PRIVACY POLICY

This section is to inform website visitors of ADDO Contemporary Art (ACA) about policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information for anyone deciding to use the Services available via the www.addocontemporary.com website. 

How your personal information is used

The information collected is generally used to fulfil any orders placed through ACA website (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations) Additionally, the information may be used to:

• communicate with you;
• screen orders for potential risk or fraud;
• and when in line with the preferences you have shared, provide you with information or advertising relating to upcoming exhibitions, new artworks, events or updated services.

If you choose to use ACA Services, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information collected is used to provide the Services requested and improving the Services rendered. ACA will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We respect you privacy.

When you subscribe to the ACA email list, you are opted into an email newsletter that will keep you up to date about new artwork and special events. ACA keeps your email and information private. You can unsubscribe at any time.

For a better experience while using ACA Services, this site may require you to provide certain personally identifiable information such as your name, email, phone number, and postal address. The information collected will only be used to contact or identify you.

Whenever you visit this website, the system collects log data information that your browser sends. This data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, the website pages you visit, the time and date of your visit and other statistics.

Cookies are files with small amount of data used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive. The ACA website uses these “cookies” to collect information to provide the Services requested and improving the Services rendered. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse cookies from this website, you may not be able to use some features or pages.

How your information is shared

Your personal information is only shared with proven and safe third parties to help with services as described below (for example, I use WooCommerce to manage and power my online art gallery or Google Analytics to help understand buyers. The ACA website also employs third-party companies such as PayPal, Stripe and Constant Contact to do the following:

• facilitate the delivery of Services and provide Service on behalf of ACA
• perform Service-related work
• assist ACA in analyzing how the Services are used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

ACA values your trust in providing your Personal Information. While ACA strives to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it, there is no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, that is 100% secure and reliable. ACA cannot guarantee its absolute security.

The ACA website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Finally, your personal information may be shared to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect my rights.

Your rights if you are an European resident

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information held about you and to ask to correct, update, or delete your personal information. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact me through the contact information below.

Additionally, you as a European resident is notified that your information is being used to process your order or to fulfil commissions you have requested, or otherwise to pursue any legitimate art business interests requested. Note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

Data retention

When you place an order through the Site, your order information will be maintained  for records purposes unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Changes 

ACA may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Thus, I advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. Any changes made are effective immediately after posting on this page. 

If you have any questions or suggestions about this Site’s Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact ACA at hello@addocontemporary.com.