Privacy Policy

Overview

Fulcrum Studio cares greatly about the privacy of its clients and customers and is open and transparent about the processing and acquisition of personal data. The studio address and contact details are available on our contact page.

For the distinction between clients and customers, please see our terms & conditions for further details.

We exclusively process data that we need for (improving) our services and to communicate effectively and efficiently with you.

Fulcrum Studio and its website www.fulcrumstudio.co.uk are UK GDPR compliant. Client and customer data is not shared with third parties for commercial gains or benefits.

This document details how Fulcrum Studio collects, uses, discloses and secures client and customer personal information.

The type of personal information we collect

For its clients and customers, Fulcrum Studio currently collects and processes the following information:

  • Name

  • Telephone number

  • Text messages

  • WhatsApp & Facebook Messenger conversations

  • email address

  • email conversations

  • Reviews / testimonials voluntarily provided by clients / customers

Our website www.fulcrumstudio.co.uk also uses cookies. Please see the section below about cookies, for full details.
For clients, Fulcrum Studio also collects and processes places of residence, required for invoicing.

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 provide you with a great experience when using the studio website, www.fulcrumstudio.co.uk

  • To arrange studio bookings

  • To communicate with clients and customers during the course of a project

  • To facilitate the online transfer of audio files

  • When receiving and posting client / customer reviews & testimonials

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

When customers contact Fulcrum Studio after referral by Into The Blue Experiences for booking a studio experience, the following information is collected

  • Voucher number

  • Voucher expiry date

  • Individual(s) named on the voucher

  • Customer phone number

  • Customer email address

Client and customer referrals from third parties may come from the following sources:

  • Personal recommendations

  • Fiverr

  • Twine

  • Bark

We use the information that you have given us in order to communicate with you effectively and to fulfil our obligation to deliver high quality music production services.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is the contractual obligation with our clients and customers.

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored. We keep personal information for the duration of production project only.

We will then delete your information by removing your personal data from our Google Contacts database, hosted by Google’s GSuite business service.

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 the information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances

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 using the details provided on our contact page, if you wish to make a request.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve the experience of website visitors because they help websites remember preference and understand how website visitors use different features. In this section of our privacy policy, you can find out more about how our site works and how we put you in control.

This website uses essential and non-essential cookies. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function, enabling navigation and usability of key features. Non-essential cookies include analytics and performance cookies to collect information about how our website visitors interact with our site.

The following essential cookies are used on this website:

Name


_dd_cookie_test

_dd_s

_dd_site_test

_ssid

CART

Crumb

hasCart

orderStatusSessionToken

siteUserCrumb

SiteUserInfo

Name


ss_cpvisit

ss_cvisit

ss_cvr

Purpose, type and duration

Tests if cookies are supported
Expires instantly

Tracks browser errors
Four hours

Tests if cookies are supported
Expires Instantly

Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes
Four Years

Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart
Two weeks

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Session

Tells Squarepace that a visitor has a cart
Two weeks

Authenticates a visitor who logs into an order status page
Two weeks

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged-in site users
Three Years

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged-in site users
Three Years


The following non-essential cookies, in the form of analytics and performance cookies are used on this website.
These cookies identify unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s session on a site:

ss_cid

ss_cvt

Duration

Two Years

Two Years

30 minutes

Two Years

30 minutes


How to Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us using the details provided on our contact page.

You can also complain to the ICO (Information Commissioners Office) if you are unhappy about how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioners Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.org.uk


Privacy policy updated October 2024