who operates this website
ankeza is an independent london creative collective. This website is operated by ankeza. A registered company name, company number and postal address have not been added here, because those details are not confirmed in the project. They need to be completed before this policy is treated as a published legal notice.
Privacy contact: hello@ankeza.co.uk. Writing to that address does not by itself confirm that a mailbox is delivering mail.
what is collected
- Account details when you register: name, email address and a password handled by the sign-in system. Google sign-in, where used, receives the identity the provider returns. Sign-in with X is not offered on the public screen. Existing X-linked accounts are not deleted by that change.
- Creative profile details you choose to save: display name, username, biography, disciplines, skills, links, profile picture, banner, card theme and page background.
- Portfolio pieces, community posts, comments and messages you submit.
- Job applications and the answers given at the time, including a copy of the questions then in use.
- Volunteer applications and partnership enquiries, including the contact details on those forms.
- Event RSVPs and the email used for a booking.
- Shop order details entered at checkout. Card payments are not collected. Orders in this prototype stay on the device.
- Newsletter or studio club waitlist emails, only where you ask to be told about a launch.
- Creative credits and reward records tied to a member account.
- Reports and moderation notes raised by members or the team.
why it is used
Information is used to create and look after accounts, show member profiles, run the community, review applications, manage events, record orders, answer enquiries, keep the space safe, and send service messages such as a booking note when that sending is actually connected.
Optional news is separate. It is not a condition of having an account.
legal bases
The intended UK GDPR bases, to be confirmed before launch, are: contract, for running an account and the features you ask for; legitimate interests, for safety, moderation and keeping the collective working; consent, for optional marketing and the studio club waitlist; and legal obligation, where a record has to be kept. Not every activity relies on consent.
where it is stored
Accounts, roles, volunteer applications, partnership enquiries, events and shared profile fields are stored in the project database. Some prototype features — including shop baskets, some job listings, on-device credits and parts of profile decoration — are stored in this browser until full server storage is connected. Do not treat on-device records as a permanent archive.
Hosting, the database, authentication and any future file storage are operated for ankeza. The exact host, authentication vendor and file store should be named here once the production configuration is confirmed. No third-party analytics tool is configured in this project. Payment processing is not connected, so card details are not taken. Transactional email is not described as operational: templates exist, and the interface says when a message was not sent.
cookies and local storage
A sign-in session may use a cookie. The live preview may keep a session token in session storage. This browser also keeps prototype data under local storage keys used by the member desk and the shop. Those are functional, not advertising cookies. A separate cookie-preference panel is not included yet and should be added if non-essential cookies are introduced.
how long it is kept
A fixed retention schedule is not configured in the software. The working rule is to keep account and application records while the account or enquiry is active and for as long as needed to answer it, to keep moderation records while a matter is open, and to remove or anonymise material when it is no longer needed. Exact periods need to be confirmed before publication.
your rights
You can ask to see the personal information ankeza holds, correct it, delete it, limit or object to certain uses, and withdraw consent where consent was the basis. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. To ask for something, email hello@ankeza.co.uk. Profile fields you can edit yourself are in account settings.
what this notice is not
It does not claim that data is never shared with service providers. It does not invent a company number or address. It should be checked by someone responsible for ankeza's UK data protection duties before the website is treated as live.