The Primary Art Network
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Last updated: 12/10/2026
Our contact details
Name: The Primary Art Network
E-mail: info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk
Date this policy was completed: 27/06/2021
The Primary Art Network is run by Hannah Wickham, a sole trader, who is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information provided by you:
- Your name
- Your school name
- Your job title
- Your email address
- Messages you send using our contact form (your name, email address and message). These are stored securely in our website account with WordPress.com.
- If you sign up for email updates from the website, your email address is held by WordPress.com so that updates can be sent to you.
- Our payment system Stripe may ask for other details such as your post code, this is purely to process the payment, please see their link below for further information.
We will also keep a record of any financial transaction you make with us but we do not directly collect, process or store your debit or credit card information. Online payments made through this website are processed securely by a third party payment provider Stripe.
Please refer to Stripe’s Privacy Policy for how your payment card data is processed by them.
You may also choose to provide additional voluntary information in the course of your use of this website.
In addition, we may automatically collect information about the website that you came from or are going to. We also collect information about the pages of this website which you visit, IP addresses, the type of browser you use and the times you access this website. However, this information is aggregated and is not used to identify you.
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- To communicate with you – usually to provide meeting links and information about The Primary Art Network and its half termly meetings along with our newsletter and other relevant resources.
- Verify your identity and details of your payment method.
- Administer our website and provide customer services.
- Meet legal, regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Monitor and analyse the use of any account to prevent, investigate and/or report fraud, terrorism, misrepresentation, security incidents or crime.
- Gather management information to form statistical and trend analysis.
- Investigate any complaints about our website.
- Contact you about our products and services which we think might be of interest to you (where we have the appropriate permissions to do so; please see ‘Marketing Communications’).
We use the information that you have given us in order to contact you about The Primary Art Network (see above).
We will not share your information unless we receive your prior written consent via email to info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk.
Under the UK GDPR, the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
- Contract – to provide the membership your school has paid for, including sending meeting links and resources.
- Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk.
- We have a legitimate interest.
Marketing communications
By registering or subscribing to The Primary Art Network you are giving us permission to contact you from time to time by email about our products and services that may be of interest to you.
If at any point you would like to opt out of receiving such marketing communications, please email us, stating your preferences, at info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk. This will mean you may no longer receive information such as meeting links.
How we store your personal information
Your information is securely stored on a personal, password protected computer solely for the purpose of contacting you in relation to your membership to The Primary Art Network.
We keep your name, your school name, your job title and your email address for the duration of your membership to The Primary Art Network. This is reviewed annually between July and September of each year.
Should you wish to discontinue or to not renew your membership with The Primary Art Network then we will dispose of your information by removing it from our system.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. This would mean that we would no longer be able to send you meeting links or other information relating to The Primary Art Network.
- Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
Please contact us at info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk if you wish to make a request.
Cookies and related tracking technologies
Our website is hosted by WordPress.com and uses a small number of cookies:
- Essential cookies – needed for the website to work properly, for example keeping the contact form secure.
- Statistics – WordPress.com collects visitor statistics, such as how many people visit each page and how they found the site. We use these only to improve the website and do not use them to identify you.
- Embedded content and sharing buttons – some pages include videos or “share” buttons, which may set cookies from those services.
We do not use advertising cookies. Payments are made on Stripe’s own website, which uses its own cookies.
You can block or delete cookies at any time in your browser settings. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site. To find out more about cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.eu, which contains further information about behavioural advertising and online privacy.
Links
Our site contains links to other websites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from this site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other websites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your personal information.
Security
We have implemented reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.
Sale of The Primary Art Network
There are no plans for the sale of The Primary Art Network. The Primary Art Network is run by a sole trader. However, in the event that this were a business to be sold or integrated with another business, your details will be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser’s adviser and will be passed to the new owners of the business.
Changes to our Privacy and Cookies Policy
If our Privacy & Cookies Policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on our website www.theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.
WordPress
We use WordPress to host The Primary Art Network. For more information please see their Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@theprimaryartnetwork.co.uk. We will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days, look into it promptly and keep you updated on our progress.
You can also complain to the ICO (the Information Commission) if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
