Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At The Art of Collaboration, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our website.

2. Who We Are

We are The Art of Collaboration Company Limited by Guarantee, an Irish registered company. Our contact details are listed above.

We are the “data controller” of your personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

3. What Data We Collect

We collect personal data in the following ways:

Contact Form: When you submit an enquiry, we collect your name, email address, and message.

Newsletter Signup: When you subscribe to our updates, we collect your name and email address.

Website Analytics: We may collect anonymised data about your visit (e.g. pages viewed, time spent, browser type, IP address) to help us understand how the site is used and improve our content.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your data for:

Responding to contact form messages (based on our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries)

Sending newsletters and updates (only with your consent)

Monitoring and improving our website through analytics (based on your cookie consent)

We will never sell or rent your personal data.

5. Cookies & Tracking

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our website and understand user behavior. For more details, see our Cookie Policy.

You will be asked to consent to non-essential cookies via a cookie banner when you first visit our site.

6. Sharing Your Data

We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers, including:

Website hosting providers

Email marketing platforms (e.g. Mailchimp, if used)

Analytics providers (e.g. Google Analytics)

These providers may process data outside the EU. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (e.g. Standard Contractual Clauses).

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as needed:

Contact form messages: up to 12 months

Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe

Analytics data: as per tool settings (e.g. Google Analytics default: 14 months)

8. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have rights including:

Access your data

Correct inaccurate data

Request deletion of your data

Withdraw consent (e.g. unsubscribe from newsletters)

Lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland

To exercise your rights, please email us at [insert contact email here].

9. Updates

We may update this policy occasionally. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.