Arts & Collections is managed by Damson Media Limited. Damson Media Limited is a UK registered company registration number 07869300 and operates as a media company. Our registered office address is 143 Caledonian Road, London, England, N1 0SL and our telephone number is 020 7870 9090.
The policy statement explains how we use any personal information we hold when you use our website.
To protect data information we have a data controller – if you wish to have data we hold removed then please use the form that we have provided on this website – there is a link at the end of this page – however before doing so, do read about what we do hold so that we can assist you correctly.
We are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
We collect information about you when you fill in any of the forms on our website ie sending an enquiry, signing up for an event, filling in a survey, enter a competition, click on an advert, give feedback etc. Website usage information is collected using cookies.
When submitting forms on our website we use a third-party software provider for automated data collection and processing purposes, they will not use your data for any purposes and will only hold the data in line with our policy on data retention.
Cookies are text files put on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is then used to track visitor use of the website and to create statistical reports on website activity. For more information visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. Please note in a few cases some of our website features may not function because of this.
Analytics – how visitors use our website
We use Google Analytics to store information about how visitors use our website so that we may make improvements and give visitors a better user experience.
Google Analytics is a third-party information storage system that records information about the pages you visit, the length of time you were on specific pages and the website in general, how you arrived at the site and what you clicked on when you were there. These cookies do not store any personal information about you eg name, address etc and we do not share the data. You can view their privacy policy below:
Google – http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
IP addresses
An IP or Internet Protocol Address is a unique numerical address assigned to a computer as it logs on to the internet. We do not have access to any personal identifiable information and we would never seek this information. Your IP address is logged when visiting our site, but our analytic software only uses this information to track how many visitors we have from regions.
Email Marketing
For email marketing, we use a third party secure contractor, who is GDPR compliant. The information that is held is normally limited to the name of the person and the email address.
All emails that we send have an easy to opt out option. By clicking on this unsubscribe button you are able to be removed from receiving any further emails from us. This simple opt out system ensures that you no longer receive emails, it does this by placing your email on a suppression list.
Further we never sell or pass on our email marketing data, so once you opt out you can be sure that the use of the email in any way ceases.
Online advertising
This website is a free to use website and contains advertising which pays for its upkeep; by clicking on an advertisement you help us keep the website running.
When you do this we you are sent to a third party website and you should read their privacy details before proceeding.
As part of our marketing we use Google Analytics please see details above for more information.
Internet Based Advertising
We use Facebook and Twitter advertising services and as such there are tracking codes installed on our website so that we can manage the effectiveness of these campaigns. We do not store any personal data within this type of tracking.
How will we use this information and why?
We take your privacy seriously and only use personal information to provide services that you sign up for.
We do not ever sell or pass on to third parties your personal information and the information.
How long do we hold data for?
In providing services to you, we will hold personal information for as long as are providing you the services for or in order to comply with our legal obligations, enforce the terms of our contracts, resolve disputes or prevent abuse. Otherwise, we only hold personal information for as long as is necessary.
What if I believe that you have personal data on me?
Consumer data that we hold is limited to names and email addresses, we have an easy opt out option on all newsletter that we send out.
We never sell or supply this information to third parties.
If you wish to have this email data removed please see the email marketing section above.