Privacy Policy For Graeme Sheffield and The Ironwood Anvil Custom Forged Metalwork

As of January 1, 2004, the Government of Canada has required that all businesses and organizations develop an information privacy policy. The following information describes my policies with regards to collection, retention and distribution of the information you provide to me in the course of communicating and doing business with me.

Consent: It should be assumed that if you provide personal contact information (i.e. name, address, telephone, fax, cell phone, e-mail) to me, you are giving me permission to use this shared information for my purpose only to contact and correspond with you or your business.

Financial Information: I only accept cash and cheque payments. I do not retain any financial information (i.e. bank account numbers) that could be found on personal or business cheques.

Contact Information: I do not sell or trade contact information provided from individuals without their verbal or written consent. If for some unfortunate, unforeseen circumstance I cannot complete a contracted project, as per our signed contract agreement, I will inform you of the situation and make reccommendations for a referal to another competant blacksmith who can successfully complete the project.

I will refer businesses to other individuals or businesses in need of specific products or services when I cannot personally provide the specific product or service.

Photography/ Documentation: I keep a very thorough photographic, drawn and written record of all my work. All original designs are the property of Graeme Sheffield. I will document all photographs intended for public viewing (i.e. web pages) as follows: title, medium, location (when it is an installation) (i.e. Scrolled gate, forged steel, Yorkshire Street, Guelph, Ontario). I will not advertise the owner's name or individual address unless given specific permission. All drawings and written records are intended for my purpose only, as proof of design ownership and reference material for individual procedures, processes and materials employed.