Privacy & GDPR Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Slurpy Studios uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.
Slurpy Studios is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Slurpy Studios may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 25th May 2018.
Where personal information resides
Website form submissions (Contact form and Project Enquiry form):
This data is emailed to one email address (aaron@slurpystudios.com); the original email is therefore stored on our webmail server, with a copy sent to a Gmail account. Additionally, each form submission will be backed up in our website database, using the Gravity Forms (WordPress) plugin. Every 6 months, we delete all original emails on our webmail server, plus the backed up version in our website database. The only version which is usually kept after this will be the one sent to the Gmail account.
Employee Database (Job Opportunity form):
If someone submits their portfolio (by email or post), or if we have collected a business card, etc. We occasionally store this data in a web-based database. This web-based database is hosted on a secure, private URL. We do not regularly delete this data, as it it stored until the time comes that a position/job opportunity arises for said person.
Newsletter:
We use Mailchimp to collect names and emails from users who opt-in to subscribe to our newsletter. The whole process is handled by Mailchimp and we do not collect this data anywhere else. This data will be stored indefinitely, unless the user unsubscribes or requests us to delete their data.
What data we collect
We collect the following information:
Website form submissions:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Company name
Employee Database / Job Opportunity form:
- Name
- Email address
- General location
- Phone number
- URLs to work examples (websites, portfolio, blog, social media pages)
- Professional skills
- Daily/weekly rate
Newsletter:
- Name
- Email address
What we do with the information we gather
Any personal data we hold at Slurpy Studios will have been supplied at some point by the third party via a web form, job submission, or newsletter sign up. We have only ever used this data within our company for incoming project enquiries, incoming job enquiries or marketing our news and services to people. We have never supplied this data to anyone else and have no intentions to in the future.
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- To provide you with a product, service or information that you have inquired about
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at aaron@slurpystudios.com.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us at aaron@slurpystudios.com or by filling out the form on our Contact page.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
personal information deletion requests
- Deletion requests can be made via email or the website contact form, and will be delivered to aaron@slurpystudios.com
- The access request or deletion request will be performed by Aaron Wood within two working days.
- In the event of a data deletion request: all personal data will be deleted from relevant databases, email copies, webmail servers, Mailchimp account and digital files.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.