Privacy & Cookie Policy
O'Rourke Studios ("we," "us," "our") respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect through this website, how we use it, and your rights. It applies to www.orourkestudios.com only.
This website is informational. We do not collect client data, team assessment data, or any Synastria platform data through this website.
Who we are
O'Rourke Studios is a multidisciplinary practice led by Dr Rebekah O'Rourke, based in the United Kingdom. For any privacy question or request, contact us at rebekah@orourkestudios.com.
For the purposes of UK data protection law (UK GDPR) and, where applicable, the EU GDPR, O'Rourke Studios is the "data controller" for personal data collected through this website.
What we collect
We keep this to a minimum. We collect:
Information you choose to give us. If you contact us through the website (for example, a contact form or by emailing us), we receive the details you provide — typically your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Website usage information. Like most websites, we collect limited technical and usage information through cookies and similar technologies — for example, pages visited, approximate location (country/region), device and browser type, and how you arrived at the site. This is used in aggregate to understand and improve the site.
We do not collect special-category (sensitive) personal data through this website, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. This site uses:
- Essential cookies — required for the website to function (for example, security and basic site operation). These cannot be switched off.
- Analytics cookies — set by our website platform, Squarespace, to help us understand site usage in aggregate (visits, page views, traffic sources). These are non-essential.
We display a cookie banner so you can accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Declining non-essential cookies will not affect your ability to use the site.
How we use your information
- respond to your enquiries and communicate with you;
- operate, maintain, and improve the website; and
- keep the site secure and functioning properly.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it for automated decision-making or profiling.
Legal bases (UK/EU GDPR)
- Consent — for non-essential (analytics) cookies, which you can give or withdraw via the cookie banner.
- Legitimate interests — to respond to enquiries you send us and to keep the website secure and working well, in a way that does not override your rights.
Who we share it with
We use trusted service providers to run the website, who process data on our behalf, including Squarespace (website hosting and analytics). We may also disclose information if required by law. We do not share your information with third parties for their own marketing.
International transfers
Some of our providers (including Squarespace) are based in, or process data in, the United States. Where personal data is transferred outside the UK/EU, we rely on the appropriate safeguards those providers put in place (such as standard contractual clauses).
How long we keep it
We keep enquiry correspondence only as long as needed to deal with your request and for a reasonable period afterwards. Aggregate analytics data is retained in line with our platform's standard settings.
Your rights
Under UK/EU data protection law you have the right to: access the personal data we hold about you; ask us to correct or delete it; object to or restrict certain processing; withdraw consent (where we rely on it); and request a copy of your data. To exercise any of these, email rebekah@orourkestudios.com.
If you have a concern we haven't resolved, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk, or your local data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date above shows when it was last revised.
O'Rourke Studios — rebekah@orourkestudios.com