Updated on 10th April 2024
Privacy Policy
At Projects Art Factory, we are committed to safeguard your privacy.
This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, and store your personal data. For the purposes of this Policy, ‘Personal Data’ means data which can identify a living individual. In handling your Personal Data, we adopt the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We ensure that your Personal Data is processed for a legitimate purpose, that you can exercise your rights as a Data Subject at all times, and that your Personal Data are kept secure.
If you have any questions on this Policy or wish to change how we use your Personal Data, including updating or deleting the Personal Data you already provided to us, please contact our Team at email hello@p-artfactory.com
When we process your Personal Data, we apply the GDPR principles
At p-Art Factory, we make sure that your Personal Data:
– is obtained and processed fairly and lawfully;
– is obtained for a specified and lawful purposes and is not processed in any manner
incompatible with such purposes;
– is adequate, relevant and not excessive for such purposes;
– is accurate and kept up to date;
– is not kept for longer than is necessary for the purposes it was obtained;
– is processed in accordance with the Data Subject’s rights;
– is kept safe from unauthorised access, accidental loss, or destruction.
What personal information may be collected?
We may collect your personal information when you:
How long will my personal information be kept for?
What rights do I have relating to my personal information?
You have the following rights relating to your personal information:
How can I unsubscribe and/or request a change to my personal information?
You may request to unsubscribe from our communications or have your details changed or deleted by contacting us directly via hello@p-artfactory.com
You may also unsubscribe by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any communication that we send to you by email.
Credit card transactions
B. Cookies & Pixels
To improve your experience on p-artfactory.com, we use cookies, tracking pixels and web beacons. A cookie is a piece of data that our website automatically transfers to the hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you access the website and is used to:
When accessing any page on p-artfactory.com for the first time, a banner informing our use of cookies is displayed. By accepting the cookie policy you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Sometimes we may ask for your consent to use your information for particular purposes (e.g. to send you marketing communications). Where we do so, this consent will be our legal basis for our use of the information. You can withdraw your consent at any time and we will then stop processing your information for that purpose. If you wish to withdraw your consent, then please contact us using the details at the end of this notice, for email please use the unsubscribe link.
Our 'share' tools
We know you love to share content we have on smythson.com. Please be aware that social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, might send cookies. We don't control the setting of these third-party cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
If you are an Artist
We process the Personal Data of the Artists willing to participate to our events and exhibit their works through Google Forms. With your consent, we collect, use, and store the following Personal Data:
Name and last name
Gender
Date of birth
E-mail address
Phone number
Address
Short biography
Title of the work(s) exhibited
We need this Personal Data to run the event efficiently. We also use some of this Personal Information (namely: name and last name, date of birth, short biography, title of the work(s) exhibited) to advertise the event on our website and other channels, such as our Instagram profile @p.art.factory
For more information on Google Forms, see https://cloud.google.com/privacy?hl=en
For more information on Instagram, see https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
If you are an Attendant
We process the Personal Data of those who are willing to attend our events through Eventbrite where they can purchase tickets. With your consent, we collect, use, and store the following Personal Information:
Name and last name
Gender
Date of birth
E-mail address
Phone number
Address
We need this Personal Data to run the event efficiently and safely. At the entrance of the event’s venue, Attendants will be required to show the QR code they received when they previously purchased their ticket on Eventbrite.
For more information on Eventbrite, see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-
policy?lg=en_GB
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at hello@p-artfactory.com
This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, and store your personal data. For the purposes of this Policy, ‘Personal Data’ means data which can identify a living individual. In handling your Personal Data, we adopt the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We ensure that your Personal Data is processed for a legitimate purpose, that you can exercise your rights as a Data Subject at all times, and that your Personal Data are kept secure.
If you have any questions on this Policy or wish to change how we use your Personal Data, including updating or deleting the Personal Data you already provided to us, please contact our Team at email hello@p-artfactory.com
When we process your Personal Data, we apply the GDPR principles
At p-Art Factory, we make sure that your Personal Data:
– is obtained and processed fairly and lawfully;
– is obtained for a specified and lawful purposes and is not processed in any manner
incompatible with such purposes;
– is adequate, relevant and not excessive for such purposes;
– is accurate and kept up to date;
– is not kept for longer than is necessary for the purposes it was obtained;
– is processed in accordance with the Data Subject’s rights;
– is kept safe from unauthorised access, accidental loss, or destruction.
What personal information may be collected?
In addition to personal details such as your name, date of birth, address, email and telephone number, we may also collect:
- Details of transactions or orders you make through PAF Shop, whether during our events or via our website.
