At Sunny Side Art we are dedicated to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when visiting our site or communicating electronically with us. This Policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you when you are on this site. We do update this Policy from time to time, so please return and review this Policy regularly. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, our data controller is Linda Edwards. From May 25^th 2018 our date collection is compatible with GDPR.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
   In operating our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
   1. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website when you make a purchase.
2. USE OF COOKIES
   1. We may on occasion gather information regarding your computer whilst you are on our website. This enables us to improve our services and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our website to our advertisers where appropriate. Such information will not identify you personally it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular parts of our website.                               
      
3. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
   The information that we collect and store relating to you is used to enable us to provide our services to you. In addition, we may use the information for the following purposes:
   1. To send an occasional newsletter with news of new products and events. To meet our contractual commitments to you.
   2. To notify you about any changes to our website, such as improvements or service/product changes, that may affect our service.
   3. WE NEVER PASS ON YOUR INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY

1. STORING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
   We may transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Economic Area for processing and storing. For example we use Mailchimp as a newsletter provider and PayPal as a payment provider. Also, it may be processed by staff operating outside the European Economic Area who work for us or for one of our suppliers. For example, such staff may be engaged in the processing and concluding of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all reasonable steps to make sure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this Privacy Policy. Data that is provided to us is stored on our secure servers. Details relating to any transactions entered into on our site will be encrypted to ensure their safety. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password so that you can access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
2. DISCLOSING YOUR INFORMATION
   We never disclose your information to a third party.
3. THIRD PARTY LINKS
   You might find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them.
4. ACCESS TO INFORMATION
   The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold about you. Please note that any demand for access may be subject to payment of a fee of £10 which covers our costs in providing you with the information requested. Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details above.
5. CONTACTING US
   We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Policy. Please do not hesitate to contact us.