Privacy Policy
DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION
1. GENERAL
As a German company, we welcome the new data protection legislation that comes into effect on May 25, 2018, as the protection of your personal data is very important to us.
We hereby assure you that we will treat your personal data confidentially and will not disclose it to third parties without your consent.
If you have provided us with your postal address, we will use it to send you invitations to events and to fulfill our contractual obligations to you. Your email address will be used to send electronic invitations and our newsletter, or to contact you regarding a request.
Please note that data transmission over the internet, including communication via email, can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of your data from access by third parties is therefore not possible.
Under applicable law, you have the right to request information, free of charge, about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing. You also have the right to rectification, blocking, or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice (right to information, blocking, erasure).
Furthermore, you have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for a third party, in a commonly used, machine-readable format (right to data portability). If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done if technically feasible.
You can withdraw your consent to the storage and processing of your data at any time (right of withdrawal). Simply click on the link at the end of a newsletter or send us an informal email. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You also have the right to receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract, either for yourself or for transmission to a third party (right to data portability). You can also restrict previously granted consent, for example, to invitations to events in a specific region. We reserve the right to ask for clarification if your wishes are not clearly expressed, clarifying whether you would like your data completely deleted or only its usage modified.
In the event of data protection violations, you, as the data subject, have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is located.
A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link:
2. OUR WEBSITE
Use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our website, this is done voluntarily.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
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 allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to block cookies in certain cases or in general, and to automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website.
Server Log Files
The provider of our website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes:
Browser type and version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data cannot be attributed to specific individuals. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to review this data subsequently if we become aware of concrete indications of unlawful use of our website.
Web Fonts
For consistent font display, we use web fonts provided by Google. When you visit a page, your browser loads the necessary web fonts into its cache to display text and fonts correctly. For this purpose, your browser must connect to Google’s servers. This allows Google to know that our website was accessed via your IP address. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps service via an API to guide you safely to our gallery in Freiburg or our Collectors Lounge in Schorndorf near Stuttgart. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer.
Further information on how Google handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
Google Analytics
This website would like to use functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics in the future to evaluate the browsing behavior of its users. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies, which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.
We evaluate this information exclusively for statistical purposes. The aim of the evaluations is the continuous improvement of our online services. Data logged when accessing this website will only be transmitted to third parties if the website operator is legally obligated to do so, if required by a court order, or if disclosure is necessary for legal or criminal prosecution in the event of attacks on the website operator’s infrastructure. Data will not be disclosed in any other circumstances.
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link. This will set an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.
More information about how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. 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 other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by the website operator in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
3. OBJECTION TO ADVERTISING EMAILS
The use of contact details published within the scope of the legal notice for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.
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Robyn Kelch at Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka with a Mokuy by Nawurapu Wunuŋmurra © ARTKELCH
Uluru Statement From The Heart © ARTKELCH
Robyn Kelch with a painted car door © ARTKELCH