Policies
CompelloArt Privacy Policy
Revision date: August 31st 2006
CompelloArt respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to our web site,
www.CompelloArt.com This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect
through the Sites, how we use that information, and what choices you have.
The CompelloArt Sites contain links to other web sites. This Privacy Policy does
not apply to the practices of any companies or individuals that CompelloArt does
not control, or any web sites that you link to from the CompelloArt 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 CompelloArt
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.
What we collect:
In various places on the CompelloArt Sites, we collect “Personally Identifiable
Information,” such as your name, age, gender, postal address, telephone
number, e-mail address, bank account and credit card information, or other information
that can be used to contact you or identify you as an individual. For example,
we collect this information when you register for membership and special services,
sign up for e-mail newsletters, request balances for payment 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 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 CompelloArt 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 CompelloArt’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.
How we use the information we collect:
We use Personally Identifiable Information that you provide to communicate with
you, to process orders for products and services, to customize advertising and
content available on the CompelloArt Sites, to conduct research for internal
purposes and to use such information to improve our services and the CompelloArt
Site. If you have uploaded Artist Materials pursuant to the Submissions Agreement,
you have also authorized CompelloArt to use your name and biographical materials
publicly for advertising and promotional purposes.
If you so choose, we will also use it to send you information about products
and services that may be of interest to you. Later on in this Privacy Policy,
we provide you with more information on what choices you have.
We use information that is not personally identifiable to determine how people
use our web site and its services. For example this data tells us information
including how often users click on our advertisements, which files are downloaded
most frequently, and which areas of our site are the most popular. Analyzing
this data allows us to improve the offerings on and performance of our site.
Using your IP address, we can also determine the general physical location of
a user and may at times use this information to better target advertising to
users.
How we share information:
Except as noted below, CompelloArt does not share your Personally Identifiable
Information with third parties unless you give us your permission or we need
to share such information in order to provide products or services you have requested.
For example, we use third parties to help with some of the products and services
available on our site, such as processing payments and fulfilling orders for
products through the CompelloArt.com . We also engage third parties to assist
us by tracking the number of visitors to the Sites that have "clicked-through"
from specified promotions on third party sites and those visitors' activities
on the CompelloArt Site. When we supply personally identifiable information to
these third parties, we require them to use it only for the function they are
helping us with.
When you see parts of our site with a prominent brand of another company, information
you supply (or authorize for use) in that part of the site will be shared with
the other company that is cooperating in providing the service. Please visit
that company’s site to learn more about their information practices.
We aggregate the Anonymous Information that we collect and exchange it with advertisers
and others who are interested in our services.
We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information when required by law or
under the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary in order to conform
to applicable law, comply with subpoenas, court orders or legal process served
on CompelloArt, to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal
claims, and to protect the property or interests of CompelloArt, its agents and
employees, personal safety, or the public. Under such circumstances, CompelloArt
may be prohibited by law, court order or other legal process from providing notice
of the disclosure, and CompelloArt reserves the right to not provide such notice
in its sole discretion. If we become part of another organization, including
without limitation, by merger, change of control, sale of assets, or other acquisition,
the acquiring organization will obtain and have access to the Personally Identifiable
Information collected by CompelloArt and it will assume the rights and obligations
regarding your Personally Identifiable Information as described in this Privacy
Policy. If we cease operation, your information may be transferred to and used
by another company that offers similar or related products or services. While
we cannot predict a great deal about such an unlikely event, we would hope this
could provide you continuity of service.
What choices you have:
When you register for membership at the CompelloArt Site, you have the option
of checking a box to tell us that you do not want us to send you our email newsletter.
We will keep track of your decisions in our database.
Even if you choose not to receive information from us, we reserve the right to
communicate with you on matters we consider especially important.
Making changes:
You may review the Personally Identifiable Information we have on file by logging
in to your account. Once there, there you may modify information that is incorrect
and delete certain information from your profile. You can also change your permission
for us to send you e-mail newsletters.
To delete your Personally Identifiable Information, you must manually change
your data fields to null values. Otherwise, your data is retained indefinitely.
Please note that the public comments made by a user in a chat room or a forum
cannot be deleted. Data related to transactions for products and services through
the CompelloArt Shop is retained indefinitely. Moreover, since, Anonymous Information
is not identifiable as originating with you, it cannot be reviewed or changed
by you.
We may change this policy from time to time. While we will usually indicate major
changes by notice on our site, please check here from time to time to see if
there is a revised policy posted.
Publicly Posted Information:
If you register as a member of the CompelloArt Sites and make postings to chat
rooms, forums or your user page, please remember that anything you post is publicly
available. The user name you have chosen during the registration process is visible
to all users of the Site. If you visit another member’s user page, your
user name will appear on that page. Your user page will also show certain statistics
regarding your use of the Site, such as the date you became a member, how long
ago you last visited the Site, the categories of materials you have posted. Your
user profile, and the information you choose to include in your profile, will
also be available to other users of our chat rooms, forums and to visitors that
access your personal user page. CompelloArt does not control, and is not responsible
for, the use of any information or content that you have exposed to the public
through your use of the CompelloArt Sites.
Security:
During sessions in which you give us information such as credit card numbers,
we encrypt your transmissions using SSL (“Secure Sockets Layer”)
technology via Worldpay.com. Worldpay keep the Personally Identifiable Information
you provide on servers that are protected by firewalls and other technological
means against intrusion or unauthorized access. They are located in a physically
secure facility, and only Worldpay.com have access (please visit www.worldpay.com
and read terms and conditions). While no amount of security can give a perfect
guarantee, you can have a high degree of confidence that the personally identifiable
information you give us is protected from unauthorized access and use. We rely
on you to select passwords that cannot be guessed easily and to safeguard those
passwords from disclosure. Please contact us if you have any information regarding
unauthorized use of the CompelloArt site.
Updates:
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our services change and
expand. If we update this Privacy Policy, we will notify you about significant
changes by sending a notice to the email address specified in your account or
by posting a notice of such changes on the CompelloArt Site. Unless otherwise
provided, the revised terms will take effect on the date they are posted. Once
such changes become effective, your continued use of the Site will signify your
acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this
Privacy Policy, or any revised Privacy Policy, your sole and exclusive remedy
is to discontinue using the Site.
Questions:
If you have questions about this Statement or our policies, please contact us
at:
Our Registered Office is:
100 Hall Street,
P.O. Box 1465 Concord,
New Hampshire 03302-
1465, USA
