PRIVACY POLICY & GDPR

I, Lauren Kate, am committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of my visitors to my website. I just want to let you know that I am not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. Let’s be honest, that’s a dick move. But just in case you don’t believe me, in this Privacy Policy, I’ve provided as much detail as possible the information on when and why I collect your personal information, how I use it, the limited conditions under which I may disclose it to others and how I keep it secure.

INFORMATION I COLLECT FROM YOU

This comes in if you are enquiring about any of my work, commissions or you are getting in touch in regards to publications or exhibitions. This means that, at some point, you will have to fill in a form that requires you to inout your name, email address, phone number and possibly home or business address.

USE OF YOUR INFORMATION & SECURITY

When collecting any data from you, I work under the lawful basis of consent. This means that I'll ask you to explicitly opt in to me gathering this data from you and how I store and process this information. Firstly, it's necessary for me to gather, process & store this data so I can do my job as well as then contact you ONLY regarding things about which you initially gave me the information. You will never be added to a mailing list which you have not consented and signed up for, don’t worry.

COOKIES

I use cookies on my website. Cookies are small data files which are used to monitor and optimise the site based on preferences and searches, as well as enabling me to recognise you when you return to the site. By changing your browser setting, you can prevent cookies from being stored on your website.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You are entitled to see the info I hold about you at any time you like, and you can ask me to update it to make sure I've got all your most recent info in case you move/lose your phone/get a new email address etc etc.

OTHER WEBSITES

It’s likely that I will share links to different websites through my Journal (blog). If you click on a link in my Journal that takes you to another website and that website breaks your computer, that is not through fault of my website.

CHANGES TO MY PRIVACY POLICY

Any changes to my privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website and possibly over an email or announcements on any of my social media pages if I find the time. It will be clear if any changes are made.