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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2025

Studio Raphael (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://studioraphael.co.uk

Email: gabrielle@studioraphael.co.uk

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymised string (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. See Gravatar’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors may download and extract this data.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. For example:

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last one year.
  • If you log in, we use temporary and persistent cookies to manage session data and screen display preferences.
  • If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved indicating the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

To learn more, please view our Cookie Policy.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the third-party site directly. These sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We only process personal data when we have a legal basis to do so, including:

  • Your consent
  • To fulfil a contract
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • For our legitimate interests (e.g., business administration, marketing analytics)

4. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We may also use third-party services (e.g. website hosts, analytics tools) which may access limited data to perform their services.

5. How Long We Keep Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction or deletion of your data
  • Object to or restrict certain types of processing
  • Request data portability
  • Withdraw your consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

To exercise your rights, contact us at info@studioraphael.co.uk.

7. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may also be transferred outside the UK where necessary, but we ensure appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place.