Privacy Policy

Last updated: 18 August 2026

1. Who is responsible for your personal data?

This website is operated by Johannes Wessmark, a professional artist based in Kil, Sweden.

Johannes Wessmark is the data controller for personal information collected through this website.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

Email: studio@johanneswessmark.se
Website: johanneswessmark.se

2. Personal data I collect

I may collect the following information:

  • Your first and last name

  • Your email address

  • Your country

  • The type and content of your enquiry

  • Information you choose to include in a message or later correspondence

  • Your subscription and consent status if you join the Private Collector List

  • Technical information such as your IP address, browser, device, referring page, pages visited and timestamps

If you later provide reference photographs or other personal material for a private commission, these materials will be handled separately and used only for evaluating or carrying out the commission under the arrangements agreed with you.

Please do not send sensitive personal information or private reference photographs through the initial website enquiry form.

3. How and why your information is used

Enquiries

Information submitted through the enquiry form or by email is used to:

  • Respond to your enquiry

  • Discuss available artworks, private commissions or possible collaborations

  • Maintain relevant professional correspondence

The legal basis is my legitimate interest in responding to relevant enquiries and maintaining professional relationships. Where an enquiry concerns a possible purchase or commission, processing may also be necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Submitting an enquiry does not add you to the Private Collector List. You will only receive collector or studio updates if you subscribe separately.

Private Collector List

If you join the Private Collector List, your name and email address will be used to send occasional emails concerning new paintings, private previews, exhibitions and selected studio updates.

The legal basis is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email or by contacting studio@johanneswessmark.se.

Website operation and security

Technical information may be processed to operate, secure and maintain the website. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website.

Analytics

With your consent, analytics and performance cookies may be used to understand how visitors use the website. These cookies are not activated until you accept them through the cookie banner.

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time by selecting Manage Cookies on the website.

4. Who receives your information?

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace processes technical visitor data and information submitted through forms on my behalf.

Information may also be processed by:

  • My email and communication service providers

  • Service providers used to manage and send the Private Collector List

  • A gallery or professional adviser where this is necessary to handle your specific enquiry

  • Authorities or professional advisers where disclosure is required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims

If an enquiry needs to be referred to a gallery representing the relevant artwork or territory, I will normally inform you before sharing your details.

I do not sell or rent personal information to third parties.

5. International data transfers

Squarespace and some of its service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States.

Squarespace states that international transfers are protected through recognised safeguards, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

Further information is available in the Squarespace Privacy Policy and its GDPR guidance.

6. How long information is retained

  • Ordinary enquiries are normally retained for no longer than 24 months after the most recent meaningful contact.

  • Information connected to an ongoing professional relationship, commission or agreement may be retained for as long as necessary to manage that relationship and comply with legal, accounting or contractual obligations.

  • Private Collector List information is retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw your consent or the list is discontinued.

  • Private commission materials are retained according to the arrangements agreed for the individual commission.

  • Cookie information is retained for the periods stated below.

Information that is no longer needed is deleted or anonymised.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies provided by Squarespace. Necessary cookies enable the website to operate securely. Analytics cookies are used only after you have given consent.

The Squarespace technologies currently relevant to this website include:

NamePurposeDurationcrumbProtects forms and the website against cross-site request forgerySessionss_performancecookiesAllowedRemembers your analytics-cookie preference30 daysss_marketingcookiesAllowedRemembers your marketing-cookie preference30 dayssquarespace-popup-overlayRemembers whether a website pop-up has been dismissedUntil browser storage is clearedss_cidIdentifies unique visitors for Squarespace Analytics2 yearsss_cpvisitIdentifies unique visitors for Squarespace Analytics2 yearsss_cvisitTracks a visitor session for Squarespace Analytics30 minutesss_cvrIdentifies unique visitors for Squarespace Analytics2 yearsss_cvtTracks a visitor session for Squarespace Analytics30 minutes

The five analytics cookies beginning with ss_c are used only after consent.

Squarespace’s current cookie documentation is available at The cookies Squarespace uses.

8. Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data

  • Request correction of inaccurate information

  • Request deletion of your information

  • Request restriction of processing

  • Object to processing based on legitimate interests

  • Receive certain information in a portable format

  • Withdraw your consent at any time

These rights are not absolute and may be limited where information must be retained for legal or contractual reasons.

To exercise your rights, contact studio@johanneswessmark.se.

You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), at imy.se.

9. Required information and automated decisions

Providing personal information is voluntary. However, I cannot respond to an enquiry or add you to the Private Collector List without the required contact information.

I do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

10. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated if the website, its services or the applicable legal requirements change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.