Privacy Policy for Marney Gallery

Last Updated: June 15, 2026

Welcome to Marney Gallery ("we," "our," or "us"). We operate the website marneygallery.com and are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, purchase our landscape photography prints or merchandise, or interact with us directly.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we act as the "Data Controller" for the personal information you share with us.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect the data necessary to provide you with our gallery services, process your orders, and communicate effectively.

Identity & Contact Data: Your full name, email address, telephone number, billing address, and delivery address.
Transaction Data: Details about the specific prints (A4, A3, A2 sizes), limited editions, certificates of authenticity, or merchandise (keyrings, magnets, bookmarks) you purchase from us.
Payment Data: Financial transactions are processed securely through our third-party payment gateways (such as Stripe or PayPal). We do not store your full credit/debit card numbers on our servers.
Technical & Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, and data about how you browse and interact with marneygallery.com (collected via cookies).

2. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use your data in the following circumstances:

To Fulfill Your Orders: To print, package, and ship your purchased artwork and merchandise, issue invoices, and manage deliveries.
To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, provide tracking information, or discuss custom gallery requests.
To Manage Certificates of Authenticity: To maintain a register of limited-edition print ownership, ensuring the provenance and long-term value of your collection.
Legal Obligations: To comply with tax laws, accounting practices, and other statutory regulations in the United Kingdom.

3. How We Share Your Data

We never sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes. To run our business, we share your data only with trusted service providers who adhere to strict data safety standards:

Delivery & Courier Services: Royal Mail or dedicated courier networks to ensure your prints arrive safely.
Payment Processors: Secure encrypted gateways to handle transactions securely.
Website Hosting & Analytics Providers: To keep our website running smoothly and understand user traffic.
Professional Bodies/Legal Requirements: If required by law, we may share relevant data with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) or law enforcement.

4. Cookies and Tracking

Our website uses standard cookies to optimize your browsing experience, remember items in your shopping cart, and analyze web traffic anonymously. You can choose to refuse or disable cookies through your browser settings, though some parts of the website may not function perfectly as a result.

5. Data Security & Retention

We employ robust organizational and technical security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including any legal, accounting, or historical provenance reporting requirements (such as tracking limited-edition numbers). For standard financial records, we hold transaction data for 6 years to satisfy UK tax laws.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

The Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
The Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete details.
The Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request that we delete your data, provided we do not have a overriding legal or contractual obligation to retain it.
The Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: You can object to your data being used for specific purposes, such as marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

7. Contact Details

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact the gallery owner:

Business Name: Marney Gallery
Website: marneygallery.com
Email: marneygallery@gmail.com
Location: Ilfracombe, North Devon, United Kingdom

If you are unsatisfied with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulatory body for data protection (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns directly before you approach the ICO.