Privacy policy

Black Art in Japan is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our Web site. We value your interest in the platform and would like to keep you informed of forthcoming exhibitions, art fairs and events. We will never send information about you to anyone else without your express prior consent, and only contact you from time to time about gallery and other events such as art fairs which might interest you. The privacy policy may be changed or updated at any time.

DATA COLLECTION

Information We Collect

Information you Provide to Us. 

We may collect certain information you provide to us when using the Black Art in Japan website, such as your name, address, telephone numbers, mailing address, e-mail address, interests and newsletter preferences.

How We Collect Information:

Email + Newsletter Sign Up. 

You may choose to provide us with personal information in an e-mail message to one of the addresses listed throughout the Site or by registering for our e-mail newsletter. We use this information only to respond to your message or to register you for the services you have requested. If you sign up for an e-mail newsletter, you have the option to unsubscribe at any time.

How We Use the Information:

Generally, we use information you provide to us through this Site:

– to provide information about exhibitions, artists, artworks, art fairs and services you request;

– to contact you with information we believe will be of interest to you (in accordance with any privacy preferences you have expressed to us);

– to contact you with information and notices related to your use of our Site;

– to better understand your needs and interests;

– to improve the content, functionality and usability of this Site;

– to improve our products and services;

– to improve our marketing and promotional efforts; and

– for any other purpose identified in an applicable privacy notice, click-through agreement or other agreement between you and us.

Use of Aggregated Information. 

We may use information gathered through our Site to create a compiled, aggregate view of our Site’ audiences and their visitors’ usage patterns.

LINK TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES:

Our website also contains links to information located on websites maintained by other public agencies and private organizations. Once you access an individual document that links you to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of the website containing that document.

SOCIAL MEDIA

We maintain a presence on Instagram. Through this platform, we receive some personal information and some usage information about you, and this Privacy Policy applies to that information as well. In addition, these third-party social networking platforms have their own privacy policies, which explain how the third parties that provide them will use and protect your information. The information we receive from third parties may depend on the privacy settings you have on the third-party platform.

If you send Email to any addresses or forms on the site:

By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personal information (i.e., your name, address, e-mail address, etc.). We may store the name and address of the requester in order to respond to the request or otherwise resolve the subject matter of your e-mail. 

How long will we keep your information?

We will only keep the information we collect about you for as long as required for the purposes set out above or as required to comply with any legal obligations to which we are subject. This will involve us periodically reviewing our files to check that information is accurate, up-to-date and still required.

Where we are permitted to send you direct marketing communications, we may retain your contact information necessary for this purpose, for as long as you do not unsubscribe from receiving the same from us. If you opt out from marketing, we will retain your information to enable us to respect your wishes to not be contacted for marketing purposes.

Changes to privacy policy

We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes in an easy-to-understand manner.