1. Introduction
1.1 Stolon Studio Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.stolon.co.uk and only collect and use your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. Any personal data we collect will only be used as permitted by law.
1.2 This privacy policy explains when and why we collect personal information, how we use it, and how we keep it secure.
1.3 This Privacy Statement applies to the use of our services and to our sales, marketing and customer contract fulfilment activities. It also applies to individuals seeking a job at Stolon Studio.
1.4 Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it.
2. Who we are?
2.1 Stolon Studio Ltd is an ethical, ambitious and inventive architectural practice. We offer a powerful combination of idealism and pragmatism.
2.2 We work closely with our clients to understand what matters most to them, drawing out the subtleties of a brief and the real human needs that sit at a project’s heart. Our work is unashamedly optimistic, with projects that speak to the hidden aspirations and ambitions of our clients, and which support the way that people want to live and work, both now and in the future.
2.3 Stolon Studio Ltd is registered in England, Number 10117896, our registered office address is 10 Durham Avenue Gidea Park, Romford, England, RM2 6JS.
2.4 Our main trading address is Unit A, Willow House, Dragonfly Place, London SE4 2FJ
2.5 The Data Protection Officer: is Robert Barker, mail@stolon.co.uk, 02033559533
2.6 Stolon is an RIBA Chartered Practice. Registration no. 20019113
3. What Does This Policy Cover?
3.1 This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
4. What Is Personal Data?
4.1 Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
4.2 Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
5. Privacy
5.1 Stolon Studio Ltd is committed to respecting the personal data you supply to us. Where we collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.
5.2 Whenever personal data is obtained from you, you will have access to information as to how that data will be used. Stolon Studio does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to any other company or organisation without your explicit permission, or unless ordered to do so by a court of law.
6. Data We May Collect from You
6.1 In running and maintaining our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
a) Information about your use of our website including details of your visits such as pages viewed and the resources that you access. Such information includes traffic data, location data and other communication data.
b) Information provided voluntarily by you. For example, when you register for information or to make contact with us.
c) Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means.
6.2 Other Data We May Collect from You
d) Any information which identifies you, obtained when you contact us, via the web site, by email, through the post or over the telephone. This could include your name, address, email address, telephone number and any other personal identifying information.
e) Where appropriate any information supplied when you provide a Curriculum Vitae.
f) Data obtained when we contact you in respect of one of our clients or any project on which we are working.
g) On occasion, we may collect photographs of projects we have worked on which may include incidental photographs of individuals.
h) Within our normal bank payment system we may hold details of your bank account for the sole purpose of making such payments.
6.3 We may collect information about your computer including details such as your IP address, operating system, browser type. This information is collected only for statistical purposes.
6.4 The Legal Basis on which we hold your personal data is Legitimate Interest which is defined within the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). In short, where we hold your personal information, this is because it is integral to the provision of products and services and conduct of our business.
7. How and Where Do You Store My Data?
7.1 We will store some of your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.
7.2 We may store some or all of your personal data in countries outside of the UK, such as on international file servers, like Dropbox or Google Drive. These are known as “third countries”. We will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:
8. Use of Cookies
8.1 Stolon Studio Ltd uses cookies to better understand the user’s experience while visiting the website. We may gather information about your general internet use by using cookies. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive.
8.2 As required by legislation, where applicable this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission or to deny the use of /saving of cookies on their computer / device.
9. Contact & Communication with Us
Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.
10. Notification of Changes
Stolon Studio Ltd reserves the right to change these conditions from time to time as it sees fit and your continued use of the site will signify your acceptance of any adjustment to these terms.
11. Communication
Our contact information can be found in the ‘Contact’ area of our website. If you have any queries regarding our terms and conditions, please email mail@stolon.co.uk
Edited and updated by Stolon Studio Ltd, August 2023