Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Elevated Studios (“we”, “us”, “our”), a recording studio based in Bentley, Doncaster, handles personal data when you visit elevatedstudios.co.uk, contact us, or book studio services. We are committed to protecting your privacy in line with UK data protection law.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.elevatedstudios.co.uk/

Elevated Studios is a professional recording studio in Bentley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at info@elevatedstudios.co.uk or call 07495 193695.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect:

• Name, email address, phone number, and message content when you submit our contact form
• Booking and session details when you book via our online booking system (including artist name, service type, date, and payment information processed by our booking provider)
• Technical data such as IP address, browser type, and device information when you browse the site
• Cookie data as described in the Cookies section below

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal data to:

• Respond to enquiries and contact form submissions
• Process and manage studio bookings and sessions
• Send booking confirmations and relevant studio communications
• Improve our website and services
• Comply with legal and accounting obligations where required

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Our site may also use analytics or performance cookies to understand how visitors use the website. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We may share data with trusted service providers who help us operate our website and business, such as:

• Website hosting and email providers
• Contact form services (e.g. Ninja Forms)
• Online booking and payment processors
• Spam protection and security services

These providers only process data on our behalf and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Contact and booking records are typically retained for as long as needed to fulfil our services, handle enquiries, and meet legal or accounting requirements.

Your Rights

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Under UK GDPR you may also have the right to access, rectify, restrict processing, object to processing, and lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Some service providers we use may process data outside the UK; where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.