Privacy Policy

There is nothing more important to us than falling deeply in love with a work of art and the privacy of our customers. We appreciate you visiting our website clarkeart.net (the "Site") owned and operated CLARKE ART. (“CLARKE ART, “we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and we’ve created this Privacy Policy to let you know what to expect when you interact with us on our Site, Mobile and Desktop, and use our services (collectively, “Services”). This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time and we will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. We recommend you consult this policy regularly for any changes.

By accessing or using our Services in any way, you agree that your information may be collected, stored, shared, and used as described in this Privacy Policy. This Policy applies to all of our online Services, regardless of how you use them. This Policy only applies to how we collect, store, share, and use information. This Policy does not apply to any entity that we do not own or control, or to any person that we do not employ or manage. 

CLARKE ART, is a company registered in Richmond, VA.  If you’d like to get in touch with us, please visit our Contact page at clarkeart.net.  

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

We collect information from you to improve, protect and customize our Site, Services, features and content, develop new Services and to enable you and other Users to enjoy and easily navigate the Site.

WE WILL COLLECT THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE US

This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our Site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, completing a survey, making a complaint or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you register to use our Site, subscribe to our Services, search for a product, place an order on our Site, participate in social media functions on our Site, promotion or survey and when you report a problem with our Site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.

You may be able to set preferences and control the elements of your personal information which are shared with other users of the Site. Any personal information you choose to display (including comments, photos, or videos) is displayed at your own risk. We recommend that you do not share any personal contact information. You can review and change your privacy settings and personal profile, including who has access to your personal profile, at any time.

WE MAY COLLECT TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU VISIT THE SITE

When you visit our Site, we will automatically collect technical information and information about your visit, which will include technical information about your computer, laptop or mobile device which may include, but is not limited to, your IP address, operating system and browser type. We use this for system administration, to develop the Site and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is non-personal statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, no individual is identified.

WE MAY COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU USE THE SITE

We may collect personal information about how you use the Site including traffic data, location data, weblogs, other communication data, and the resources that you access or use.

COOKIES, WEB BEACONS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES

We may collect information through the use of cookies, web beacons and other, similar technologies. These technologies help us to operate, improve and customize our Services, content and marketing, for example, by helping us to better understand how users access and engage with our Services, content, emails and ads. We may also use third-party service providers (such as analytics or ad providers) that may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to help operate their services. Your browser may have settings that let you decline cookies, but please note that some of our Services may not be available if you decline cookies, as some of our Services require cookies to operate. For more information about cookies, web beacons, similar technologies, and how they are used, please see our Cookie Policy below, which is considered part of this Policy.

COOKIES

Like many websites, we use "cookies" to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer, laptop or mobile media device's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. We use session ID cookies to enable certain features of the Site, to better understand how you interact with the Site and to monitor aggregate usage by CLARKE ART Users and web traffic routing on the Site. We also make use of persistent cookies which stay on your computer, laptop or mobile media device after you have gone offline. Persistent cookies can be found in your browser’s cookies folder and remain there after you have gone offline. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information provided by users.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the settings on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. You can learn how to do this by accessing the ‘Help’ function on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site or discover that you have a reduced functionality while using the Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Site.

Please be aware that our advertisers may also use cookies. Advertisers’ use of cookies is not under our control and is therefore, not subject to this Privacy Policy.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION WE WILL USE THE INFORMATION WHICH YOU GIVE TO US:

1. to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you order from our Site; 
2. to provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about; 
3. to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we may contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale or negotiations of a sale to you. If you are a new customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please click the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data (the order form or registration form); 
4. to notify you about changes to our Service; 
5. to ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

WE WILL USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU:

1. to administer our Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; 
2. to improve our Site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer and mobile devices; 
3. to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so; as part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure; 
4. to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you; 
5. to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our Site about goods or services that may interest you or them.

WE WILL USE THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM OTHER SOURCES

We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

You agree that we have the right to share your personal information with: 
1. Our affiliated groups of CLARKE ART. 
2. Selected third parties including: 
i. business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you; 

We will disclose your personal information to third parties: 
1. in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; 
2. if CLARKE ART or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets; 
3. if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of and other agreements; or to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The data that we collect from you will be transferred to and stored at a secure website destination. It may also be processed by staff operating outside of CLARKE ART who work for us or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Rest assured we do everything possible to keep all personal information as secure as is humanly possible, but no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% fail-safe. Although we do our best to protect your personal data and use industry standard procedures and security features to try to prevent any unauthorized access by a third party, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). You accept that any transmission of your personal data is done at your own risk.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us. 

Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.