Privacy Policy
Privacy policy for ArtSquared.co.uk
Because your privacy is important to us we thought we would share how our site deals with the information sent to us from your computer via the Internet.
We also want you to understand the terms and conditions that apply to the storage and use of that information.
ArtSquared.co.uk gathers data that users provide through voluntary registration upon signing up to artsquared.co.uk. The information enables us to better tailor our sites content to readers’ needs and to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience.
Because artsquared.co.uk pulls most of it’s revenue from advertisers on its site, providing such data is essential to keeping our service free to users.
The only situation in which artsquared.co.uk will ever share information about an individual user to a third party is with the express consent of that user.
Artsquared.co.uk offers a free voluntary registration to users for a variety of services within the community area of the site.
By registering, users have ability to personalise their user profile in a number of ways.
During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address.
After Registration, users then have the option of supplying personal details, such as real names. Users have the option to share as much or as little personal information as they feel comfortable with, and should understand that this information is visible to anyone who may visit our website.
The use of IP addresses on artsquared.co.uk
Artsquared.co.uk logs IP addresses for systems administration purposes. IP addresses are logged to track a user’s session within the community area once a user is registered and logged in.
This enables us to see which parts of our community area users are visiting. We do not analyze the source of the IP address or link to anything personally identifiable through it. This means that a users session will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous. This data is only used for statistic and trend analysis, then discarded.
Cookies
Cookies are used on this site to enhance your user experience, for example saving user preferences and trends.
A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer and is stored on your hard drive.
The use of cookies on our site is recommended, but voluntary. Cookies can be disabled in your browser preferences at any time.
Advertisers that appear on the Art Squared Site may place cookies on your computer and their use of the information stored on those cookies is subject to their own privacy policies.
No Guarantees
While every effort will be made to keep you user data safe Art Squared is not in a position to guarantee compliance with the standards set forth in this statement. There may be factors beyond the control of Art Squared that may result in disclosure of data. Consequently, Art Squared offers no warranties or representations as regards to non-disclosure of data. The security of your data is our highest priority and we will do our best to keep it safe.
Changes to this privacy policy
If there are any substantial changes to this policy you will be notified either by the posting of a prominent announcement on the site, and/or by a mail message sent to the e-mail address you have provided, which is stored within your user settings within the community area of the site.
Contact information
If you have any questions about this policy or about Artsquared.co.uk, please feel free to contact us through our contact us page.