Privacy Policy
What this Privacy Policy is All About
This Privacy Policy explains the policy of Mary Akins Art Studio regarding the privacy of information supplied by users of www.maryakins.com (the "site") or collected by Mary Akins Art Studio from site users. We intend to build user trust and confidence in the site, and we are committed to protecting user privacy.
Therefore, this page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information when you use our service. So, by using our service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.
What this Privacy Pledge Covers
This privacy pledge covers how Mary Akins Art Studio treats personal information that Mary Akins Art Studio collects and receives, including information related to your use of Mary Akins Art Studio services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Mary Akins Art Studio does not own or control, or to people that Mary Akins Art Studio does not employ or manage.
Information Collection
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
“Whois.com” is the authorized form processors for Mary Akins Art Studio Web Service. When you register or sign up with Mary Akins Art Studio, your email address and other information will be collected and stored by “Whois.com.” “Whois.com” will not use your information for any purpose other than processing the form on behalf of Mary Akins Art Studio. Mary Akins Art Studio does not share your information with other third parties.
PayPal is the authorized payment processors for Mary Akins Art Studio Web Service. They request information from the user on their order form. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
If you choose not to provide private information to this Web site, alternate ordering and payment arrangements can be made by providing the necessary information via telephone, or mail, or via another standard method of communication.
Information Use
Your information such as e-mail address stored with Mary Akins Art Studio will never be shared with any 3rd party and in most cased will be used for following purposes only:
General
Mary Akins Art Studio may collect personal information when you subscribe or register, when you use Mary Akins Art Studio services and when you visit Mary Akins Art Studio pages, or the pages related to the content contained within Mary Akins Art Studio.
Mary Akins Art Studio collects information about your transactions with us and your use of the services that we offer.
Mary Akins Art Studio, where available, automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, browser settings, and pages requested. Mary Akins Art Studio also requires a cookie, used only to keep track of your login status.
Mary Akins Art Studio uses information for the following general purposes:
To fulfill your requests for products and services.
To improve our services.
To contact you, and conduct research
Ordering
When you place an order on our site, we will ask for the name, shipping address, and phone number where you would like to receive your package. This information is used for the purpose of shipping your order. We will have to share your name and address with our shipping partners in order to complete the shipment, but our shipping partners are not permitted to use your information for any other purpose.
In our ordering process, we will ask for your payment information and billing address. You can either pay us through Cheque, Bank Transfer, Bank Draft or Paypal. If you do not elect to pay with Paypal, we will ask to post your Cheque or Bank Draft to Mary Akins Art Studio through registered mail.
Newsletters, Marketing or Promotional Materials Communications
When you complete the “Contact us” form on our website or subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your personal information. The only information we stored through this form is your name and email address, which we will use for no other purpose other than sending you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that relates to your order of artwork or products from Mary Akins Art Studio.
Special Offers and Updates
We send all new clients/customers a welcoming email to verify their subscription or registration. Established clients/customers will occasionally receive information on products, services & special deals. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option to not receive these types of communications.
Service Announcements
On rare occasions, it is necessary to send out a strictly service-related announcement. Therefore, whether or not you opt-in to news and updates from Mary Akins Art Studio, there are still certain (very rare) types of email communications you will receive from Mary Akins Art Studio. These communications include site-critical announcements, changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, Custom Artwork Agreement, and any other communication that is necessary for all of our clients/customers to receive. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Customer Service
We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regard to issues relating to their account. We reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Mary Akins Art Studio does not share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies. We only share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:
Agents: We provide the information to trusted partners (such as our printing company) who work on behalf of or with Mary Akins Art Studio under confidentiality agreements. These companies may only use your data as directed by Mary Akins Art Studio, which includes using your personal information to help Mary Akins Art Studio to print and ship your artwork, and other products, and completing financial transactions. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information, nor do they have any right to contact you for matters not pertaining to Mary Akins Art Studio.
Service Providers: When you register or subscribe with Mary Akins Art Studio, your email address and other information will be collected and stored by “Whois.com” our form processor service provider. “Whois.com” will not use your information for any purpose other than processing your form on behalf of Mary Akins Art Studio. Mary Akins Art Studio does not share your information with other third parties.
Mary Akins Art Studio may also employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, to provide the service on our behalf, to perform service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
We may disclose your personal information if we believe it is necessary 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 Mary Akins Art Studio's terms of use.
We share information about you if Mary Akins Art Studio is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Mary Akins Art Studio will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy pledge.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Mary Akins Art Studio, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards or through e-mail - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Security
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their information is protected.
When our sign up/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when users are just 'surfing'.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
Mary Akins Art Studio cannot guarantee complete security, as it does not exist on the Internet.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to users it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources.
Purchasing History
In order for this Web site to enhance its ability to tailor the site to a user's preference, we combine information about the purchasing habits of users with similar information from our partners, PayPal, to create a personalized user profile. When a user makes a purchase from this company, the company collect personal information back with us.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as email), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by contacting us.
We Respect the CAN SPAM Act of 2003:
Among other things, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 prohibits the inclusion of deceptive or misleading information and subject headings, requires identifying information such as a return address in email messages, and prohibits sending emails to a recipient after an explicit response that the recipient does not want to continue receiving messages. Mary Akins Art Studio will always respect recipients right to have emails stopped from being sent to them when requested.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Mary Akins Art Studio reserved the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email.
Mary Akins Art Studio encourages each user to review this Privacy Policy from time to time so users will know if the Privacy Policy has been updated or amended.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Mary Akins Art Studio at info@maryakins.com or use our “contact us” form.
