Our Cookie and Privacy Policy
Rye Creative Centre Community Interest Company is the trading name of Rye Creative Centre Community Interest Company, Company Number 12873626.
Rye Creative Centre Community Interest Company is committed to protecting your privacy and security. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, PECR). This policy explains how and why we use your personal data to ensure you remain informed and in control of your information.
Your individual rights
Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;
the right to be informed;
the right of access;
the right to rectification;
the right to erasure;
the right to restrict processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to object; and
the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.
You also have the right to complain to the ICO if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.
We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.
Information we collect
We collect the data you provide to us which includes information you give when subscribing to our e-mailing list (name, email address), making a hire booking enquiry or purchasing artworks (bank details, name, email address, address and phone number).
We will never collect information about you without your explicit consent.
The personal information we hold will be held securely in accordance with the law.
Rye Creative Centre does not collect the data for ticket sales but acts as a data controller on behalf of the third-party processors.
Third-party provides we use and their relevant privacy policies are listed below:
Mailchimp: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
Ticketspice: https://www.webconnex.com/privacy-policy/
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/support/articles/en_US/Troubleshooting/eventbrite-privacy-policy?lg=en_GB
Stripe: https://stripe.com/gb/privacy
How we use information
We will only ever use your personal data with your consent and for the purpose or purposes it was collected for (or for a closely related purpose within our own lawful interests, provided your rights don’t override these).
We will never sell your personal data. If you have opted-in to marketing we may contact you with information about our partners but these communications will always come from Rye Creative Centre CIC
Marketing
We ask our supporters to ‘opt-in’ to receiving communications (our newsletter) and your details will be kept for four years. You can decide at any time not to receive communications. If you wish to do so you can do this by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ in any e-news that we send.
Online Payments
We use Stripe to manage payments for our gallery shop, events, workshops and courses, and ticket sales. We do not store credit/debit card details. For more information about Stripe’s online security please read their privacy policy here.
Information automatically logged
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website and monitor use of the website.
External Links
This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content, functionality or privacy policy of any of those external websites.
Under 16 Year Olds
If you are aged 16 or under, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before providing any personal information to this website. You will need to refresh your consent when over this age.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, you can contact info@ryecreativecentre.co.uk
By disclosing your personal information to us and using the website you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by Rye Creative Centre CIC in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly in accordance with the GDPR.
This Privacy Policy was last updated February 2021
Cookies Policy
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses. Our website only uses these functional and required cookies. They allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
However, some of the pages on our site contain embedded content from third-party websites – like a video from YouTube or ticketing services from Ticketspice or Eventbrite for example which may use Cookies. These are known as 3rd party Cookies. Please see below for information about the specific 3rd party Cookies used on our site.
Because this content is from another website, we don’t control the setting of these cookies. If you want to change your cookie preferences, check the third-party websites for information on how to manage their cookies.
For more information on how to manage, delete and control Cookies on your computer please visit http://www.aboutcookies.org/
Google Analytics
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form that does not identify a visitor, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by making sure users are finding what they need easily.
Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit the Google site.
YouTube cookies
We embed videos from YouTube. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
To find out more watch YouTube’s video about Privacy with videos
Instagram cookies
We embed Instagram feeds. The site does not use cookies to create a profile of your browsing behaviour on third-party sites or to show you ads, although it may use anonymous or aggregate data to improve ads generally. You can remove or block cookies using the settings in your browser, but in some cases, this may impact your ability to use Facebook and Twitter.
To find out more visit Instagram’s Cookie policy