Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 October 2026
This privacy policy explains how Samuel Morais collects, uses and protects personal information through samuelfmorais.com and in connection with professional enquiries, creative work and tutoring.
Samuel Morais is the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website and his professional activities.
For questions about this policy or the use of your personal information, contact:
INFORMATION COLLECTED
Depending on how you use the website or get in touch, Samuel may collect:
• Your name and email address
• Information you provide through the website contact form or by email
• Information needed to arrange tutoring, creative work or another professional service
• Where relevant, contact information for a parent or guardian
• Information necessary for payments, invoices and business records
• Technical information about use of the website, such as pages visited, browser or device information, general location and how visitors arrive at the site
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website, other than information processed automatically where necessary for the site to function.
CONTACT FORMS AND EMAIL
Visitors can contact Samuel either through the website contact form or directly by email.
Contact form submissions are processed through Wix and may be stored within Wix's form and contact-management systems. Information submitted through the form is used to respond to your enquiry and, where relevant, arrange further work or services.
Direct email correspondence is processed through Apple iCloud Mail using Samuel's professional @samuelfmorais.com email address.
If an enquiry develops into tutoring or other professional work, additional information may be kept where necessary to arrange and provide that service and maintain appropriate administrative and financial records.
HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION IS USED
Personal information may be used to:
• Respond to enquiries
• Arrange and provide tutoring, creative work or other professional services
• Communicate about ongoing work or lessons
• Process and document payments
• Maintain appropriate business and financial records
• Operate and maintain the website
• Understand how visitors use the website and improve its content
The legal basis used to process personal information will depend on the circumstances.
Where someone enquires about or purchases a service, processing may be necessary to take steps towards or fulfil a contract.
Samuel may rely on legitimate interests where reasonably necessary to respond to professional enquiries and manage his creative and professional practice.
Some information may need to be retained to comply with legal obligations, including financial and accounting requirements.
Where consent is required, particularly for non-essential cookies and analytics, information is processed on the basis of consent. Consent can be withdrawn at any time through the website's cookie settings.
ANALYTICS
This website uses Wix Analytics and Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site.
This may include information such as pages viewed, how visitors reached the website, and general information about their device or browser.
Analytics technologies are treated as non-essential and, where consent is required, are only used after the visitor has chosen to allow the relevant cookies through the website's cookie controls.
COOKIES
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are essential for the website to operate correctly. Others may be used for purposes such as analytics, website functionality or third-party media and are optional.
Visitors can choose which optional categories they allow through the website's cookie controls and can return to those controls to change or withdraw their choices.
EMBEDDED MEDIA
Pages on this website may contain embedded content from third-party services including YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.
These services allow audio or video to be played directly within the website. When embedded content is loaded or interacted with, the relevant provider may process technical information or use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with its own privacy policy.
Where these technologies are not essential, the website's cookie controls are used to manage consent where required.
SHARING INFORMATION
Samuel does not sell personal information.
Information may be processed by third-party services where necessary to operate the website or provide professional services. These may include:
• Wix, for website hosting, forms, contact management and analytics
• Apple iCloud Mail, for professional email
• Google Analytics, for website analytics
• YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music, for embedded media
Personal information may also be disclosed where required by law.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Some of the services used by this website operate internationally and may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards required under UK data protection law will be used where applicable.
HOW LONG INFORMATION IS KEPT
Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
General enquiries that do not lead to ongoing work will not be retained indefinitely.
Information connected with tutoring, paid creative work, payments or invoices may be retained for longer where necessary for administration, accounting or legal obligations.
When information is no longer reasonably required, it will be deleted or otherwise disposed of appropriately.
YOUR RIGHTS
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:
• Request access to your personal information
• Have inaccurate information corrected
• Request deletion of your information
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain uses of your information
• Request data portability where applicable
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
To make a request or ask a question about your personal information, contact:
If you are unhappy with how your personal information has been handled, you also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
This privacy policy may be updated if Samuel's website, services or use of personal information changes.
The date at the top of this page will show when it was most recently updated.