In order to better serve our visitors concerned with their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ referred to as PII, with regard to how it is being used online, this privacy policy has been compiled. As described in US privacy law and information security, PII is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context.
This privacy policy is here for those concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ is being used online. To get an understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website, please read carefully.
The Personal Information we collect from people who visit our website, blog, or app.
You may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience when ordering or registering on our site.
When do we collect information?
When you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site, we collect information from you.
We welcome your feedback on our service and products.
How do we use your information?
When you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features, we may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
- To allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested, and to personalize your experience.
• To better serve you and to improve our website.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To process your transactions quickly.
• To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products
• To follow up with visitors after correspondence (by live chat, email or phone inquiries).
How do we protect your information?
In order to make your visit to our website as safe as we possibly can, our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities
We use regular Malware Scanning.
Your personal information is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential, and is contained behind secured networks. Equally as well, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
A variety of security measures is implemented when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). Cookies enable the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, cookies are used by our website to help remember and process the items you place in your shopping cart. Cookies are also used to help us to understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity. This enables us to provide you with improved services. Also cookies help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Keep track of advertisements.
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. Also, we may use trusted third-party services that track this information for our website.
Its your choice to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or its your choice, if you so choose, to turn off all cookies. This is done through your browser settings. To learn the correct way to modify your cookies confer with your browser’s Help Menu.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly if you turn cookies off.
Third-party disclosure
Unless we provide users with notice, we do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. When it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety, we may also release information.
Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses, otherwise.
Third-party links
At our discretion, upon occasion, we may, on our website, include or offer third-party products or services. Third-party websites will have separate and independent privacy policies. Therefore, we have no responsibility or liability for the content and/or activities of these linked websites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these websites.
Google’s Advertising Principles are summed up Google’s advertising requirements. To provide a positive experience for users they are put in place. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads on our website. The DART cookie enables Google to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our website and other websites on the Internet. Visit the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy, to opt-out of the DART cookie use.
We may in the future from this date implement the following:
• Remarket using Google AdSense
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Interests and Demographics Reporting
• DoubleClick Platform Integration
Along with third-party vendors such as Google, we use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies); and we also use third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie); or we use other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Using the Google Ad Settings page, users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you. You can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by accessing the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our website anonymously.
This privacy policy is linked to home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link can easily be found on the page specified above and includes the word ‘Privacy’. On On our Privacy Policy Page you will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes
You can change your personal information:
• By emailing us
• By logging in to your account
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our website allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
As concerning the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online, is enforced by The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency.
We market only to people from the age of 13 and older and do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information Practices
The development of data protection laws around the globe proceeds from the foundation of The Fair Information Practices Principles privacy law in the United States. Necessary understanding the Fair Information Practices Principles privacy law and how they are to be implemented is critical for compliance with the varied and may privacy laws by which personal information is protected.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
- Send you a notification by email
We will notify the users via in-site notification ithin 7 business days - Within 7 business days
Legal pursuit of enforceable rights by individuals against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law is required by the Individual Redress Principle to which we agree. Not only do individuals have enforceable rights against data users, this principle requires that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
CAN SPAM Act
Rules for commercial email have been established with requirements for commercial messages, that gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations that are set by The CAN-SPAM Act.
We collect your email address in order to:
• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
• Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
• Send you additional information related to your product and/or service
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:
- Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
- Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
- Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
- Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable and identifiable way.
- Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
- If one is used. monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance.
Contacting Us
You may contact us using the information below if there are any questions regarding this privacy policy:
Artofgivingpaintingandparties.com 10 South Cyprus Street Wendell, NC 27591 United States