The Bridgeman Art Library
Website Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may change from time to
time, so please check it on a regular basis.
This Privacy Policy describes how
The Bridgeman Art Library (“Bridgeman”
or “we” or “us”) uses your personal data which we may collect on this website
(current home page address: www.bridgeman.co.uk) (“Website”) or which you may provide to us in connection with the
Website.
Please also read the Terms and
Conditions of Use for details of how you may use the content contained in the
Website and the extent of our responsibility for such content.
You do not need to give us any
personal data in order to browse the Website.
If you do decide to register with us, or to contact us you may need to
submit some personal data.
We collect from you limited
personal data which includes your name(s), contact details and basic
information about the company that you work for and possibly any other personal
details that you provide to us, if this is necessary for us to deal with any
questions you may send us.
We will not ask you to send us any
sensitive personal data, such as your religious convictions, state of mental or
physical health, ethnic origin and similar sensitive information. Please do not
send us any such personal data if possible to help us with our obligations
under law. If you do send us such data, we will accept your explicit consent to
use such sensitive personal data in the ways described in this Privacy Policy
or as described by you.
We collect personal data from you
when you complete the online registration process, which includes allocating
your password for access to the Website and to use your Lightbox and account
facilities. We also process your personal data every time that you contact us
via email, post or telephone for the purposes of dealing with your query.
We collect additional technical
information automatically about use of our Website through cookies (see below).
We use the information that we
collect or that you provide to:
·
Give you access to the Website, by issuing you with a
registered user identification.
·
To provide and manage the Lightbox facilities.
·
Respond to your questions.
·
Administer the Website and your use of the website.
We use cookies on our Website to
help you browse it, and to allow us to authenticate your use of and to
generally administer the Website.
A cookie is a small text file
stored on your hard drive containing information about you as the user, (some
of which may be personal data, such as your name, location and registration
information). Cookies are used in the
general workings of the Website, but if you register, our cookies may be used to
allow you to re-enter an area of the site in future without having to re-submit
your registration details. Once you close your browser, most cookies will
expire.
If you are concerned about
cookies, most browsers permit you to decline cookies. In most cases, you may
refuse a cookie and still navigate our websites (although some functionality
may be lost). You can find out more
about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
, an online public information resource provided by the Interactive
Advertising Bureau UK, and if you have any particular concerns you can contact
us at info@bridgeman.co.uk .
You have the option (via our
registration form) to subscribe to our regular newsletter. If you choose to subscribe then you will
send you our newsletter via email using the email address that you give
us. If at any time you wish to stop
receiving future newsletters, simply follow the link contained in the
newsletter, or send a blank email to [unsubscribe@bridgeman.co.uk].
We do not pass your personal data
on to any third parties for direct marketing purposes, nor do we buy in lists
of email addresses for our own direct marketing.
We will disclose your personal
data to the following persons:
·
Our third party suppliers (in accordance with applicable
data protection legislation) to allow them to carry out their services and
fulfil your orders.
·
Any person who takes a transfer of our rights and obligations
under any agreement we have with you.
·
Regulators (including the Office of the Information
Commissioner), professional advisers to and agents of Bridgeman.
Our network security system may
automatically intercept or block any email you provide to us if the email
contains any words or attachments that trigger the content filter to respond.
The system is designed to detect and block potentially wrongful code or illicit
or offensive content. It may exceptionally and by mistake block perfectly
proper correspondence.
You will be notified of such a
block by return email. Please contact us on info@bridgeman.co.uk if you need
assistance.
This Privacy Policy does not cover
links within the Website to websites of third parties. We are not responsible for the use of any
personal data, including without limitation cookies, which you give directly to
such third parties, or which they may collect about you while you visit pages
hosted by them. Please refer to their
respective privacy policies for information about their use of your personal
data and their use of cookies.
You have a right to access (and if
necessary correct) the personal data held about you. To view or update your profile, please login and go to "My
Bridgeman". We may need to contact you occasionally to ask that you
confirm that the personal data that we hold about you is still accurate and up
to date, to ensure that we continue to comply with our obligations under law.
The Bridgeman Art Library Limited,
17-19 Garway Road, London, W2 4PH is registered in the United Kingdom with the
Office of the Information Commissioner as a data controller.
Our notification is filed under
number Z8186788 and public access to our notification is generally available
online through the following website: http://www.dpr.gov.uk.
This Privacy Policy was last
updated on [15 December 2003].
This Privacy Policy is governed by
the laws of England and any dispute
relating to this Privacy Policy and our data protection obligations will be
resolved by the appropriate English supervisory authority (the Office of the
Information Commissioner, www.dpr.gov.uk),
or the English courts.
We welcome your enquiries and
comments on this Privacy Policy and any queries or concerns that you may have
about the Website. Please contact us at [info@bridgeman.co.uk] or by letter to
the “Data Protection Officer” at The Bridgeman Art Library Limited, 17-19
Garway Road, London, W2 4PH.