Our Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 1,2026
Last Updated: March 18,2026

The Distelheim Gallery, LLC (“The Distelheim Gallery,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide through our website, https://thedistelheimgallery.com (the “Site”), as well as through related communications, collector inquiries, event registrations, salon invitations, appointment bookings, purchases, and other interactions with us online or offline.

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect your information. By accessing or using our Site, submitting information to us, registering for an event, joining our mailing list, inquiring about artwork, or making a purchase, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Who We Are

The Distelheim Gallery, LLC is a gallery, cultural house, and arts-related commerce business operating through its website and related communications channels.

2. Information We Collect

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide
We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide, including:

        • Name
        • Email address
        • Telephone number
        • Mailing, billing, and shipping addresses
        • Payment-related information processed through third-party payment providers
        • Account credentials, if account registration is offered
        • Inquiry details, collector interest information, and purchase preferences
        • Event, salon, or private showing RSVP information
        • Communications you send to us by website form, email, or other means
        • Comments, reviews, or other content you submit to the Site

B. Information Collected Automatically
When you use the Site, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

        • IP address
        • Browser type and version
        • Device type
        • Operating system
        • Referring website
        • Pages viewed and time spent on the Site
        • Clickstream and interaction data
        • Approximate location based on IP address

C. Transaction and Collector Relationship Information
If you inquire about or purchase artwork, editions, design objects, or related offerings, we may collect and maintain records relating to:

  • Purchase history
  • Collector interest
  • Communications regarding artworks, availability, pricing, provenance, delivery, and event participation
  • Attendance or invitations relating to salon events, private previews, studio visits, virtual showings, and collector programs

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

4. Media Uploads

If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site may be able to download and extract location data from images posted on the Site.

5. How We Use Information

We may use your information for lawful business purposes, including to:

  • Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site
  • Respond to inquiries and requests
  • Process purchases, payments, shipping, delivery, and related customer service
  • Communicate with you regarding artworks, exhibitions, salons, appointments, invitations, and collector programs
  • Send newsletters, updates, event notices, and marketing communications where permitted by law
  • Administer event registrations, collector onboarding, and RSVP management
  • Personalize your experience and better understand collector interests
  • Detect fraud, spam, abuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents
  • Comply with legal, accounting, tax, insurance, and regulatory obligations
  • Protect our rights, property, business interests, reputation, and safety

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

A. Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment on our Site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

B. Login Cookies
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies generally last for two days, and screen option cookies generally last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

C. Editing Cookies
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.

D. Analytics, Advertising, and Performance Technologies
We may use analytics tools, pixels, and related technologies provided by third parties, including website analytics, email marketing, and social media platforms, to understand Site traffic, measure campaign performance, improve functionality, and communicate more effectively with visitors and collectors.

You may be able to disable cookies through your browser settings, but some parts of the Site may not function properly if you do so.

7. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or pages on this Site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, articles, maps, social feeds, or other media. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same manner as if you had visited the other website directly.

Those third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including if you have an account with and are logged in to that third-party website.

8. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of the term. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

A. Service Providers
We may share information with trusted service providers that assist us with website hosting, email delivery, payment processing, order fulfillment, shipping, analytics, spam detection, appointment scheduling, and related business functions, subject to appropriate contractual or operational safeguards.

B. Legal, Safety, and Rights Protection
We may disclose information where we believe it is necessary or appropriate to:

  • Comply with applicable law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or lawful request
  • Enforce our agreements, policies, and rights
  • Protect the rights, safety, property, or operations of the Company, our clients, our collectors, our guests, or others
  • Prevent fraud, abuse, security threats, or unlawful conduct

C. Business Transactions
Information may be transferred as part of a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar corporate transaction, subject to applicable law.

D. Password Reset
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

9. Collector, Patron, and Event Privacy

We value discretion in our dealings with collectors, patrons, invited guests, and private clients. Subject to applicable law and operational necessity, we do not publicly disclose private purchase history, attendance at private salons or showings, private communications, or confidential collector preferences except:

  • as necessary to fulfill a transaction or event request,
  • where required by law,
  • where needed to protect our legal rights, or
  • where you have expressly authorized disclosure.
  • 10. Data Retention
  • We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to satisfy legal, accounting, tax, dispute resolution, archival, and security obligations.
  • Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitel
  • Account information may be retained until modified or deleted, subject to backup and legal retention practices
  • Transaction records may be retained as required for tax, accounting, fraud prevention, and legal compliance
  • Marketing and collector list information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to legal exceptions
  • Event and invitation records may be retained for relationship management, business continuity, and legal protection

11. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or export of certain personal information we hold about you, subject to legal exceptions.

If you have an account on this Site or have left comments, you may request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
  • Correction of inaccurate information
  • Deletion of certain personal data, subject to administrative, legal, tax, accounting, security, fraud prevention, and contractual obligations
  • You may also opt out of marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link contained in such communications.

12. California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under California law, including the right to know certain categories of personal information collected, sources of collection, business purposes for collection, categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed, and the right to request deletion or correction of certain data, subject to legal exceptions.

To exercise applicable privacy rights, contact us using the contact information below.

13. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no website, platform, database, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and you use the Site at your own risk.

14. Children’s Privacy

This Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we may take appropriate action.

15. International Users

If you access the Site from outside the United States, please note that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. By using the Site, you consent to such transfer and processing to the extent permitted by law.

16. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of those third parties. You should review their policies independently.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the Site after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise applicable privacy rights, contact:

The Distelheim Gallery, LLC
[Insert Mailing Address]
[Insert Contact Email]
[Insert Phone Number]