Website Privacy Policy.

Updated: August 2024

This Website Privacy Policy describes the policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the website, www.thesomaticarttherapist.co.uk and tells you about your privacy rights.

WHO AM I

  • Karen Wilson is the sole practitioner at www.thesomaticarttherapist.co.uk.

  • Karen Wilson offers Art Therapy and Somatic Experiencing® to school-aged children through to adults.

  • Karen Wilson is solely responsible for the processing of data and its control.

 

COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Should you choose to contact me using the email address on this website: kwilsonarttherapy@gmail.co.uk you will be volunteering information such as:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • Address, Postal code

  • Reason to seek therapy

Using Your Personal Data

I, Karen Wilson, will use the above information you provide to communicate with you about the art therapy and somatic experiencing therapy service I offer.

Please note: Should you wish to proceed and receive therapy I will ask you to read and sign a separate Therapy Privacy Policy outlining how I collect, use and protect your data during and after our therapeutic work together.

A copy of the Therapy Privacy Policy can be found here.

Where is the information stored?

Your initial contact information will be stored in my email software, my email address kwilsonarttherapy@gmail.com is password protected.

What happens in the event of a data breach?

Please be reassured that I take all the sensible precautions to keep your data and information safe. However, in the highly unlikely event of a data breach I, Karen Wilson, have a duty to inform you and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) within 72 hours of it’s occurrence.

ICO registration

Karen Wilson is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office https://ico.org.uk/ as the data controller. If you have any concerns about how I am handling your data, then please contact the ICO quoting ZB059001 for further advice on how to query or complain.

 

COLLECTING WEBSITE DATA

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Analytics

  • This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

This information is shared with Squarespace, my website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Share buttons

This website includes share buttons which enable you to share pages or other content from this site to the following third-party services. If you click a share button, these third parties may receive your personal data, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

  • Your IP address

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.

Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

  • Your IP address

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

I may update the Website Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Website Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Website Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

CONTACT ME

If you have any questions about this Website Privacy Policy, You can contact me:

By email: kwilsonarttherapy@gmail.com

By visiting this page on my website: https://www.thesomaticarttherapist.co.uk/contact

By phone number: +44 7803607472

  

This Website Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator, and information from Squarespace.