Privacy
This applies to www.agytextileartist.com
A website which acts as an online portfolio, and art work and workshop sales for Agatha Lee “Agy”.
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ is being used online. This is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read this privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how I collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with this website.
What personal information do I collect from the people that visit this website?
When ordering or commenting on this site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, credit card information or other details to help you with your experience.
When is information collected?
Information is collected from you when you register on this site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, browse the website or enter information on this site using a comment or contact form.
How do I use your information?
I may use the information I collect from you in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow me to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve the website in order to better serve you.
• To allow me to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
• To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
• Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How do I protect your information?
My website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
I implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider (PayPal or Stripe) and are not stored or processed on our servers.
How long is your information kept?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically. Customer purchase records are kept for a minimum of 5 years to comply with legal requirements.
What rights do you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Does the website use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help the website understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables me to provide you with improved services. Cookies are also used to help compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that I can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
While you visit the website, the following items are tracked:
• Location, IP address and browser type: this is used for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
• Shipping address: the website will ask you to enter this so it can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
The website also uses cookies to:
• Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you leave a comment on the website you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off it will turn off some of the features of the site.
Third-party disclosure
I do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.
Third-party links
Occasionally, third-party products or services may be included or offered onthis website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of the website and welcome any feedback about these sites.
I accept payments through PayPal and Stripe. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please see the Paypal policy for more details.
Google Analytics cookies are used to help me understand how visitors use the website. You can find out more about Google’s terms HERE
Privacy
Once this privacy policy is created, a link to it will be added to the home page.
You can change or review your personal information by contacting me or using the update option at the bottom of every email.
Does the website allow third-party behavioural tracking?
It’s also important to note that the website allows for third-party behavioural tracking (Facebook pixel)
I do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
I collect your email address in order to:
• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
• Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
• Send you additional information related to your product and/or service
• Market to my mailing list or continue to send emails to clients after the original transaction has occurred.
I agree to the following:
• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can also contact me directly. Or follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and I will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Contacting Information
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact me using this link.
Last Edited on 21-09-2022