1: Who I Am

This website is operated by Wendy Smith. If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact me at: wendyart@gmail.com

2: What Personal Data Is Collected

This website collects personal data in two limited ways:
a) Email Contact
If you contact me via the email link on this website, I may receive:

• Your email address
• Any information you choose to include in your message

b) Website Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics collects information such as:

• IP address (anonymised where possible)
• Device and browser type
• Pages visited and time spent on the site
• General location (city / region level)

This data is collected using cookies and similar technologies.

3: How Your Data Is Used

Personal data is used only to:

• Respond to email enquiries
• Understand how visitors use the website so it can be improved

I do not use personal data for:

• Marketing emails
• Profiling
• Automated decision-makin

4: Lawful Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, the lawful bases are:

• Legitimate interest – responding to enquiries sent by email
• Consent – for the use of Google Analytics cookies (via a cookie banner)

You may withdraw your consent for analytics cookies at any time.

5: Cookies

This website uses cookies.

• Essential cookies are required for the website to function correctly.
• Analytics cookies are used by Google Analytics to collect information about website usage.

Analytics cookies are only set after you give consent via the cookie banner. For more information, please see the Cookie Policy.

6: Google Analytics

Google Analytics is provided by Google LLC.
Google may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with UK data protection law.
You can learn more about how Google uses data here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
You can also opt out of Google Analytics by using this browser add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

7: How Long Data Is Kept

• Email correspondence is kept only as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry.
• Google Analytics data is retained according to Google’s default retention settings or as configured by the site owner.

8: Sharing Your Data

Your personal data is not sold or shared with third parties. Data may be processed by:

• Email service providers
• Google Analytics (as described above)

These providers process data under their own privacy policies.

9: Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Request correction or deletion
• Object to or restrict processing
• Withdraw consent for analytics cookies

To exercise these rights, please contact me using the email address above.

10: Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.