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General Privacy Policy

Question: A/C Privacy Policy

Answer: Welcome to the Art-Club [A/C] Web Site. A/C is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who use its website and keeping secure personal information provided to us by our users. This web page describes our policy regarding the collection and use of personal information from our members as well as the information we collect from non-member visitors. This privacy policy was created on March 8, 2008. A/C may revise this privacy policy from time to time. The new provisions will be effective as soon as they are posted. Any information that you submit after a change has been posted will be subject to the new provisions. Please check this page regularly to ensure that you are aware of any change. This site is owned and operated by A/C stuff.

Question: What This Privacy Policy Covers?

Answer: ART-Club respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to our web sites, including art-club (collectively, the “Art-Club [A/C] Sites” or “Sites”).
This privacy policy covers how A/C treats personal information that A/C collects and receives, including information related to your use of A/C services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable such as your name, age, gender, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card information, or other information that can be used to contact you or identify you as an individual, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
The A/C Sites contain links to other web sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies or people that A/C does not own, control, or any web sites that you link to from the A/C Sites. You should use caution and review the privacy policies of any sites that you visit from ours to learn more about their information practices.
Please take a few moments to read this agreement. By accessing the A/C Sites, you agree to accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policies may evolve in the future as indicated below..

Information Collection and Use

Question: What we collect?

Answer: In various places on the A/C Sites, we collect “Personally Identifiable Information”. For example, we collect this information when you register for membership and special services (e.g., the VIP Program), sign up for e-mail newsletters and purchase products or services. From time to time in the future we may offer additional features, services, and promotional opportunities that would require you to submit Personally Identifiable Information to participate.
We also collect “Anonymous Information” such as your IP address, the type of browser you use, the pages on our Sites that you have visited, and the advertisements that you have clicked on. Your Personally Identifiable Information is linked to your Anonymous Information.
Like many Internet sites, we also use “cookies” to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer and is stored on your hard drive. When you visit our Site(s) the cookie identifies your computer to us so that you do not have to re-register each time you visit. We may also use cookies to measure the traffic to our Sites and the use of different services and features of the Sites. Advertisers that appear on the deviantART Sites may place cookies on your computer and their use of the information stored on those cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. You should visit their sites to learn about their information practices. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to deviantART’s cookies.
We do not intend that children will use our sites. We do not solicit or knowingly collect information from children under 13 years old, nor will we accept registration from them.

Types of User Data We Collect:

Question: general

Answer: A/C uses information for the following general purposes:

To fulfill your requests for products and services;

To improve our services;

To contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.

Question: Anonymous Data

Answer: We automatically collect some information, including your internet service provider, the I.P. address assigned to your computer by your internet service provider at the time you access the A/C Site, the type of browser you are using (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox), the referring link (i.e. what website you were visiting which linked you to A/C) and what operating system you are using (e.g. Windows XP, Mac OS X), through our server and through cookies. (See the section on Cookies below for more information.) It may not be apparent to you that this information is being collected. We may compile and provide aggregate statistics about sales, site traffic and related information to third parties. These aggregate statistics will not contain Personal Data. and will not be stored in connection with any of your personally identifiable information. We also track the number and frequency of hits per page on an aggregate basis. We do not use anonymous data to identify individual users and we do not link any anonymous data with the Personal Data you provide to us.

Question: Personal Data

Answer: We will keep Personal Data that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and postal address, phone number, and your e-mail address when you participate in certain activities on the A/C Site, including (but not limited to) when you:

join or renew your membership to A/C;

make an additional contribution to support A/C;

order items from the A/C store;

participate in any activity that requires that A/C access your Personal Data.

If you make a purchase on the A/C Site, you will be asked to provide your credit card information, including the card number and expiration date. A/C will delete your credit card information from the A/C Site server as soon as your purchase is completed, but A/C may keep your credit card information on file in a separate database which is not connected to the A/C Site, and which is accessed only by authorized A/C personnel.

Question: Cookies

Answer: We collect some data through the use of cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred either to your computer's hard drive ("Long-term Cookies") or temporarily to your computer's Random Access Memory ("Session Cookies").
We use Long-term Cookies to identify users of the A/C Site. These cookies are set automatically when you access the A/C Site and you may not realize they are in use. Long-term cookies can also be used to enable ?remember? options on the A/C Site, which will allow the site to remember user preferences which you may set, and to automatically remember certain pieces of your Personal Data . These "remember" options are offered only for your convenience and are completely voluntary. Note that your password will not be stored in connection with any Long-term Cookie. We use Session Cookies whenever you visit the A/C Site to run the Site's interactive applications, such as the shopping cart or class registration forms. Session Cookies last only as long as your session on the A/C Site. They expire when the session ends and are not written onto your computer's hard drive.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Question: info

Answer: A/C does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with A/C under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help A/C communicate with you about offers from A/C and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.

We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;

We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of A/C terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.

We transfer information about you if A/C is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, A/C will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Question: general

Answer: Information edit:

You can edit your account information at any time.

Certain communications from A/C, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the A/C Newsletter, are considered part of A/C membership and you may not opt out of receiving them.

You may delete your A/C account by contacting support.

If you have photos or images on A/C, that material may remain in some form on the site even after you retire it from public view, particularly if you have granted permission for it to be used as part of a collaborative project that exists elsewhere on the site.

Question: Confidentiality and Security

Answer: We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you.
Your A/C Account Information is password-protected. You are responsible for not sharing your password and choosing a good password.
In certain areas A/C uses industry-standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions related to commerce.