Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Buysse Unlimited (BV)


Introduction

Buysse Gallery, managed by Buysse Unlimited (BV), is dedicated to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and service users. This policy explains how we handle your personal data.

 

Company and Contact Information

  • Operational Address: Zeedijk-Het-Zoute Knokke 700, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium — This is where Buysse Gallery operates and where all gallery activities take place.
  • Registered Address: Kartuizersstraat 50, 8310 Brugge, Belgium — This is the legal address where Buysse Unlimited (BV) is registered and corresponds to our corporate records.
  • Email for Privacy Concerns: news@buysse.gallery

 

Information We Collect

  • Technical Information: Includes IP address, browser type, and your interactions with our site.
  • Account Information: Email address collected during registration.
  • Profile Information: Includes name, profile picture, and demographic details.
  • Transactional Information: Details of transactions and payments.
  • Communication Information: Content of communications sent to us.

 

Legal Basis for Processing

  • Consent: For sending newsletters and personalized marketing, based on your explicit consent.
  • Contractual Necessity: For fulfilling services requested by you.
  • Legal Compliance: For compliance with legal obligations.
  • Legitimate Interests: For purposes such as improving our services, fraud prevention and ensuring network security.

 

Use of Personal Data

  • Personalize your website experience.
  • Manage and fulfill service requests.
  • Communicate with you, including about offers and promotions, where consented.
  • Comply with legal requirements and enforce our terms and conditions.

 

User Rights

You have the right to access, correct, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. Requests to exercise these rights can be made via the contact details provided above.

Data Retention

We retain personal data as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law.

Cookies and Tracking Technology

We use cookies to enhance site functionality and user experience. Detailed information is available in our Cookie Policy.

Third-Party Links

Our site may include links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Amendments to this Policy

We may update this policy periodically and will provide notice of significant changes on our website.

Contact Information

For further information or to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at the operational or registered address, or by email at news@buysse.gallery.

Legal and Regulatory Information

Buysse Unlimited (BV) is registered under VAT number BE1007886418 and operates as a limited liability company (besloten venootschap) under Belgian law.

 

GDPR Compliance

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Rights:

Buysse Unlimited (BV) adheres to the regulations set forth by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Under GDPR, individuals within the EU have several significant rights, including:

  • Right to be Informed: You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data. This privacy policy serves that purpose.
  • Right of Access: You can request access to your personal data and verify the lawfulness of the processing.
  • Right to Rectification: You are entitled to have personal data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): In certain circumstances, you can request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have a right to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Data Portability: This allows you to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including an absolute right to stop your data being used for direct marketing.
  • Rights Related to Automated Decision Making Including Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision when it is based on automated processing; and it produces a legal effect or a similarly significant effect on you.

 

Data Protection Measures:

Buysse Unlimited (BV) takes the protection of your data seriously and employs appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

 

GDPR Data Protection Officer:
For any questions regarding the processing of your data and to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please contact our Data Protection Officer:

  • Email: news@buysse.gallery
  • Address: Kartuizersstraat 50, 8310 Brugge, Belgium

 

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data:
Our legal basis for processing your personal data includes:

  • Consent: We will ask for your consent to use your personal data to send marketing emails and process personal data related to your online account.
  • Contractual Obligations: We process personal data necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
  • Legal Obligations: We process personal data when it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
  • Legitimate Interests: We process personal data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided those interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.

 

Data Breach Notification:
In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals, we will notify the relevant authorities within 72 hours, and where applicable, the individuals affected by the breach.

 

Cross-Border Data Transfers:
Personal data may be processed outside the EU/EEA. We ensure that such transfers are compliant with GDPR requirements and that there are adequate safeguards in place to protect your personal data.

 

Complaints:
If you wish to lodge a complaint about how we process your personal data, you are encouraged to contact us at the details provided above. You are also entitled to submit a complaint directly to the national data protection authority in your country.

 

Email Communication Disclaimer:

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we inform you of the following practices related to email communications:

When you correspond with us via any email from the domain “buysse.gallery,” we may store your email address in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The purpose of this storage is to manage our communications with you effectively and to provide updates and marketing materials about our services and events at Buysse Gallery.

 

Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing:

  • Purpose: Your email address is used to send newsletters, invitations to events, and other communications that may be of interest to you.
  • Legal Basis: We process this information based on your implied consent when you initiate communication with us. For direct marketing communications, explicit consent will be obtained before any such communications are sent.

Your Rights:

  • Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out and unsubscribe from our communications at any time. Every email we send will include a link to unsubscribe, allowing you to manage your communication preferences easily.
  • Right of Access and Rectification: You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you and to ask for your personal data to be corrected or updated at any time.
  • Right to Erasure: You also have the right to request the removal of your email address from our database, subject to any legal or regulatory requirements that may require us to retain some types of information.

 

Commitment to Data Protection:

Buysse Unlimited (BV) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. We implement suitable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

 

Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Buysse Gallery’s official website, operated by Buysse Unlimited (BV) (“Buysse Gallery,” “us,” “we,” or “our”). These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of our website buysse.gallery. By accessing, browsing, or using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, which are binding on you. If you do not agree to these terms, please exit the website immediately.

 

Intellectual Property Rights

All content on this website, including images, text, graphics, logos, and software, is the property of Buysse Gallery or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright and trademark laws. We own all rights, title, and interest in and to the website content and its design. You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use, and display this website and the materials thereon for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you comply fully with these Terms and Conditions.

 

Use Restrictions

You agree not to:

  • Modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from this website.
  • Use this website for any commercial purpose or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial).
  • Attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on this website.
  • Remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials.

 

User Conduct

You agree to use this website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict, or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any person, transmitting obscene or offensive content, or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within our website.

 

Transparency on Taxes

All prices listed on our website are inclusive of VAT unless otherwise stated. We aim to provide complete transparency regarding the total costs of our products, ensuring that there are no hidden charges and that our customers are fully informed about their purchases.

 

Additional Charges

The price listed for artworks on our website may not include additional charges such as shipping, handling, or insurance, which will be calculated and displayed at checkout. These extra costs will be clearly stated, ensuring full transparency and allowing our customers to understand the total costs involved.

 

Links to Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not affiliated with Buysse Gallery. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. We have no control over the nature, content, and availability of those sites and the inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

 

Disclaimer of Warranties

This website and all its contents are provided on an “as is” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Buysse Gallery does not warrant that the website or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this website, or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

 

Limitation of Liability

Buysse Gallery shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to the use of or inability to use this website, its content, or links, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages. This limitation applies even if Buysse Gallery has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages.

 

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Buysse Gallery, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the website using your Internet account.

 

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms shall be filed only in the state and federal courts located in Belgium, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.

 

Amendments to Terms and Conditions

 

We reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. All amendments to these Terms and Conditions will be posted on the website. Continued use of the website after amendment of these Terms and Conditions will be deemed to constitute acceptance of the new Terms and Conditions.

 

Severability

If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is deemed unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from these Terms and Conditions and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

 

Entire Agreement

These Terms and Conditions, together with the Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published by Buysse Gallery on the website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and Buysse Gallery concerning the website. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and Buysse Gallery’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

 

Termination

Buysse Gallery reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of this website, with or without notice and for any reason whatsoever.

 

Feedback and Information

Any feedback you provide at this site shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Buysse Gallery shall be free to use such information on an unrestricted basis.

 

LAST MODIFIED: 6 January 2025