My webpage : https://www.timararts.com.
PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: Jan 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how [Monika Timar / Timararts] (“we,” “us,” “I” “me” “my” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website, view our artworks, or make a purchase. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected in accordance with international data protection standards (GDPR).
1. Data Controller Information
- Name: Monika Timar
- Location: Budapest, HU
- Contact Email: info@timararts.com
- Website: www.timararts.com
2. Information We Collect and Why
Orders and Contract Fulfillment
When you purchase an artwork, we collect the necessary data to process your order:
- Personal Data: Name, billing and shipping address, email address, and phone number.
- Purpose: To process your order, arrange insured international shipping, issue invoices, and provide customer support.
- Legal Basis: Performance of a contract and compliance with tax/accounting laws.
Comments and Interaction
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
Media and Image Protection
As this website showcases a high volume of visual art:
- If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
3. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:
- Functional Cookies: Essential for the shopping cart and login sessions.
- Preference Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your details for convenience (lasts for 1 year).
- Analytical Cookies: We use tools (like Google Analytics) to understand website traffic and identify which artworks are most popular. This data is used for statistical purposes only.
4. Third-Party Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. To operate our gallery and store, we share only necessary data with trusted service providers:
- Shipping Partners: (e.g., DHL, FedEx, UPS) – To deliver your artwork securely.
- Payment Processors: (e.g., Stripe, PayPal) – We do not store your credit card details; they are handled securely by these providers.
- Tax/Accounting: To comply with international trade and tax regulations.
5. Data Retention
- Comments: Retained indefinitely to recognize follow-up comments automatically.
- Customer Records: Due to legal and tax obligations, we must retain invoice data (including name and address) for a minimum of 8 years.
- User Profiles: For registered users, we store the personal information provided in the profile until the user deletes the account.
6. Your Global Rights
Regardless of where you are visiting from, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Correct any inaccurate information.
- Request Deletion of your data (the “Right to be Forgotten”), excluding data we are legally required to keep for tax or security purposes.
- Withdraw Consent for marketing or non-essential cookies.
7. Security
We take the security of your data seriously. Our website uses SSL encryption (HTTPS) to protect all information transmitted between your browser and our server.
8. Contact and Redress
If you have any questions regarding your privacy, please contact us at info@timararts.com. If you are a resident of the EEA and believe your data has been handled incorrectly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.
Note: We do not intentionally target or collect information from anyone under the age of 14.
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