Last updated: 29 October 2026

This website belongs to Ruth Griffioen, a painter in the Netherlands. This page explains which personal details we collect, why, and what your rights are. We keep it short, and we collect as little as we can.

Who is responsible

Ruth Griffioen is responsible for your personal data. Her business details (Chamber of Commerce and VAT number) will be listed here when sales start in January 2027. You can reach her through the contact form.

What we collect, and why

• “Notify me” sign-ups — your email address and the painting you are waiting for. We use it to email you when that print is available and, now and then, to send you news from Ruth’s studio, such as new paintings and prints. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link in every email.
• Contact form — your name, email address, the subject you chose and your message, so Ruth can reply.
• Orders (from January 2027) — your name, delivery address, email address, phone number if you give it, and what you ordered. We need these to make and deliver your print, send your invoice and keep our accounts.

We only use these details for the purposes above. We never sell them and never use them for advertising.

Who else sees your details

A few services help us run the shop. They only get what they need, and only for that task:

• Shopify, our web shop platform, hosts the shop and processes orders and payments.
• Our print partner in Europe receives your name and delivery address to print and ship your order.
• A delivery service receives your name and address to bring the parcel.
• Shopify Messaging, Shopify’s email service, sends our emails (the “notify me” email and the studio news).
• Our accounting software keeps the invoices.

The shop runs on Shopify, which hosts the website and processes orders and payments for us.

How long we keep it

• “Notify me” sign-ups: until you unsubscribe.
• Contact messages: up to two years, unless they become part of an order.
• Orders and invoices: seven years, because Dutch tax law requires it.

Website statistics with Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how people find this website and which pages and artworks they view. Google processes information about website interactions, browser and device, and approximate location to provide these statistics. Analytics cookies depend on your choice in our cookie preferences. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Cookies

The shop uses cookies that it needs to work, such as for your cart and checkout; you don’t need to give permission for those. Shopify and Google Analytics can also use cookies for statistics if you agree to Analytics in the cookie banner. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time through Cookie preferences in the website footer. We don’t use advertising cookies.

The fonts are served from this website itself, so loading a page doesn’t send your details to a font service.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your details, or object to how we use them. Send a message through the contact form; we reply within a month. If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.