Privacy Policy
The Art Hangout has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by The Art Hangout from time to time. The Art Hangout will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on The Art Hangout site.
1. Protecting your privacy
- We don't run banner ads, pop ups, pop unders, or any other kind of commercial ads.
- We don't share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
- We don't engage in cross-marketing or link-referral programs with other sites.
- We don't employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs).
- We don't send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
- Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe.
- Forums use basic webserver authentication. Close your browser to log out.
- The Art Hangout does not knowingly collect any information from persons under the age of 13. If The Art Hangout learns that a posting is by a person under the age of 13, we will remove that post.
- The Art Hangout, or people who post on The Art Hangout, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
2. Data we collect
- We will only ask for your email address one time. We use your email address for the purpose of processing your information to paypal.
- We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our classifieds or interactive forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information that you expect to keep private.
- Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the The Art Hangout site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
3. Data we store
- All postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
- Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
- Registered posters can access their account information through the account homepage.
- Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
4. Archiving and display of postings by search engines and other sites
- Search engines and other sites not affiliated with The Art Hangout archive or otherwise make available postings.
5. Circumstances in which we may release information
- The Art Hangout may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
- The Art Hangout may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The Art Hangout, its users or the general public.
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