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Privacy Policy

Posted on January 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM.

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What This Privacy Policy Covers

This privacy policy covers the use of the Art2Bank web site at http://www.Art2Bank.com , including how Art2Bank treats personal information that Art2Bank collects and receives. Pursuant to Art2Bank's Terms and Conditions, you must be 18 years and older to use this site or have permission from a legal guardian. Therefore, this policy makes no provision for individuals under 18 years old.

Effective Date: 01/06/2008

Information Collection and How it is Used

General Information:
• Art2Bank will not sell or disclose your name or e-mail address to third parties without your explicit consent, except as specified in this privacy policy.
• Art2Bank collects personal information when you register to use Art2Bank services or to post content on Art2Bank. At registration you are asked for your email address and certain other optional information.
• If you would like to obtain an art market platform account, Art2Bank will ask for your billing address, phone number, and will receive any PayPal transaction information.
• Art2Bank automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request.
• Art2Bank uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provisioning, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, contact, research, and anonymous reporting. IP addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in Art2Bank's user registration databases when you register with Art2Bank. IP addresses may be used for various research purposes.

Service-related Announcements

Art2Bank will send you a welcome/confirmation email when you sign up for Art2Bank's services. Receipt of this email is required for using Art2Bank's services.

Art2Bank will send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so.

You may not opt-out of service-related communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account by emailing us from the email address you signed up with.

Administrative Messages

Art2Bank may periodically email you with administrative messages. Art2Bank will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Your information may be combined with information Art2Bank collects from other companies and used to improve and personalize services, content and advertising. If you don't wish to receive administrative messages or participate in these programs, simply opt-out by emailing contact@Art2Bank.com.

Choice/Opt-out

If you no longer wish to receive administrative messages, you may opt-out by emailing contact@Art2Bank.com .

Cookies

A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Art2Bank products or services that require you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Art2Bank service. Art2Bank may use its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: Access your information when you "sign in"; keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Art2Bank's services; display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Art2Bank; estimate and report Art2Bank's total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve Art2Bank's content and services.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

When you post a message, your Art2Bank Display Name is visible to other users. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Art2Bank may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Art2Bank Terms and Conditions. Art2Bank may disclose personally identifiable information to parties in compliance with Art2Bank's Copyright Policy, as Art2Bank in Art2Bank's sole discretion believes necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity. In such events, Art2Bank may disclose name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email address and company name. Art2Bank may share aggregated demographic information with business partners.

Art2Bank will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with non-affiliated parties except as specified in this Privacy Policy to provide products or services you have requested or when Art2Bank has your permission. It may be 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 Art2Bank's Terms and Conditions, as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law. Art2Bank will transfer information about you if Art2Bank is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Art2Bank will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the Art2Bank web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and Art2Bank's ability to keep the community free from bad actors, Art2Bank will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, legal process, or substantially similar legal procedure, except when Art2Bank believes in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect Art2Bank's rights, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal activity.

Third Parties

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information Art2Bank collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are buyers or sellers on Art2Bank or throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Art2Bank does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. Art2Bank encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Editing and Deleting Account Information

You can change part of your Art2Bank Account Information (except your username or display name), at any time by accessing your user profile. Any other details can be emailed to contact@art2bank.com Art2Bank may send you certain communications relating to the Art2Bank service, such as service-related announcements and administrative messages that are considered part of your Art2Bank account. You can delete your Art2Bank account by emailing contact@Art2Bank.com. Please note that your identification, billing and contact information may remain in Art2Bank's records for some period.

Art2Bank limits access to personal information about you to employees who Art2Bank believes reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. Your Art2Bank Account Information is password-protected.

You may delete or deactivate your account by emailing Customer Support at contact@Art2Bank.com . Art2Bank will respond to your request within 10-20 business days.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. Art2Bank follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once Art2Bank receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while Art2Bank strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, Art2Bank cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on Art2Bank's Web site, you can email Art2Bank at contact@Art2Bank.com .

Changes to this Privacy Policy

If the privacy policy is changed, Art2Bank will post changes so that you are aware of those changes. Art2Bank reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If Art2Bank makes material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places Art2Bank deems appropriate.

Questions
If you have questions or suggestions you can contact contact@Art2Bank.com.

 

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