FORA Gallery Privacy Policy

At Fora Gallery, we are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the ways we manage your data when you visit our website or use our services.

I. Introduction

Your privacy and trust are important to us at Fora Gallery. This Privacy Policy outlines the measures we take to secure your personal data, and provides information on how we collect and use it. We recommend reviewing this Policy thoroughly to gain a clear understanding of the personal data we process, the purpose behind its processing, how it is managed, and your associated rights. The overview includes:

  • What data we collect;
  • What for;
  • Who has access to your data;
  • Your rights regarding your data;
  • Our cookies policy.

This Privacy Policy was written to conform with the Swiss Data Privacy Act and relative prescriptions as well as the European Union General Data Protection Regulation. We make sure to only collect the data necessary to our goals, to preserve its integrity to the best of our abilities, and to delete it as soon as possible. When using our website, you agree to the terms and conditions laid out in this policy as well as our terms of service.

II. The data we collect

When you use our website or app, we automatically collect personal data such as:

  • Your IP address;
  • Software and hardware information;
  • Your interactions with the website such as time spent, content viewed, and hyperlink clicked;
  • The means through which you accessed our website;
  • Your localization.

This data is first and foremost used for means of statistics, user-experience optimization and personalization, business and website integrity and administration.

Furthermore, we may manually collect the following:

  • Your full name;
  • Your email address;
  • Your contact telephone number;
  • Your address;
  • Your localization.

We collect this data when you subscribe to our newsletter, register for an event, create an account, buy or sell an item using us as an intermediary, or request a quote for the expertise or valuation of a work of art or collection.

III. To what end do we collect data

The data we collect is used exclusively for the purposes described here.

We use your data to:

  • Optimize and personalize your user experience;
  • Send out newsletters and catalogues;
  • Send invitations to sales and events;
  • Buy or sell goods, including works of art;
  • Estimate and expertise one or several works of art;
  • Store, ship, and exhibit works of art;
  • Elaborate statistics and analysis necessary to the good functioning of our business and website;
  • Fulfil our contractual, commercial, judiciary, or public obligations.

We do not keep your data longer than the time strictly necessary to fulfil the goals for which it was harvested.

Minors under 15 years old must have the consent of their legal representant to allow for any data collection and treatment.

IV. Who may access your data

We ensure that access to the data we collect is restricted to those who need it for legitimate purposes. Specifically:

  • Our employees can access your data only when it is strictly necessary for the performance of their job responsibilities and are bound by confidentiality obligations;
  • Our partners and third parties can access your data only when it is essential to fulfil the specific purposes for which the data was collected and are subject to appropriate data protection agreements.

V. How we secure your data

We take every reasonable precaution to ensure your data is protected. Your personal information is stored safely and is accessible only to our employees and authorized third parties, all of whom are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.

However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites that are not affiliated with us, even if they are accessible through hyperlinks on our website.

VI. Our cookie policy

Our website uses cookies to identify you as a unique user and enhance your browsing experience. A cookie is a small file automatically downloaded on your computer by your browser to record your habits and preferences, allowing a website to recognize you.

Our website uses various types of cookies:

  • Functional cookies, allowing us to register your habits and preferences when using our website;
  • Analytical cookies, allowing us to continually improve our services by generating user experience statistics;
  • Third-party cookies, allowing specific services.

VII. How you control our data protection

You have at any time:

  • The right to access;
  • The right to rectify;
  • The right to erase;
  • The right to restrict the collection;
  • The right to object to the way the data is collected or used;
  • Any of the rights granted to you under Swiss and European law.

For more information, you may consult the Swiss Data Privacy Act (RS 235.1), or the third chapter of the European Union Regulation for General Data Protection Regulation (R (UE) 2016/679).

We are at your disposal to help you to exercise your rights or for any other question relative to the collection and use of your data at the following:

[email protected]

VIII. Modifications

Fora Gallery reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be effective upon publication, and users are encouraged to review the Policy periodically.