Privacy Policy

Who we are

Pendle Pottery Studio (“PPS”) is a pottery teaching studio and shared working space located in Unit 26 Higherford Mill, Gisburn Road, Barrowford, Nelson, BB9 6JH. We teach traditional craft pottery skills to a high standard in classes and workshops to the general public and by offering shared work space to practice, develop and design.

We are committed to respecting and protecting any personal data you share with us, or that we collect. We aim to be clear when we collect your data and about what we will do with it.

Please read the policy carefully as by providing your personal data to PPS, you will be deemed to have consented to the processing of such data.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Keeping personal data helps us keep in contact with our customers, to fulfil courses and workshops that have been bought and to arrange the picking up of work made. We also use it to inform past customers and prospective customers of the services we’re offering. We will keep data from people currently enrolled on courses, people enrolled in the past and from any person enquiring about our courses.

Information is collected under the following circumstances:

• Booking courses/workshops online, in person or over the phone.

• Through personal contact with a staff member.

• From publicly available sources (such as if you interact with us on social media).

When you enrol on a course/workshop, we may add your email to our mailing list as this is how we sometimes keep in contact with customers about future courses and events instead of emailing them each directly. We have legitimate interests for this until you let us know you’re not interested in our services anymore. Should you wish to opt out of this communication please advise the studio by e-mailing pendlepotterystudio@gmail.com

Under the terms of the GDPR the lawful bases for processing personal information are:

• we need it to fulfil a contract (e.g. a course/workshop booking/membership);

• we need it to pursue our legitimate interests including by communicating with current and potential customers; and/or;

• you have given your consent for us to do so.

• for the purposes of marketing and promoting our studio, our events and membership through PPS social media pages and website. Images will only be used on official studio sites and only to promote the studio. Images will be subject to approval by a moderator before use and members have the right to request the removal of any image at any time.

We may collect information when you visit our website.

We may also gather information about you from your use of our website, such as which pages are most visited and which events or facilities are of most interest.