Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

Epiphany Art is an international ecumenical community of contemporary Christian artists. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling any personal information you share with us with care and respect. This policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights in relation to it.

This website (epiphanyart.org) is operated by Epiphany Art and is hosted on the Wix platform. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

Epiphany Art

Website: www.epiphanyart.org

Contact email: j.r.cornerstone@btinternet.com

Epiphany Art is a community group and is not a registered charity or limited company.

2. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you actively provide it to us. We do not collect data automatically, other than through the standard technical processes described below.

Contact form

When you use our contact form, we collect:

Your full name
Your email address
The nature of your enquiry
Any information you choose to include in your message
How you heard about us (optional)

Epiphany Art magazine sign-up

If you subscribe to receive our magazine, we collect:

Your full name
Your email address

Automatically collected data

Like most websites, our site platform (Wix) automatically collects certain technical information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and time of visit. This data is used for site security, performance, and analytics purposes.

Instagram feed

Our website includes an embedded Instagram feed displaying posts from our account (@ca.epiphany). If you interact with this feed, Meta (the company that operates Instagram) may collect data about your visit in accordance with their own privacy policy. Please see Section 5 for more details.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We use the information you provide solely for the purposes for which it was given:

To respond to your enquiry via the contact form
To send you the Epiphany Art magazine
To understand how visitors use our website and improve it over time (anonymised analytics data)

We will never use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing

Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR), we rely on the following lawful bases:

Legitimate interests — to respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form
Consent — to send you our magazine. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us
Legitimate interests — to maintain the security and performance of our website

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to any third party.

Your data may be processed by the following third-party service providers, solely in connection with operating our website and communications:

Wix.com — our website platform, which hosts our site and processes form submissions. Wix is GDPR-compliant. See Wix’s Privacy Policy at wix.com/about/privacy
Google Analytics — we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our website. Data is anonymised and aggregated. You can opt out using Google’s opt-out browser add-on
Meta (Instagram) — our website includes an embedded Instagram feed. When the feed loads, Meta may set cookies on your device and collect data about your visit, even if you do not have an Instagram account or are not logged in. This data is processed by Meta in accordance with their own policies. See Meta’s Privacy Policy at privacycenter.instagram.com. You can manage Meta’s cookie use through our cookie consent banner

All third-party providers are required to handle your data securely and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

Contact form enquiries — we retain correspondence for as long as necessary to handle your enquiry, and for a reasonable period thereafter in case of any follow-up. We aim to delete enquiry records after two years unless an ongoing relationship exists
Magazine subscriptions — we retain your details for as long as you remain subscribed. You may unsubscribe at any time
Analytics data — anonymised analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics’ standard data retention settings (up to 14 months by default)

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to help the site function correctly, to understand how it is used, and to display our embedded Instagram feed.

The types of cookies used include:

Essential cookies — required for the website to function (e.g. session cookies set by Wix)
Analytics cookies — used to collect anonymised data about how visitors use the site (Google Analytics)
Social media cookies — set by Meta when the embedded Instagram feed loads on the page

When you first visit our site, you will be shown a cookie notice giving you the option to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings at any time.

For full details, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data, subject to certain conditions
Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data
Right to object — you can object to our processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interests
Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at j.r.cornerstone@btinternet.com. We will respond within one month.

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, or unauthorised access. Our website is hosted on Wix, which maintains industry-standard security measures. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Links to Other Websites and Embedded Content

Our website contains links to external sites and embedded content from third-party platforms. This includes:

Instagram (@ca.epiphany) — we link to our Instagram profile and display an embedded Instagram feed on the website. Instagram is operated by Meta Platforms, Inc. If you visit our Instagram page or interact with the embedded feed, Meta’s own terms and privacy policy apply. We encourage you to review Meta’s Privacy Policy at privacycenter.instagram.com
Artist websites and social media channels — individual artist profile pages may link to the artist’s own website and social media. These are independent sites with their own privacy practices
Other external links — where we link to other third-party websites, we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices

This Privacy Policy applies only to epiphanyart.org. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites before sharing personal data with them.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us.