Privacy Policy
In line with government regulations regarding GDPR, below is Greenstone Fine Art SA updated privacy policy which outlines how we collect, store and process your data.
This policy applies to information held about clients and prospective clients, suppliers and prospective suppliers, scholars, contacts and all other persons about whom Greenstone Fine Art SA holds information (i.e., personal information about you that we collect, use, share and store).
In this policy, “we,” “us,” and “our” means Greenstone Fine Art SA, a company registered in Switzerland with N. CHE-406.753.241, registered office in 3, rue du Port – P.O. Box 3083, Geneva, Switzerland, and “you” means the individual to whom the information relates.
What we collect
your name;
your contact information such as your address, email address and telephone number;
when browsing our site, your IP address, your browser type and language;
information related to your attendance of, and interest in events and art fairs;
information about you that you provide us in person at our events and art fairs, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise;
information in relation to your purchase of our art work or use of our services.
How we collect information about you
collecting information you give to us when you purchase any art work or visit us at each art fair;
the information you provide when you contact us by phone, email or post;
information provided to us by contact made via our Instagram account.
What we do with the information we gather
We use your information to:
communicate with you;
provide information about our art works and participation at art fairs;
administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
keep our site safe and secure;
comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
Legal basis for processing
Our processing of your personal information is necessary:
for the performance of contracts to which you will be a party to and in order to take steps at your request prior to you entering into those contracts;
for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us; or
in order to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
Legitimate interests
Where our processing is based on the legitimate interest grounds described above, those legitimate interests are:
a) collecting personal information to provide you with a smooth and efficient client experience; b) to make sure you receive updated information on Greenstone Fine Art SA and Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings’s business activities; c) to provide the services you have requested; and d) for our own marketing and research.
Sharing your information
Except as expressly set out in this policy we will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
The personal information you provide to us may be shared with third party companies, agents, contractors, or service providers if this is necessary to provide you with our art work or services, respond to your inquiries or for any of the purposes described in this policy.
We may also share your personal information with law enforcement agencies, other governmental agencies or third parties if we are required by law to do so.
Transferring Your Information outside the EEA
Your personal information may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area and may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us, or for one of our service providers.
When we, or our permitted third parties, transfer your information outside the European Economic Area, we or they will impose obligations on the recipients of that data to protect your information to the standard required in the European Economic Area or otherwise require the recipient to subscribe to international frameworks intended to enable secure data sharing. In the case of transfers by us, we may also transfer your information where the transfer is to a country deemed to provide adequate protection of your information by the European Commission; and/or where you have consented to the transfer.
Your Rights
At any time, you have the right:
to request access to or a copy of any personal data which we hold about you;
to rectification of your personal data, if you consider that the information we are holding is inaccurate;
to ask us to delete your personal data, if you consider that we do not have the right to hold it;
to withdraw consent to our processing of your personal data (to the extent such processing is based on previously obtained consent);
to ask us to stop or start sending you marketing messages as described below in the marketing section;
to restrict processing of your personal data;
to data portability (moving some of your personal data elsewhere) in certain circumstances;
to object to your personal data being processed in certain circumstances; and
to not be subject to a decision based on automated processing and to have safeguards put in place if you are being profiled based on your personal data.