Effective date: June 01, 2018
This Artwork collects some Personal Data from its Users. If you do not understand the terms we use in this privacy policy, please read the "Definitions and explanation of terms" below.
Creator and Data Controller
worldsmostexpensiveartwork.com art project
Frederik F. Mettjes
Süntelstraße 92a
D-25462 Rellingen
GERMANY
eMail: [email protected]
worldsmostexpensiveartwork.com art project
("us", "we", or "our") operates the https://worldsmostexpensiveartwork.com website and associated Ethereum smart contracts on the Blockchain (together the "Artwork", "Application", or "WMEA").
Legal information and references
This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Artwork collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data and Ethereum-Addresses (for purchases procession only).
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Artwork.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Artwork is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Artwork to provide its services. In cases where this Artwork specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Creator.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Artwork or by the owners of third-party services used by this Artwork serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Artwork and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Creator.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Creator takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Creator, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Artwork (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Creator. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Creator at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Creator may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Creator may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Creator is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Creator;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Creator or by a third party.
In any case, the Creator will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at the Creator's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Creator to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Creator using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Creator and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Creator’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Creator within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Creator.
The Creator may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Creator may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Creator to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Traffic optimization and distribution and Displaying content from external platforms.
Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Artwork and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts (Google Inc.)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Artwork to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Ethereum Blockchain
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain platform that runs smart contracts. The website interacts with the smart contracts of the Artwork on the Ethereum Blockchain.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data, Ethereum-Addresses and various types of Data.
Place of processing: decentralized
MetaMask (ConsenSys AG) [only if it is installed]
MetaMask is a third-party plug-in for Chrome or Firefox; a digital wallet used specifically with Ethereum web apps (DApps). MetaMask is a bridge between the Ethereum Network and your Browser.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data, Ethereum-Addresses and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Coinbase Wallet (Coinbase UK, Ltd) [only if it is used]
Coinbase Wallet is a third-party App for iOS or Android phones; a digital wallet used specifically with Ethereum web apps (DApps). Coinbase Wallet is a bridge between the Ethereum Network and your mobile phone.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data, Ethereum-Addresses and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.
etherest.app (w3k.it)
etherest.app is a bridge between Ethereum web apps.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Kraken Exchange Services (Payward Ltd)
Kraken Exchange Services provides exchange rates between USD/EUR and Ether.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data
Place of processing: as specified in the Privacy Policy of the service.
Traffic optimization, distribution and hosting
This type of service allows this Artwork to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Artwork and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information User are transferred.
CloudFlare (Cloudflare Inc)
CloudFlare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by CloudFlare Inc.
The way CloudFlare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Artwork, i.e., communication between this Artwork and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Artwork to be collected.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
AWS (Amazon Web Services, Inc)
AWS is a cloud service provided by Amazon which is hosting the static files of this website.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Singapore – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC ("Google") is may used on this website. The use includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user's activities across devices.
Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended to include IP anonymisation in order to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.
Purposes of the Processing
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and Internet use.
Legal Basis
The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Art. 6 Abs.1 S.1 lit. f
Recipients or Categories of Recipients
The recipient of the collected data is Google.
Transfer to Third Countries
Personal data will be transferred to the USA under the EU-US Privacy Shield on the basis of the European Commission's adequacy decision. You can download the certificate here.
Duration of Data Storage
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user-identifiers (e.g. User-IDs) or advertising-identifiers are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.
Rights of the Persons affected
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by blocking the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functionalities of this website to their full extent.
You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser Add-on. Opt-out cookies will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used. If you click here, the opt-out cookie will be set: Disable Google Analytics
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Creator.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
- Withdraw their consent at any time.Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data.Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- Access their Data.Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Creator, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification.Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data.Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Creator will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed.Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Creator.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller.Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
- Lodge a complaint.Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Creator or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Creator, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Creator is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Creator through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Creator as early as possible and always within one month.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Creator in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Artwork or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Creator may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Artwork may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Artwork and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Creator at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
This Artwork does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Security Of Data
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Please note that the use of this Artwork is at your sole risk and without warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied.
Links To Other Sites
This Artwork may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
This Artwork does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers if it is possible.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Creator reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Artwork and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Creator. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Creator shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and explanation of terms
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Artwork (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Artwork, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Artwork who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Creator)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Artwork. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Creator of this Application.
This Artwork / Application
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Artwork as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookies
Small sets of data stored in the User's device.
Blockchain
A digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency and/or smart contract transactions which are maintained across several computers that are linked in a peer-to-peer network.