

By accepting the Cookie Notification message, you consent to the use of such cookies from Squarespace. If you choose not to accept the Cookie Notification message, no cookies will be placed on your computer, and this data will not be tracked.

Email Newsletter

This website may operate an email newsletter, used to inform subscribers about news. Subscribers are given the opportunity to unsubscribe and/or manage their email preferences at any time through the MailChimp system.

Subscriptions are taken in compliance with all relevant privacy laws; we will not subscribe you to any marketing lists or send you information without your prior consent. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely within the MailChimp system. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates this website. You can read the MailChimp privacy policy here.

Social media such as Twitter

This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.

Review of this policy

This policy is under regular review. The last update was on October 28th, 2019.