Site Use Terms & conditions, & Privacy policy.

Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the site. By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using our site.

Reliance On Information Posted & Disclaimer

The materials contained on our site are provided for general information purposes only and do not claim to be or constitute legal or other professional advice and shall not be relied upon as such. We do not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from accessing or reliance on the information on this site and to the fullest extent permitted by law, we exclude all liability for loss or damages direct or indirect arising from use of this site.

Information about us

www.thebarnarts.co.uk is a site operated by the Barn, run by Woodend Arts Limited. The Barn is a charity registered in Scotland under registration number SCO22620. Woodend Arts Limited is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee, Company No. 392079. The Barn is one of Creative Scotland's Regularly Funded Organisations. Our registered office is Burn o Bennie, Banchory AB31 5QA.

Accessing our site

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. We update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Intellectual property rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may refer to pages or extracts of any pages from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. If you require any images of the Barn for promotional use, please contact marketing@thebarnarts.co.uk.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Our liability

The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for:

loss of income or revenue;

loss of business;

loss of profits or contracts;

loss of anticipated savings;

loss of data;

loss of goodwill;

wasted management or office time; and

for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Links from our site

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. When accessing a site via our website we advise you check their terms of use and privacy policies to ensure compliance and determine how they may use your information.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The English courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site.

These terms of use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Variations

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact mail@thebarnarts.co.uk.

These terms and conditions were updated May 2026.

This Privacy Policy explains how our organisation collects and uses personal data we receive from you when you use our website.

By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions as above.

This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this website. It will explain:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is collected, used and stored, and with whom it may be shared.

2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

What data we collect and how we collect it

While using our website, for example when you register online or make a booking, or complete a customer survey, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, postal address and phone number ("Personal Information").

How we use your data

We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving our services, including but not limited to processing orders, bookings, events and exhibitions. We use cookies and web analytics services to analyse trends and statistical data from our website which will be captured to help improve the website functionality and help understand where changes may be required, for example what type of devices you use to view our pages. We are the sole owners of the information collected on our website. We only have access to, and only collect information that you voluntarily give us through our website or via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about special offers, arts, events or services relating to the Barn’s work or changes to this privacy policy. We may share your Personal Information with third parties where required by law or where we have a legitimate interest in doing so. We will share your data with our data processor service provider from time to time and our box office, booking and ticketing service provider from time to time, only for the purpose of providing and improving our services. In accordance with the respective services contracts, only the information needed to perform their specific services is provided to the service providers and the information may not be disclosed or used otherwise than as necessary for the specified purpose.

How we store your data

We will store your Personal Information for only so long as necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your Personal Information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed, and restrict access to your Personal Information to those who have a legitimate need to know. 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 Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contact from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via email or by phone on 01330 825431.

· See what data we have about you, if any.

· Change/correct any data we have about you.

· Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

· Request to be taken off our mailing list (however your data will be retained for the purposes of reporting only and treated confidentially)

Users are entitled to the following data protection rights:

Right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Right to restrict processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Right to object to processing - You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Right to data portability - You have the right to ask us to transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, in certain circumstances.

Orders

To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and address) and financial information (like credit/debit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you. We do not store any credit/debit card data on our site.

Log Data

Like many website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, location, browser type, browser version, operating system, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

What cookies are used?

The Barn works with a selection of third parties to help us improve our website experience:

Google analytics cookies (analytics)
Cookie consent cookie (essential)
WIX cookie (essential)

Links To Other Sites

Our website 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. Woodend Arts Ltd has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

Woodend Arts Ltd may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us at mail@thebarnarts.co.uk

The Information Commissioners Office

You can find additional information about your data protection rights and your right to raise a concern on the Information Commissioners Office website - https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters.

This Privacy Policy was last modified May 2026.