Personal Data Privacy and Protection Policy

The World's Antiquarians Catalogue considers the privacy and protection of its clients' personal data to be of utmost importance. To ensure that you feel confident about providing us with your personal information when communicating with us and using our services, we outline below our practices in relation to the collection and use of personal data.

Purpose
The World's Antiquarians Catalogue will collect, record, store and use your personal data world-wide to enable you to sell or negotiate antique items and to advise you of forthcoming Trade Fairs, sales, special events and services. Information collected from our log files and Users is utilized to improve the content and service and is not shared with other organizations or individuals and so customize the content and style of the site for your needs. To improve sales performance and strengthen competitiveness at minimizing risks by integrating Professional services, data processing and outsourcing in order to support their strategic decisions and the operational management of markets, consumers points of sales and sales force and so helping Antiquarians to become leaders in their sectors with a greater and growing turnover.

Privacy
We will not share your Personal Data with anyone outside the World's Antiquarians Catalogue.

We may from time to time however need to disclose your personal data to agents or contractors of the World's Antiquarians Catalogue to enable the World's Antiquarians Catalogue to process transactions or communicate with you. Where we do so it will be on the basis that they are required to keep the information confidential and will not use the information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for the World's Antiquarians Catalogue.

Security
Any personal data you provide to us is securely stored in a database held by the World's Antiquarians Catalogue to which the World's Antiquarians Catalogue employees and agents are only authorized and have access to.

The server holding your personal data is protected against both unauthorised physical and electronic access. These measures include an electronic firewall and various other protection measures that involve virus scanning, installation of security patches, vulnerability testing, backup and recovery planning, security audits and other steps designed to constantly improve the data protection posture.

The World's Antiquarians Catalogue and the Internet

Web-site
In general, you may browse our Internet site anonymously. However to register as a Professional Antiquarian requires the collection of some personal identification information, such as your name, address and when appropriate, your credit information.

This information will be used for processing transactions but may also be used for internal data processing, such as compiling statistical information about your interests and the use of our Internet site. As a service to you, we may also use this information to customize the content we offer.

Business Relationships
The World's Antiquarians Catalogue site contains links to other Web sites. None of the information that you provide us will be transmitted to other Web sites. The World's Antiquarians Catalogue is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Cookies
The World's Antiquarians Catalogue may also use on its Internet properties a personalization technology called a "cookie." A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer's hard disk that identifies your browser software to a Web site. Cookies allow us to track when you enter, leave, and re-enter our sites and what path you take through our sites. In doing this, we can provide you with a more personalised experience.

Send to a friend
The World's Antiquarians Catalogue provides users of this site the opportunity to inform others about a sale or a Dealers Catalogue and lot for sale, which will require the sender to provide the recipient's e-mail address(es). At the sender's request, the World's Antiquarians Catalogue will automatically send the recipient e-mail on behalf of the sender a link to the World's Antiquarians Catalogue site containing the information about the sale or lot or an Antiquarian's Catalogue. The World's Antiquarians Catalogue will not initiate any further contact with the recipient, beyond the e-mail sent on behalf of the sender, unless the recipient specifically "subscribes" as a Professional Antiquarian by filling out a registration form.

The World's Antiquarians Catalogue does not accept any responsibility for any third party's use (or misuse) of this service.

Exceptions
While we will not voluntarily disclose your personal data we may disclose such information if we are required to do so by a Court Order, if we are requested by government or law enforcement authorities, if we are required to do so pursuant to other legal processes, or if it becomes necessary to protect the rights or property of the World's Antiquarians Catalogue.