Privacy Policy

I am committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should I ask you to provide information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

This policy may change from time to time. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Data protection law in the UK will change on 25th May 2018. This section sets out your rights as a customer or visitor to this web site under the new law and also my responsibility to protect that information.

I take all reasonable precautions to ensure that details relating to you are kept secure in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998. Unless I am negligent in exercising our responsibilities then I shall not be held liable for unauthorised access to information supplied by you. Any information relating to other individuals supplied by you will be deemed to have obtained their agreement/permission to this information being given to me.

I am committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information I collect online.

I will not sell, distribute nor lease your personal information to third parties unless I am required by law to do so. I will not use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties.

If you believe that any information I am holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email me as soon as possible. I will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

It is important to note that no payment information is held on this site. All payments are processed by Paypal Inc and all information is held by them. If you place an order by phone then payment details are processed by PayPal and card details are shredded after a reasonable period.

I require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service and, in particular, to meet your order requirements and to improve my products and services.

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Overall, cookies help me provide you with a better website, by enabling me to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives me access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with me.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

The security of this website is given the highest priority.

‘The Sandra Hugill Gallery’ operates a fully secure website, confirmed by the padlock icon which appears adjacent to the URL in the browser address bar.

All customer financial transactions are carried out through a fully secure shopping system in conjunction with ‘Woocommerce’ and ‘PayPal’, market leaders in shopping cart and internet marketing systems, once again confirmed by the padlock icon which appears adjacent to the URL in the browser address bar.

My website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave my site, you should note that I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.