Cookies
Art Outlet also uses 'cookies' to collect information. A cookie is a string of characters that can be written to a file on the user's hard drive when the user visits a web site. Only the web site that set the cookie can read it, and it can only be used as a record keeping device to store information that the site already has. It cannot, for example, be used to read other information from the user's hard drive.
Art Outlet uses cookies to track users' activity through the site in order to improve the site's architecture, to offer the user interactive features that would not be possible without them, and to recall specific information to save the user time during subsequent visits to the site. Art Outlet Discussions and Chat Forums, the Art Outlet online shop, and other interactive features also use cookies. Our sponsorship service vendors, which serve sponsorship messages onto our site, and vendors that measure the use of Art Outlet.Org, may also use their own cookies. If you wish to prevent certain or all cookies from being set to your hard drive you may disable them in your browser's preferences, although your browser might then be unable to accommodate certain functionalities on Art Outlet.Org.
Use of Information
The use of personally-identifying information is limited to the following: responding to user e-mails; listing name and location (city, state and/or country) information provided by users when publishing user e-mails or other submissions; fulfillment of Art Outlet online shop orders; contest management; editorial purposes such as contacting users for an online survey; sending communications, including marketing and promotional communications, from the Art Outlet web site to users who have 'opted in' to the receipt of such communications; and other purposes specified at the time the information is gathered.
Any information that you disclose when participating in the Art Outlet Discussions or Chat Forums becomes public. Moreover, by participating in the Art Outlet Discussions and Chat Forums, the e-mail address you provide for such purpose becomes available to any third parties accessing our web site and as a result, you may receive unsolicited e-mail from such third parties.
In addition, if you send an e-mail, story idea, essay and/or other submission ("submission") to Art Outlet through our web site, we may print that submission, or an excerpt from it, on the Art Outlet web site, publish it during an art show, or otherwise publish it in any other medium, together with your name and location (city, state and/or country) if you provide that information to us.
Personally-identifying information collected by Art Outlet is not provided to outside parties except Art Outlet members, the Art Outlet 's email list manager, and other third parties when the user specifically consents to such distribution. In these circumstances, the information is provided for the sole purpose of -- and only to the extent necessary for -- delivering the requested transcript, or goods to the user, delivering communications from Art Outlet to users who have 'opted in' to the receipt of these communications, or serving other internal Art Outlet member forum purposes.
Art Outlet also may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law or with legal process, (b) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Art Outlet web site, or (c) protect the personal safety or property of Art Outlet web site users, the public or Art Outlet and its members.
If you do not want your personally-identifying information to be collected or used for any of these purposes, you can simply 'opt out' according to the process described below.
Security
Art Outlet has in place what we believe to be appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Credit card information provided to the Art Outlet online shop is protected against unauthorized use by 128-bit encryption and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) security features, which scramble your personal information so that only your web browser and our web site's server can decipher it.
Age
You must be at least 18 years old in order to register as a Art Outlet member, take part in Art Outlet art shows, register for the discussions and forums, order Art Outlet media and transcripts, or place an order on the Art Outlet online shop. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not send any information about yourself, including your name, address or e-mail address. If we discover that we have collected any personally-identifying information from a child under the age of 13, we will remove that information from our database as soon as possible.
Unless otherwise specified, you must be at least 18 years old in order to participate in any online contests, art exhibitions or polls. Visitors between the ages of 13 and 18 must obtain permission from their parents or guardians before registering for the discussions, and forums, ordering Art Outlet media or transcripts, placing an order on the Art Outlet online shop, or otherwise sending any personally-identifying information.
Corrections to Personal Data; Opting Out
Please contact usto a) correct or update any personal information in the Art Outlet database that you state is erroneous, b) opt-out of future communications from Art Outlet or c) request Art Outlet to make reasonable efforts to remove your personal information from the Art Outlet online database, thereby canceling your Art Outlet discussions registration. The user understands that it may be impossible to delete personal information entirely because of backups and records of deletions.
Acceptance of Privacy Policy Terms
Art Outlet reserves the right to change this policy. Any changes to this policy will be posted to this page as soon as reasonably possible, so please check this page periodically. Use of the Art Outlet web site constitutes consent to any policy then in effect. Please make sure that you read Art Outlet 's Terms of Use to understand additional terms and conditions which apply to the use of our web site.
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Links to other Sites
It is important to note that the Art Outlet web site contains links to other sites that may not follow the same privacy policies as the Art Outlet web site. For instance, clicking on a sponsorship notice or art supply link on Art Outlet.Org will take you to an entirely different site. These sites may use cookies, collect data, and use the data in ways that Art Outlet.Org would not. Art Outlet is not responsible for the privacy practices or any information or materials on these other sites. Please visit these sites if you wish to review their privacy policies.