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Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

Who we are

Lake Effect Studios ("we", "us") is an independent art studio selling original watercolors, digital downloads, print-on-demand artwork and gift items.

What we collect

• Contact details you give us: name, email address and mobile number.
• The interests you select and any message you send us.
• Basic technical information your browser sends automatically, such as device and general location data, used to keep the site working.

How we use it

• To send you email updates about new work, releases and offers, if you opted in.
• To send you text message alerts, if you opted in and gave us a mobile number.
• To answer your questions about commissions, orders and wholesale.

Marketing consent

Email and text updates are opt-in. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and you can reply STOP to any text to stop receiving them. Message and data rates may apply to text messages, and message frequency varies.

Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers that help us operate, including email and text delivery services, print and fulfillment partners, and payment processors. We share only what is needed to provide the service you requested or to meet a legal requirement.

Storage and security

Your details are stored on secured, access-controlled services and kept only as long as needed for the purposes above, or until you ask us to remove them.

Your choices

You can ask us to see, correct or delete the information we hold about you, or to stop contacting you, by sending a note through the contact page.

Children

This site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will post the updated version here with a new date.