Privacy Policy for Ligname Brushworks

Introduction

Ligname Brushworks is dedicated to protecting the privacy of our clients and website visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, participate in our workshops, engage in custom calligraphy design, receive private tutoring, attend corporate art events, or join our cultural immersion programs. By using our site and services, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our services to you.

• Personal Data: While using our services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:
  • Name, email address, phone number
  • Billing address and payment information for service enrollment or purchases
  • Any explicit preferences or requirements you communicate for custom services or workshops (e.g., skill level, interests, specific design requests).
• Usage Data: We may also collect information about how our site is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
• Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site.

How We Use Your Information

Ligname Brushworks uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our services, including processing registrations for workshops and tutoring.
• To notify you about changes to our services.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our services when you choose to do so.
• To provide customer support.
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services.
• To monitor the usage of our services.
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
• To manage payments for services rendered.
• To personalize your experience and deliver content and product offerings relevant to your interests.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Ligname Brushworks’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Ligname Brushworks may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., for workshop enrollment, tutoring services).
• You have given us explicit permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
• To comply with the law.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Protect and defend the rights or property of Ligname Brushworks.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the services.
• Protect the personal safety of users of the services or the public.
• Protect against legal liability.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Ligname Brushworks aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our services ("Service Providers"), to provide the services on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our services are used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links to Other Sites

Our services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By mail: Ligname Brushworks, 315 Rive Droite, Floor 3, 1207 Geneva, Switzerland