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Statement of Privacy

At fine arts international, we are committed to protecting your privacy and to developing technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience. Because some art may contain nudity, we recommend that the viewer be at least 16 years of age. You can travel through most of our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read the complete privacy statement.

Collecting your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you have corresponded by regular mail or e-mail, registered to receive e-mail newsletters, joining a premium service, or when purchasing fine-arts-international.com products. Personal information collected by fine-arts-international.com often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

For example: If you choose to make a fine art painting purchase from the Web site, we will request personal information such as: name, address, telephone number, credit card number and shipping information.

If you ever want to update your personal information, simply visit the page and provide information which you would like to change. We’ll ask you to disclose your user ID so that only you can access your profile.

Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for four primary purposes:

• To allow you to communicate with fine-arts-international.com Customer Service.
• To provide prompt e-mail notification when new artists become members or the artist has changed their profile.
• To allow members to change their profile information.
• To alert you of special art shows events that may interest you.

fine-arts-international.com occasionally utilizes other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, delivering purchases, sending postal mail and processing payments by banks or credit card companies. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

fine-arts-international.com will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on fine-arts-international or its Divisions or fine-arts-international.com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of fine-arts-international.com and its family of Web sites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of fine-arts-international.com, its Web sites, or the public.

Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, fine-arts-international.com will not rent, sell or share that information with any other organizations without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.

Access to your Personal Information
fine-arts-international.com will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current by accessing our page and provide information which you would like to change. We’ll ask you to disclose your user ID (or any further personal information,except what´s displayed on your site) so that only you can access your profile. When changes to your profile are displayed or processed, the information is transmitted between the web hosting servers and your computer using SSL (secure socket link) that incorporates encryption technology for protection against unlawful interception of electronic data by hackers.

Security of your Personal Information
fine-arts-international.com strictly protects the security of your personal information and honours your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Your personal information is never shared outside the company without your permission, except under conditions explained above and by law. Inside the company, data is stored in password-controlled servers managed by the major web hosting company in Germany - 1&1 Internet AG.  For achieving their service, click here.

When displayed or changing your profile, the information is transmitted between the web hosting servers and your computer using SSL (secure socket link) that incorporates encryption technology for protection against unlawful interception of electronic data by hackers.

You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one can see or edit your personal information, so do not share these with others.

Protection of Children’s Personal Information
The fine-arts-international.com site does not publish content that is targeted to children. fine-arts-international.com site contains high quality works of art from qualified artists. All submissions are screened carefully to assure that any work that is displayed on the site will not offend you. Because some art may contain nudity, we recommend that the viewer be at least 16 years of age.

Use of Cookies
fine-arts-international.com may set and access cookies on your computer. Other companies' use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one. Advertisers or other companies do not have access to fine-arts-international.com cookies.

Changes to this Statement
fine-arts-international.com will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of the privacy statement.

Contact Information
fine-arts-international.com welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy, please contact us at:

director@fine-arts-international.com