Privacy Policy – Part Pictures Studio
Last updated: October 11, 2026
1. Introduction
Part Pictures Studio respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
This Privacy Policy explains how we process personal data when you visit our website, contact us, request information about our services, or otherwise interact with us.
In addition to information related to website enquiries and service requests, we process the personal data of students enrolling in our online acting course under a separate privacy notice. You can find the course-specific privacy notice here: [Link to the Online Acting Course Privacy Notice].
2. Data Controller and Contact Information
Business or organisation name: Part Pictures Studio
Official legal name of the data controller: Part Pictures Studio
Email: info@part-pictures.fi
Address: Finland – Espoo – 02760
3. What Personal Data Do We Collect?
We may process the following information when you provide it to us or when processing is necessary for the use of our website and services:
Name
Email address
Telephone number, if provided
Messages, enquiries, and information submitted through contact forms
Information related to service or project requests
Information necessary for managing customer relationships and communications
Technical information relating to website functionality, security, and usage that may be collected by the systems in use.
We collect and process only the personal data necessary for the specified purposes.
4. How Do We Use Your Information?
We use personal data for the following purposes:
Responding to enquiries and service or project requests
Communicating with customers and business partners
Managing service requests and customer relationships
Maintaining and improving the functionality, usability, and security of our website
Complying with legal obligations and handling potential legal claims.
We do not use personal data for other purposes without an appropriate legal basis.
5. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data
The legal basis for processing depends on the circumstances. It may include:
Entering into or performing a contract
Complying with a legal obligation
Our legitimate interests, where permitted by applicable law
Your consent, where required.
If processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the consent was withdrawn.
6. Service Providers and Disclosure of Personal Data
We do not sell your personal data. However, we may use external service providers to host our website, communicate with users, store files, and deliver online courses. These providers may process personal data to the extent necessary to provide their services.
Our services include the following:
Hostinger – Website Hosting
Our website, part-pictures-studio.fi, is hosted using Hostinger’s services. The provider may process information related to website operation, hosting, maintenance, security, and backups.
Email Services
We use the following email addresses to communicate with users and customers:
The email service provider involved in processing messages depends on the service actually used to host each email account.
Google Drive
Google Drive may be used to receive and store practical exercise videos submitted by students enrolled in our online acting course. Further information about the processing of these videos is provided in the course-specific privacy notice.
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is used for online course sessions. Depending on the service settings and how sessions are conducted, information such as participants’ display names, attendance information, and content shared during sessions may be processed.
Course-related files may also be stored on a computer and external hard drive controlled by Part Pictures Studio.
Personal data may also be disclosed where necessary to comply with the law or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. Transfers of Personal Data Outside the European Economic Area
Depending on the services used, account settings, and service providers’ practices, personal data may be processed or transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, applicable data protection laws must be followed, and appropriate safeguards must be implemented where required by law.
8. Cookies and Technical Website Information
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure website functionality, security, and a better user experience.
The cookies used and their purposes depend on the website’s actual configuration and the plugins or third-party services in use. Cookies and related technical information cannot generally be described as never collecting personal data, as some of them may constitute personal data.
Necessary and other cookies are handled in accordance with applicable requirements. For more information about cookies and how to manage them, please visit: [Link to the Cookie Policy or Cookie Settings].
9. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, manage customer relationships, comply with legal obligations, or handle legal claims.
Retention periods depend on the type of information and its purpose. For example, contact messages are retained for as long as necessary to handle the enquiry and any required follow-up. Accounting records and other information subject to statutory retention requirements are kept for the period required by law.
Retention periods for exercise videos and assessment records relating to the online acting course are specified in the course-specific privacy notice.
10. Data Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data. We aim to prevent unauthorised access, loss, alteration, and improper disclosure.
Access to personal data is restricted to individuals who need the information to perform their duties. We also use available security features provided by our service providers and take appropriate measures to protect the devices under our control.
However, no method of transferring information over the internet or storing information electronically is completely risk-free.
11. Your Rights
Under applicable data protection laws, you may have the right to:
Obtain confirmation of whether we process your personal data and access that data
Request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Request the deletion of your personal data where legally permitted
Request the restriction of processing
Object to processing in circumstances where you have that right
Receive personal data you have provided in a portable format, where the legal requirements for data portability are met
Withdraw your consent where processing is based on consent
Lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, contact us at info@part-pictures.fi. We may request additional information where necessary to verify your identity.
12. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of the relevant services before using them.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy if our activities, the services we use, or applicable requirements change. The updated version will be published on this page, together with the latest revision date.
14. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process personal data, please contact us:
Part Pictures Studio
Email: info@part-pictures.fi
Address: Finland – Espoo – 02760
Online Acting Course Privacy Notice: Refer to the course rules page.