This document was last updated March 27, 2004.
Artic Rose Gallery is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit all
pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But
sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this
privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This
privacy statement only applies to this Artic Rose Gallery web site; it does not
apply to other offline Artic Rose Gallery sites, products or services. Please
read the complete Artic Rose Gallery privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you
(personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information
is requested when you are requesting an e-mail reply, or making a purchase from
our Secure Online Store.
Personal information collected by Artic Rose Gallery is used to provide a
service you requested. If you choose a service or transaction that requires
payment, such as making a purchase in the Secure Online Store, we will request
personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name,
address, telephone number, and credit card number.
Artic Rose Gallery also collects information about which pages our customers
visit within our website. This site visitation data is identified only by a
unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user
consents as described below.
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
- To deliver services or products that you request or purchase.
- To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for
research purposes, however we will only use this information in aggregate to
provide more relevant content and products
We occasionally work with other parties to provide limited services on our
behalf, including mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions
about products or services, sending postal mail and processing event
registration. We will only provide those parties the information they need to
deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any
other purpose.
Artic Rose Gallery may disclose your personal information if required to do so
by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform
to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Artic Rose
Gallery or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Artic Rose
Gallery and it’s web site, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of Artic Rose Gallery employees or members of the public.
Control of your Personal Information
When you give us personal information, Artic Rose Gallery will not share that
information with third parties without your permission, other than for the
limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated
above.
If you contact us, or join our mailing list for the purpose of receiving
information, Artic Rose Gallery may send out periodic e-mails informing you of
products or service that you requested, or confirming that you requested a
product or service. You can at any time contact us and ask to be taken off of
these contact lists.
Security of your Personal Information
Artic Rose Gallery is committed to protecting the security of your personal
information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help
protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers
with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit
sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we
protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
protocol.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if
the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site
previously. Use of cookies is to assist maintain entered information between
page visits within our site.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, please contact us through e-mail
or postal service.
Changes to this Statement
Artic Rose Gallery may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do,
we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement.
For material changes to this statement, Artic Rose Gallery will notify you by
placing prominent notice on the Web site.
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