Privacy Policy
Last Updated: May 22, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how TatianaGallery.art (referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects the information you provide when visiting our website https://tatianagallery.art. We are committed to protecting your privacy and processing your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. What Data We Collect and Why
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our services.
1.1. Data Collected Automatically When Visiting the Website
IP Addresses and Visit Data (via WP Statistics): We use the WP Statistics plugin to locally collect anonymized data about website visits. This data includes your IP address (which is fully anonymized in accordance with GDPR to prevent identification of individuals), browser information, device, and referring/exit pages.
Purpose: Exclusively for internal statistical purposes to understand how users interact with our website and to improve its functionality and content.
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest in analyzing and improving the website’s performance with minimal impact on your privacy, as data is anonymized.
Processing: All data is processed locally on our server and is not shared with any third parties.
Retention Period: Anonymized statistical data is retained for 6 months for analytical purposes and then deleted.
IP Addresses for Country Detection and Content Management: We may use your IP address to determine your country to configure certain website elements, such as disabling the display of the Facebook icon in regions where this is required by our internal policies or legal restrictions.
Purpose: Optimizing user experience and complying with regional requirements.
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interest in providing relevant and legally compliant content. If non-strictly necessary cookies are used for this purpose, we will request your consent via the cookie banner.
Processing: Country detection is performed server-side without the use of cookies, and data is not stored.
1.2. Data Provided by You Voluntarily
Contact Form: When you use the contact form on our website, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and message content.
Purpose: Exclusively for responding to your inquiry or comment.
Legal Basis: Your consent, expressed by submitting the message through the form.
Processing and Retention: Data from the contact form is sent to our email address and is not stored in the website’s database. The data is deleted from all systems, including our email, immediately after processing your request. If we are unable to respond to your request (e.g., due to an invalid email address), the data is deleted within 7 days. Data is not shared with third parties.
Email Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletters, we collect your email address.
Purpose: Sending informational newsletters containing news, exhibition announcements, and information about other events in the artist’s life.
Legal Basis: Your explicit consent (confirmed via double opt-in) upon subscription.
Processing: We use MailPoet, installed locally on our server, to manage newsletters. Data is not shared with third parties, as MailPoet operates solely on our infrastructure and complies with GDPR requirements.
Unsubscription: You may withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email or by contacting us directly. After unsubscribing, your email is deleted from our database immediately.
2. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your user experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
Types of Cookies Used:
Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for basic website functionality (e.g., for the cookie banner to work).
Analytical/Functional Cookies: Used by WP Statistics to collect anonymized statistical data about website visits.
Your Consent: We request your consent for the use of non-strictly necessary cookies via a pop-up banner when you first visit our website. You can accept, decline, or customize your cookie preferences.
Managing Cookies: You can change your cookie settings at any time via the “Manage Cookies” link in the footer of the website or through your browser settings.
List of Cookies:
Name: _wp_statistics, Purpose: Collecting anonymized visit statistics, Duration: 6 months.
Name: cookie_consent, Purpose: Storing your cookie preferences, Duration: 1 year.
3. Sharing Data with Third Parties
We value your privacy and do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to third parties. Data from the contact form and anonymized WP Statistics data are processed exclusively on our server. For newsletter management, we use locally installed MailPoet, which does not share data with third parties.
4. Your Rights Under GDPR
Regarding your personal data, you have the following rights:
Right to Access: You may request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct inaccurate data or complete incomplete data.
Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You may request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: You may object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Data Portability: You may request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information below. We will respond to your request within 30 days. In complex cases, the response period may be extended to 90 days, and we will notify you accordingly. If you believe our processing of your data violates GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority in your country (e.g., CNIL in France).
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. For example, we use data encryption during transmission (SSL), restrict data access to authorized personnel only, and protect our servers with modern security measures. However, no method of data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. For significant changes, we will also notify you via email (for newsletter subscribers) or through a prominent notice on the website. We recommend reviewing this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us:
Email: tatiana@tatianagallery.art
Contact Form: https://tatianagallery.art/write-me