Use of cookies and privacy policy on gordonbutler.com

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), there is a legal duty to protect any personal data collected from you, to be explicit about what purposes it is used for and to make it easy for you to opt out from receiving communication from gordonbutler.com at any time. In this context, personal data refers to any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified.

This page explains how the data collected from you is respected and protected.

For the purposes of this privacy policy, the terms “gordonbutler.com” is used throughout, to refer to the proprietor of the web site (gordonbutler.com), who is the artist whose work this web site contains.

Use of cookies

The few cookies we use on gordonbutler.com are purely functional and ensure the smooth running of the site and a good user experience. Your usage of the web site is not tracked and advertising is not carried.

Privacy summary

Unless you choose to get in touch with me, I do not collect any personal information. My aim is to keep the amount of data held about anyone to a minimum and to keep it only for as long as is absolutely necessary.

  1. This web site never collects your personal information except the information you volunteer to enable me to communicate with you.
  2. The web site’s services don’t collect any of your personal information. For example, this web site doesn’t collect your IP address.
  3. Should you wish to communicate with me, you will need to supply your email address and name to enable communications with me via email. This information is used only as you’d expect and will be deleted upon request.
  4. I never sell, or pass to third parties your email address or any other personal information you volunteer – except if legally required to do so, see point 5 below.
  5. I share your personal information only in specific circumstances.There are a few, rare circumstances when I may have to share your personal information either to obey the law or protect my rights. I will share your personal information only to comply with laws or legally enforceable requests, to enforce my own rights, or to prevent harm to others and their property. In all instances, I will share the minimum information necessary to meet the need and inform you of any disclosure when legally and practically possible.
  6. I will retain the personal information you volunteer (eg. email address, name) for as long as necessary to enable communications with you. I will remove your personal information from my records within 30 days of any request to do so.

Transparency

As explained above, I will comply with a request for user data when the law requires it, but we will require valid legal process to compel the disclosure of user data to the government; such as a legitimate and court order, or a search warrant issued by an appropriate law enforcement authority.

Changes to this policy

I may make small, inconsequential changes to this policy with or without notice to you. You are encouraged to review the policy from time to time. Substantive changes to this policy will be emailed to anyone who submits a request, using the contact form at https://gordonbutler.com/contact/.

Contact

At any time, you can contact me using the contact form at https://gordonbutler.com/contact/ if you have any questions about this policy or any other matter concerning the this web site.

Review

This privacy policy was last updated on 31 October 2024.