1 About the Agreement
The provision of the Website and any of our services will be reliant on information provided by you, so you are responsible for ensuring that any information you provide is accurate, correct and up-to-date and in accordance with the Terms and Conditions at www.art2arts.co.uk http://www.art2arts.co.uk/buyer-t-c/info_3.html Please read this policy in conjunction with that document. We are committed to maintaining privacy andwe always use our best endeavours to keep your information secure, but refer you to your obligations of keeping username and password secure as detailed within the User Agreement.
2 Consent
(1) By using the Website and any of our services, you are specifically providing your consent to our use of the information you provide (such as when you register), information provided via any service provider and our use of cookies in accordance with this Policy.
(2) If you object, then please do NOT register with us nor use the Website or our services.
(3) In addition, on occasions we may collect additional personal information from surveys on the website, which you will not be obliged to fill in or return to us.
(4) When you give us information about another individual or organisation, it is on the basis that they have agreed to this and that you have the right to provide such information and use it in this way.
3 Personal Information
(1) When you email us information for upload or you upload content onto the Website, you do so on the understanding that you specifically understand and consent to the upload being visible on the Website to all other users.
(2) We are not responsible for any user content/upload. However we always advise that you understand that your upload will be visible on the Website and advise caution in providing personal or other details.
(3) Unless you have entered into a separate agreement with us, then any personal information we hold will be used, for example, to identify you, provide services, run the Website and our business efficiently or for analysing and marketing purposes (including any third party services used). Unless we have agreed otherwise, personal information will only be used by us and our subsidiary or parent companies and selected third parties, including those who perform services for us/on our behalf.
(4) You will be sent updates and information communications (for example about new services or offers). You can opt in or out of receiving information please email us: info@art2arts.co.uk
4 Non-Personal Information
(1) When you use the Website, some information is also automatically logged and stored. However, this information does not identify you personally. We use this aggregate information to analyse behaviour relating to the Website generally. We may also share aggregate information with selected third parties, but we do not disclose your personal information.
(2) We use your IP address to help to identify you and to gather broad demographic information, help to diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Website and for security reasons, such as fraud detection.
5 Cookies
(1) As with most other Websites and internet use, we do use cookies which are files that web browsers place on a computer's hard drive and which we use to
- help us to distinguish visitors and identify whether you have used the website previously, so that we can understand your browsing habits and make the experience as meaningful to you personally as is possible and to improve the Website
- deal with the administration of the Website, to analyse and compile statistics about its use (e.g. how many users/visitors and what they used) and to improve it. They are not used to read data from any hard drive, and cannot retrieve information from any other cookies created by other Websites.
(2) Standing alone, cookies do not identify you personally. They merely recognise your browser. Unless you choose to identify yourself, for example by registering with us, then you remain anonymous to us. Cookies come in two types: session-based and persistent:
(i) Session cookies exist during an internet session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer.
(ii) Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser or turned off your computer. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser. We use persistent cookies that only we can read and use, to identify the fact that you are a Website user or prior Website user (whatever the case may be) and to track your use. We are especially careful about the security and confidentiality of the information stored in persistent cookies. These cookies expire after six months.
(3) Some cookies are essential for parts of the Website to operate and have already been set. You may be able to delete and block cookies from the Website but that means that some parts of the Website will not work. Users who disable their web browser's ability to accept cookies will not be able to successfully and completely use our Website and services. For information on blocking cookies refer to the instructions on your Browser which is often located under the “Tools” section. Help is also available atwww.allaboutcookies.org and also at
(4) You can delete any cookies on your computer by referring to the instructions for your file management software and/or settings to locate the file or directory that stores cookies and delete it. Help is also available at www.allaboutcookies.org and also at
(5) You can find information about the cookies we use at the end of this policy.
6 Third Parties and Associates
(1) If you visit the Website via a website operated by a third party, including one of our associates, or you have registered with that third party, then certain information about you that you have provided to them may be transmitted to us. You should review the Privacy Policy of the website from which you reached our Website in order to determine what information was collected and how you agreed that the associate could use that information. We may or may not retain that information; if we do, then we will only use it in accordance with our Privacy Policy, regardless of the policy of the associate website from which you came to us.
(2) If you reach the Website through a third party, including one of our associates (whether or not you have registered with them), and you choose to register with us, we may be required to give the third party some or all of your registration information. We will only do so in accordance with this Policy, but we cannot control how the third party uses the information. If you have questions about a third party’s Privacy Policy, you should review their Policy before providing information to us. You can ensure that the personal information you provide to us is not shared with any third parties (except in accordance with this Policy), by visiting us directly instead of through one of our associates.
7 Changing and viewing information
(2) You are entitled to ask for a copy of your information (for which we may charge a small fee) and please email us at info@art2arts.co.uk. However, we will only send this information to the current email address which we hold for you, unless you send us your full postal address and request that we send the information to you at your postal address (and we are able to verify the validity of this address).
8 Queries
(1) If you have any queries about this Privacy Policy or your information, please email us atinfo@art2arts.co.uk.
(2) We aim to respond to any queries within 7 working days.
COOKIES WE USE ON THE WEBSITE
Cookie Name Type of cookies What cookie does
utmz Persistent Used by Google Analytics for web site statistics
utma Persistent Used by Google Analytics for web site statistics
atuvc Persistent Used by Add This social media bookmarks
PHPSESSID Session Used to hold temporary information during your visit to the store. Deleted when you close your browser
ccuser
Persistent Used to hold information relating to your art2arts.co.uk account so you are remembered
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