Privacy Policy – Kunsthandlung Hedel

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1. Information about Personal Data

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with legal regulations, including this statement.

By using our website you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. In general, our website can be used without registration or entering personal information. However, some data such as the website from which you are visiting us, the name of the requested page or file, date and time may be saved on our server for statistical purposes, without directly relating this data to you as an individual. Personal data, especially name, address, phone number or e-mail address will only be collected on voluntary basis. Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data are not passed on to third parties.

2. Use of Cookies

To optimize our web presence, we use cookies. These are small text files stored in your computer's main memory. These cookies are deleted after you close the browser. Other cookies remain on your computer (long-term cookies) and permit its recognition on your next visit. This allows us to improve your access to our site. You can prevent storage of cookies by choosing a “disable cookies” option in your browser settings. But this can limit the functionality of our website as a result.

3. Use of Google Maps & Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Maps, to display geographical information, as well as Google Analytics, a web analysis service. Both services are operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Maps & Google Analytics use cookies. These are small text files that are stored to your computer in order to facilitate an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by these cookies, including your IP address, is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your usage of our website, to compile reports on website activities for us, and to provide other services related to website- and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or to the extent this data is processed by third parties on Google’s behalf. Google states that it will never associate your IP address with other data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being installed by adjusting the settings on your browser software accordingly. You should be aware, however, that by doing so you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of our website.

We use Google Analytics on this website only with activated IP anonymization. This means that your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

On mobile devices you can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/. By using our website, you agree to the collection, processing and use of the data collected automatically, as well as entered voluntarily, by Google, one of its representatives, or third parties.

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