Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 

Sanna Riihimäki / Updated 19.1.2024

This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you purchase an item from me, contact me, or otherwise use my services through www.sannariihimaki.se or its related sites and services such as contacting me through my Contact page or sending me an email to. This privacy policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control, for example when you purchase artwork from me through payment services (Swish, Paypal or others) or subscribe to my newsletter (sent via MailerLIte). However, MailerLite is GDPR Compliant and data I storage in their services (email addresses) is protected and storaged in Europe (according to MailerLite's privacy policy). I use protected Strato-webmail and I will never personally share or storage your data (emails) outside of Strato-webmail. Strato storages their data in Europe. 

Information I Collect with your permission:

Collecting email addresses for the newsletter: You need to give me your permission to use your email address for the newsletter. You can do this by agreeing "Privacy policy and Marketing"-tap when subscribing. You can unsubscribe at any time by sending an email to newsletter(at)sannariihimaki.com or by clicking "unsubscribe" in the newsletter. I only collect email addresses with permission for my personal use in expanding my audience within the art world.

Other information I collect (purchases):

To fulfil your order, you must provide me with certain information, such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. This will be send to my protected email sanna(at)sannariihimaki.se

Why I Need Your Information and How I Use It

I rely on several legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:as needed to provide my services, such as when I use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support;when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list;if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; andas necessary for the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as providing and improving my services. I use your information to provide the services you requested and in my legitimate interest to improve my services.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows: 

Service providers. I engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to my shop, such as delivery companies. I will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services. 

Business transfers.If I sell or merge my business, I may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law. Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.

Data Retention

I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time: 4 years.

Your Rights

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:

Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below. 

Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where I am required to store data for legal reasons) I will generally delete your personal information upon request.

Object. You can object to (i) my processing of some of your information based on my legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, I will delete your personal information unless I have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.

Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

How to Contact Me

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Sanna-Kaisa Riihimäki, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at sanna(at)sannariihimaki.se 

Alternately, you may mail me at: Sanna-Kaisa Riihimäki, Pilgatan 13, Umeå, Sweden