Privacy Policy - Strachan Fine Art

This policy applies to information held about clients and prospective clients, suppliers and prospective suppliers, artists, contacts and all other persons about whom Strachan Fine Art Limited holds information. By ‘information,’ we mean personal information about you that we collect, process, use, share and store.

In this policy, “we,” “us,” and “our” means Strachan Fine Art Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with No. 06389778, and “you” means the individual to whom the information relates. We are the controller responsible for your personal data.

What We Collect

—Your name and contact information such as your address, email address and telephone number
—Your payment details and financial data, including bank name, account number, sort code and/or payment card details
—When browsing our site: your IP address, browser type, location and language
—Information related to your attendance of, and interest in, events and art fairs
—Information you give us in person, by filling in forms on our site strachanfineart.com, or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise
—Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences
—Information in relation to your purchase of artwork or use of our services

We may also collect, use and share aggregated data — such as statistical or demographic data — which does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.

How We Collect Information

—Information you give us when you purchase artwork or services from us, or visit us at our premises or an art fair
—Your use of the forms on our website

What We Do with the Information

We use your information to:

—Provide information about our artwork and services
—Keep you informed about artwork, artists and events that may interest you
—Carry out our obligations arising from any agreements entered into between you and us
—Communicate with you
—Administer our site for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research and statistical purposes
—Keep our site safe and secure
—Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
—For security and to verify your identity

Legal Basis for Processing

Our processing of your personal information is necessary:

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

Those legitimate interests are: (i) collecting personal information to provide you with a smooth and efficient client experience; (ii) keeping you updated on Strachan Fine Art Limited’s business activities; (iii) providing the services you have requested; and (iv) for our own marketing and research.

We rely on consent only where we have obtained your active agreement to use your personal data for a specified purpose, for example if you subscribe to an email newsletter.

Sharing Your Information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

Your personal information may be shared with third party companies, agents, contractors, service providers or affiliated companies where necessary to provide our services or respond to your enquiries.

We may also share your information with:

—Law enforcement agencies, other governmental agencies or third parties if required by law
—Other business entities should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that entity

Transferring Your Information Outside the UK

Your personal information may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the United Kingdom, and may be processed by staff operating outside the UK who work for us or for one of our service providers.

Where we or our permitted third parties transfer your information outside the UK, we will impose obligations on recipients to protect your information to the standard required in the UK, or require the recipient to subscribe to international frameworks intended to enable secure data sharing.

Your Rights

At any time, you have the right:

—To request access to or a copy of any personal data we hold about you
—To rectification of your personal data if you consider the information we hold is inaccurate
—To ask us to delete your personal data, if you consider we do not have the right to hold it
—To withdraw consent to our processing of your personal data
—To ask us to stop or start sending you marketing messages
—To restrict processing of your personal data
—To data portability in certain circumstances
—To object to your personal data being processed in certain circumstances
—Not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing

Any request for access to or a copy of your personal data must be in writing. We will endeavour to respond within one month in compliance with data protection legislation. We aim to ensure that all information we hold about you is accurate — please notify us of any changes at enquiries@strachanfineart.com.

Marketing

Where you are one of our clients or have agreed to be contacted for marketing, we may use your personal information to send you information about Strachan Fine Art Limited events, art fairs and works of art. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying to that effect, or by emailing enquiries@strachanfineart.com.

We will action any opt-out request without delay.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We will only keep information we collect about you for as long as required for the purposes set out above or as required to comply with any legal obligations. This involves periodically reviewing our files to check that information is accurate, up-to-date and still required. If you opt out from marketing, we will retain your information solely to enable us to respect your wishes not to be contacted.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information collected online, and procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where legally required to do so.

Links to Other Sites

Our website may contain links to other sites. While we try to link only to websites that share our standards, we are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of other websites — a link does not constitute an endorsement. Once you link to another website you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website. Please check those policies before submitting any data.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used, to help us analyse web traffic and improve our website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, after which the data is removed from the system.

A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies via your browser settings, though this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Complaints

Questions, comments and requests regarding this policy are welcomed and should be addressed to enquiries@strachanfineart.com.

If you have concerns about our use of your information, you have the right as a UK resident to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, which regulates and supervises the use of personal data in the UK, via their helpline on 0303 123 1113.

Changes to This Policy

Any changes we make to this policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates.