Data security
As a company under private law, we are subject to the provisions
of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
and the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with
Personal data is used in a lawful manner, in good faith (lawfulness, processing, good faith and transparency) as required by law.
Below you will find information about the legal provisions
on which this privacy policy is based.
1. personal data
"Personal data" means any information relating to an identifiable or
identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”).
person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or
directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name
an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more
one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, mental, physical
expression of the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
2. processing
‘Processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection
data, such as the collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval
adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or
disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
3. restriction of processing
‘Restriction of processing’ means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
4. profiling
‘Profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
5. pseudonymisation
‘Pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
6. file system
‘filing system’ means any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis
7. controller
‘Controller’ means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
8) Processor
‘Processor’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
9. recipient
‘Recipient’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
10. third party
‘Third party’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
11. consent
‘Consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.
Lawfulness of the processing, Art. 6 GDPR
Legal basis
a) The data subject has given their consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes.
b) Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
c) Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
d) processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person
e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
f) Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
Note on visiting the website
Every time my website www.helenegrossmann.com is accessed, information is automatically collected by the provider. This information is of a general nature and does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.
If you contact me by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name and, if applicable, your telephone number) will be stored by me in order to answer your questions. This data will be deleted after storage is no longer necessary.
When registering for my e-mail invitations to vernissages and other news,
I use the data you enter exclusively for this purpose.
To receive the e-mail invitations, it is sufficient to provide your e-mail address. This offer is generally aimed at adults. Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to me without the consent of their parents or legal guardians, and your data will not be passed on to third parties.
You have the right to request the correction, blocking or deletion of your data at any time.
If you have any further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact me at any time at the address given in the legal notice.