House of Stardog23, including STARDOG23.COM and the Tattoo Atelier, handles personal information with discretion, restraint, and respect for privacy.
This Privacy Notice explains how personal data is collected, used, stored, and protected when you visit the website, submit an enquiry, join a mailing list, request access, enquire about a sculpture or commission, or engage with the Tattoo Atelier for consultation, booking, or session-related matters.
Tattoo Atelier enquiry, consultation, and booking processes
email, contact forms, and direct communications
mailing list or release-list sign-up
payments, deposits, and related administrative records
2. The information we collect
We collect only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant interaction.
Website, sculpture, and general communications
This may include your name, email address, the contents of your enquiry, mailing-list preferences, and limited technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, and site usage data.
Tattoo Atelier
This may include your name, email address, phone number, date of birth where legally required, appointment details, consultation notes, correspondence, payment and transaction information, and records connected to the design, booking, and delivery of tattoo services.
Where relevant to tattoo suitability, safety, aftercare, or emergency response, this may also include health or medical information that you choose to provide.
Where agreed, we may also hold photographs of completed tattoo work for portfolio, archival, or related studio purposes.
We do not knowingly collect unnecessary personal data.
3. How personal data is used
Personal data is used only for legitimate and relevant purposes.
Website, sculpture, and Sovereign Canon communications
Information may be used to respond to direct enquiries, provide access to requested material, send notices relating to exhibitions, releases, works, or related announcements, maintain a limited mailing list, and operate, secure, and improve the website.
Tattoo Atelier
Information may be used to manage consultations, bookings, design discussions, appointments, and sessions; to communicate preparation guidance, appointment details, and aftercare; to process deposits and payments; to maintain appropriate client records; and to meet legal, regulatory, accounting, insurance, health and safety, or evidential requirements.
Personal data is not sold, rented, or traded for advertising or unrelated marketing purposes.
4. Lawful bases for processing
Personal data is processed under one or more of the following lawful bases:
Consent — where information is voluntarily provided for a specific purpose, such as joining a mailing list or agreeing to portfolio use.
Contract — where processing is necessary to respond to a request, manage a booking, take a deposit, or provide a service that has been requested.
Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary to operate responsibly, respond to enquiries, maintain records, protect the website or studio, and improve services.
Legal obligation — where information must be retained or disclosed in order to comply with applicable law.
Where health or medical information is provided in connection with tattoo services, that information is treated with additional protection as sensitive personal data. Where required, it is processed on the basis of explicit consent and only to the extent necessary for safe and appropriate service delivery or related legal and safety obligations.
5. Cookies and analytics
The website may use cookies, analytics tools, and similar technologies to support site functionality, understand how visitors use the site, and improve performance.
Where cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they may be used without additional consent. Where cookies or similar technologies are not strictly necessary, they will be used only in accordance with your choices through the site’s cookie settings or consent mechanism. Cookie information and consent choices should be clearly presented and easy to access.
You may also control cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may affect site functionality.
6. CCTV at the Tattoo Atelier
The Tattoo Atelier uses CCTV for studio security, the prevention and detection of crime, incident review, and the protection of clients, visitors, staff, property, and health and safety where reasonably necessary. The lawful basis relied upon for this processing is legitimate interests. CCTV footage is accessed only by authorised persons where there is a legitimate operational reason to do so and may be shared, where lawful and necessary, with insurers, professional advisers, law enforcement, regulators, or emergency services. Footage is stored securely and is normally retained for up to 14 days, unless it is required for an incident, investigation, insurance matter, or legal process, in which case it may be retained for longer for that purpose. Further information is available in the Tattoo Atelier CCTV Notice.
7. Sharing of information
Personal data may be shared only where reasonably necessary and only with appropriate parties, including website, form, booking, payment, analytics, or email service providers; accountants, legal advisers, or insurers; and regulators, courts, law enforcement, emergency services, or other authorities where required by law or necessary to protect health or safety.
Personal data is not shared with third parties for unrelated promotional use.
8. International transfers
Some service providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where that occurs, reasonable steps are taken to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place so that personal data remains protected in accordance with applicable data protection law.
9. Data retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including where retention is required for legal, accounting, insurance, regulatory, safety, evidential, or dispute-resolution purposes.
General enquiries are kept only as long as needed to respond and manage any related follow-up. Mailing list information is kept until you unsubscribe or the list is retired. Payment and transaction records are retained as required for accounting and legal purposes. Tattoo consultation, consent, appointment, and related safety records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to protect both client and studio and to meet legal or insurance requirements. Health information is retained only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, after which it is securely deleted or anonymised where appropriate.
10. Data security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are in place to protect personal data from unauthorised access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
These measures may include secure HTTPS website access, restricted access to personal data, the use of trusted third-party providers for payments and site operations, and appropriate internal controls over the handling of personal information.
No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but appropriate steps are taken to reduce risk.
11. Your rights
Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data, request deletion where legally permissible, request restriction of processing in certain circumstances, object to certain processing, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, request data portability where applicable, and lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your information has been handled unlawfully.
This Privacy Notice may be updated from time to time to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes. The current version will always be published on this page.
Atelier Terms of Entry
By proceeding, you confirm that you understand the structure of this process and agree to enter it with clarity, commitment, and respect for the work.
1. Nature of the Work
All tattoo work is custom-designed by STARDOG23.
Each piece is developed through my artistic direction. Reference material may inform the process, but no work is a direct copy of existing tattoos.
2. Artistic Authority
You are commissioning a piece within my style and approach.
Final execution, interpretation, and refinement remain under my artistic discretion. Minor deviations from initial concepts are part of the process.
3. Design Process
Following consultation, you will receive a proposed design direction.
Up to three refinements are included once a direction is selected.
Full redesigns or concept changes are not included once the design phase has begun.
4. Commitment & Deposit
The Atelier entry deposit secures your appointment and initiates the design phase.
Deposits are non-refundable.
Deposits may be transferred with sufficient notice.
Entering this stage signals serious intent to proceed.
5. Rescheduling
Rescheduling must be requested with a minimum of two weeks’ notice.
Failure to do so may result in loss of deposit.
6. Health & Responsibility
You confirm that:
• You are over 18 years of age
• You understand the risks associated with tattooing
• You do not have any medical conditions that would make the procedure unsafe
7. Completion & Payment
Once tattooing has begun, full payment for the agreed work is required.
Completed work is non-refundable.
8. Documentation & Usage
You grant permission for your tattoo to be photographed and used for portfolio, documentation, and promotional purposes.
9. Liability
You acknowledge and accept the inherent risks involved.
STARDOG23 is not liable for complications outside of professional negligence.
10. Studio Environment
The studio operates under monitored conditions, including CCTV for safety and security.
By entering the space, you consent to this.
11. Governing Law
These terms are governed under UK law.
Final Acknowledgment
By proceeding, you confirm that you have read and understood these terms and are entering this process with full awareness.
