Privacy Policy for Visual Art Copyright Website
Please read this privacy policy before accessing or using the visualartcopyright.com website.
Effective Date: This Privacy Policy was last updated on April 3, 2009.
Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available with a link on our homepage. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
This notice applies to all information collected on or submitted to the visualartcopyright.com website. You may visit this site and remain anonymous, without submitting any personal information to us. On some pages, you may be able to order products, make requests, and register to receive materials such as a newsletter or free materials, or you may be asked to fill out a survey or feedback form. The types of personal information that may be collected at these pages could include:
Name
Address
Email address
Website URL
Phone number
Credit/Debit Card Information (if you are purchasing something)
On some pages, you may be able to submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are: Name, Address, E-mail, Phone Number.
You may also wish to send e-mail messages to this website with comments, feedback, questions, etc.. In this case you voluntarily send your name and e-mail address.
If you send a question for our FAQ page or any type of comment or message we will not post your name or contact information if your question or comment is posted on the visualartcopyright.com site. If we receive information from a user that we wish to post on the site with identifying information attached, we will only do so with the user's permission. We reserve the right to post all information received from web site visitors without identifying the name or contact information of the visitor.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.
We also use third party advertisements on visualartcopyright.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing Toronto real estate ads to someone in Toronto, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing art supply ads to someone who frequents artist sites).
You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
You can register with our website if you would like to receive our newsletter, any informational materials, as well as updates on any products and services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the "opt in" registration form.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
From time to time this site may display questions submitted by users on the FAQ page. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at info@visualartcopyright.com.
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