Privacy Policy

Thank you for your interest in our website. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Below, we provide detailed information about how we handle your data.

Responsibility

The entity responsible for data processing is:
Hermann Krause Kunsthandel GmbH
Antje Hegge
Eigelstein 112
50668 Cologne
Tel.: +49221-124315

We are not currently required by law to appoint a data protection officer.

Storage of Access Data in Server Log Files

You can visit our website without providing any personal information. We only store access data in so-called server log files, such as the name of the requested file, the date and time of the request, the amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider. This data is evaluated solely to ensure the smooth operation of the site and to improve our services; it does not allow us to identify you personally.

Hosting

We host the content of our website with Host Europe. The provider is Host Europe GmbH, c/o Spaces, Gertrudenstraße 30-36, 50667 Cologne (hereinafter “Host Europe”). When you visit our website, Host Europe collects various log files, including your IP addresses. For details, please refer to Host Europe’s privacy policy: https://www.hosteurope.de/AGB/Datenschutzerklaerung/.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security vulnerabilities. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

Data Collection and Use for Inquiries

This website is an online catalog only; there is no customer account or direct ordering option. We collect personal data only if you voluntarily provide it to us when contacting us—via the contact form, through the inquiry function for a work, or by email. The specific data collected is indicated on the respective input forms; typically, this includes your name, your email address, and the content of your message.

We use the data you provide exclusively to process and respond to your inquiry, as well as to fulfill any resulting contract that may be individually concluded. Once your inquiry has been fully processed or the contract has been fully fulfilled, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after the retention periods required by tax and commercial law have expired, unless you have expressly consented to the continued use of your data.

Data Disclosure

Your data will only be disclosed to third parties to the extent necessary to fulfill a contract entered into on an individual basis—for example, to the shipping company responsible for delivery, to the extent necessary for delivery, or to the financial institution handling payment processing. No further disclosure to third parties will take place.

Cookies

This website does not use cookies. Neither session cookies nor persistent cookies are used, and no analytics or tracking tools are employed. Should this change in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and, to the extent required by law, obtain your consent in advance.

Right to Access and Contact Information

You have the right to receive, free of charge, information about the personal data we have stored about you, as well as the right to have this data corrected, restricted, or deleted, if applicable. If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or if you wish to request information, correction, blocking, or deletion of data, or to revoke consent you have given or object to a specific use of your data, please contact us directly using the contact information in our legal notice.

SSL Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content—such as inquiries you send to us as the website operator—this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address bar changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock icon in your browser’s address bar.

When SSL encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data Security

We protect our website and other systems against the loss, destruction, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure of your data by unauthorized persons through technical and organizational measures.

Data Portability

You have the right to have your data transferred to a third party in a machine-readable format.