privacy policy

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU, effective as of 25th May 2018), and the UK GDPR (1st January 2021) strict laws are in place to protect the rights of individuals in regards to their personal data – be that email addresses, phone numbers, names, and any other information by which an individual may be identified.

This page outlines how the editors of the MASS Collection Project collect and process individuals' personal data, for what purposes, how it is held, and how you can get in touch with us.

What is The MASS Collection

The MASS collection is a non-monetised project, which takes the form of a monthly online publication featuring submissions from the global artistic community. The project is was started jointly by Henry McPherson (www.henrymcpherson.org.uk) and Maria Sappho (www.mariasappho.com) in January 2020, who curate and edit the publication each month.

The project is run entirely on a voluntary and not-for-profit basis (both in terms of curation and editing, and community submissions).

Personal Data

As an essential part of this project, we (the editors) collect some basic personal data from individuals who submit to us, or who correspond with us via email, or social media.

This data is collected and processed for the following purposes:

Publication of works in the MASS Collection, as per the methods detailed on the "home" page of this, and communication with individuals relating to publication
Public relations: including communication with followers of the MASS Collection on social media, and email correspondence regarding enquiries
Newsletter contact for those subscribed to our monthly MailChimp newsletter

Data recorded through emails via the contact page or the submission form (google form) will include:

Your email address

Data which may also be recorded, if you provide it, may include:

Your name (if given)
Your telephone number (if given)
Your postal address (if given)
Your social media handles or website (if given)
Data present within artistic works (text, image, links etc.) submitted for consideration (if given)
Any other personal data that you choose to provide

How is it stored?

By contacting us via the email address on the “Contact” page of this website or through the Google form,your email address (and any other relevant personal information that you provide, ie. name, contact details) will be stored on a secure, password protected, online server provided by Google. This server is accessed through an encrypted connection on a secure browser, from secure, password-protected, antivirus-protected computers and smart-phones, accessible only to the editors (Henry McPherson, Maria Sappho). Submission data for potential publications is also stored online via Google Drive Cloud storage, accessed by the editors by the means and devices detailed above.

CuratorSpace: Data sent via submissions on the CuratorSpace platform is held on servers as per the platform's privacy policy, which can be found at: https://www.curatorspace.com/legal/privacy-policy. Submissions sent through CuratorSpace are copied and held by the editors in Google Drive, accessed and processed as detailed in the paragraph above.

MailChimp: For those signing up to the monthly newsletter provided by MailChimp, data is held and processed as per the platform's privacy policy, which can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/#1._The_Basics. You are able to update your preferences on MailChimp at any time by following the link at the footer of the newsletter email

Adobe Publishing: the MASS Collection is published via adobe publishing through InDesign. The publication is hosted on adobe's secure platform. When the publication is made public, your name (if given) and any biographical information you provide for the purposes of publication will be publicly visible as is outlined clearly below, and in our submissions section. You are also able to submit anonymously, if you should so choose. Adobe's privacy policy can be found at https://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy.html

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: Data sent in communication via the MASS' social media pages is held and processed according the respective privacy policies of these platforms.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
Twitter: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

How long is it held?

Most personal data provided, such as email addresses or submissions via the Google form or CuratorSpace, will be held for a period of 24 calendar months from the date of first contact, after which point it will be deleted. At any point, you may request that your data be preserved after this period by contacting the editors via themasscollection@gmail.com, and providing your explicit written consent. You reserve the right to request a copy of this data, or request correction or deletion of this data, as detailed below.

Data held by MailChimp (following subscription) will be held until you choose to unsubscribe.

Personal information made public in the publication (as detailed below) will remain online indefinitely. If you would like to withdraw your works from publication after the publication date, please get in touch with us to discuss this.

What is made public in the publication?

If you are selected for publication, personal information from your submission that will be made public may include:

Your name or psudonym (if given, and if anonymity not requested)
Any social media handles or website links you provide
Any data included as a part of your artwork (for example, images, video, text)
Any data you might include in your biography (if you include a biography)

We also share links to the publication across our social media, and may include the above information in posts about your work.

We do not include email addresses, postal addresses, or telephone numbers in the publication or on social media.

You are welcome to request anonymous publication, by indicating this on your submission form, in which case only your submitted artwork will be made public if selected.

Please be reassured that your personal data will never be sold for advertising purposes, or shared with other organisations (with the exception of processing through CuratorSpace and MailChimp, etc. as services used to facilitate submissions and the newsletter for us).

In compliance with UK and international law, in the case of suspected criminal activity or other legal obligation, this data may be shared with the relevant UK or international authorities.

At any point, you may request a copy of all personal data held by the editors of the project. This will be freely provided without unreasonable delay. You reserve the right to request correction, or deletion of this personal data. If you have any concerns about how your data is held or processed, wish to request a copy of any data held about you, or wish to have your data corrected or deleted, please contact us via themasscollection@gmail.com, and a response will be sent as soon as possible.

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Links + Publication

This website contains links to other sites. the-mass.com is in no way responsible for or endorses the content of external sites. This privacy and cookie policy applies to this domain (the-mass.com) only. External sites will have their own privacy policies, links to which can often be found at the footer of web-pages.

PLEASE NOTE: Publications of the MASS Collection are currently hosted via Adobe InDesign Publishing, through adobe.com. Adobe has its own privacy and cookie policy, which can be found at https://www.adobe.com/privacy.html . The cookie-consent mechanism on this site (www.the-mass.com) applies to this site only, and you may be asked to provide additional consent when visiting adobe.com. Unfortunately, the editors have no control over the potential cookies which may be placed on your device when visiting adobe.com, as we manage this domain only. The publications hosted via Adobe frequently contain links to embedded content from YouTube, SoundCloud, and other media hosting sites. These sites are known for placing cookies on devices to track user engagement, and for analytics purposes. We recommend checking browser settings as many browsers now enable anti-tracking technologies, or considering the use of private browsing tabs when viewing the publication. We are currently looking for ways of hosting the publication which will not rely on external platforms.

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

The internet service provider of this web page automatically logs access from the user’s browser. The following data is registered and stored:

Browser version and type
Operating system
IP address of computer
Time of request
Referrer
Search strings used on search engines

It is not possible to identify individuals using the above data.

Please contact your internet service provider for more information about how your data is logged and processed.

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