Privacy

This applies to www.paulinemaddocks.com, a website which acts as an online portfolio and artwork sales for Pauline Maddocks.

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 our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

What personal information do we collect from the people who visit our website?
When ordering or commenting on our site as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, credit card information or other details to help with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, browse the website or enter information on our site using a comment or contact form.

How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect in the following ways:
* To personalise your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested
* To improve our website in order to better service you
* To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests
* To quickly process your transactions
* To send periodic emails regarding your order and other products and services
* To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone enquiries)
* Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service

How do we protect your information?
Our 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. We 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 (Zettle) and are not stored or processed on our servers.

How long do we keep your information?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically. Customer purchase records are kept for a minimum of six 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 we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Do we 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're also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

While you visit our site, we will track:
* Products you've viewed: We will use this to, for example, show you products you recently viewed
* Location, IP address and browser type: we will use this for estimating taxes and shipping
* Shipping address: We will ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order and, send your order.

We also use cookies to:
* Help remember and process the items in a 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 chose 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 our site, you may opt into 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 you visit our log in page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your log in information and your screen display choices. Log in cookies last for two days and screen option cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember me", your log in will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the log in cookies will be removed.

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
We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer to outside parties your P.I.I.

Third-party links
Occasionally, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. None the less, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. We accept payments through Zettle.

Google
We use Google Analytic cookies to help us understand how visitors use the website. You can find out more about Google's terms here: https://analytics.google.com

Privacy
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to this on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website. Our privacy policy link, includes the word Privacy and can easily be found on the page specified above. You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page. You can change or review your personal information by emailing us at maddockspauline1@gmail.com or using the update option on the bottom of every email.

Does our site allow third party behavioural tracking?
No

We collect your email address is order to:
* Send information, respond to enquiries 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 our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred

We 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 if used
* Honour 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 email us at maddockspauline1@gmail.com
or follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Contacting us
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the information below:
www.paulinemaddocks.com
maddockspauline1@gmail.com