Privacy Policy

Our contact details

Ariam Shed CIC | Company No.16976390

Email: hello@ariam.world
Phone/WatsApp: 07570082228

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

When visiting our website

• Basic website usage information through analytics tools

When signing-up to Ariam updates

• Your email address

When signing-up to our workshops

• Your contact details (name and email address)

When filing-up the membership form

• Your contact details (name, email address, phone number, postcode)

• Your date of birth

• Your confidence with DIY and related skills

• An emergency contact detail (name, phone number, relationship)

• Your consent preferences for photography usage

When filing-up the wellbeing form

• Anonymous information about wellbeing before and after workshops

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• To understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it

• To communicate with you about our activities, workshops, and services

• To register you as a member of Ariam Shed

• To organise and manage workshop participation safely and effectively

• To report anonymous demographic and wellbeing information to our funders, including approximate location, age range, and wellbeing outcomes

We may share your email address with:

• Luma (https://luma.com/), our event platform provider. When you register for our workshops, a Luma account is created using your email address in order to receive workshop invitations and manage workshop registrations. You can access and manage your account and communication preferences directly through Luma.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

• Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting hello@ariam.world

How we store your personal information

Your information is stored securely using trusted third-party digital platforms and password-protected systems.

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. We may delete inactive membership records and mailing list subscriptions after a reasonable period of inactivity.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at hello@ariam.world if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at hello@ariam.world.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk