Privacy Policy
Effective January 1, 2006
About FineArtAmerica.com
FineArtAmerica.com is an online service which brings together fine art collectors, artists, and art galleries.
Information Collected from Art Galleries
After opening an account with FineArtAmerica.com, art galleries are able to created detailed on-line profiles of their business, including: business name, business description, artwork sold, services provided, business phone numbers, e-mail addresses, local contact information, and much more. All of this information is fully disclosed on the FineArtAmerica.com website. Any site visitor that visits FineArtAmerica.com and navigates to a gallery's "profile page" will be able to view all of the profile information that has been entered by that gallery.
FineArtAmerica.com does not store credit card information (if applicable).
When creating an on-line profile, a gallery may disclose contact information for some or all of the gallery's employees. Typically, a gallery would want to disclose contact information for the business owners, sales managers, and inside sales staff. It is the sole responsibility of the gallery to use good judgment in disclosing this information, keeping in mind that ALL information will be readily viewable on the FineArtAmerica.com website. It is generally advised to avoid using home addresses, home phone numbers, and personal e-mail addresses for employees and, instead, to only disclose company information.
Information Collected from Artists
After opening an account with FineArtAmerica.com, an artist is able to created a detailed on-line profile, including: the artist's name, biography, artwork, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and much more. All of this information is fully disclosed on the FineArtAmerica.com website. Any site visitor that visits FineArtAmerica.com and navigates to the artist's "profile page" will be able to view all of the profile information that has been entered by that artist.
FineArtAmerica.com does not store credit card information (if applicable).
Information Collected from Art Collectors
In order to maintain the relevance and integrity of all questions that are posted on our site, we require art collectors to open a free account and provide their contact information before posting questions. The collected information includes: first name, last name, city, state, zipcode, and e-mail address. This information is disclosed on the website at the sole discretion of the collector. When posting questions, the collector has the option of posting "openly" or "confidentially". If the collector selects "openly", then all of the collector's contact information will be posted along with the question. If "confidentally" is selected, then only the following information will be submitted: the collector's city, state, and zipcode. This information will reveal the location of the collector, but not his / her identity.
The submitted question (including any submitted contact information) will only be viewable by registered artists and galleries. At the end of each day, all questions are e-mailed to artists and galleries throughout the United States and Canada. In addition, the questions are stored in a database which the artists and galleries may access after logging into their secure area of the FineArtAmerica.com website.
Art collectors have the ability to remove their question at any time. This action will remove their question from the FineArtAmerica.com database and prevent artists and galleries from viewing or responding to the deleted question.
Questions will automatically be deleted from the database after thirty days.
Security
FineArtAmerica.com member accounts, including artists, galleries, and collectors, are secured by member-created passwords. FineArtAmerica.com takes precautions to ensure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information.
Use of Cookies
FineArtAmerica.com uses cookies to store the city, state, and zipcode of all visitors to the website. As the name implies, FineArtAmerica.com is a local website. Visitors that view the site from Chicago are able to view a custom site that is dedicated to Chicago and the surround area. Similarly, a visitor from New York City will view a different site which is dedicated to New York City and the surrounding area. To enhance the visitor's browsing experience, we store a cookie on the visitors computer which will allow us to remember the visitor's location next time they return to the site.
We do not link the cookie to any personally identifiable information that visitors may submit while on the website.
Links
FineArtAmerica.com contains links to other websites. FineArtAmerica.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site, a visitor should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on FineArtAmerica.com.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time, FineArtAmerica.com may make changes to our privacy policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users and providers aware of what the changes are so that they will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A user/provider is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify by posting a notice on our website for thirty days.
Contacting FineArtAmerica.com
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at privacy@fineartamerica.com.