Privacy Statement
1. About this privacy statement
EMES Arts respects your privacy and handles personal data with care.
This privacy statement explains what personal data may be processed when you visit this website or contact EMES Arts, why it is processed, and what rights you have under applicable data-protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/AVG).
2. Who is responsible for your data?
The data controller is:
EMES Arts — Michal Siemczyk
The Hague, Netherlands
KVK: 95916660
Email: emessedarts@gmail.com
3. What personal data may be processed?
Depending on how you interact with the website, EMES Arts may process:
- your name;
- your email address;
- information you include in an email or other communication;
- your postal address, where required to deliver a purchased product such as a print;
- technical information that is automatically provided by your browser or hosting provider, such as IP address, browser type, and device information, where applicable.
EMES Arts does not intentionally collect sensitive personal data through this website.
4. Why is personal data processed, and on what legal basis?
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes. Each purpose has its own legal basis under Article 6 of the GDPR:
- Responding to enquiries and collaboration requests — legal basis: legitimate interest in operating a responsive photography business, or steps taken at your request prior to entering into a contract.
- Communicating with clients, and delivering agreed photography assignments or products — legal basis: performance of a contract.
- Handling business administration and legal obligations, such as invoicing and bookkeeping — legal basis: legal obligation.
- Maintaining, securing, and improving the website — legal basis: legitimate interest in keeping the website functional and secure.
- Complying with applicable legal obligations — legal basis: legal obligation.
EMES Arts does not sell personal data to third parties.
5. Email communication
If you contact EMES Arts by email, the information contained in your message and your email address may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to handle your enquiry, maintain business records, or comply with legal obligations — see Section 9 for indicative retention periods.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
6. Website hosting and technical data
This website is hosted by a third-party hosting provider.
The hosting infrastructure may process technical information such as IP addresses, connection information, and server logs for purposes including security, reliability, abuse prevention, and technical operation.
Where a hosting or infrastructure provider processes personal data on behalf of EMES Arts, this is done under that provider's own data-processing terms. The exact technical data processed may depend on the hosting provider and its configuration.
7. Cookies and similar technologies
This website is intended to operate without advertising or tracking cookies.
The website itself may use technically necessary browser or hosting technologies required for normal operation.
If non-essential analytics, advertising, tracking pixels, or other tracking technologies are added in the future, this privacy statement will be updated and any required consent mechanism will be implemented before such technologies are used.
8. Third-party websites
This website contains links to external services, including Instagram and Behance.
When you follow such a link, you leave the EMES Arts website. Those external services have their own privacy policies and data-processing practices. EMES Arts is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
9. How long is data retained?
Personal data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law. As a general guide:
- Enquiries and general correspondence: up to 2 years after the last contact.
- Client and commission records connected to an agreement: for the duration of the business relationship, plus any applicable legal retention period.
- Financial and administrative records, such as invoices: 7 years, as required under Dutch tax law (fiscale bewaarplicht).
Business and financial records may be retained for the periods required by applicable Dutch law.
10. Your rights
Under applicable data-protection law, you may have the right to:
- request access to your personal data;
- request correction of inaccurate data;
- request deletion of your personal data where legally applicable;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to certain processing;
- request data portability where applicable;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise your rights, contact: emessedarts@gmail.com
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) if you believe your personal data has been processed unlawfully.
11. Security
EMES Arts takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or unlawful processing.
No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Changes to this statement
This privacy statement may be updated when the website, services, or data-processing activities change.
The latest version will always be published on this page.