- Details of your shopping preferences, such as your favourite products.
- Details of your visits to our website, in-store WIFI and the resources that you access.
- Details of when you contact Project Art Factory by email, post, social media or telephone (please note that we may keep a record of this correspondence in our system).
- Any other information from which we can identity you, or which is available on public registers.
- Email open and click behaviour.
How will my personal information be collected?
We may collect your personal information when you:
- Register or use p-artfactory.com (the "website")
- Purchase online or at our events
- Contact Projects Art Factory by telephone or email
- Complete any forms for transactions, employment or other purposes
- Sign up for an email newsletter
With your permission, we retain your personal information, preferences and details of your transactions to keep you informed by email, post, phone and/or through other digital means (including social media) about products and services (including special offers, discounts, promotions, events, competitions and so on) offered by Projects Art Factory.
We may also use your information to:
- Improve and tailor the content and appearance of the website to ensure that the most relevant content is presented to you.
- Administer any prize draws or competitions run by Projects Art Factory. Please refer to the specific terms and conditions tor each prize draw or competition.
- Carry out assessment and analysis (for example market, customer and product analysis) to enable us to review, develop and improve the products and services we offer.
How long will my personal information be kept for?
We will not retain your data for longer than necessary tor the purposes set out in this policy. Please note that different retention periods apply tor different types of data. Once data reaches its disposal date it will be deleted from our systems, physically destroyed or put beyond use it not permanently deleted.
What rights do I have relating to my personal information?
You have the following rights relating to your personal information:
- Be informed about how your personal information is being used
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request a change to the personal information we hold about you
- Request that we delete your data.stop collecting or processing it
- Unsubscribe from marketing communications
- Make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office
How can I unsubscribe and/or request a change to my personal information?
You may request to unsubscribe from our communications or have your details changed or deleted by contacting us directly via hello@p-artfactory.com
You may also unsubscribe by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any communication that we send to you by email.
Credit card transactions
- Your full card details are not recorded or stored in our database.
- Payments are collected via bank transfer, Stripe or Apple Pay. Please, see Stripe's Privacy policy here
B. Cookies & Pixels
To improve your experience on p-artfactory.com, we use cookies, tracking pixels and web beacons. A cookie is a piece of data that our website automatically transfers to the hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you access the website and is used to:
- Carry information from page to page of our website
- Store site preferences and the items in your shopping basket
- Identify whether you have visited our website previously
- Monitor the number of times you’ve visited p-artfactory.com, where you browse and what you’ve purchased
- Offer you tailored content
When accessing any page on p-artfactory.com for the first time, a banner informing our use of cookies is displayed. By accepting the cookie policy you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
It is possible to adjust your cookie settings and remove cookies at any time through your browser settings. You can find links below to the instructions of the following browsers:
Please note that if you do disable cookies, you may not be able to access all the services on p-artfactory.com.
Sometimes we may ask for your consent to use your information for particular purposes (e.g. to send you marketing communications). Where we do so, this consent will be our legal basis for our use of the information. You can withdraw your consent at any time and we will then stop processing your information for that purpose. If you wish to withdraw your consent, then please contact us using the details at the end of this notice, for email please use the unsubscribe link.
Our 'share' tools
We know you love to share content we have on smythson.com. Please be aware that social networking sites, like Facebook and Twitter, might send cookies. We don't control the setting of these third-party cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
If you are an Artist
We process the Personal Data of the Artists willing to participate to our events and exhibit their works through Google Forms. With your consent, we collect, use, and store the following Personal Data:
Name and last name
Gender
Date of birth
E-mail address
Phone number
Address
Short biography
Title of the work(s) exhibited
We need this Personal Data to run the event efficiently. We also use some of this Personal Information (namely: name and last name, date of birth, short biography, title of the work(s) exhibited) to advertise the event on our website and other channels, such as our Instagram profile @p.art.factory
For more information on Google Forms, see https://cloud.google.com/privacy?hl=en
For more information on Instagram, see https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
If you are an Attendant
We process the Personal Data of those who are willing to attend our events through Eventbrite where they can purchase tickets. With your consent, we collect, use, and store the following Personal Information:
Name and last name
Gender
Date of birth
E-mail address
Phone number
Address
We need this Personal Data to run the event efficiently and safely. At the entrance of the event’s venue, Attendants will be required to show the QR code they received when they previously purchased their ticket on Eventbrite.
For more information on Eventbrite, see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-
policy?lg=en_GB
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at hello@p-artfactory.com