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Privacy

 

The provider and responsible body within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states as well as other data protection regulations is:

 

ARTFOR Gallery

Franckst. 45

4020 Linz / Austria

Tel. +43 (0) 699 17650064

Email: office@artfor.gallery

www.artfor.gallery

 

Contact details of the data protection officer of ARTFOR Gallery:

Data protection officer
ARTFOR Gallery

Franckst. 45

4020 Linz / Austria

Tel. +43 (0) 699 17650064

Email: office@artfor.gallery

www.artfor.gallery

 

SCOPE
 

With this data protection declaration, users receive information about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of their data by the responsible provider.
The new Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG) in the Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria form the legal framework for data protection. Austria is thus adapting its law to the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

 

GENERAL INFORMATION ON DATA PROCESSING
 

In principle, we only process personal data of our users insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users takes place regularly only with the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.
When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Article 6 (1) lit. b GDPR as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures.
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR as the legal basis.
In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR as the legal basis.
If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the first-mentioned interest, Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR as the legal basis for processing.

The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage can also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws or other provisions to which the person responsible is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the standards mentioned expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data in order to conclude or fulfill a contract.

If we did not receive your personal data from you in connection with a contractual relationship, but because you want to be informed about our exhibitions and other gallery activities, or are interested in buying or selling a work of art, we assume that you are with us want to keep in touch for information about Galerie Thomas. That means: We use and process your personal data until you object to our data processing based on your rights under the GDPR, revoke your consent or make use of your right to deletion.

 

 

COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA AND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THEIR PROCESSING
 
1. WHEN VISITING THE WEBSITE

Every time our website www.artfor.gallery is accessed, information is automatically collected by us or the web space provider. This information, also known as server log files, is of a general nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person. The information is recorded without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted after 30 days.

Among other things, the following are recorded: name of the website, file, date, data volume, web browser and web browser version, operating system, the domain name of your Internet provider, the so-called referrer URL (the page from which you accessed our offer) and the IP address.

The data mentioned are processed by us for the following purposes:
> Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
> Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
> Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
> for further administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you personally.

The collection of the data for the provision of the website and the storage of the data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. There is consequently no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

 

 

2. WHEN SIGNING UP FOR OUR EMAIL INVITATIONS

If you register for our e-mail invitations, we will use the data you have entered exclusively for this purpose or to inform you about the circumstances relevant to this service or registration. We do not pass this data on to third parties.

Your consent is obtained for the processing of the data during the registration process and reference is made to this data protection declaration. The legal basis for processing the data after registering for the newsletter or receiving email invitations from the user is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

To receive the e-mail invitations, it is sufficient to provide a currently valid e-mail address. The collection of the user's email address is used to deliver the newsletter or the email invitations. The IP address that you used for the

Register for e-mail invitations and the date on which you order the e-mail invitations. This data serves us as evidence in the event of misuse if a third-party e-mail address is registered for the e-mail invitations. In order to also ensure that an e-mail address is not misused by third parties in our mailing list, we work in accordance with the law with the so-called “double opt-in” procedure. As part of this process, the order of the e-mail invitation, the dispatch of the confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the registration confirmation are logged.

You have the option at any time to revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address and their use. To do this, please reply to the e-mail invitation with the subject “unsubscribe”. You also have the option of notifying us of your wish to cancel by email or post.

 

 

DISCLOSURE OF DATA

 

A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:
> According to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO have given express consent to this,
> the transfer according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
> in the event that for the transfer according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. c GDPR there is a legal obligation, and
> this is legally permissible and according to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

 

COOKIES

 

Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Information is stored in the cookie that results in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we are immediately aware of your identity.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies are also used to optimize user-friendliness and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit and to recognize which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer (see the following points Google Analytics, Google Adwords). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you visit our site again that you have already visited us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.
The data processed by the cookies are required for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR required.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted.

 

ANALYSIS TOOLS

 

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR carried out. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for you in order to optimize our offer. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned regulation.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

 

1. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ( https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/ ) (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymised usage profiles are created and cookies (see section Cookies in this declaration) are used. The information generated by the cookie about the use of this website such as
> Browser type / version,
> operating system used,
> Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
> Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
> Time of the server request,
are transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage for the purpose of market research and needs-based design of this website. This information may also be passed on to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of us.

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is only transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser will not be merged with other Google data. The personal data of users are deleted or anonymized after 14 months.

Users can prevent the installation of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case not all functions of this website can be used to their full extent.
Users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to their use of the online offer and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https: // tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can find more information on the use of data for advertising purposes by Google, setting and objection options on the Google website: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners/ (“Use of data by Google when you use Websites or apps of our partners "), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads (" Use of data for advertising purposes "), http://www.google.de/settings/ads (" Manage information that Google uses it to show you advertisements ”) and http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ (“ Determine which advertisements Google shows you ”).

 

2. GOOGLE ADWORDS

This website uses the online advertising program "Google AdWords". In order to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you, we also use conversion tracking. In doing so, Google Adwords will set a cookie (see section Cookies in this declaration) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google ad. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot therefore be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers.

The information obtained with the help of the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers find out the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified.

If you do not want to participate in the tracking process, you can easily deactivate the Google Conversion Tracking cookie in your internet browser under user settings. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. You can find out more about Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

 

GOOGLE TAG MANAGER

 

This website uses the Google Tag Manager (GTM) from Google Inc. (Google). The GTM delivers website tags and other utilities. GTM is a cookie-free domain and does not collect any personal data. Google Tag Manager does not access data that is collected by the tools delivered with it. If the utility programs delivered by the GTM have been deactivated at the domain or cookie level, this remains in effect for all tracking tags that are implemented with GTM. You can find all information about the Google Tag Manager here: http://www.google.de/tagmanager/use-policy.html

 

SOCIAL MEDIA PLUG-INS

 

We use on our website on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR social plug-ins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to make our gallery better known. The underlying advertising purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The responsibility for the data protection compliant operation is to be guaranteed by the respective provider.

 

1. PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF FACEBOOK PLUGINS (LIKE BUTTON)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our website. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/ .

When you visit our website, the plug-in creates a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to assign your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. You can find more information on this in Facebook's data protection declaration at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php .

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our website to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

 

2. PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF INSTAGRAM

Our website uses so-called social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”.

When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted directly from Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged into Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.

If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can immediately assign your visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example press the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and shown to your contacts there.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your related rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Instagram's data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/

If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the Instagram plugins from loading with add-ons for your browser, e.g. B. with the script blocker "NoScript" ( http://noscript.net/ ).

 

MINORS PROTECTION

 

Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request any personal data from children and young people. We do not knowingly collect such data and do not pass them on to third parties.

 

DISCLAIMER ADVERTISING MAILS

 

We hereby object to the use of the contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

 

 

DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
 
1. INFORMATION

According to Art. 15 GDPR you have the right to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can obtain information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the right to correct or delete your personal data and a right to restriction the processing or a right to object to this processing, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if we have not collected it, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if necessary, meaningful information on their details.
You have the right to request information about whether the personal data relating to you is being transmitted to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate guarantees in accordance with. Art. 46 GDPR to be informed in connection with the transfer.

 

2. CORRECTION

According to Art. 16 GDPR, you have the right to immediately request the correction of incorrect personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us.

 

3. DELETION

You can request the person responsible to delete the personal data relating to you immediately, and the person responsible is obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

- The personal data relating to you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
- You revoke your consent on which the processing was based according to. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
- According to 21 para. 1 GDPR objection to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing, or you object acc. Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR objection to the processing.
- The personal data concerning you have been processed unlawfully.
- The deletion of your personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the member states to which the person responsible is subject.
- The personal data relating to you were collected in relation to the information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR. If the person responsible has made the personal data concerning you public and is acc. According to Art. 17 Para. 1 GDPR, he shall take appropriate measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the implementation costs, to inform those responsible for data processing who process the personal data that you are the data subject Person have requested that you delete all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

The right to deletion does not exist if processing is necessary
- to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information and to protect legitimate interests;
- to fulfill a legal obligation that requires processing under the law of the Union or the member states to which the person responsible is subject, or to perform a task that is in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority that has been transferred to the person responsible;
- for reasons of public interest in the area of ​​public health in accordance with Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 Para. 3 GDPR;
- for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes acc. Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right mentioned under section a) is likely to make the realization of the objectives of this processing impossible or seriously impair it, or
- for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

 

4. RESTRICTIONS ON PROCESSING

In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted if you dispute the correctness of the data, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you do need this to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR.

 

5. EDUCATION

If you have asserted the right to correction, deletion or restriction of processing against the person responsible, the person responsible is obliged to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this correction or deletion of the data or restriction of processing, unless this turns out to be impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the person responsible.

 

6. DATA PORTABILITY

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to another person in charge without hindrance by the person in charge to whom the personal data was provided, provided that
- the processing on a consent acc. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 Para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract according to. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR is based and
- the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
In exercising this right, you also have the right to have your personal data transmitted directly from one person responsible to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not impair the freedoms and rights of other people.
The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or takes place in the exercise of official authority that has been transferred to the person responsible.

 

7. REVOCATION

According to Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR, you have the right to revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future. Revoking your consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of your consent up to the point of revocation.

 

8. COMPLAINT

You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or work or our gallery headquarters.

 

9. OBJECTION

If your personal data is based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR are processed, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct mail. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, an email to: office@artfor.gallery is sufficient

 

 

DATA SECURITY

 

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

 

 

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

 

In order to ensure that our data protection declaration always complies with the current legal requirements, we reserve the right to make changes at any time. This also applies in the event that the data protection declaration has to be adapted due to new or revised services, for example new services. The new data protection declaration will then take effect the next time you visit our website. You can call up and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at www.artfor.gallery/datenschutz .

 

LEGAL NOTICE

 

The use of the entire ARTFOR website or parts thereof, including the downloading, reproduction, transmission, reproduction or distribution for purposes outside of personal, private and non-commercial use by the Internet user is strictly prohibited and will be legally prosecuted.

 

 

 

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