Privacy Policy

NY Art Competitions is a New York gallery and web site. We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy concerns. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: www.nyartcompetitions.com. By using this site, you do hereby warrant and represent that you have read, understood and agree to all the terms and conditions stated herein.

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. We use cookies for other purposes as set forth below. Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (such as names and email addresses), unique identifiers (such as a user name and password), and financial information (like account or credit card numbers). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

Links and Information

This site contains links to other sites. NY Art Competitions is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites and disclaims any liability for any damages that may result from the use of such sites. From time to time, users have the opportunity to participate in special programs and will be able to opt in to programs that will transfer their information to other services. This will occur only with prior permission from the user. NY Art Competitions expressly disclaims any liability that may arise from the provision of any information whatsoever to this site.

Public Forums

This site may create chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. NY Art Competitions expressly disclaims any liability that may arise from the provision of any information whatsoever to or in these forums.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. This includes a customer record manager and other technical systems. NY Art Competitions is not responsible, however, for any loss or misuse of any information you may submit to this site. The submission of information to this site is done solely at the user's own risk.

Choice / Opt-Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners. This site gives users the option to remove their information from our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service. Simply email us at info@nyartcompetitions.com.

Cookies

NY Art Competitions collects anonymous information through cookies. A cookie is a small piece of data containing a unique identification number that is sent to your browser from a web server, and is stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies do not enable anyone to access personally identifiable information that you have not already given us. NY Art Competitions primarily uses cookies to connect members with account information stored on our computers and to deliver better and more personalized service.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser either to notify you when you have received a cookie, or to refuse them altogether. If you choose to not accept cookies, you cannot participate as a registered, signed-in member.

Use of Member Information

Two things drive NY Art Competitions' decisions regarding the use of information collected from members: (1) improving user experience by offering personalized services and content, and (2) market research. NY Art Competitions may analyze information provided directly by you, or obtained through cookies or third parties, to direct services and content based on your interests. Market research data may be used at the aggregate level only.

Information Logged

When you surf the Internet, your browser automatically transmits information to the sites you visit. Examples include referral data, IP address, and your browser version. We collect this information to help improve our services and moderate the site. All such automatically submitted information is considered anonymous. NY Art Competitions also logs information you submit through registration, forms, surveys, and other entries. Only authorized NY Art Competitions staff have access to your information in its entirety.

Information Retention Policy

Standard procedure calls for us to retain information submitted by members for an indefinite length of time. NY Art Competitions understands your submissions as consent to store all your information in one place for this indefinite length of time. If required by law, we will nullify member information by erasing it from our database. We will also respond to written member requests to nullify account information. Contact us at info@nyartcompetitions.com.

Security of Collected Information

Your NY Art Competitions profile is password-protected so that only you and authorized NY Art Competitions employees have access to your account information. Do not give your password to anyone. Extremely sensitive information, like credit card numbers, is always transmitted in encrypted form. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, NY Art Competitions cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

Sharing of Information

When you submit information to NY Art Competitions, it is generally collected, processed and maintained solely by us. Sometimes we may allow partner companies to collect information about members from us or directly from you. NY Art Competitions reserves the right to disclose user information if required by law or if given reason to believe that someone is causing injury to or interference with the rights of NY Art Competitions members, the general public, or NY Art Competitions' rights of property.

Opt-In / Opt-Out Policy

During registration you agree to receive correspondence from either NY Art Competitions or its partners. You always have the option to ask NY Art Competitions not to contact you with this information again. If you receive unsolicited email from the NY Art Competitions domain, please contact us at info@nyartcompetitions.com.

Editing Your Information

NY Art Competitions believes in giving you the ability to access and edit your personal information. Mailing list preferences can be edited from the navigation bar. Any changes or requests for further information should be directed to info@nyartcompetitions.com. Information transmitted through boards, chats, polls, or through any other means remains in our databases and becomes the property of NY Art Competitions upon submission.

Protection of Children's Privacy

NY Art Competitions is intended for people 18 or over. Our registration process is intentionally designed to identify children under 18 years of age. NY Art Competitions will not knowingly collect any information from children under 18. If it comes to our attention that a member has revealed that they are under 18, their account will be immediately closed.

Note to parents: If your child is under 18 and has become a NY Art Competitions member using a false age, please notify us at info@nyartcompetitions.com so that we can immediately close the account and nullify all personally identifiable information collected from them.

Notification of Changes

NY Art Competitions' security and privacy policy are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary. NY Art Competitions will contact you via email and post notification if there are any material changes in its privacy practices. By using the site, you do hereby represent and warrant that you have read, understood and agree to all the terms of this Privacy Policy and User Agreement.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, please contact us at info@nyartcompetitions.com.

Sincerely yours,
NY Art Competitions Staff