Privacy Policy

Bloom Atelier ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our students, website visitors, and customers. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you visit our site, register for courses, or engage with our services, including comprehensive drawing courses, botanical illustration workshops, life drawing sessions, online art tutorials, and custom art commissions inspired by flora. This policy aligns with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our services to you.

1.1 Personal Data You Provide Directly

When you interact with our site, register for a course, or request a custom art commission, you may provide us with personal data, including but not limited to:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, postal address (14 Hawthorn Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin, D07 V9W1), and telephone number (+353 1 582 3105).
• Payment Information: While we do not store full payment card details, we collect information necessary to process transactions, such as billing address and payment method details. This is typically handled by third-party payment processors.
• Course and Workshop Information: Details related to your course registration, participation, and progress.
• Communication Data: Information you provide when you communicate with us via email ([email protected]) or phone.
• Artwork Submissions: If you choose to submit your artwork for display on our site or for feedback, this may contain personal identifiers.

1.2 Automatically Collected Data (Tracking & Cookies Data)

As you navigate and interact with our online platform, we may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect certain information automatically. This may include:

• Usage Data: Information about how you access and use our site, such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referral sources, and interaction patterns.
• Device Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, operating system, and other diagnostic data.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

2. How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used for various purposes, primarily to operate, maintain, and enhance our art education services:

• To Provide and Maintain Our Service: This includes facilitating course registrations, managing administrative tasks, and delivering online tutorials.
• To Manage Your Account: To manage your registration as a user of the service and provide access to various functionalities.
• To Process Transactions: To process payments for courses, workshops, and custom art commissions.
• To Communicate with You: To send you updates, confirmations, service-related announcements, and respond to your inquiries.
• For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: To send you newsletters, special offers, and information about new courses, workshops, or services that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of these communications at any time.
• To Display Student Artwork: With your explicit consent, we may showcase your artwork on our site to inspire others and highlight student achievements.
• To Improve Our Services: Analyze user behavior to understand how our site and services are used, identify areas for improvement, and develop new offerings.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: To meet legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

Our legal bases for collecting and using the personal data described in this Privacy Policy depend on the data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it:

• Consent: You have given us explicit consent to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes (e.g., for marketing communications or displaying your artwork).
• Contractual Necessity: The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (e.g., enrolling in a course) or to take steps at your request prior to entering into such a contract.
• Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or those of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms that require protection of personal data.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party service providers who perform services for us, such as payment processing, website hosting, analytics, email delivery, and marketing assistance. These service providers will 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.
• Business Transfers: If we are involved in 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.
• Legal Obligations: 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 government agency).
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

Under GDPR, you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Your rights include:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure ( "Right to be Forgotten"): 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.
• The Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Bloom Atelier relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at by mail at 14 Hawthorn Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin, D07 V9W1, Ireland, or by phone at +353 1 582 3105.

7. Security of Your Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Links to Other Websites

Our service 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.

9. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 16 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective, and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. 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. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By Mail: 14 Hawthorn Avenue, Dublin 7, Dublin, D07 V9W1, Ireland
• By Phone: +353 1 582 3105