Galerie AB – Agnès Aittouares places the highest priority on respecting privacy and protecting the personal data of its visitors, clients, and correspondents. This Privacy Policy informs you clearly and transparently about how we collect, process, store, and safeguard your personal data when you visit and interact with https://galerie-ab.paris, in full accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR No. 2016/679) and applicable privacy laws.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for personal data collected on this website is: **Galerie AB – Agnès Aittouares** 5 rue Jacques Callot, 75006 Paris, France Phone: +33 (0)1 45 23 41 16 Email: galerieab@gmail.com Represented by Agnès Aittouares as founder and gallery director.
2. Data Collected & Methods of Collection
We collect only data strictly necessary for the purposes for which it is processed (data minimization principle): - **Contact & Acquisition Inquiry Form:** First and last name, email address, optional telephone number, and the message content or inquiry details regarding artworks by Narayanan Akkitham. - **Technical Server Logs:** Anonymized IP addresses, browser user agent strings, request timestamps (used exclusively for server stability and cybersecurity).
3. Purposes & Legal Basis of Processing
Your personal data is processed for the following purposes: - **Responding to inquiries** regarding the exhibition, artworks, and appointment bookings (legal basis: your explicit consent upon submitting the contact form or pre-contractual steps). - **Preparing valuations, certificates of authenticity, and acquisitions** or fine art delivery arrangements (legal basis: performance of a contract or pre-contractual requests). - **Maintaining server security and technical integrity** (legal basis: legitimate interest of the gallery).
4. Non-Disclosure & Third-Party Sharing
Galerie AB strictly does not sell, rent, license, or exchange your personal data with third parties, ad networks, or data brokers for commercial marketing or profiling. Only authorized personnel at Galerie AB and, when necessary, our secure European hosting providers (bound by strict confidentiality obligations) have access strictly within the scope of their duties.
5. Data Retention Periods
Data collected via the contact form is retained for the time necessary to resolve your request, and kept for no longer than three (3) years from the last active contact, unless legal, accounting, or fiscal requirements mandate longer retention (artwork sales invoices: 10 years).
6. Your GDPR Rights
Pursuant to Articles 15 through 22 of the GDPR, you enjoy the following rights regarding your personal data: - **Right of access:** Obtain confirmation that your data is processed and request a readable copy. - **Right to rectification:** Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information. - **Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten'):** Request deletion of your personal records where applicable. - **Right to restriction:** Request temporary suspension of data processing. - **Right to object:** Object at any time to the processing of your data on legitimate grounds. - **Right to data portability:** Receive your provided data in a structured, standard format. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: - Email: **galerieab@gmail.com** - Postal mail: **Galerie AB – Agnès Aittouares, 5 rue Jacques Callot, 75006 Paris, France** You also maintain the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection supervisory authority (CNIL — www.cnil.fr) if you believe your rights have not been respected.
7. Cookie Policy & Tracking
The website https://galerie-ab.paris respects the privacy of its visitors: we do not use third-party advertising cookies, behavioural profiling trackers, or cross-site tracking pixels for monetization. Any cookies used are strictly technical or anonymized performance metrics.