"Art is the highest form of hope." - Gerhard Richter
Privacy Policy
As of January 2025 - 22nd Gallery (Operated by PE Art Capital UG (limited liability))
1. Data protection at a glance
General information: The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website.
Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.
Controller (Who is responsible?) Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator (see legal notice). The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other national data protection laws of the member states, as well as other data protection regulations, is:
PE Art Capital UG (limited liability)
Gr. Bockenheimerstr. 46
60313 Frankfurt am Main
Email: datenschutz@22ndgallery.com
2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)
Hosting by Wix: We host our website with the provider Wix.com Ltd., Namal 40, 6350671 Tel Aviv, Israel (hereinafter referred to as "Wix").
When you visit our website, Wix collects various log files, including your IP address. Wix stores visitor data on servers in Europe, Israel, and the USA. Israel is considered by the EU to be a country with an adequate level of data protection (Adequacy Decision of the EU Commission). For transfers to the USA and other third countries, Wix relies on standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission as well as appropriate safeguards.
Legal basis: The use of Wix is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website.
Data processing agreement: We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Wix. This is a legally required agreement under data protection law, which ensures that Wix processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
3. General information and mandatory disclosures
Data security: This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content (e.g. orders).
Revocation of your consent to data processing: Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint: In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
4. Data collection on this website
Cookies: Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your browser saves.
Technically necessary cookies: These are essential for the shopping cart to function and the checkout process to run securely. (Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
Analytics & marketing cookies: These are only set if you have expressly consented in the "cookie banner" when entering the site (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).
Server log files: The website provider (Wix) automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us (browser type, operating system, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time). This data is not merged with other data sources.
Contact form / Email contact: If you send us inquiries via contact form or email, your information, including the contact details you provide, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry. We will not share this data without your consent.
5. E-commerce and payment providers
Processing of Customer and Contract Data: We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for establishing, defining the content of, or amending the contractual relationship (master data). This is done on the basis of Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b GDPR (performance of a contract).
Data transfer during contract conclusion (shipping): We only disclose personal data to third parties if this is necessary for processing the contract, for example, to the company commissioned with delivery (e.g., DHL, UPS, shipping company). Only the data necessary for delivery will be transferred.
Payment services (Wix Payments, PayPal, Klarna, credit card): We integrate payment services on this website. If you select one of these options when paying, the payment data you enter will be transmitted to the respective payment service provider. The transmission of your data to the payment service providers is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (contractual necessity) and on the basis of our legitimate interest in a smooth payment process (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
PayPal: The provider is PayPal (Europe) S.à.rl et Cie, SCA, 22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg.
Stripe / Credit card payment: The provider is Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd., 1 Grand Canal Street Lower, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland.
Klarna: The provider is Klarna Bank AB (publ), Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden.
Please note the privacy policies of the respective payment providers, as some of them carry out credit checks.
6. User Rights
You have the right to request information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to rectification or erasure of this data. For this purpose, and for any further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the legal notice.