Privacy Policy

This policy covers how I, Kate Bedell, will use personal information that is collected when you use my website. I am committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

What is Collected

Katebedell.com website does not store or capture any personal information when someone visits it and is not registered. The system will log your IP address along with other information provided by your browser. This may include the name and version of the browser you are using, your operating system and any website address that referred you to the katebedell.com website. This information will only be used for producing anonymous website statistics and will be used to help me with the delivery of the services on the website.

However the system will record personal information if you:

• Provide information by filling in a form on my site

• Subscribe, register or apply for services that require personal information to be given

• Report a fault and give your contact details for us to respond

• Complete surveys that we use for research purposes.

 Cookies

When you visit the katebedell.com website pages, a small text file called a 'cookie', is downloaded onto your computer. This is called a session cookie. This will only remain on your computer until you close your browser. This cookie is not used to identify you personally in any way. I will use this type of cookie to collect aggregated website statistics that allow me to understand how visitors use the site. All of the information collected will be anonymous and only be used to help me improve the website.  A persistent cookie will be downloaded when you first visit the site. These remain in your browsers cookie store between sessions. This type of cookie will allow me to identify repeat visitors to the site.  

You may opt to view the site without cookies by adjusting your browser's settings. If you do disable cookies some functions of the site may no longer work correctly. For more information on cookies see the All About Cookies website.

What I will do with your Information

Any information that is collected by Kate Bedell from this website will only be used for monitoring purposes unless you have given me consent for your information to be used e.g. Providing me with your email address so we can contact you, if you have registered for an event so that we can get back to you. We may, from time to time, send you relevant information about Kate Bedell’s art events and my work, although there will be an option for you to opt out of this at any stage. I will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with and complies with the requirements of the relevant Irish legislation, namely the Irish Data Protection Act (1988), and the Irish Data Protection (Amendment) Act (2003).

The data controller is Kate Bedell. If you have any queries regarding this please contact me at kate@katebedell.com

Access to information

Any formal, written request by a Data Subject for a copy of their personal data (a Subject Access Request) will be referred, as soon as possible, to the Data Protection Officer (me), and will be processed as soon as possible. It is intended that by complying with these guidelines, I will adhere to best practice regarding the applicable Data Protection legislation.

Changes to my privacy policy

Any changes I may make to my privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. The information on this page was last updated on Thursday, 22nd May, 2018.