- Introduction
- Who We Are
- How We Collect Information About You
- What Personal Information We Process and Why
- Lawful Basis for Processing
- Who Sees Your Personal Information
- International Transfers
- Data Retention
- Data Security
- Your Legal Rights
- Contact Information and Complaints
- Glossary
- Changes to This Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 20 May 2025
Goodman Gallery is committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information in accordance with UK data protection laws.
The Goodman Gallery is a leading international contemporary art gallery promoting the work of more than 30 gallery roster artists with a focus on the African diaspora and beyond. We represent artists whose work confronts entrenched power structures and inspires social change and we have been committed to this ethos since we were founded in 1966. We have locations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and New York.
For the purposes of UK data protection laws, the principle operating company is: Goodman Gallery (UK) Ltd, located at 26 Cork Street, London, W1S 3ND, who is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
We collect personal data through:
Direct interactions:
- When you express interest in our artists or artworks
- Attend our exhibitions or events
- Purchase artworks or publications
- Subscribe to our newsletters
- Contact us via email, phone, or online forms
- We may have cctv images of you or photographs taken of you if you attend any of our locations. We use CCTV at our locations for the security of our visitors, staff and the art that we exhibit and sell.
Automated technologies:
- When you visit our website, we may collect technical data through cookies and similar technologies.
Third-party sources:
- We may receive personal data from partners, service providers, or public sources.
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Identity Data: Name, title, date of birth
- Contact Data: Address, email, phone number
- Financial Data: Payment details
- Transaction Data: Details of artworks or publications you have purchased
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and browsing behaviour
- Marketing and Communications Data: Preferences in receiving marketing from us
We use this data to:
- Fulfil orders and provide services
- Manage our relationship with you
- Improve our website and services
- Comply with legal obligations
Under UK data protection laws, we must have a lawful basis to process your personal data. We rely on the following bases:
- Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
- Contract: Processing is necessary for a contract we have with you or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
- Legal obligation: Processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
- Legitimate interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your rights and interests do not override those interests.
We may share your personal data with:
- Internal teams for operational purposes
- Service providers who assist in our business operations
- Legal authorities when required by law
- We ensure that all third parties respect the security of your personal data and comply with applicable data protection laws.
Your data may be transferred outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect your data.
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
We implement appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of your personal data.
Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:
- Access to your personal data which we may hold
- Correction of inaccurate data
- Erasure of your data
- Objection to processing of your data
- Data portability
- Make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at ldn@goodman-galleryuk.com.
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact:
Goodman Gallery UK Ltd
26 Cork Street
London, W1S 3ND
United Kingdom
Email: info@goodman-gallery.com
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues at any time via email to: icocasework@ico.org.uk or see: https://ico.org.uk.
- Personal Data: Information that identifies an individual
- Processing: Any operation performed on personal data
- Data Controller: Entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website, and where appropriate, notified to you by email. This policy was updated on 20 May 2025.