1.0 OUR CORE BELIEFS REGARDING USER PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION
User privacy and data protection are human rights.
We have a duty of care to the people within our data.
Data is a liability, it should only be collected and processed when absolutely necessary.
We loathe spam as much as you do!
We will never sell, rent or otherwise distribute or make public your personal information.
2.0 RELEVANT LEGISLATION
We comply with the following national and international legislation with regards to data protection and user privacy:
UK Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA)
EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (DPD)
EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)
3.0 PERSONAL INFORMATION I COLLECT AND WHY I COLLECT IT
When you place an order via my shop on mightiemakers.co.uk, I receive only the required information in order to process your order (your name, address and email). I do not receive any card or bank details.
4.0 HOW I USE THE INFORMATION
The information you provide is used to fulfil your order on a ‘contract’ basis and is only used for the purpose of communicating with you regarding your purchase and for delivery of your items. Your personal information will not be added to my mailing list and you will not be contacted for marketing or advertising purposes unless you request me to do so.
5.0 SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES
We will NEVER sell or rent your personal data. To process your order and to fulfil your contract with us, your information is shared with third parties for the purpose of delivery (Royal Mail and courier services).
It may be shared for compliance with legal, regulatory and law enforcement requests as appropriate and necessary. I will endeavour to notify you of any such requests. I am not responsible for how these third parties process your data, please visit their websites to read their privacy policies.
6.0 HOW I SECURE, STORE AND RETAIN DATA
We use Mightie Makers website to trade and complete your purchase. Your data is secured, stored and retained by mightiemakers.co.uk to complete your purchase. We do not hold hard copies of your data and any data collected is held only as long as is necessary to carry out your order and to maintain adequate and accurate business and financial records (7 years).
7.0 HOW YOU CAN ACCESS, UPDATE OR DELETE INFORMATION HELD ABOUT YOU
You have the right to access, update or ask us to delete your personal information. Please email our Data Controller found in section 9.0 below. We are obliged by law to provide this service within 30 calendar days of your request free of charge. However, we have the right to refuse or charge for requests that are manifestly unfounded or excessive and repetitive.
8.0 DATA BREACHES
We will report any unlawful data breach to any and all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach, if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen. If you feel your data has been compromised you have a right to contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
9.0 DATA CONTROLLER
Sarah Johnson
Whose registered and operating office is:
The Sanctuary, 101 Green Lane, Freckleton, PR4 1RP
Email:
10.0 CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy may change from time to time inline with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.
My Story
Hi it’s such a pleasure to be part of the Kindness Community. My name is Sarah and I live with my hubby Bruce and our cat Malibu on the NW coast of England.
I live with visible and invisible disabilities and am mostly housebound and reliant on my wonderful family for the support I need. I have lived with ME for all my adult life after never recovering from glandular fever, was formally diagnosed over 25 years ago with ME, Fibromyalgia, Arthritis and a degenerative spinal condition. I am an ambulatory wheelchair user and I’m desperately saving up for an electric wheelchair!
I am a medically retired headteacher and I have developed my creative streak as a self-taught artist, working mainly with watercolour and sometimes some mixed media too. I love how the water and paint interact on the page and try not to control them too much.
Painting is like a ballet happening on the paper between brush, paint and paper. It’s such a joy! If you haven’t ever painted with watercolour I would encourage you to give it a go!
I also host free zoom ‘Paint with Me’ sessions aimed specifically at other disabled and chronically ill people. We paint together fortnightly as it gives recovery time and I have found that it gives all of us a sense of community, a space to belong and a space to hold each other as we explore a painting together. Some people just come to watch, others paint everyone’s welcome… and we create a wonderful virtual art gallery too!
I have a Youtube and Patreon channel which are again aimed at disabled and chronically ill people. It’s a slower pace, quieter video space; something that hopefully allows for engagement. We’ve also got a really friendly Painting with Sarah Johnson group on Facebook. A community made to encourage one another as our skills are developing and progress isn’t linear.
I hope you love my art, I paint for the process and hope to bring some disabled joy into the world.
If you want to paint with others please do get in touch to get the link – you will be made very welcome. Come along and belong ❤️