Privacy policy

Privacy policy

1. Introduction

1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this

policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.

1.2 By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of

cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

2. Credit

2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal

(http://www.seqlegal.com).

3. Collecting personal information

3.1 We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of

this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser

type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit,

page views and website navigation paths); (b) information that you

provide to us when registering with our website (including your email

address);

(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our

email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email

address);

(d) information that you provide to us when using the services on our

website, or that is generated in the course of the use of those services

(including [the timing, frequency and pattern of service use);

(e) information contained in or relating to any communication that you

send to us or send through our website (including the communication

content and metadata associated with the communication); and

(f) any other personal information that you choose to send to us.

3.2 Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you

must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing

of that personal information in accordance with this policy.

4. Using personal information

4.1 Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the

purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website.

4.2 We may use your personal information to:

(a) administer our website and business;

(b) enable your use of the services available on our website;

(c) send statements, invoices and payment reminders to you, and collect

payments from you]

(d) send you non-marketing commercial communications;

(e) send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;

(f) send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform

us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);

(g) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our

website;

(h) keep our website secure and prevent fraud; and

4.3 If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will

publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the licence you

grant to us.

4.4 Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information

on our website, and can be adjusted using privacy controls on the website.

4.5 We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information

to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party's direct

marketing.

5. Disclosing personal information

5.1 We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers,

insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as

reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

5.2 We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of

companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all

its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in

this policy.

5.3 We may disclose your personal information:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including

providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention

and reducing credit risk);

(d) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other

competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where,

in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably

likely to order disclosure of that personal information

5.4 Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal

information to third parties.

6. International data transfers

6.1 Information that we collect may be transferred to the following countries

which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the

European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China

and India.

6.2 Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication

on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We

cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

6.3 You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this

Section 6.

7. Retaining personal information

7.1 This Section 7 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are

designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation

to the retention and deletion of personal information.

7.2 Personal information that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be

kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

7.3 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 7, we will retain

documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) if we believe that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or

prospective legal proceedings; and

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including

providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention

and reducing credit risk).

8. Security of personal information

8.1 We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent

the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

8.2 We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure

(password- and firewall-protected) servers.

8.3 All electronic financial transactions entered into through our website will be

protected by encryption technology.

8.4 You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is

inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over

the internet.

9. Amendments

9.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on

our website.

9.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any

changes to this policy.

9.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy [by email or through the private

messaging system on our website].

10. Your rights

10.1 We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent

permitted by law.

10.2 You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for

marketing purposes.

10.3 In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of

your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with

an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for

marketing purposes.

11. Third party websites

11.1 Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.

11.2 We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and

practices of third parties.

12. Updating information

12.1 Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs

to be corrected or updated.

13. Cookies

13.1 Our website does not use cookies.

15. Our details –

15.1 This website is owned and operated by The Antiquities Dealers Association

15.2 Our principal address is : The Secretary, Via Roma, 101 10123 Torino (TO) Italy

15.3 You can contact us:

(a) by post, using the postal address [given above];

(b) using our website contact form;

(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website from

time to time; or

(d) by email, using the email address published on our website from time

to time.