THEARTOFGEVANS.COM Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 3rd, 2025.

THEARTOFGEVANS.COM (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Gareth Evans. Gareth Evans is
the data controller and can be contacted at:
staff@theartofgevans.com
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Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the
following:

1. The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of Site users; and
5. The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR
For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation
(the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data
Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of
controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the
GDPR.

Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to
that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will
not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.
You can withdraw your consent by: Visiting www.aboutads.info.

Legal Basis for Processing
We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for
doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

1. Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific
purposes; and
2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third pary to pursue a legitimate
interest. Our legitimate interest is not overriden by the interests or fundamenal rights and
freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: Targeted advertising.

Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not
collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

If you choose not to provide us with the personal data listed below, or if we are unable to collect
that data, we may not be able to provide you with certain services or information, or may not be able
to carry out an activity you have requested.

Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

1. IP address;
2. Location;
3. Clicked links; and
4. Content viewed.

We may also collect aggregated demographics and interests data through Google Analytics for the purposes of market research and usage tracking.

You can opt out of these features by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

1. First and last name; and
2. Email address.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

1. Contact form.

How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or
indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in
this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:

1. Analytics.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following
purposes:

1. Communication.

Who We Share Personal Data With
Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user
data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties
We may share user data with the following third parties:

1. Google; and
2. Our web hosting provider.

We may share the following user data with third parties:

1. Interests;
2. Demographics;
3. IP addresses;
4. Location;
5. Hardware, network, and browser information;
6. Previous interactions;
7. Google advertising ID;
8. Screen resolution;
9. Browsing activity; and
10. Ad interaction.

We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:

1. Targeted advertising; and
2. Analytics.

Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the
given purpose.

Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1. If the law requires it;
2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and
4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for
and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data
To protect your security, we employ a firewall and security scanning technology. Our website is
secured with HTTPS via SSL certificates to encrypt data transmission between users and the server.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are
protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times
and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably
practical.

International Data Transfers
We transfer user personal data to the following countries:

1. France;
2. Germany;
3. Lithuania;
4. United Kingdom;
5. Netherlands;
6. United States;
7. India;
8. Indonesia;
9. Singapore; and
10. Brazil.

When we transfer user personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and
comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Union, we will only transfer your
personal data if:

1. The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data
protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United
Kingdom adequacy regulations; or
2. We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the
recipient is a party to binding corporate rules, or we have entered into standard EU or United
Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient.

Your Rights as a User
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

1. Right to be informed;
2. Right of access;
3. Right to rectification;
4. Right to erasure;
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5. Right to restrict processing;
6. Right to data portability; and
7. Right to object.

Children
The minimum age to use our website is 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use
personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data
from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child
under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our
privacy officer.

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal
data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you
would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of
your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our privacy officer here:

Gareth Evans
staff@theartofgevans.com
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Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not
track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to
browser-initiated DNT signals. We are not responsible for and cannot guarantee how any third
parties who interact with our Site and your data will respond to DNT signals.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data
Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection,
use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

1. You can opt out of non-necessary cookies. You can opt-out by consent banner.
2. You can opt out of cookies for personalised advertising. You can opt-out by
www.aboutads.info.
3. You can opt out of personalised advertising. You can opt-out by google Ads Settings.

Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data
relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is
transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may
decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

1. Functional cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your
selections are saved for your next visits;
2. Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting
data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you
stay on our Site, etc;
3. Targeting cookies
Targeting cookies collect data on how you use the Site and your preferences. This allows us
to personalise the information you see on our Site for you; and
4. Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies
to achieve the following purposes:
a. To serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to www.theartofgevans.com or other
websites.

Additional Clauses
We embed a Facebook Comments plugin to allow you to leave comments on our website using your
Facebook account. This plugin may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store
and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with
the commenting interface, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you
take within the interface (such as “liking” someone’s comment, replying to other comments), if you
are logged into Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see
Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

We collect the data related to the Facebook Comment you post, only with the consent that you grant
before posting a Facebook Comment on our website. This data includes your Facebook account
name, unique Facebook account identifier, unique identifier associated with the posted Facebook
comment, unique open graph object identifier of the webpage at which you posted the comment,
and unique identifier associated with the parent comment if you reply to an existing comment. This
data is used to show recent Facebook Comments made all over our website. You can revoke this
consent at any time by unchecking the opt-in displayed above the comment box.

We send the Facebook Comment you post to the page/post author and/or website administrator via
automated email, only with the consent that you grant before posting the Facebook Comment on our
website. This data includes just the Facebook comment posted by you. You can revoke this consent
at any time by unchecking the opt-in displayed above the comment box.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to
www.theartofgevans.com or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their
visit to www.theartofgevans.com and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt
out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting
www.aboutads.info.

Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the
law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy
we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users
periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary,
we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the
contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the
issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a
supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory
authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the Data Protection
Commission in Ireland.

Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Gareth
Evans, at:

staff@theartofgevans.com
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