Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Cayr (Charitable Incorporated Organisation no. 1206468) collects and uses personal data when you visit our website or engage with our programmes. Our website is hosted by Squarespace. We do not sell personal data. If you have any questions, please contact us at admin@cayrchartiy.org.uk.
Who we are
Cayr is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO 1206468) delivering participatory arts and creative health programmes nationally. Our registered address is available from the Charity Commission register.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Cayr is the data controller for personal data collected through this website.
Website visitors
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs this data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more in Squarespace's Privacy Policy.
Cookies and analytics
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, small files that download to your device when you visit a website. The following cookies are always active as they are necessary for the site to function:
Squarespace security and session cookies required to serve the website to you
With your consent (via our cookie banner), the following analytics cookies may also be placed:
Analytics and performance cookies that allow us to understand site traffic, page visits, and activity
This website also collects the following information to power our Squarespace analytics:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Your IP address
Clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider. You can view and manage cookie preferences at any time via the cookie settings on our site. For a full list of cookies Squarespace uses, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
Contact and enquiry forms
When you submit information to us via a webform on this website, we collect the data requested in the form in order to track and respond to your submission. This may include your:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Details of your enquiry or message
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us. We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry and manage our relationship with you.
Marketing and newsletter emails
If you sign up to receive Field Notes, our newsletter, or other updates from Cayr, we may send you marketing emails. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email we send.
We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you. We will never share your email address with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
Scheduling and bookings
If you book a session, workshop, or appointment through this website, we collect personal information to complete the booking. This may include your:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Details relating to your appointment or session
We provide this information to Squarespace (via Acuity Scheduling), our online booking service provider, so they can provide scheduling services to us.
Fonts
This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To display the site correctly, these third parties may receive information about your browser, network, or device, and your IP address.
Third-party services and embedded content
Our website may include embedded content from third-party platforms such as Vimeo or Google Maps. Where such content is embedded, those third parties may receive information about you. We recommend reviewing their respective privacy policies if you have concerns.
We do not use Facebook pixel, advertising trackers, or any tools that share your data with advertisers.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you
Ask us to correct inaccurate data
Ask us to delete your data (in certain circumstances)
Object to or restrict how we process your data
Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
Data retention
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Enquiry and contact form data is generally retained for up to three years. You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. We encourage you to review it periodically.