Privacy Policy

Last updated: 18 August 2026

Maria Raskina Art respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, the person responsible for your personal information is Maria Raskina.

Contact: maria@raskina.co.uk
Website: artraskina.co.uk

Information we collect

We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us when you contact Maria Raskina Art, including:

  • your name;

  • email address;

  • telephone number, if you provide one;

  • information contained in an enquiry or commission request;

  • photographs or other materials you choose to send in connection with an enquiry or commission.

We may also collect information about how visitors use the website through Squarespace Analytics and Google Analytics, subject to your cookie preferences. This may include information such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser information, referring websites and interactions with the website.

How we use your information

We use personal information to:

  • respond to enquiries;

  • discuss, arrange and fulfil commissions or purchases;

  • communicate with clients about existing or potential work;

  • administer and improve the website;

  • understand how visitors find and use the website;

  • maintain appropriate business and accounting records;

  • comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information.

Our legal bases for using personal information

Depending on the circumstances, we process personal information because:

  • it is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, or to perform a contract with you;

  • we have legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, operating the art practice and maintaining appropriate business records;

  • we have a legal obligation to retain or disclose certain information; or

  • you have given consent, for example for non-essential analytics cookies or marketing communications.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

Contact and commission enquiries

When you submit a form through this website, the information you provide is processed through Squarespace and may also be sent by email to Maria Raskina.

We use this information only for responding to your enquiry and managing any resulting relationship unless you separately agree to receive marketing communications.

Submitting an enquiry does not subscribe you to a mailing list.

Website analytics

We use Squarespace Analytics and Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website.

Analytics technologies may collect information about visits and interactions with the website. Non-essential analytics cookies are used only in accordance with the choices you make through the website’s cookie controls.

Google Analytics is provided by Google. Squarespace provides the website hosting and built-in analytics services.

Who receives your information

Your information may be processed by service providers used to operate the website and business, including:

  • Squarespace, for website hosting, forms and website analytics;

  • Google, where Google Analytics is used;

  • email service providers used to receive and respond to enquiries.

These providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, applicable safeguards required by data protection law are used by the relevant service providers.

We may also disclose information if required to do so by law.

How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

As a general guideline:

  • enquiries that do not result in a commission or purchase may be retained for up to 24 months after the last communication;

  • information relating to clients, commissions and purchases may be retained for longer where reasonably necessary for the relationship, record-keeping, tax, accounting or legal purposes;

  • Google Analytics event-level data is currently configured with a retention period of 14 months.

Information may be deleted earlier where it is no longer needed.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law, depending on the circumstances, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:

  • request access to your personal information;

  • ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;

  • ask for information to be deleted;

  • ask for processing to be restricted;

  • object to certain uses of your information;

  • request transfer of information in certain circumstances;

  • withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.

To exercise a privacy right, contact maria@raskina.co.uk.

You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your personal information has been handled unlawfully.

Cookies

This website uses necessary cookies and, where you consent, analytics and performance cookies.

More information is available in our Cookie Policy, and you can change your cookie preferences using the cookie controls available on the website.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, services or legal requirements change. The latest version will always be available on this page.