Privacy Policy for Aistheio Studio
Welcome to Aistheio Studio. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit our site, register for our philosophy-infused drawing courses, life drawing workshops, or art theory seminars, and engage with our creative thinking development services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
1. Who We Are
Aistheio Studio is an art education provider based in Dublin, dedicated to promoting philosophy-inspired drawing courses and workshops. Our address is 142 Merrion Road, Dublin, Dublin, Ie.
2. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide:
- Personal Identification Information: When you register for a course or workshop, contact us, or sign up for our newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and postal address.
- Payment Information: When you purchase a course or workshop, payment processing is handled by third-party payment processors. We do not store your full credit card details on our servers, but we may receive transaction details such as the date and amount of the transaction.
- Correspondence Information: If you contact us via email, phone, or our online platform, we will keep a record of that correspondence.
- Technical Data: When you visit our online platform, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages or courses that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the site, and information about how you interact with the site.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To Provide Our Services: To process your registrations, manage your participation in courses and workshops, and communicate with you about your enrollment.
- To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and send you important notices about our services or changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- For Marketing Purposes: With your consent, to send you newsletters, promotional materials, and information about new courses, workshops, or special offers that may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
- To Improve Our Services: To analyze how our online platform is used, identify trends, and develop new features and offerings to enhance your learning experience.
- For Security and Legal Compliance: To detect and prevent fraud, protect the security of our online platform and data, and comply with legal obligations and requests.
4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
We will only process your personal data when we have a legal basis to do so. The legal bases upon which we rely include:
- Consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., for marketing communications). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract (e.g., when you register for a course).
- Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., for improving our services, security, or preventing fraud).
5. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information with trusted third parties in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (e.g., payment processors, website hosting, email communication services). These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
Under certain circumstances, you have the following rights concerning your data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email address [email protected] or by postal mail at the address provided below.
8. Cookies
Our online platform uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through our services. These cookies help us understand how you interact with our content and to personalize your visit. You have the option to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the online platform.
9. Links to Other Websites
Our online platform may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
11. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Postal Address:
- Aistheio Studio
- 142 Merrion Road
- Dublin, Dublin
- Ie
12. How to Complain
If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission in Ireland. Their website is www.dataprotection.ie.