Art Essentials, Inc. is the sole owner of all information gathered on this site. All information gained through this site is not disclosed to other companies or persons. Art Essentials, Inc. gathers information from our users for the purpose of ease of use and safety for our customers. There are a number of places throughout our site that uses this information.
During registration, a customer is required to provide us with pertinent contact information (such as name and phone number). This information is used to contact the customer to verify that an order was placed and all shipping and billing information is correct.
In order to complete an order form, the customer must provide us with contact information (such as name and shipping address) and billing information (like a credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing and to fill the customer's order.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer that contains information about that particular user. These cookies can not be used as personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their web browser, the cookie may or may not terminate dependent on a number of factors determined by the user, such factors include the configuration of the user's browser and also by removing the option in the login page of our site.
We use IP addresses to analyze user traffic and administer the web site. IP addresses are not linked to any identifiable personal information.
We use an outside shipping company, UPS, to ship orders and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods. These companies do not retain, share, or store personally identifiable information for any use other than shipping or billing.
Art Essentials, Inc. takes every precaution to protect our customers' information. When user's submit sensitive personal information via the internet, we take great care in protecting your information both online and off-line. When our order form asks users to enter credit card number and expiration date, that information is encrypted and protected.
If any of our privacy policies change, we will post those changes so that our customers will be aware of how we collect information and how it is used.