Northen Ink Tattoo Studio ('we' or 'us') collect, use and are responsible for storiing certain personal information about you. When we do so, we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation which apply across the European Union (including the United Kingdom) and we are responsible as a 'controller' of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

b. Monitoring and recording communications
We may monitor communications such as emails and telephone calls for the following purposes:

c. Cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer or electronic device when you access our website. Similiar technoligies include web beacons, action tags, local shared objects ('flash cookies') and single-pixel gifs. Such technologies can be used to track users' actions and activities, and to store information about them. We use these cookies and/or similiar technologies on this website.

In addition it should be noted that in some cases our cookies or similiar technologies many be owned and controlled by third parties who will also collect personal information about you. The following examples illustrate how we may use cookies to monitor and/or collect the following information:

This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this information may be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

On the first occasion that you use our site we will ask whether you consent to our use of cookies. If you do not, cookies will not be used. Thereafter you can opt-out of using cookies at any time or you can set your browser not to accept cookies. The websites below tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, some of our website features my not function as a result.

For further information on our use of cookies, please see our website cookie policy.

For further information on cookies generally visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

We collect information about our users for the following puposes:

We may share your information with:

We will not share your personal information with any other 3rd parties.

We will hold your personal information for the following periods:

These periods are no longer than necessary in each case.

We rely on the following as the lawful basis on which we collect and use your personal information:

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way.
We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genine business need to know it. those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

Indeed, while we will use all reasonable efforts to secure your personal data, in using the site you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guaratee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us using the details below.

We will not transfer your personal innformation outside of the EEA at any time.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to:

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on individual rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (http://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/)

If you would like to exercise any of these rights please:

email, call or write to us

From time to time we may also have other methods to unsubsribe (opt-out) from any direct marketing including for example, unsubsribe buttons or web links. If such are offered, please note that there may be some period after slecting to unsubsribe in which marketing may still be received while your request is being processed.

This privacy policy was published on 10th October 2018 and last updated on the 25th June 2021.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You shculd check this poicy occasionally to ensure that you aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website. We will also attempt to notify users of any changes by: