Last Updated: 30 October 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to the Tasha Easton Art website (the “Website”), accessible at https://tasha-easton-art.co.uk/. This Privacy Policy outlines how Tasha Easton Art (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, protects, and handles your personal information in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
2. Data Controller
The data controller for this website is:
Tasha Easton
Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom
3. What Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
•Contact Information: When you use the contact form on our website, inquire about commissions, or contact us via email, we collect your full name and email address, and any other information you provide in your message.
•Transactional Information: If you purchase artwork or a gift voucher, we may collect information necessary to process your order. As this website uses WooCommerce, this may include your billing address, shipping address, and order details. Please note that we do not store your credit/debit card details; this information is handled securely by our third-party payment processors.
•Usage Data: We collect information about your use of our website through cookies and analytics tools. This may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
•To Respond to Inquiries: To respond to your questions, commission requests, and comments submitted through our contact form or by email.
•To Process Orders: To process and fulfill orders for artwork and gift vouchers, including managing payments, shipping, and customer service.
•To Improve Our Website: To analyze website traffic and user behavior to improve our website’s performance, functionality, and user experience. We use aggregated and anonymized data where possible.
•For Marketing and Advertising: With your consent, we may use cookies to deliver customized advertisements based on your browsing history and interests.
•For Legal and Security Purposes: To comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. This includes preventing fraud and ensuring the security of our website.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:
•Consent: We will only process your data for marketing or advertising purposes with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time. The use of non-essential cookies is also based on your consent, managed through our cookie consent banner.
•Contract: When you purchase artwork or commission a piece, we process your personal data to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
•Legitimate Interests: We process your data to respond to inquiries and improve our website based on our legitimate interests in operating and growing our business, provided that your rights and interests do not override these interests.
•Legal Obligation: We may process your data to comply with a legal obligation, such as for tax or accounting purposes.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to collect information about how you use our site. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types of cookies:
•Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the basic functionalities of the site, such as secure login and consent preferences. They do not store personally identifiable data.
•Functional Cookies: These help perform certain functionalities like sharing website content on social media platforms.
•Analytics Cookies: These are used to understand how visitors interact with the website, providing information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, and traffic source.
•Performance Cookies: These are used to analyze the key performance indexes of the website to deliver a better user experience.
•Advertisement Cookies: These are used to provide you with customized advertisements based on your browsing history.
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie consent banner on our website.
7. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to others. We may share your information with the following third parties for the purposes described in this policy:
•Website Host and Platform: Our website is built on WordPress and may share data with the platform and hosting provider to ensure its functionality and security.
•E-commerce Platform: We use WooCommerce for our online store. Your order information will be processed through this platform.
•Payment Processors: We use third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) to handle payments. We do not store your financial information.
•Analytics Providers: We may use analytics services like Google Analytics to understand website traffic. These providers may have access to your Usage Data.
•Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. We will retain and use your data 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.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
•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: 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.
10. Complaints
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at tasha@tasha-easton-art.co.uk.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data:
Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.