Privacy Policy

Adrian David Gallery, operated by Hans Fonteyne, respects the privacy of the visitors to its website, in particular the rights of visitors with regard to the automated processing of personal data. In the interest of full transparency towards our clients, we have therefore formulated and implemented a policy concerning such processing itself, its purpose and the possibilities for data subjects to exercise their rights as effectively as possible.

For any further information on the protection of personal data, please consult the website of the Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit): https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be

Until you accept the use of cookies and other tracking systems on the website, we will not place any non-anonymised analytical cookies and/or tracking cookies on your computer, mobile phone or tablet.

By continuing to visit this website, you accept the following terms of use.

The version of the privacy statement currently available on the website is the only version applicable for as long as you visit the website, until a new version replaces the current version.

Article 1 - Legal provisions

Website (hereinafter also “the website”): Adrian David Gallery (galerieadriandavid.com)

Controller responsible for the processing of personal data (hereinafter also: “the operator”): Hans Fonteyne, trading under the name Adrian David Gallery, established at Kustlaan 335, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium, company number / VAT number: BE 0518.590.803.

Article 2 - Access to the website

Access to and use of the website are strictly personal. You shall not use this website, or the data and information provided on it, for commercial, political or advertising purposes, or for any commercial offers, and in particular you shall not use it for unsolicited electronic offers.

Article 3 - Website content

All trademarks, images, texts, comments, illustrations, (animated) pictures, video footage and sounds, as well as all technical applications that may be used to make the website function and, more generally, all elements used on this site, are protected by law under intellectual property rights. Any reproduction, repetition, use or adaptation, by any means whatsoever, of all or only part thereof, including the technical applications, without the prior written consent of the controller, is strictly prohibited. The fact that the operator does not take immediate action against any infringement cannot be construed as tacit consent or as a waiver of legal proceedings.

Article 4 - Management of the website

For the proper management of the website, the operator may at any time:

  • suspend, interrupt or restrict access to all or part of the website for a particular category of visitors
  • remove any information that may disrupt the functioning of the website or that is contrary to national or international legislation or to internet etiquette
  • make the website temporarily unavailable in order to carry out updates

Article 5 - Responsibilities

The operator shall in no event be responsible for any failure, malfunction, difficulty or interruption in the functioning of the website that renders the website or any of its functionalities inaccessible. The manner in which you connect to the website is your own responsibility. You must take all appropriate measures yourself to protect your equipment and your data against, among other things, virus attacks on the internet. You are moreover yourself responsible for the websites and data you consult on the internet.

The operator is not liable for any legal proceedings brought against you:

  • on account of the use of the website or of services accessible via the internet
  • on account of a breach of the terms of this privacy statement

The operator is not responsible for any damage suffered by you, by third parties or by your equipment as a result of your connection to or use of the website. You shall refrain from taking any action against the operator in this respect.

If the operator becomes involved in a dispute as a result of your use of this website, it shall be entitled to recover from you all damage it suffers and will suffer as a consequence.

Article 6 - Collection of data

Your data are collected by Hans Fonteyne (Adrian David Gallery). Personal data means: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person.

The personal data collected on the website are used mainly by the operator to maintain relations with you and, where applicable, to process your orders.

Article 7 - Your rights regarding your data

Pursuant to Article 13(2)(b) GDPR, everyone has the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of their personal data or restriction of processing concerning them, as well as the right to object to processing and the right to data portability. You may exercise these rights by contacting us at contact@adriandavidgallery.com.

Any such request must be accompanied by a copy of a valid proof of identity bearing your signature and must state the address at which you can be contacted. You will receive a response to your request within 1 month of its submission. Depending on the complexity and number of requests, this period may be extended by 2 months where necessary.

Article 8 - Processing of personal data

In the event of a breach of any law or regulation of which the visitor is suspected and for which the authorities require personal data collected by the operator, such data will be provided to them upon an express and reasoned request from those authorities, whereupon these personal data will consequently no longer fall under the protection of the provisions of this privacy statement.

If certain information is necessary in order to gain access to certain functionalities of the website, the controller will indicate the mandatory nature of this information at the time the data are requested.

Article 9 - Commercial offers

You may receive commercial offers from the operator. If you do not (or no longer) wish to receive them, please send an e-mail to the following address: contact@adriandavidgallery.com.

If you come across any personal data while visiting the website, you must refrain from collecting them or making any other unauthorised use of them, as well as from any act that constitutes an infringement of the privacy of the person(s) concerned. The operator shall in no event be responsible in the aforementioned situations.

Article 10 - Data retention period

The data collected by the operator of the website are used and retained for the period laid down by law.

Article 11 - Cookies

Use of cookies

Adrian David Gallery uses cookies. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on your computer, mobile phone, smartwatch or tablet. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.

Consent to the use of cookies

Your consent is required for the use of certain cookies. We ask for this consent on your first visit by means of a cookie banner. You can view or change your choice at any time via the cookie settings.

Types of cookies used and their purposes

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Functional cookies: these are necessary for the website to function properly, such as session cookies and the cookie in which your cookie preferences are stored. No consent is required for these cookies.
  • Cookies from external content: on some pages we show videos hosted on YouTube and Vimeo (embedded content). These services may place cookies and collect data about your visit. These videos are only loaded after you have given your consent. We have no control over what these third parties do with their cookies; please consult their own privacy and cookie policies for this purpose.

We do not use analytical cookies, advertising cookies or tracking cookies.

Blocking and deleting cookies

You can withdraw or adjust your consent to cookies at any time via the cookie settings.

You can also easily block and delete cookies yourself at any time via your internet browser. You can also set your internet browser so that you receive a notification when a cookie is placed. If you delete or block cookies in your browser, this may affect the proper functioning of this website.

How you can adjust your settings differs from browser to browser. If necessary, consult the help function of your browser:

Unforeseen cookies

Cookies may be placed via our website by others, of which we ourselves are not always aware. Do you come across unforeseen cookies on our website that you cannot find in this overview? Please let us know at contact@adriandavidgallery.com.

Article 12 - Visual material and products offered

No rights may be derived from the visual material accompanying the products offered on the website.

Article 13 - Applicable law

These terms are governed by Belgian law. The court of the operator's place of establishment has exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes concerning these terms, except where a statutory exception applies.

Article 14 - Contact

For questions, information about the artworks or information about the website itself, please contact: contact@adriandavidgallery.com.

Adrian David Gallery – Hans Fonteyne

Kustlaan 335, 8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium

BE 0518.590.803