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Privacy Statement

The National Gallery's site does not store or capture personal information but merely logs the user's IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.

We use IP addresses contained in the web server's log files to analyse trends, administer the site, track user movements through the site as an aid to future development, and gather broad demographic information to provide statistics used in fulfilling government performance indicators for cultural non-departmental government bodies.

News Listserver Subscriptions

We hold lists of email addresses for visitors who subscribe to the 'National Gallery News' online. The 'National Gallery News' list of email addresses is used solely to send out email updates to subscribers. This list is not used for any other purpose than that described, nor is it shared with any company or institution other than the National Gallery.

Forms

We hold lists of emails generated from the feedback, Picture Library and funding forms on the National Gallery website. The contact details including name, address, email, telephone and fax, are used solely to respond to the individual requests from the senders. None of the contact information is shared with any company or institution other than the National Gallery and National Gallery Picture Library.

We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site and we will not collect any information about you except that required for system administration of the web server.

This privacy policy covers only the National Gallery website. Links within this site to other websites are not covered by this policy.

Notification of Changes

If we need to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes in this document so that users are always aware of which information we collect, how we use it and under which circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by email. Users will have a chance to inform us not to use their information in a different manner.

We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy in place when the information was collected.

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