PRIVACY POLICY

Our trading name is Valkyrie Tattoo Studio 

We, Valkyrie Tattoo Studio, may also be referred to as “we”, “our”, “us”, or “ourselves” and are the data controller for the Data Protection Act 2018.

We are fully committed to protecting the privacy and security of your data at all times.

Our website and domain https://www.valkyrietattoostudio.com is owned by us and operated by us or any of our carefully selected and trusted business partners.

This Privacy Policy will explain how our business uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

Topics:

  • What data do we collect?

  • How do we collect your data?

  • How will we use your data?

  • How do we store your data?

  • Marketing

  • What are your data protection rights?

  • Third-Party Links and Privacy Policies of other websites

  • Changes to our privacy policy

  • How to contact us

  • How to contact the appropriate authorities.      

  • Our business details

What data do we collect?

Valkyrie Tattoo Studio collects the following data:

When you are contacting us via our website, social media platforms messaging systems, phone or email to enquire about our services or to book your appointment:

  • Personal identification information: your name, email address and phone number.

Before the tattooing procedure begins, we must take from you the details listed below, which we are required by law to take in writing on a paper that you must sign. It’s called Tattoo Consent form and includes the following information about you:

  • Personal identification information: your full name, date of birth, home address, phone number, date of the procedure, and area of your body to be tattooed. The Tattoo Consent form contains information about your health, and you need to agree that you do not suffer from medical conditions listed on the consent form at the time of signing it. This information may be regarded as medical information, and you agree to Valkyrie Tattoo Studio retaining this data for as long as necessary for legal reasons.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the personal data we collect and process. 

We collect personal data when you:

  • Contact us enquiring about our services or during the booking

  • By filing the Tattoo Consent form before the tattooing session starts.
    Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

  • We may also receive your non-personally identifying data about how you interact with our website from the following sources:

    • Google Analytics

Data collected by these tracking systems may be processed to analyse the use of our website.

How will we use your data?

We collect your data so that we can:

– Process your order, manage your booking or enquiry
– Pass your data to the Tattoo Artist you have chosen to work on your tattoo and help with aftercare.
– We may use/proceed with non-personal identifying data called “Usage Data” about how you use our website. The “Usage Data” may include your browser type and version, device, operating system, IP address, geographical location, time spent on our website, page views, visit patterns, visit frequency, timing and navigation paths. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests in monitoring, improving and promoting our website and services.

We may process any of your personal data specified in this policy where necessary for legal purposes like exercising or defending legal claims, court proceedings, administrative or out-of-court procedures or government actions and requests, insurance purposes and our business risks management. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate business interest, protection of our legal rights, your legal rights, and the legal rights of other parties.

How do we store your data?

We securely store your data at Valkyrie Tattoo Studio, located at 62A Albany Road, Cardiff, CF24 3RR, United Kingdom.

Our tattoo studio will keep your personal data for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations and shall not be retained for longer.

Data retention periods:

Valkyrie Tattoo Studio will retain Tattoo Consent forms and personal data related to the Consent Forms for a minimum of 7 years from the date of your last tattoo session at Valkyrie Tattoo Studio. Valkyrie Tattoo Studio will keep “Usage Data” for a minimum period of 30 months from the collection date.

Once this period has expired, we will delete your data from our systems and records.

What are your data protection rights?

We want to ensure you are fully aware of your data protection rights. Therefore, every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request Valkyrie Tattoo Studio for copies of your personal data.

  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Valkyrie Tattoo Studio correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Valkyrie Tattoo Studio to complete information you believe is incomplete.

  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Valkyrie Tattoo Studio erase your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Valkyrie Tattoo Studio restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Valkyrie Tattoo Studio’s processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Valkyrie Tattoo Studio transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Third-party links and privacy policies of other websites.

The Valkyrie Tattoo Studio website contains links to other websites.

Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Valkyrie Tattoo Studio keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page.

This privacy policy was last updated on 18 July 2024.

How to contact us?

If you have any questions about Valkyrie Tattoo Studio’s Privacy Policy or the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please email us at: Valkyrietattoostudio@gmail.com

Or write to us: Valkyrie Tattoo Studio 62A Albany Road, Cardiff, CF24 3RR, United Kingdom.

How to contact the appropriate authority?

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Valkyrie Tattoo Studio has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the ICO (www.ico.org.uk). 

We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please get in touch with us in the first instance.

Our business details:

  • Our trading name is Valkyrie Tattoo Studio

  • Our principal place of business is at 62A Albany Road, Cardiff, CF24 3RR, United Kingdom.

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