The Woodworking Studio Limited (TWS)

Privacy Policy & Cookie Information

Our contact details

Name: The Woodworking Studio Limited

Address: Unit 1, Chapel Hill Farm, Thornborough, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2RD

Phone Number: +44 7818784890

E-mail: george@thewoodworkingstudio.co.uk

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

Your name, address, telephone number and email address

The date on which your membership began

Dates and times you attend at the workshop

Payment details (including card or bank information)

Photographs and CCTV recordings

Website user information, including IP addresses

How we get your personal information and why we collect it

The personal information we process is provided to us directly by you, or arises on CCTV footage or other recordings:

To manage your membership, including use of the workshop

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience.

Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs. We will send members occasional operational communications (via email, sms, post) regarding your membership to encourage you to stay active. You can opt out of any of these communication channels by clicking the unsubscribe link on any emails, replying to the message, or emailing us.

To improve our website

We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.

To improve member service

Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your member service requests and support needs.

To process transactions

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering any purchased product or service requested.

To send periodic emails

The email address you provide as part of your membership details, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your membership, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of our emails.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) We have a contractual obligation.

(b) We have a legal obligation.

(c) We have a legitimate interest.

(d) We have your consent.

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored on the workshop computer and connected online services.

We keep your membership details for the duration of your membership and for up to six years after you cease to be a member. We will then dispose this information by deleting personal details from the system.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you become a member.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

Do we use cookies?

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us remember and keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe such release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at www.thewoodworkingstudio.co.uk

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

This policy was last modified in September 2026

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information above.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at the address provided if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at the address provided above.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk