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Privacy policy

Privacy policy

Use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. The collection of any personal data (eg name, address or e-mail address), this is as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. These data are not without your express consent. We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible. The use of published under the imprint obligation by third parties for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly excluded. The operators of this website reserve the right to take legal action in case of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Access data / server log files

The seller (or his internet provider) collects data on each access to the offer (so-called server log files). To access data include:
Name of the requested Web page, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, browser type plus version, the operating system of the user, referrer URL (previously visited page), IP address, and the requesting provider. The provider uses the data for statistical analysis, for the purpose of the operation, safety and optimization of the offer. The provider Retains the right, however, the log data to check later if there is reasonable suspicion of unlawful use due to concrete indications.

Getting back in touch

While contacting the seller (for example via contact form or e-mail) the details of the user in order to process the request and for the case that follow-up questions arise saved. We store your data until you make use of your right of withdrawal.

Newsletter

The newsletter will inform you about us and our offers. If you would like to receive the newsletter, we require a valid e-mail address and information that allow us to verify that you are the owner of the email address or that the owner agrees to receive the newsletter. Further data are not collected. This data will be used only to send the newsletter and will not be disclosed to third parties. By registering for the newsletter, we save your IP address and the date of the application. This storage is solely for the proof in the event that a third party abused an email address and logs without the knowledge of the person entitled to receive the newsletter. Your consent to the storage of data, e-mail address and use it to send the newsletter can be revoked at any time. Revocation can occur via a link in the newsletter itself in your profile area or by notice to the above contact details.

Social plugins from Facebook

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. 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.

Social plugins from Pinterest

On our site we use social plugins from the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (“Pinterest”). When you call up a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited, which also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.

Further information on the purpose, scope and further processing and use of the data by Pinterest as well as your rights and options for protecting your privacy can be found in Pinterest’s data protection information: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy

Social plugins from YouTube (videos)

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.
If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s data protection declaration at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Web analysis with Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are saved on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand 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 will only be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Access, cancellation, revocation, blocking

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing as well as the right to correct, block or delete (“right to be forgotten”) this data at any time.

You have the option to object to data processing. The data will then be deleted unless this would require a disproportionate effort and this is possible under applicable law. The processing of personal data, which must be stored in order to fulfill the contract and the resulting statutory retention periods, cannot be effectively contradicted.

You can object to the processing of your data for the purpose of creating a customer profile at any time. This data will then be deleted. You can contact us at any time via our data protection officer if you have any further questions on the subject of personal data.

Contoller

Hans Paffrath
Königsallee 46
40212 Düsseldorf
Tel.: +49 (0) 211–32 64 05
info@galerie-paffrath.de