Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Pip Rustage ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects any information that you give us when you use this website, https://www.piprustage.co.uk/
("the Website").

Pip Rustage 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, it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following information:

Information you provide to us directly: This includes information you voluntarily submit through the contact form on our Website, such as your name and email address, and any other information you choose to include in your message.
Automatically collected information: When you visit our Website, certain information may be collected automatically by Wix, our hosting platform, and potentially by third-party services integrated with the site (like analytics tools). This may include:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit on our Website
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Referring website addresses
- Information about your device

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you when you contact us through the contact form.
To understand how visitors use our Website and to improve its content and functionality (through the use of analytics, which typically uses aggregated and anonymised data).
To ensure the security and proper functioning of the Website.

Lawful Basis for Processing

Our lawful basis for processing your personal data is:

Legitimate Interests: We have a legitimate interest in operating and maintaining our website, responding to your inquiries, and understanding website usage to improve our online presence.

Our Website, being hosted on Wix, may use cookies. Cookies are small files placed on your computer's hard drive that help in analysing web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

Sharing Your Information

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.

Your information may be shared with Wix, our hosting provider, as necessary to operate the Website. We may also share information with third-party analytics services (if used) to understand website usage, but this data is typically aggregated and anonymised.

Data Retention

We will retain the personal information you provide through the contact form only for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for a short period afterwards for record-keeping purposes. Automatically collected information is retained according to the policies of Wix and any integrated analytics services.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

The right to be informed: About how your data is collected and used.
The right of access: To request a copy of the information we hold about you.
The right to rectification: To correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to erasure: To request that we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing: To request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability: To request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing: To object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details below.

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.

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.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, please contact Pip Rustage via the email address on the contact page.