The following information describes how we gather and use your data. It informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of our website, from contacts, and from galleries and clients. The information we hold on you will depend on our relationship with you and you may find some of the sections below are not relevant.

This Privacy Policy is in compliance with EU’s new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in the UK on May 25, 2018. This law gives you more control of your personal data and greater transparency around how it is used. This policy applies to information held about clients and prospective clients, suppliers and prospective suppliers, artists, contacts and all other persons about whom David Remfry’s studio holds information. By 'information' we mean personal information about you that we collect, use, share and store.

Keeping your personal data safe has always been important to us and the GDPR is just an extra layer of security for you.

YOUR INFORMATION

When you use our site, or share information with us, you consent to us processing and collecting this data, on the terms and for the reasons which are explained below.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect some or all of the following:

• your name.
• your contact information such as your address, email address and telephone number.
• if required, your payment details
• information about you that you give us in person, at events and exhibitions or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise.
• information shared with us by galleries in relation to your purchase of artwork.
• when browsing our website, standard Google Analytics data such as your IP address, your browser type.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS USED

We may use your information to:

• communicate with you and provide you with information that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where we have identified a legitimate interest to do so. 
• ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
• provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where we have identified a legitimate interest to do so.
• carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
• notify you about changes to our service.
• send you digital newsletters and exhibition announcements.

If you do not want us to use your information for marketing purposes, please contact us directly by emailing studio@davidremfry.com.

Please note that if you click on, or follow, any links from our site to external websites, our privacy policy will no longer apply. Please check the privacy policies of any such external site before submitting any personal data, as we cannot accept any responsibility or liability in relation to them.

HOW TO OPT-OUT 

If you do not want us to use your information for exhibition announcements, please contact us directly by emailing studio@davidremfry.com. 

HOW WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION

Our processing of your personal information is necessary: 

• for the performance of contracts to which you will be a party to and in order to take steps at your request prior to you entering into those contracts;
• for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us; or
• in order to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

In relation to any processing of special categories of personal data, we will generally rely on obtaining specific consent from you at the time unless there is otherwise a legal requirement for us to process such information.

LEGITIMATE INTERESTS

Where our processing is based on the legitimate interest grounds described above, those legitimate interests are: to make sure you receive updated information on David Remfry’s activities and to provide the services you have requested.

LOG DATA

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site, which is referred to as Log Data.

This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit while on this website, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyse this data.

DATA STORAGE

Any data that you share with the studio is stored on our secure servers. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we hold.

If we identify a legitimate interest to send you marketing emails, your name and email address will be stored under our marketing campaign manager website; MailChimp. You can access MailChimp's privacy policy information here.

Your privacy is very important to us and we will take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data, but please be aware that any data that you share with us is shared at your own risk. You are also welcome to request access to, correct or delete information that we have about you at any time by contacting us at studio@davidremfry.com. 

COMMUNICATIONS 

We may use your personal information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that we feel will be of interest to you. We hope that you enjoy receiving our emails, but if you no longer wish to receive them, you can unsubscribe at any time via the link found in the footer of each email. 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You have the right under the Data Protection Act to access the information that we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please send your request to studio@davidremfry.com. 

COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive.

Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. We use cookies to help us improve, promote, and protect our services. By continuing to use the site, you agree to our cookie policy.

SECURITY

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, The security of your Personal Information is important to us and we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we hold.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 23 May 2018 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

Last updated on: 23 May 2018