Privacy Policy.

Who we are

Our website address is: Argiope.Studio or ArgiopeStudio.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Contact forms

Embedded content from other websites

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.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics and Google Search Console to measure and track the usage of our site in order to better the user experience of our site and the marketing of our company. These do use cookies in order to track return users.

We also use Microsoft Clarity to capture how people use and interact with our website. This is captured via behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services.

Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.” – Microsoft Clarity

How long we retain your data

For users that fill out forms on our site, your contact information will be kept with the form submission on our website’s database, as well as the email system (Gmail) we use to reply. For newsletter sign-ups, the form submission and your information get sent to the email marketing system (Mail Chimp). If you would like your information wiped, we can do so from all systems. However, if you unsubscribe from our mailing list, your information will be kept in Mail Chimp to prevent the system from accidentally subscribing you again.

What rights you have over your data

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

If you have used our forms that contain contact information fields, your contact information is kept in those form submissions. The form submission notification is sent to the company’s administration and the email system (Gmail) is used to reply. For newsletter sign-ups, the form submission and your information get sent to the email marketing system (Mail Chimp). The website, marketing platform, and email system will hold contact information until a request has been made to delete it.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We do not share your information outside of our company.

What data breach procedures we have in place

If our website or email system (Gmail) has been breached and contact information has been stolen, we will notify our users when it is known to us.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact us!