PRIVACY POLICY
Responsible in the sense of the data protection laws, in particular the EU data protection basic regulation (DSGVO), is:
The Estate of Alexis Akrithakis, Zaverka 11, 169.00 Praha 6, CZ
IntroductionThis policy explains how The Estate of Alexis Akrithakis (hereinafter, “we” or “us”) collects, stores, uses and protects any information you provide us with when visiting our website, registering for our newsletter, contacting us via email or filling the Catalogue Raisonné Collectors Form.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of your Personal Information whilst striving to provide the very best user experience. Personal data obtained while visiting our website are processed in accordance with the National and European legislation regarding the protection of personal data, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (“General Data Protection Regulation”, hereinafter “GDPR”), as applicable.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation ‘personal data’ is any information relating to a living individual who can be identified, either directly or indirectly, from that information. This could include your first name, last name, email address, telephone number or information collected online and used to identify you.
For the purposes of GDPR, we are the ‘Data Controller’ of your personal data, as we are responsible for, and control the processing of your personal data while visiting our webpage. If you have any comments, concerns or questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically as we may update it from time to time, at our sole discretion. If we make any changes we will change the “Last Updated” date above and we may post a notice on our website along with the Updated Privacy Policy.
Our Principles for collecting and processing your personal dataThe collection and processing of your personal data is governed by the following principles as further specified in the GDPR:
- Lawfulness, fairness and transparency
- Purpose limitation
- Data minimization
- Data accuracy
- Storage limitation
- Integrity and Confidentiality
We do everything possible to implement the above principles at all stages of interaction with you through this site.
What data we collect and how we use it?We solely collect personal data you provide us by your own free will, when you register for our newsletter, when you use our contact form or when you fill in the Catalogue Raisonné Collectors Form.
When you visit our web pages our web server will record the IP address that was assigned to you by the internet provider in the standard manner, the web page from which you are visiting us, the web pages of ours that you visit and also the date and length of the visit.
Information we collect automatically – CookiesThe Estate of Alexis Akrithakis uses cookies to keep track of visitors’ preferences in order to create web pages in an optimal way. Cookies are small “files” which are stored on your hard disk. These help to facilitate navigation and ensure a high level of user-friendliness on our web pages. Cookies may be used to determine whether you have already visited our pages from your computer. Only a cookie on your computer can be identified.
You may remove or reject browser cookies through settings in your browser or device. However, rejecting or removing cookies may affect the availability and functionality of our services.
How we use your personal informationThe table below details what personal data we process, the scope of processing and the lawfulness of processing.
Category of personal data |
Purpose for processing |
Legal basis under the GDPR |
Name and contact details |
Responding to your requests when contacting us via email |
Consent |
Name and contact details |
Sending you newsletters |
Consent |
Name and contact details |
Participating in the Catalogue Raisonné Project |
Consent |
Information about your computer, your visits and the use of our Website (for example, your IP address, your location, your browser, the duration of the visit and the number views of our webpage). |
Improving our website |
Legitimate interests of Estate of Alexis Akrithakis |
Your ConsentBy navigating our site, filling in the Catalogue Raisonné Collectors Form or registering for our newsletter you declare that you accept and consent to this Policy as well as you give us your explicit consent to the collection and processing of your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
Your rights:
You have the right to request:
- Access to the personal data we hold about you.
- The correction of your personal data when incorrect, out of date or incomplete.
- The erasure of your personal data.
- That we stop using your personal data for direct marketing if you object to it.
- That we stop any consent-based processing of your personal data after you withdraw that consent.
- The transfer of your data to another service provider.
- The processing of personal data to stop: In cases where we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation. We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data.
Exercising your rightsIf you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us via the email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). If you have authorised a third party to submit a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove they have your permission to act. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. If this is the case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
No fee usually requiredYou will not usually have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the rights), however, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. If we choose not to action your request, we will explain to you the reasons for our refusal.
Make a complaint to the Office for Personal Data Protection:If you feel you need to, you also have the right to make a complaint to the Office for Personal Data Protection:
Urad pro ochranu osobnich udaju
Pplk. Sochora 27
170 00 Prague 7
Tel. +420 234 665 111
Fax +420 234 665 444
e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://www.uoou.cz/
Security measuresWe are committed to protecting the personal data we hold. In accordance with GDPR, we adopt appropriate technical and organizational measures to help prevent unauthorized access to your information and ensure data is held securely. We also require any third parties to whom we may transfer personal data to have appropriate security measures in place.
To unsubscribe from the sending of newsletters and business notificationsWe only send you newsletters and invitations to exhibitions on the basis of your prior consent. You can cancel the subscription to our emails by pressing the log-out link contained in every sent email.