Axiom Studios | Custom iOS Philosophy Applications & AR Experiences

Privacy Policy for Axiom Studios

Axiom Studios, located at 7 Socrates Row, Floor 3, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1PT, UK, is dedicated to developing philosophical iOS applications and providing related services including custom iOS app development for philosophical concepts, mobile app development for iOS education and research, iOS app design and development with a focus on user experience and intellectual engagement, consulting for digital philosophy platforms, and augmented reality experiences for philosophical texts. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our operations and applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you.

Personal Data: When you engage with our services, interact with our site, or communicate with us, we may collect personal data such as your name, email address, company affiliation, and payment information. This is typically collected when you inquire about our services, engage us for a project, or subscribe to our newsletters.
Usage Data: We may also collect information on how our services and applications are accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. For our iOS applications, this might include anonymized analytics about app feature usage to improve user experience.
Project-Specific Data: For custom app development projects, we will collect information related to the philosophical concepts, content, and design requirements you provide. This information is confidential and used solely for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations.

2. How We Use Your Information

Axiom Studios uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our services, including the development, design, and deployment of iOS applications.
To notify you about changes to our services.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.
To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services and applications.
To monitor the usage of our services.
To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
To process payments for our services.
To fulfil our contractual obligations related to custom app development and consulting.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Axiom Studios' legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Axiom Studios may process your Personal Data because:

We need to perform a contract with you.
You have given us permission to do so.
The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
For payment processing purposes.
To comply with the law.

4. Retention of Data

Axiom Studios will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Axiom Studios will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

5. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the UK and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the UK and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Axiom Studios will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

6. Disclosure of Data

We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect and defend the rights or property of Axiom Studios.
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service.
To protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public.
To protect against legal liability.

7. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

8. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Axiom Studios aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Axiom Studios relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

9. Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our services ( "Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

10. Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

11. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By mail: 7 Socrates Row, Floor 3, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1PT, UK