OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

When it comes to processing your personal data, we adhere to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). This means that we decide which personal data are processed, for what purpose and in what way.

We are responsible for ensuring that your personal data is processed properly and carefully in accordance with POPIA.

This privacy policy applies to all our services and agreements. By using our website or entering into an agreement, you indicate your acceptance of our privacy policy.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS?

Personal data is any data that can provide information about an identifiable natural person.

Among other things, we use and process your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, bank details, bidding history and purchase and/or sale history and dates such as birth dates. We need this data to contact you, to carry out and fulfill the agreements made with you. If you are not willing to provide your personal data, it is not possible for us to enter into an agreement with you. We may also use your personal data to send you informational or commercial messages related to our business. If you visit our website, we may use cookies to monitor your browsing habits. We also use permanent camera surveillance in our auction house to prevent theft, but also to protect our customers and employees. More information about this can be found under the following heading.

WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR DATA?

Newsletters

We like to keep our customers and those who have given their consent informed and may also use personal data for sending (electronic) newsletters.

Cookies

Our website may use (external) cookies. You will (then) be asked if you wish to accept them or can set your browser to accept or reject cookies automatically. Cookies are small text files that can be placed on your computer to help us or third parties analyze how visitors use our site. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website may be transferred to our own servers or those of a third party, such as Google.

PERSONAL DATA SECURITY

It is also important to us that your data is secure, so we provide appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent the loss, misuse or theft of your personal data. The data is stored, password protected and the persons working with it are bound to secrecy.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

We do not retain your personal data longer than is necessary for the purpose of processing; however, this may vary from situation to situation. We use the statutory retention periods as a reasonable starting point.