Last updated: 9 October 2026
Welcome to the website of Paul Marnef, fine art photographer and creator of the ‘Imaginary Planets’ series.
Respecting your privacy is important to me. This policy explains how your personal data is collected, used and protected when you visit www.paulmarnef360.com, contact me, subscribe to my newsletter or express an interest in purchasing a work of art.
1. Data controller
The data controller is:
Paul Marnef
, fine art photographer
, 2 avenue du 14 Juillet
, 1325 Corroy-le-Grand
, Belgium
Email: p.marnef@isoway.eu
If you have any queries regarding the confidentiality of your data, you may contact me directly at this address.
2. Personal data collected
Depending on how you use the website, I may need to process different categories of data.
When making initial contact:
- Your name, if you provide it.
- Your email address.
- The content of your message.
- Any other information you choose to provide.
When subscribing to the newsletter:
- Your email address.
- Any other information that may be requested in the registration form.
- The technical information required to manage and verify your registration.
When enquiring about a work or placing an order:
- Your contact details.
- The references for the works in question.
- The information required to process an order, arrange a delivery or issue an invoice, where applicable.
When browsing the website:
- Certain technical connection details.
- Information necessary for the security and operation of the website.
- Audience measurement data, only where the applicable consent conditions are met.
I am not asking you to provide any sensitive personal data via the website.
3. Why is your data used?
Your data is processed for specific purposes.
Replying to your messages
When you use the contact form, the information you provide enables me to answer your questions about my photographs, exhibitions, artistic techniques, acquisitions or potential collaborations.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, this processing is based either on my legitimate interest in responding to enquiries received or on the need to take pre-contractual steps at your request.
Managing acquisitions and orders
Should you wish to purchase a work, certain details may be required to draw up a quotation, process the order, arrange delivery and issue an invoice.
The corresponding processing is based, as appropriate, on the performance of pre-contractual or contractual measures and on compliance with legal obligations.
Ensuring the website runs smoothly
Certain technical information is processed in order to maintain the security, stability and proper functioning of the website.
This processing is based, in particular, on my legitimate interest in protecting and managing this website.
Measuring website traffic
Statistical tools may be used to better understand how my works are viewed and to improve the visitor experience.
Statistical cookies that are not strictly necessary are only used with your prior consent.
4. Newsletter – The Echo of Imaginary Planets
You may choose to subscribe to my newsletter, L’Écho des Planètes Imaginaires, to receive updates on my artistic work: new creations, exhibitions, events, photographic experiments and other news.
Subscriptions to and the sending of this newsletter are managed using Mailchimp, a service provided by Intuit.
Your registration is based on your consent. The information collected is used to manage your subscription and to send you the communications you have chosen to subscribe to.
Mailchimp may also process technical information relating to sending, deliverability and, depending on the service configuration, interaction with newsletters.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link provided for this purpose in each message.
Your contact details are not automatically added to the newsletter when you use the website’s contact form.
Data entrusted to Mailchimp may be processed outside the European Economic Area, in particular in the United States, subject to the applicable data protection mechanisms.
For further information, please see Mailchimp’s privacy policy.
5. Acquisition of artworks and associated services
Enquiries about the photographs featured on the website—whether for information, booking or purchase—are welcome.
Depending on the proposed terms, an order may be processed directly or via a specialised platform.
When you use an external service to place an order or make a payment, that service provider may process the data required for the transaction in accordance with its own terms and conditions and privacy policy.
Details regarding the seller, payment methods, delivery and the applicable terms and conditions will be specified during the ordering process.
Using an order or payment service provider does not necessarily mean that I receive or retain the full details of your payment method.
6. Hosting and technical service providers
The website is hosted by Infomaniak Network SA, in Switzerland.
To ensure the website functions correctly, various technical services may be involved, including:
- Infomaniak, for hosting and associated technical services.
- Mailchimp, for subscriptions and sending the newsletter.
- Contact Form 7, a WordPress plugin used for the contact form.
- Complianz, for managing consent preferences relating to cookies.
Other service providers may be involved where necessary to fulfil a service requested by the visitor, in particular for sending emails or processing orders.
Data is shared with these parties only to the extent required for the relevant services, in line with their roles and the applicable contractual or legal safeguards.
Switzerland benefits from an adequacy decision by the European Commission regarding data protection.
7. Cookies and audience measurement
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure it functions properly, to remember your preferences and, with your consent, to measure its traffic.
Cookies necessary for the website to function
In particular, the website uses four cookies associated with Complianz, the tool that manages your consent.
| Cookie | Function | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
cmplz_functional | Remembers your choice regarding functional cookies. | 365 days |
cmplz_marketing | Remembers your choice regarding marketing cookies. | 365 days |
cmplz_preferences | Remembers your cookie preferences. | 365 days |
cmplz_statistics | Retains your selection for statistical cookies. | 365 days |
These cookies are used to remember your preferences. Their presence does not mean that advertising or statistical cookies are automatically set.
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function and to remember your consent choices do not require prior consent.
Audience measurement cookies
Statistical tools, notably Google Analytics, may be used to gain a better understanding of website traffic and how the artworks are viewed.
Statistical cookies that are not strictly necessary will only be enabled with your prior consent.
Information regarding these cookies will be updated when the audience measurement tool is set up and verified.
Managing your consent
On your first visit, a banner allows you to accept, refuse or customise consent-based cookies.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the settings below.
Further information
For further information on cookies and the applicable regulations in Belgium, please visit the Data Protection Authority’s website.
This section will be updated if the cookies or services used by the website change.
8. Shelf life
Personal data is retained only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, and is then deleted or anonymised when its retention is no longer justified, subject to applicable legal obligations.
Contact messages: for as long as is necessary to process your enquiry and any subsequent matters, particularly where a commercial or artistic relationship continues.
Newsletter: for the duration of your subscription. After you unsubscribe, certain minimal information may be retained to comply with your request not to receive further mailings and to retain proof of consent where necessary.
Orders and invoicing: for the periods required by the applicable accounting, tax and legal obligations in Belgium.
Technical data and cookies: in accordance with security requirements, their purpose and the retention periods specified in the cookie policy.
9. Security and privacy
I ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are implemented to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, disclosure or misuse.
Access to data is restricted to individuals and service providers who require it for the purposes described in this policy.
Your personal data is not sold.
10. Your rights
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights, subject to the conditions set out in the regulations:
- Right of access: the right to know what personal data is being processed about you.
- Right to rectification: request the correction of inaccurate information.
- Right to erasure: request the deletion of your data where the legal conditions are met.
- Right to restriction: to request the restriction of certain processing operations.
- Right to object: to object to certain processing operations based on legitimate interests.
- Right to data portability: to receive or have certain data transmitted where this right applies.
- Withdrawal of consent: you may withdraw your consent at any time in respect of the processing concerned, without this affecting the lawfulness of any processing carried out previously.
To exercise these rights, please write to:
I will respond to your request within the regulatory time limits, generally within one month, subject to any legally authorised extensions.
You may also lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority in Belgium:
www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be
11. Changes to the privacy policy
This policy may be amended to take account of changes to the website, the tools used, the terms and conditions for acquiring works, or legal obligations.
The update date shown at the top of the document will be amended accordingly.