Privacy Policy

At Atom Studio, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal data responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal data when you visit atomstudio.design contact us about a project or interact with our website.It applies to visitors, prospective clients and other individuals who communicate with us through our website or other contact channels.

Atom Studio is an independent design studio working across branding, digital design, packaging and motion. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the organisation responsible for processing your personal data is:

The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with our website.
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‍Information you provide to us
‍When you contact us about a potential project or collaboration, we may collect your name, email address, company name, project details and any other information you choose to include in your message.If you contact us directly by email or another communication channel, we may also retain the information contained in that correspondence.
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‍Technical information
‍When you visit our website, certain technical information may be processed, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring website and details about how you interact with our pages. The information collected depends on the website configuration and the services enabled.
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‍Cookies and similar technologies
‍Our website may use cookies or similar technologies necessary for its operation. If analytics, embedded media or other third-party services are enabled, additional information may be collected in accordance with those services' functionality and your cookie preferences.Please see the relevant cookie information on our website for further details.

We use personal data only where we have an appropriate purpose and legal basis for doing so.
This may include:
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‍Responding to inquiries:
to answer questions, discuss potential projects and communicate with prospective clients.
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‍Preparing proposals:
to understand your requirements and take steps towards a potential service agreement.
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‍Managing client relationships:
to communicate with clients and manage commissioned projects where a professional relationship has been established.
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‍Operating our website:
to maintain website functionality, security and performance.
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‍Improving our website:
to understand how visitors use our content, where appropriate analytics tools are enabled.
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‍Meeting legal obligations:
to comply with applicable accounting, tax and other legal requirements.We do not use personal data for purposes unrelated to those described here without providing further information where required by law.

Depending on the circumstances, we process personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:
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‍Pre-contractual steps and contractual necessity
‍When you contact us about a potential project, we may process your information to respond to your request, prepare a proposal or take steps towards entering into a contract. Where you become a client, we may process relevant information to provide our services.
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‍Legitimate interests
‍We may process information where necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as responding to professional inquiries, maintaining website security and managing our communications, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
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‍Legal obligationsWe may process or retain information when necessary to comply with legal obligations, including applicable accounting and tax requirements.
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‍ConsentWhere required, we rely on your consent for activities such as non-essential cookies or direct marketing communications. You may withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

We do not make your personal data publicly available simply because you contact us.We may share information with trusted service providers when necessary to operate our website or conduct our business. Depending on the services we use, these may include:
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‍Webflow:
our website platform and hosting provider, which may process website and form-submission data.
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‍Email and communication providers:
to receive, manage and respond to messages.
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‍Analytics or cookie providers:
if such services are enabled on our website.
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‍Professional advisers: such as accountants, lawyers or other advisers, where necessary.
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‍Public authorities:
where disclosure is required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.Service providers may process personal data on our behalf or in accordance with their own responsibilities under applicable law.We do not sell personal data.

Some service providers we use may process or store personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Our website is built and hosted using Webflow. Depending on the data and services involved, personal data may be processed or stored in the United States. Webflow describes its international data-transfer arrangements and safeguards in its Privacy Policy and EU & Swiss Privacy Policy. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we take steps to ensure that any safeguards required by applicable data protection law are in place.

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, taking into account applicable legal requirements.
In general:
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‍Project inquiries:
we retain relevant correspondence for as long as necessary to respond and manage follow-up. Set a specific period for unsuccessful inquiries that reflects your actual retention practice.
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‍Client records:
information relating to commissioned projects may be retained for the duration of the client relationship and subsequently for the applicable legal, accounting, tax or claims-related retention periods.
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‍Technical and analytics data: retention depends on the services enabled and their configuration.When personal data is no longer needed, it will be deleted or otherwise handled in accordance with applicable law.

Cookies and similar technologies may be used to support website functionality, remember preferences or measure website performance.

Some pages may also include content or links provided by third parties. When you interact with these services, their own privacy policies and cookie practices may apply.

Where consent is required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, those technologies should not be activated before the necessary consent is obtained. You should be able to manage or withdraw your cookie preferences through the controls provided on the website.

For more information, please see our Cookie Policy or Cookie Settings, where available.

Under applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you may have the right to:
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‍Access your personal data and request a copy.
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‍Rectify inaccurate or incomplete information.
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‍Request erasure of your personal data in circumstances provided by law.
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‍Restrict processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
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‍Object to processing based on legitimate interests, where applicable.
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‍Request data portability, where the legal conditions for this right are met.
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‍Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
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‍Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority.
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These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.To exercise a right, please contact us at hello@atomstudiodesign.com.
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We may need to verify your identity before responding.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
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However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
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We encourage you not to send confidential or highly sensitive information through general website contact forms.

Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms or other third-party services.
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We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites that we do not operate. We recommend reviewing the relevant privacy policies when visiting external websites or using third-party services.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our business, website, service providers or legal requirements.
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The latest version will be published on this page, together with the date of the most recent update.