Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: September 2026

AIDA.gallery is a personal artist portfolio operated by Ludwig Braum, Genoa, Italy.

For questions regarding privacy or personal data, please contact: hello@aida.gallery

1. General

AIDA.gallery is a non-commercial portfolio website presenting artistic works and information about the artist.

This website does not operate an online shop, does not create customer accounts, and does not use advertising or profiling technologies.

Personal data is processed only where necessary to operate and secure the website or where you voluntarily contact us.

2. Data processed when visiting the website

When you access AIDA.gallery, technical information may automatically be processed by the hosting and infrastructure providers responsible for delivering the website.

This may include:

IP address
date and time of access
requested page or file
browser and device information
operating system
referring page
technical security and server log information

This information is processed for the purposes of:

delivering the website correctly
maintaining technical stability
protecting the website against misuse, automated attacks and other security threats
troubleshooting technical problems

The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure and reliable website pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Technical log data is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for security, operational and troubleshooting purposes and is then deleted or anonymised in accordance with the policies of the relevant infrastructure provider.

3. Hosting and technical service providers

AIDA.gallery is hosted using Lovable infrastructure and associated technical infrastructure providers.

Security and content-delivery services may include Cloudflare.

These providers may process technical information such as IP addresses, server requests, security information and related connection data in order to deliver and protect the website.

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, such transfers are subject to the safeguards required under the GDPR, such as an adequacy decision or appropriate contractual safeguards.

4. Contact by email

If you contact us by email, we process the information you provide, such as:

your name
email address
your message
any information you voluntarily include

This data is used solely to respond to your enquiry and, where necessary, to continue the correspondence.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR where the communication concerns a general enquiry, or Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where communication relates to steps requested by you before entering into an agreement.

Emails are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose of the correspondence and any applicable legal obligations.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

AIDA.gallery does not currently use analytics, advertising or profiling cookies.

Lovable visitor analytics has been disabled.

The website uses only technically necessary cookies and similar technologies required for security and reliable delivery of the website.

At the time of the latest review, the website uses the following technical cookies:

__cf_bm

This cookie is associated with Cloudflare security and bot-management functions.

It is used to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated or potentially malicious traffic and to protect the website from abuse.

It is not used by AIDA.gallery for advertising or behavioural profiling.

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This cookie is used for technical deployment and website-delivery purposes.

It helps ensure that visitors receive the correct deployed version of the website.

It is not used by AIDA.gallery for advertising or behavioural profiling.

The exact duration of technical cookies may vary according to the configuration of the infrastructure provider.

Because AIDA.gallery currently uses only technically necessary cookies and no optional tracking technologies, no cookie consent banner is displayed.

If analytics, advertising or other non-essential tracking technologies are introduced in the future, this policy and the website's consent mechanism will be updated before such technologies are activated.

6. No analytics or advertising tracking

AIDA.gallery currently does not use:

Google Analytics
Meta Pixel
advertising trackers
behavioural profiling
personalised advertising
Lovable visitor analytics

No visitor profile is created by AIDA.gallery for marketing purposes.

7. Third-party links

AIDA.gallery may contain links to external websites.

If you follow an external link, the privacy practices of the destination website apply.

AIDA.gallery is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you may have the right to:

access your personal data
request correction of inaccurate data
request deletion of your data
request restriction of processing
object to processing based on legitimate interests
receive your data in a portable format where applicable
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority.

In Italy, the supervisory authority is the:

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali

9. Changes to this policy

This Privacy & Cookie Policy may be updated if the website, its technical infrastructure or applicable legal requirements change.

The current version will always be published on AIDA.gallery.