PRIVACY | TERMS OF SERVICE

Our website address is: https://artfulkindness.com.

The use of Artfulkindness.com is subject to our Terms of Service (TOS).

By accessing and using this website and Services you agree to be bound by these terms.

If you do not accept the terms herein, your option is to not use our website, images, and services.

Privacy Statement

We recognize the importance of protecting your online privacy, and want to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us.

When you visit this website you may provide us with two types of information:

Personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis (such as an email address).

Website use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and other visitors browse our site (such as the use of Cookies).

1. Personal Information You Knowingly Choose to Provide

Personal information such as your Name and Email Address may be required to contact us via the Contact Form on this site.

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.

We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process transactions or provide services that you have requested.

2. Computer Generated Website User Information

Cookies

As you visit this website and browse, “cookies” (snippets of computer code) are used to differentiate you from our other visitor/users. In some cases, we may also use cookies as a security measure to prevent you from having to log in to the members area more than necessary.

Cookies and our web server’s log files allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our site, and also calculate which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve our website and better serve our visitors.

It is important to note that cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you, and we do not intentionally store any personal information that your browser provided to us in your cookies.

IP Addresses

Your IP address is used every time your computer is connected to the web.

IP addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile data (known as traffic data).

How Do We Use Information That You Give Us?

Generally, we use personal information for the purpose of (a) providing the products and services you requested, (b) monitoring the use of our site, (c) business marketing, (d) improving our content, (e) customizing our website, and for other lawful purposes.

Personally identifiable information or business information will not be shared with any parties except as required by law.

Remember: Information sent or received over the Internet is generally not secure, and Artfulkindness.com cannot and does not make any representation or warranty concerning security of any communication to or from this website or any representation or warranty regarding the interception by third parties of personal or other information.

Overview:

We are not responsible for the practices employed by external sites linked to or from our Web site, or the information or content contained therein.

Please remember that our fulfillment partners are Pictorem, PayHip, and PayPal.

When you use a link to go from our Website to those external websites in order to select media to purchase or license our content, this (our) Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.

Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including sites which have a link on our website, is subject to that external site’s own rules, terms, and policies.

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Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Artfulkindness.com, including its writers and editors, be liable for any injury, loss, damage (including special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages) or expense arising in any manner whatsoever from (a) the acts, omissions or conduct of any third-party user; and (b) any use or inability to use any materials, software, content, media, or services located at or made available at any web site linked to or from this website.

We provide button links to our fulfillment partners and payment processors: Pictorem, PayHip and PayPal so that you can easily access and remit payment for our content, materials, software, goods or services online. However, please remember that you do so entirely at your own risk.

You hereby release Artfulkindness.com – its writers, editors, officers, directors, employees, agents and their respective successors and assigns, from any damages that you incur on this site, or any third party website accessed from Artfulkindness.com.

Links

We appreciate all positive connections! We enjoy hearing from other artists, and we love it when people use our images in a positive manner. However, please remember that Artfulkindness.com does not wish to be linked from any third-party web site which:

• Contains, posts or transmits any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent information of any kind, including, without limitation, any content constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law.
• Contains, posts or transmits any media or information of any kind which promotes racism, bigotry, misogyny, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual.
• Contains, posts or transmits any media or information of any kind which could be harmful to minors, which harasses or advocates harassment of minors, or which provides material that exploits people under the age of 18 in a sexual or violent manner.
• Contains, posts or transmits any media or information which provides instructional information about illegal activities, including, without limitation, the making, trading, or buying of illegal substances and weapons.
• Contains, posts or transmits any information, software or other media which violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including media which is an invasion of privacy, or which is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights.

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Artfulkindness.com and its writers, editors, officers, directors, employees, agents, and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs or expenses whatsoever, including, without limitation, legal fees and disbursements resulting directly or indirectly from:

• Your breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
• Your access, use or inability to access or use the Artfulkindness.com website or Services, or other content to which the Artfulkindness.com website is, or may be linked to from time to time.
• Your use of, reliance on, publication, communication or distribution, uploading or downloading of anything on or from the Artfulkindness.com website.
• Your violation of any law or regulation.

Media Rights

All media displayed or otherwise accessible through this website, including audio, text, images, photographs, illustrations, software, computer code, and the site itself, are protected by United States copyright.

Any use, reproduction, modification, alteration, public performance or display, uploading or posting onto the internet ( including placing on another website ), transmission, redistribution or other exploitation of this website or of any content, whether in whole or in part, other than expressly set out herein, is prohibited without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

Your Consent

By using our website and Services you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Note that we reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice.

Policy Changes

We will post any TOS and Privacy changes here on this page, so be sure to check back periodically.

Be assured that if our TOS changes, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us under our Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this TOS, without your prior consent.

Artfulkindness.com reserves the right to add, delete or modify any part of the above TOS, at any time and without further notice. 7/24/24