At Fermin Studio ("we", "us", or "our"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit our website or use our services.
Please customise before publishing: Replace all highlighted placeholders (dates, business address, hosting provider, analytics tools) with your actual details. This policy is a strong starting template, but we recommend having it reviewed by a legal professional to ensure full compliance with the GDPR and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act.
1 Information We Collect
We only collect information that helps us serve you better. This may include:
Information you give us directly
- Your name, email address, and phone number when you fill in our contact form or message us
- Details about your project, business, or design requirements
- Any other information you choose to share when communicating with us
Information collected automatically
- Basic technical data such as your browser type, device, and IP address
- How you use our website (pages visited, time spent) through analytics tools such as [e.g. Google Analytics]
- Cookies and similar technologies (see Section 6)
2 How We Use Your Information
We use your information only for legitimate purposes, including to:
- Respond to your enquiries and provide quotes
- Deliver the design services you've requested
- Communicate with you about your project
- Improve our website and services
- Send updates or marketing only if you've agreed to receive them
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
3 Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, we process your personal data under one or more of these legal bases:
- Consent — where you've given clear permission (e.g. signing up for marketing)
- Contract — where processing is necessary to deliver a service you've requested
- Legitimate interests — to run and improve our business, provided your rights aren't overridden
- Legal obligation — where we must process data to comply with the law
4 Your Rights
You have rights over your personal data. Under the GDPR and similar laws, these include the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure — ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
- Portability — request your data in a transferable format
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests or for marketing
- Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@fermin.studio. We'll respond within the timeframe required by law (usually 30 days).
5 How We Store & Protect Your Data
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to keep your data secure and prevent unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.
- Your data is stored securely using trusted service providers such as [e.g. your hosting/email provider]
- We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described, or as required by law
- When data is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it
6 Cookies
Our website may use cookies — small files stored on your device — to help the site function and to understand how visitors use it. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings, though some features may not work properly without them.
If we use analytics or marketing cookies, we'll request your consent through a cookie banner where required by law.
7 Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share it only with:
- Trusted service providers who help us operate (e.g. hosting, email, analytics), under strict confidentiality
- Legal authorities, where required by law or to protect our rights
8 Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other sites (such as our social media profiles). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites and encourage you to read their policies.
9 Children's Privacy
Our services are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, please contact us and we will delete it.
10 Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "last updated" date. We encourage you to review it periodically.
11 Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out: