This Privacy Policy applies between you, “the user” of this Website, and Queen’s Limited, the owner and provider of this website. Queen’s takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of our website (www.queensfineart.com).
Please read this privacy policy carefully.
1. In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
Data – collectively all information that you submit to Queen’s via the website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the Data Protection Laws.
Cookies – a small text file placed on your computer by this website when you visit certain parts of the website and/or when you use certain features of the website. Details of the cookies used by this website are set out in the clause below.
Data Protections Laws – any applicable law relating to the processing of personal data, including but not limited to the GDPR, and any national implementing and supplementary laws, regulations, and secondary legislation.
GDPR – the UK General Data Protection Regulation.
Queen’s, we or us – Queen’s Ltd, a company incorporated in England with registered number 11233628 whose registered office is at 24 Wells St, Mayfair, London, W1T 3PH.
UK and EU Cookie Law – the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 & the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
User or you – any third party that accesses the website and is not either (i) employed by Queen’s and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Queen’s and accessing the website in connection with the provision of such services.
Website – the website that you are currently using, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
2. This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Queen’s and Users with respect to this website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.
3. For purposes of the applicable Data Protection Laws, Queen’s is the “data controller”. This means that Queen’s determines the purpose for which, and the manner in which, your data is processed.
4. In accordance with this privacy policy, we may collect the following data, which includes personal data, from you:
5. We collect data in the following ways:
6. Queen’s will collect your data in a number of ways, for example:
7. We will receive data about you from the following publicly available third-party sources:
8. To the extent that you access the website, we will collect your data automatically, for example:
9. Any or all of the above data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our website. Specifically, data may be used by us for the following reasons
10. We may use your data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you are not satisfied with this, you have the right to object (see the section headed “Your Rights” below)
11. When you use our online chat service for the enquiries, we may forward your contact details over to the relevant party to assist you with your request. Your IP address and browser user agent string may be checked through an automated spam detection service to help spam detection.
12. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
13. We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your data, for example:
14. Technical and organisational measures include measures to deal with any suspected data breach. If you suspect any misuse or loss of unauthorised access to your data, please let us know immediately by contacting us via this e-email address: [email protected]
15. Unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, we will only hold your data on our systems for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy policy or until you request that the data be deleted.
16. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
17. Even if we delete your data, it may persist on backup or archival media for legal, tax or regulatory purposes.
18. You have the following rights in relation to your data:
This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
19. To make enquires, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your data, where consent is our legal basis for processing your data), please contact us via [email protected]
20. It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your data changes during the period for which we hold it.
21. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Such content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may use your data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites.
22. This website may place and access certain cookies on your computer. Queen’s uses cookies to improve your experience of using the website and to improve our range of services. Queen’s has carefully chosen these cookies and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
23. All cookies used by this website are used in accordance with current UK and EU Cookie Law.
24. Before the website places cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar in the chat window requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent, you are enabling Queen’s to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny your consent to the placing of cookies, however, certain features of the website may not function fully or as intended.
25. We use the following cookies on our website:
26. You can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies, but you can switch them off any time. If you choose to disable/delete all cookies, you may lose the information that enables you to access the website more quickly and efficiently.
27. Queen’s Limited reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the website, and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.
28. This privacy policy was created using legal guidance from Rocket Lawyer https://www.rocketlawyer.com/gb/en
This privacy policy was created on 31 May 2022.
