Privacy & Cookie Policy
1. Introduction
This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how Ania Ready collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit www.aniaready.com, make a purchase, join the mailing list, submit an enquiry or otherwise interact with this website.
Ania Ready is committed to respecting your privacy and handling your personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Ania Ready is the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use this website, we may collect information including:
your name
email address
telephone number, where provided
billing and shipping address
information relating to an order or purchase
information you provide through contact forms or correspondence
information you provide when joining the mailing list
information about your browser, network and device
your IP address
pages you visit and how you interact with the website
your cookie and consent preferences.
We only collect and use personal information where we have an appropriate reason and lawful basis to do so.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use your personal information to:
process and fulfil orders
take and process payments
arrange delivery of purchases
communicate with you about an order
manage returns and refunds
respond to enquiries
send marketing emails where you have chosen to receive them
operate, secure and improve the website
understand how visitors use the website
maintain appropriate financial and transaction records
comply with legal, tax and accounting obligations.
Depending on the purpose, our lawful basis for processing your information may be that it is necessary to perform a contract with you, necessary to comply with a legal obligation, in our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website and business, or based on your consent.
4. Website Hosting & Squarespace
This website is hosted by Squarespace.
Squarespace may collect information when you visit this website, including:
information about your browser, network and device
your IP address
pages you visited before arriving at this website
pages you view and how you interact with this website.
Squarespace uses this information to provide, protect and improve its website platform and related services.
5. Online Purchases & Payments
When you make a purchase through this website, we collect information necessary to process and fulfil your order. This may include:
your name
email address
telephone number
billing and shipping address
details of the products you purchase
information relating to your order.
This information is shared with Squarespace, our website and online store provider, where necessary to operate the shop and process your order.
Payments are processed securely by Stripe. Payment information is submitted to and processed by Stripe. Ania Ready does not directly store your full payment card details.
During checkout, Squarespace may use the Google Places API to provide address suggestions based on the information you enter.
6. Order & Account Emails
We may send you emails relating to your purchase or customer account. These may include:
order confirmations
dispatch notifications
information or updates relating to an order
customer account notifications
password reset or account security messages.
These are service-related communications necessary to administer your purchase or account and are separate from marketing emails.
Squarespace may process your contact information in order to send these communications on our behalf.
7. Contact Forms & Enquiries
If you contact Ania Ready through a form on this website or by email, we will collect the information you provide in order to respond to your enquiry.
Information submitted through website forms may also be processed and stored by Squarespace as the website hosting provider.
We may retain correspondence where reasonably necessary for administration, record keeping or dealing with an ongoing enquiry.
8. Mailing List & Marketing Emails
If you choose to join the mailing list, we may use your name and email address to send occasional news and information about Ania Ready's work, exhibitions, publications, events and related activities.
The mailing list and marketing emails are managed using Benchmark Email, our email marketing service provider. Information you provide when subscribing, such as your name and email address, may be processed by Benchmark Email in order to manage the mailing list and send emails on our behalf.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email.
Where we rely on your consent to send marketing communications, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawing from the mailing list will not prevent us from sending service-related communications about an order you have placed.
Benchmark Email Privacy Policy
9. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third parties where necessary to operate the website, provide a service you have requested or meet our legal obligations. These may include:
Squarespace, for website hosting and ecommerce
Stripe, for payment processing
Benchmark Email, for managing mailing-list subscriptions and sending marketing emails
postal or courier services, where necessary to deliver an order
professional advisers or service providers where reasonably necessary
public authorities where disclosure is required by law.
We only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
10. International Data Transfers
Some of the third-party services used to operate this website may process or store personal information outside the UK.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by UK data protection law.
11. How Long We Keep Your Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including fulfilling orders, responding to enquiries and meeting legal, accounting and tax requirements.
Different types of information may therefore be retained for different periods.
Mailing-list information will be retained while you remain subscribed, subject to appropriate review and any legal or administrative requirements.
Where you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent to marketing, we may retain limited information necessary to record your preference and ensure that you are not inadvertently resubscribed.
12. Cookies & Similar Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on your device when you visit a website. They can be used to enable essential website functions, remember preferences and, with your consent where required, help us understand how the website is being used.
Essential Cookies
Squarespace uses functional and required cookies that are necessary for the website to operate securely and correctly.
These may support functions such as:
website security
shopping baskets and checkout
customer accounts
remembering cookie preferences
other essential website functionality.
These cookies do not generally require consent where they are strictly necessary to provide the website or a service you have requested.
Analytics & Performance Cookies
This website uses Squarespace Analytics to help us understand website traffic and activity.
Analytics information may include:
information about your browser, network and device
your IP address
pages visited
clicks and internal links
scrolling
searches
timestamps and other information about your interaction with the website.
Where consent is required, analytics and performance cookies will only be used after you have chosen to accept them through the website's cookie controls.
13. UserWay Accessibility
This website uses the UserWay Accessibility Widget to provide additional accessibility tools.
UserWay states that its accessibility widget does not use persistent cookies to store accessibility preferences or use those preferences for tracking, analytics, profiling or marketing. Accessibility preferences may instead be stored locally in your browser so that your chosen settings can be maintained.
14. Embedded Content
This website includes videos embedded from YouTube, a service provided by Google.
When you view or interact with an embedded YouTube video, YouTube/Google may collect information about your device and your interaction with the video and may use cookies or similar technologies. This may include information such as your IP address and information about how you interact with the embedded content.
Where consent is required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies associated with embedded content, these should only be activated after you have provided the appropriate consent through the website's cookie controls.
For further information about how Google handles personal information, please see the Google Privacy Policy.
15. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit this website, you may be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to make choices about non-essential cookies.
You can choose whether to accept or decline non-essential cookies and, where available, change your preferences later using the website's cookie controls.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please be aware that disabling essential cookies may prevent some website functions from working correctly, including shopping and checkout.
For more information about the cookies used by Squarespace, please see:
16. Links to Other Websites
This website may contain links to external websites, including galleries, organisations, social media platforms and other third-party sites.
Ania Ready is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites. When you follow a link to another website, its own privacy policy will apply.
17. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights including:
the right to request access to personal information held about you
the right to have inaccurate or incomplete information corrected
the right to request deletion of your information in certain circumstances
the right to request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
the right to object to certain uses of your information
the right to data portability in certain circumstances
the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
These rights are not absolute and may not apply in every circumstance.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact:
18. How to Complain
If you have a question or concern about how your personal information is being used, please contact Ania Ready in the first instance:
You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.
Information Commissioner's Office – Make a Complaint
19. Changes to This Policy
This Privacy & Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page.
20. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:
Ania Ready
Email: hello@aniaready.com
Last updated: October 2026