We understand that your privacy is important and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits our websites, including www.makereadyeditions.com, www.avantarte.com and arte.bio, and only collect and use your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. Any personal data we collect will only be used as permitted by law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site(s). Our site(s) may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

1. Personal Data

Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

2. Your rights

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:

• The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions by emailing us at info@makereadyeditions.com

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.

• The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold.

• The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.

• The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

• The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.

• The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

• Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us.

It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first at info@makereadyeditions.com

3. The personal data we collect

Make-Ready Editions is a trading name operated by Avant Arte B.V. Avant Arte B.V. is the data controller responsible for all personal data collected through the Make-Ready Editions website, as well as through avantarte.com and arte.bio. All transactions made via the Make-Ready Editions website are legally entered into with Avant Arte B.V., which also provides order fulfilment.

While using our websites, we might ask you to consent to provide us with Personal Data including your name and email address, to enhance your experience. We may also collect certain information automatically through cookies and similar tools. Our site collects certain information automatically, including your IP address, the type of browser you are using, and certain other non-personal data about your computer or device such as your operating system type or version, and display resolution.

If you place an order, in addition to your name and shipping address, relevant financial information, including credit or debit card details and payment address provided will be processed and held by our external payment processors, and treated in accordance with their privacy policies. Our external payment processors may store your payment card details at your request

Where you place an order or register interest in a Make-Ready Editions product, your information will be processed by Avant Arte B.V. in order to manage and fulfil that order. Make-Ready Editions marketing communications will remain separate from Avant Arte’s primary mailing lists unless you choose otherwise.

If you send us an email, we may collect your name, your email address, and any other information which you choose to give us. For the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, we are the data controller responsible for such personal data.

The lawful basis under the Data Protection Legislation that allows us to use such information is article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR which allows us to process personal data when it is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, in this case, the proper operation and functionality of our site.

4. Use of personal data

Where we collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the Data Protection Legislation at all times.

We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

If you sign up specifically to Make-Ready Editions newsletters, updates, or announcements, you will receive communications relating only to the Make-Ready Editions brand unless you separately opt-in to Avant Arte’s communications.

Unless you have opted-in to sharing personal data with us, we do not generally collect any personal data directly from you, but if you contact us and we obtain your personal details from your email, we may use them to respond to your email. The other technical data referred to above is necessary for the technical operation of our site and will not normally be used in any way to personally identify you.

5. Storage of personal data

We will only store your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal data will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation, the GDPR, and/or to equivalent standards by law.

6. Sharing of personal data

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exceptions.

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy (i.e. to communicate with you).

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

We may also, occasionally, where you have purchased or registered your interest in a particular artist or release, share your personal data with the associated artist or release partner, subject always to their compliance with our commercial agreements and applicable data protection laws.

7. Contacting us

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the details on the contact page [link].

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection. 

Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date. 

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 14 November 2025.