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Privacy Policy

Updated 16-May-2024

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing your information when you use our Service. It is to tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you even when trying to make a purchase.

We use your data to provide and improve our services. You agree to collect and use information under this privacy policy by utilizing our Service.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Terms used in this policy are defined under the following conditions. and shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear singular or plural.

Definitions

For this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means an individual account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Company (referred to as either “the Company,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to M&C Artworks.

  • Cookies are small files placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website, among its many uses.

  • Country refers to the United States.

  • Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cell phone, or a digital tablet.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the website.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the company in analyzing how the Service is used.

  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or social network website through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Service.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated using the Service or from the Service’s infrastructure (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Personal Data

  • While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

    • Email address

    • First name and last name

    • Phone number

    • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

    • Usage Data

    • Payment information
       

Usage Data

  • Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

  • Usage of data may include information such as your device’s internet protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

  • We may collect certain information automatically when you access the Service via a mobile device. This includes the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
    We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our services or access the Service via a mobile device.

 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyze our Service. The technologies we use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Our Service may use cookies unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies.

  • Flash Cookies: Certain Service features may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences or activity on our Service. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for browser cookies. 

  • Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a specific section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both session and persistent cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

  • Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services.

Cookies Policy/Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type:  Persistent Cookies

  • Purpose:  These cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website.

 

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

  • Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember the choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and avoid having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

The company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: to monitor the usage of our Service.

  • To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the Service. The personal data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to you as a registered user.

  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services you have purchased or any other agreement with us through the Service.

  • To contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

  • To provide you: with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

  • To manage your requests: To attend to and manage your requests.

  • For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with service providers to monitor and analyze our service users or to contact you.

  • With business partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

  • With other users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas, such information may be viewed by all users and publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a third-party social media service, your contacts on the third-party social media service may see your name, profile, pictures, and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you, and view your profile.

  • With Your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose.

 

Retention of Your Personal Data

The company will retain your data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The company will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve our Service’s functionality. We are legally obligated to retain this data for extended periods.

 

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at the company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this privacy policy, followed by your submission of such information, represents your agreement to that transfer.

The company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and under this privacy policy, and no transfer of your data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

Your personal data may be transferred if the company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale. We will provide notice before your data is shared and subject to a different privacy policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the company may be required to disclose your personal data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The company may disclose Your Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the company

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

 

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your personal data is important to us. Remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you are a parent or guardian and know that your child has provided us with personal data. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

 

Third Party Services

Our Service uses third party entities to manage our website and payment capabilities.  We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.  Our website is hosted by Wix and any analytical data is collected by Wix for our information and use.  Click here to view the privacy policies of Wix

 

Our Service uses Square to process payments.  Click here to view the Square privacy policy.

 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page.  We will inform you via email and a prominent notice on our Service before the change becomes effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this privacy policy.

 

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. These privacy policy changes are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, get in touch with us at mcartworks@gmx.com.

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