Privacy Policy
Last updated: 24 August 2026
Emily Arnold Fine Art respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal data when you visit www.emilyarnoldfineart.com, contact us, sign up to our newsletter, make a purchase or otherwise interact with us.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Emily Arnold Fine Art is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal information:
Information You Provide to Us
When you contact us, place an order, sign up for updates, enquire about a commission or workshop, or otherwise interact with the website, we may collect information such as:
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Your name
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Email address
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Telephone number
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Postal or delivery address
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Billing information
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Details relating to an order or purchase
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Information submitted through our contact forms
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Details relating to workshop, commission or collaboration enquiries
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Newsletter preferences
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Any other information you choose to provide when contacting us
If you make a payment through the website, payment information may be processed securely by Wix and/or the relevant third-party payment provider. We do not generally have access to your full payment card details.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
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IP address
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Browser type
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Device type
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Operating system
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Pages visited
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Time spent on the website
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How you arrived at the website
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General location information
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Website interactions and usage information
This information may be collected through cookies and technologies such as Google Analytics.
2. How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
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Respond to questions and enquiries
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Process and fulfil purchases
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Arrange delivery of products
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Manage commissions and workshop bookings
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Communicate with customers about an order, booking or enquiry
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Provide customer support
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Send newsletters and marketing communications where you have chosen to receive them
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Understand how visitors use our website
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Improve the website, products, services and user experience
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Maintain the security and operation of the website
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Keep appropriate financial and business records
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Comply with legal and regulatory requirements
We will only use personal information where we have an appropriate lawful basis for doing so.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
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Consent, for example where you choose to receive marketing communications or accept analytics cookies.
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Contract, where processing is necessary to fulfil an order, workshop booking, commission or another agreement with you.
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Legitimate interests, where necessary to operate and improve the business, respond to enquiries and maintain the website, provided those interests do not override your privacy rights.
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Legal obligations, where we are required to retain or disclose information under applicable law.
3. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website.
Google Analytics may collect information such as the pages you visit, how long you spend on the website, the device and browser you use, your approximate location and how you found the website.
This information helps us understand website performance, identify popular content and improve the experience we provide to visitors.
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect this information.
Where required, Google Analytics and other non-essential tracking technologies will only be activated after you have provided your consent through our cookie settings.
You can withdraw or change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie controls available on the website.
Google may process information collected through Google Analytics in accordance with its own privacy policies and data protection procedures.
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly. Others may be used for analytics, functionality or other purposes.
Cookies used on this website may include:
Essential Cookies
These are required for the website to operate securely and correctly and may support functions such as shopping baskets, security, website navigation and user preferences.
These cookies do not normally require consent.
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics technologies, including Google Analytics, to help us understand how people use the website.
Analytics cookies are non-essential and, where required, will only be used after you have provided consent.
You can accept, reject or manage non-essential cookies through the cookie consent controls on the website.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
5. Wix
This website is created and hosted using Wix.com.
Wix may process certain information about website visitors on our behalf in order to provide website hosting, security, e-commerce, contact forms, website functionality and related services.
Information may be stored through Wix's systems, databases and applications.
Wix operates internationally, which means information may in some circumstances be processed outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards should be used in accordance with applicable data protection law.
6. Online Purchases
If you purchase products through our website, we may collect the information necessary to process and fulfil your order, including your name, contact information, delivery address, order details and payment status.
Payment transactions may be processed by Wix and/or third-party payment providers.
We may retain records of transactions where necessary for accounting, taxation, legal or business purposes.
7. Newsletter and Marketing Communications
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your name and email address to send you information about matters such as:
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New artwork
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Markets and fairs
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Exhibitions
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Workshops
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Events
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Products
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Creative updates
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News from Emily Arnold Fine Art
We will normally rely on your consent to send these communications.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in marketing emails or by contacting us directly.
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew it.
8. Contact Forms and Enquiries
When you complete a contact form or contact us directly, we may use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry.
This may include enquiries regarding:
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Artwork
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Commissions
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Workshops
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Collaborations
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Exhibitions
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Orders
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Events
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General questions
We will only use the information for purposes connected with your enquiry unless there is another lawful reason for using it.
9. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third parties where reasonably necessary to operate the website or provide our services.
These may include:
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Wix
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Google Analytics
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Payment processors
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Delivery and postal providers
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Email or newsletter service providers
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Website and IT service providers
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Accountants or professional advisers
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Authorities or regulators where required by law
We aim to only share the information necessary for the relevant service to be provided.
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Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including our Etsy shop and social media platforms.
If you follow a link to another website, that organisation may collect and process your information under its own privacy policy.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites and recommend reviewing their privacy information before providing personal information.
11. How Long We Keep Your Information
We only keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
The exact retention period will depend on the type of information and why we hold it.
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Enquiry information may be retained while the enquiry is active and for a reasonable period afterwards.
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Customer and transaction records may be retained for up to six years or longer where required for taxation, accounting or legal purposes.
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Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove your details.
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Analytics information is retained in accordance with the retention settings applied within our analytics platforms and is periodically reviewed.
Once information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete or securely dispose of it.
12. International Data Transfers
Some organisations that provide services to us, including Wix and Google, operate internationally.
As a result, personal information may sometimes be processed or stored outside the United Kingdom.
Where required, appropriate legal safeguards will be used to protect personal information transferred internationally.
13. Keeping Your Information Secure
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.
However, no website or method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your Data Protection Rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including the right to:
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Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you
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Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
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Ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
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Ask us to restrict how we use your information
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Object to certain uses of your information
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Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
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Request the transfer of certain information to another organisation
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Complain about how your information is being handled
These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
15. Children's Privacy
Our website is not specifically intended to collect personal information from children.
If we become aware that we have unintentionally collected personal information from a child in circumstances where appropriate consent was required, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or applicable data protection requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page, and the "Last updated" date will be changed accordingly.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:
Emily Arnold Fine Art
Email: e.arnoldfineart@outlook.com
Website: www.emilyarnoldfineart.com
Based in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom.
18. Complaints
If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.
