Privacy & Cookies
Last updated: 5 October 2026
Avila Jewellery Designs respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This notice explains what information may be collected when you use this website, why it is collected and how it is used.
Who is responsible for your information
Avila Jewellery Designs is responsible for the personal information collected through this website.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how your information is used, please contact:
Email: alison@avilajewellerydesigns.com
Information collected
Personal information is collected only when you choose to provide it, for example when you:
• contact Avila Jewellery Designs using the website contact form; or
• sign up to receive news and updates by email.
Depending on how you use the website, this may include your name, email address and any information you choose to include in a message.
The website may also collect limited technical information about how the site is used through cookies and website analytics.
How your information is used
Information submitted through the contact form is used to respond to your enquiry and communicate with you where necessary.
If you choose to join the Avila Jewellery Designs email list, your email address will be used to send you occasional news, stories from the studio and updates about Avila Jewellery Designs. You can unsubscribe from these emails at any time.
Personal information will not be sold to third parties.
Lawful basis for using your information
Where you sign up to receive marketing emails, your information is processed on the basis of your consent. You may withdraw that consent at any time by unsubscribing from the emails or contacting Avila Jewellery Designs.
Where you contact Avila Jewellery Designs with an enquiry, your information is used where necessary to respond to your request and for the legitimate interest of managing communications and enquiries relating to Avila Jewellery Designs.
Squarespace and other service providers
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may process information on behalf of Avila Jewellery Designs in order to provide website hosting, forms, mailing-list functionality, security and website analytics.
Information may therefore be processed by service providers operating outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with applicable data-protection law.
How long information is kept
Personal information is kept only for as long as it is reasonably required for the purpose for which it was collected.
Contact enquiries will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and any related correspondence.
If you join the Avila Jewellery Designs email list, your information will normally be retained until you unsubscribe or ask for it to be deleted.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies. Some cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly, while others may be used to understand how visitors use the website and to improve the website experience.
Non-essential cookies are used only in accordance with the choices you make through the website's cookie banner. You can accept, decline or manage non-essential cookies using the cookie controls provided on the website.
You can change your cookie preferences using the Cookie Preferences option on the website.
Your rights
Under UK data-protection law, you may have rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to request access to your information, ask for inaccurate information to be corrected, request deletion or restriction of your information in certain circumstances, object to certain uses of your information, and withdraw consent where consent is being relied upon.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact: alison@avilajewellerydesigns.com.
If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, you also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data-protection regulator.
Changes to this notice
This privacy notice may be updated as Avila Jewellery Designs develops and the way this website is used changes. The date at the top of this page will show when it was last updated.