Privacy Policy
Carved to Flow respects your privacy. This policy explains how we handle personal information when you visit carvedtoflow.com, contact us or subscribe to our newsletter.
Who we are
This website is operated by CARVED TO FLOW FOUNDATION, which is responsible for the use of personal information described in this policy.
Registered address: 5th Avenue, I Close, House 16, Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria.
Registration number: 100885.
For questions about your privacy or to exercise your rights, please contact studiootobong@gmail.com.
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Visiting our website
Our website is hosted by Squarespace. When you visit, Squarespace processes technical information such as your IP address, browser, device and network information, and the pages you view.
This information helps deliver the website and keep it secure. We rely on our legitimate interest in maintaining a functioning and secure website for this processing.
Squarespace also processes certain information for its own purposes, as explained in its Privacy Policy.
Contacting us
When you contact us, we receive your email address and any personal information you include in your message. We use this information to respond to your enquiry and manage our correspondence.
Email correspondence is managed through studiootobong@gmail.com and stored using Google’s email and storage services. Further information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.
We rely on our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and communicating about the foundation’s activities. Providing information is voluntary, but we need sufficient contact details to respond.
Our newsletter
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address and any other details you provide to send updates about Carved to Flow, its activities, publications and events.
We use Squarespace Email Campaigns to manage and send these communications. Squarespace processes subscriber information on our behalf to provide this service.
We rely on your consent to send the newsletter. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew your consent.
Cookies and website analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Some are necessary for the website to function. Optional technologies may be used to understand website traffic or support additional features.
Where required by applicable law, we request your consent before using optional cookies or tracking technologies. You can withdraw or change your choices through the website’s cookie preferences.
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External content and links
Our website includes links to external websites. If you follow these links, the privacy policies of those websites apply.
Embedded content, such as video, audio or publication readers, may also transmit information about your device and your interactions to the service providing that content.
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Sharing information
We share information with service providers where necessary to operate the website, manage correspondence and deliver our newsletter. These include Squarespace and Google, as described above.
We may also disclose information when legally required or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
International processing
Using Squarespace and Google may involve processing personal information outside your country of residence.
Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, the relevant safeguards must apply to that processing.
Keeping your information
We retain personal information for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking account of applicable legal requirements.
We retain correspondence while dealing with an enquiry and for any necessary follow-up or record keeping.
We retain newsletter subscription information while your subscription remains active.
Your rights
Depending on the law applicable to you, you may have the right to:
• Request access to your personal information.
• Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of your information.
• Ask us to restrict certain uses of your information.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Receive your information in a portable format, where applicable.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
You can object to direct marketing at any time.
To make a request, contact studiootobong@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority. In Belgium, this is the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD/GBA). In Nigeria, this is the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
Under the GDPR, you may also lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the country of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place where the alleged infringement occurred.
Future changes and donations
If we introduce new features that involve personal information, including online donations, we will update this policy before the relevant processing begins. This will include information about any payment providers and how donation records are handled.
Updates to this policy
We may update this policy when our website or practices change. The date at the top indicates the latest revision. We will provide additional notice of significant changes where required.