Introduction

A.1 We are dedicated to protecting the privacy of our website visitors. This policy outlines how we handle your personal information.

A.2 When you first visit our website, we will request your consent for the use of cookies in accordance with the terms set forth in this policy.

Collecting Personal Information

C.1 We may collect, store, and use the following types of personal information:

(1) Information about your computer and your visits to our website, including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, visit duration, page views, and navigation paths.

(2) Information you provide when visiting or registering on our website, such as your email address.

(3) Information you submit when uploading artwork, including your name, address, email, nationality, and images of the artworks.

(4) Information provided for subscribing to our email notifications or newsletters, including your name and email address.

(5) Information generated during the use of our website services, including timing, frequency, and pattern of service use.

(6) Details of transactions made through our website, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, and payment information.

(7) Information posted on our website for publication, such as your username, profile pictures, and content of your posts.

(8) Information contained in communications you send to us or through our website, including the content and metadata of those communications.

(9) Any other personal information you choose to provide to us.

C.2 Before you disclose another person’s personal information to us, you must obtain their consent for both the disclosure and processing of that information in accordance with this policy.

C.3 By submitting artwork to Dubai Art Show 2026 through our website, you automatically grant permission for your and your artwork/s images, videos, informations to be used on our social media platforms, website, and for press publication. Additionally, artworks selected for the Dubai Art Show 2026 will and can be published in our possible printed catalogue and all possible existing and future media and supports online, digital and printed.

Using Personal Information

D.1 Personal information submitted through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant website pages.

D.2 We may use your personal information to:

(1) Administer our website and business.

(2) Personalize our website for you.

(3) Enable your use of the services available on our website.

(4) Deliver goods purchased through our website.

(5) Provide services purchased through our website.

(6) Send statements, invoices, payment reminders, and collect payments.

(7) Send non-marketing commercial communications.

(8) Send email notifications you have specifically requested.

(9) Send our email newsletter if you have requested it (you can opt-out at any time).

(10) Send marketing communications related to our business or selected third parties if you have agreed to receive them (you can opt-out at any time).

(11) Provide third parties with statistical information about our users, without identifying any individual.

(12) Handle inquiries and complaints made by or about you related to our website.

(13) Ensure the security of our website and prevent fraud.

D.3 If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and use that information in accordance with the license you grant us.

D.4 Your privacy settings can be adjusted for our website to limit the publication of your information.

D.5 We will not provide your personal information to any third party for direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

Disclosing Personal Information

E.1 We may disclose your personal information to our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisors, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

E.2 We may also disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (including subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company, and its subsidiaries) as reasonably necessary.

E.3 We may disclose your personal information:

(1) As required by law.

(2) In connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings.

(3) To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction).

E.4 Except as outlined in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

International Data Transfers

F.1 Information collected may be stored, processed, and transferred between countries where we operate to enable the use of the information in accordance with this policy.

F.2 Personal information you publish or submit on our website may be available worldwide via the internet. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

F.3 You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this section.

Retaining Personal Information

G.1 This section details our data retention policies, which are designed to ensure we comply with legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal information.

G.2 Personal information processed for any purpose will not be kept longer than necessary for that purpose.

G.3 Notwithstanding these provisions, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

(1) As required by law.

(2) If we believe the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings.

(3) To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction).

Security of Personal Information

H.1 We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.

H.2 All personal information you provide will be stored on the secure, password protected e-mail address where you will send your informations.

H.3 All electronic financial transactions conducted through our website will be protected by encryption technology.

H.4 You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

H.5 You are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We will not ask you for your password, except when you log in to our website, if there will be one.

Amendments

I.1 We may update this policy periodically by publishing a new version on our website.

I.2 You should review this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

I.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy by email or through private messaging on our website.

Your Rights

J.1 You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, subject to:

(1) Provision of appropriate identification (typically a certified copy of your passport and a utility bill showing your current address).

J.2 We may withhold personal information you request to the extent permitted by law.

J.3 You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.

J.4 In practice, you will usually either explicitly agree to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes in advance, or we will provide you with the opportunity to opt-out.

Third-Party Websites

K.1 Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third-party websites.

K.2 We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

Updating Information

L.1 Please inform us if any personal information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Cookies - possibly used 

M.1 Our website uses cookies.

M.2 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) sent by a web server to a browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

M.3 Cookies may be either “persistent” or “session” cookies: persistent cookies are stored by the browser and remain valid until their set expiry date, unless deleted before then; session cookies expire at the end of the user session when the browser is closed.

M.4 Cookies typically do not contain information that personally identifies a user, but personal information we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies.

M.5 We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.

M.6 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies.