At Van der Vorst Art, we realize that privacy is of the utmost importance to you, our customers. We rely on and value your trust in making a purchase from our gallery; therefore one of our highest priorities is keeping your personal information safe and secure. By making a purchase at Van der Vorst Art, you can rest assured that we will safeguard your payment details according to the highest standards of security and confidentiality.
We do not maintain an electronic database of customer credit card information and thus are not at risk for unlawful outside access. We will never reveal our customers’ information to any external organization unless we are required to do so by law.
This Privacy Policy describes how vandervorst-art.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.
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CONTACT
After reviewing this policy, if you have additional questions, want more information about our privacy practices, or would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at:
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority) at www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.
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COLLECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support.
Device information
– Purpose: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
– Source: collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies.
– Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
Order information
– Purpose: to provide products or services, process payments, arrange shipping, provide invoices, confirm orders, communicate with you, screen orders for potential risk or fraud, and—when in line with your preferences—provide information or offers.
– Source: collected from you.
– Disclosure: shared with our processor WooCommerce, any external sites used to process payments, and shipping partners.
– Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers or wire transfer details), email address, and phone number.
Customer support information
– Purpose: to provide customer support.
– Source: collected from you.
– Personal Information collected: name, email address, phone number.
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MINORS
The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect Personal Information from children. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us to request deletion.
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SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you. For example:
- We use WooCommerce to power our online store. You can read more about how WooCommerce uses your Personal Information here: https://woocommerce.com/
- We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable Dutch or EU laws and regulations, to respond to lawful requests, or to protect our rights.
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USING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use your Personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfilling your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.
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LAWFUL BASIS (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your Personal Information under the following lawful bases:
– Your consent;
– The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
– Compliance with our legal obligations;
– To protect your vital interests;
– For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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RETENTION
When you place an order through the Site, we will retain a record of the sale which may include your Personal Information for as long as legally required (for example under Dutch tax law: 7 years). You may request earlier deletion if permitted by law.
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AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING
We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.
Our processor WooCommerce uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.
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YOUR RIGHTS (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to:
– Access the Personal Information we hold about you;
– Request correction or erasure of your data;
– Restrict or object to processing;
– Port your data to a new service;
– Withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the details provided above.
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COOKIES
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, monitor traffic, and enhance our website performance.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. For more information: www.allaboutcookies.org.
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DO NOT TRACK
Because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
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CHANGES
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
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Last updated: September 2025