Privacy Policy
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I am committed to protecting your privacy and personal information and will never abuse your trust.   
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I'm also legally obliged to use any information you supply in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998 (these laws are referred to collectively in this Privacy Policy as the "data protection laws").  

This Privacy Policy explains
  • what information is collected 
  • how information is stored 
  • how information is used
​It covers cookies, email addresses and the use of statistical software.

It also provides links to the Privacy Policies of organisations providing webware used by this website.

Email addresses

My Privacy Policy in relation to e-mail addresses is simple.  
  • email addresses collected by this site are only used for correspondence relating to the page where you submitted your email address - with a suggestion or query.  
  • I won't contact you for marketing purposes or to promote new additions to the website to you except via social media such as Facebook and Twitter.  
  • The way the Weebly webware works means that your email address is stored on the Weebly servers.   This is the Weebly Privacy Policy 
  • Email addresses will never be passed by me to anyone else or any other organisation for any reason whatsoever!  That means they will never be sold, rented, or leased to any other party. 
  • I do store email addresses of contacts on gmail contacts - because that is the email service I use. If you don't want your email stored (and you just need to say), I will delete the email after sending it to you. That will mean I won't recognise you if you write again direct to my email address.

If you have any queries you can contact me
Interior of a Tulip 2007 by Katherine Tyrrell
Interior of a Tulip (2007) by Katherine Tyrrell (coloured pencils)

Cookies and statistical data

You are also assured of privacy relating to to data collected for statistical purposes

Very many websites, including this one, send you cookies when you visit the site in order to collect data to track traffic flows.  A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or other device browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive.  Whether or not you receive a cookie depends on your browser settings.  Cookies record information about the location of your IP provider, technical data about your computer and data about which pages you look at on this website and how these were accessed.  They do NOT tell Weebly or me who the person is or anything else about the person viewing the site.   If you have a website or blog yourself then you are probably collecting statistical data relating to traffic flows in a very similar way.  

Cookie data helps me to understand which pages are the most popular and how somebody arrived at the site eg from an art forum or via a search on Google.  It also enables me to know what format most people are using to view pages which helps with design and accessibility issues.

All data collected via this site is initially collected, stored and analysed by third parties.  Weebly provides me with basic statistics.  I get more information using three statistical packagesGoogle Analytics stores information about:
  • the pages you visit on this website and how long you spend on each page

  • how you got to the site 

  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site
Your personal information (eg your name or address) is not stored so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. Google is also not allowed to use or share the analytics data.

I am able to download some data to my own computer.   All data collected is anonymous and is collected solely for statistical purposes, to improve the service offered and is not used to identify individuals.  

If you are concerned about Cookies you can find out more about how to manage cookies on the AboutCookies website