Privacy policy

This Privacy Policy describes how laurenhawkinsartist.com (the “Site” or “we”) uses your personal data when you visit or make a purchase from the Site. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This is true (regardless of where you visit from).

Below details the information that we collect from you, how we collect it, and what we do with it. By using the website you are accepting the practices described in this policy.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Lauren Hawkins collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for a newsletter, purchase a product or service or use a contact form.

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.

  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.

  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.

  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

3. How Is Your Personal Data Collected?

You can visit our website without giving away your personal information.

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise.

  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies.

4. More Information on Cookies

  • Site Cookies

When you first visit our website, we have a visible banner that makes it clear that cookies are used and gives you the opportunity to read more about the cookies we use and why we use them. Attached to this banner is a button that allows you to consent to these cookies being stored on the device used to access our website. If you click the ‘I accept’ button or by continuing to use our site, we take it that you consent to this.

You can choose to disallow cookies by changing your browser settings. However, by doing so, you may hinder your user experience on this and other websites. If you would like to find out more about Cookies, please read the following Wikipedia page on internet Cookies. To find out how to delete cookies, please read the following guide “How to delete cookies”. You can also read more about cookies and how to opt out/disallow them here: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

  • Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how you interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. Aside from the approximate location (IP address), the information collected by Google Analytics is anonymous traffic data including browser information, device information, and language. You can read more about Google Analytics Data privacy and security here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

5. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • When we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

6. Sharing Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfil our contracts with you. For example:

  1. We use Stripe to process transactions on our online store. You can read more about how Stripe uses your Personal Information here: https://stripe.com/gb/privacy

  2. We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to any lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

  3. We also share information with our third-party fulfilment service and alternative payment gateways such as Clearpay or Paypal.

  4. Email marketing may on occasion be processed through a third-party service such as Mail Chimp.

  5. The site may provide links to other websites for the use by site visitors. If you link to other third-party websites, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites. Laurenhawkinsartist.com is not responsible for how data or information is treated/handled by any third-party website that is linked to our sites nor accept any liability for contamination or damage caused by any virus or electronic transmission from third-party websites and/or links provided.

7. Email Marketing

Just like you, we hate spam. We do not send you spam emails. We use Squarespace and MailChimp, to keep you informed of the latest news relating to Lauren. You initially chose to receive this information. However, you may opt out of Lauren’s newsletters at any time. An ‘unsubscribe’ link is included at the bottom of all email newsletters.

8. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. Data will be erased upon request.

10. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, object to processing, portability of data and (where the lawful ground of processing is consent) to withdraw consent.

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at lauren@laurenhawkinsartist.com

Last updated: 28/04/2024