Privacy Policy

Lever Arts is run by artists Jake and Gillian Lever from their studios in Birmingham, UK.  This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from our online shop.

Our commitment to you

We are committed to protecting your privacy and to complying with the data protection/GDPR laws in the UK.  In consequence, we collect the minimum amount of information about you that is commensurate with providing you with a satisfactory service.

What is the purpose and legal basis for us to collect and process your personal data?

The main purpose is to identify our customers to enable us to deliver to you the services that you buy from us and to provide you with any follow-up that is required. We also have to retain records of all our transactions for tax and accounting reasons.

We will not contact you for the purposes of marketing our artwork or services. We will only use the information that you provide to us (eg postal/email address) for the sole purposes that you initiate, for example the purchase of artwork or the participation in collaborative projects such as Do the Little Things.  If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

What personal data will be collected and processed?

Depending on the type of transaction you enter into, this may include your name, address, telephone number and email address.

Who will receive your personal data?

We will receive your personal data via our website, which will be viewed by Jake and Gillian Lever.

We do not give anyone else access to personal data unless we are required to by law. If we wish to process your personal data for purposes other than those specified in this notice, we will notify you with relevant information and, if necessary, seek your consent.

Payment details

Please note thatyour payment details are not stored by Lever Arts.  Instead, when you complete your purchase, you are directed to the PayPal website or payment portal where these card details are taken and stored securely.  Please visit their website for details of how this data is stored.

How long will wekeep your personal data?

We need to keep customer details for at least 6 full tax years under the UK tax laws. After that, until you ask us in writing to delete your personal data, we will keep it to enable us to contact you as mentioned earlier in this notice.

Security

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

What are your rights?

You have the right to:

  • ask us in writing for details of the personal data that we hold on you
  • require us to rectify any errors
  • have your personal data deleted if there is no reason for its continued storage and processing
  • lodge a complaint about the data controller with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office).

Further details about your rights under data protection legislation can be found on the ICO’s website at https://ico.org.uk/.

Cookies

Your internet browser has the in-built facility for storing small files- "cookies"- that hold information which allows a website to recognise your account. Our website takes advantage of this facility to enhance your experience. You have the ability to prevent your computer from accepting cookies but, if you do, certain functionality on the website may be impaired.

Third Party links and content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. This website also may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by us. Please be aware of this when you click on any such links; we are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than our own. Consequently, we strongly suggest that you review the privacy policy of every website you visit, whether or not they are linked to by our own site.

Third Party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Any changes to this policy will be placed here and will supersede this version.  We will take reasonable steps to draw your attention to any changes in our policy.  However, to be on the safe side, we suggest that you read this document each time you use the website to ensure that it still meets with your approval.

How to contact Lever Arts

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know what information we have collected about you, please email Jake Lever at lever.jake@yahoo.com.

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