The Artists Fund at Festival of Artists a non-profit organization that respects your right to privacy and your requirements to control personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to http://www.theartistsfund-foa.org, and The Artists Fund at the Festival of Arts and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The Artists Fund at the Festival of Arts include http://www.theartistsfund-foa.org and The Artists Fund. The Artists Fund website is a news, information and an ecommerce site. By using The Artists Fund website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
Collection of your Personal Information
“Personal information” includes, but is not limited to: name, email address, and phone number. If you make a donation or donate via a purchase of original art from The Artists Fund’s Art-To-Go gallery, we also collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for the e-newsletter; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when making a donation and purchasing artwork donated by Festival of Arts artist to benefit our Hardship Grant. As an example, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to the donation or purchase of artwork from us.
Use of your Personal Information
The Artists Fund collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services (such as the purchase of art) you have requested. The Artists Fund may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other artwork for sale and events available from The Artists Fund and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
The Artists Fund does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. The Artists Fund may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. The Artists Fund may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Artists Fund, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
The Artists Fund may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 The Artists Fund or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Artists Fund; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Artists Fund, or the public.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know the categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, visit this Web page www.theartistsfund-foa.org/contact.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Artists Fund. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of The Artists Fund website.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
The Artists Fund secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Artists Fund uses the following methods for this purpose: SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
The Artists Fund does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of The Artists Fund by contacting us here:
– Web page: www.theartistsfund-foa.org/contact
– Email: info@theartistsfund-foa.org:
– Phone: (949) 612-1949
E-mail Communications
From time to time, The Artists Fund may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from The Artists Fund or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from The Artists Fund, you may opt out of such communications by “replying STOP” or “clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.”
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
The Artists Fund reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to your email address, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
The Artists Fund welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that The Artists Fund has not adhered to this Policy, please contact The Artists Fund at:
The Artists Fund at the Festival of Arts
1278 Glenneyre, #157
Laguna Beach, California 92651
Email Address: info@theartistsfund-foa.org
Telephone number: (949) 612-1949
Effective as of July 01, 2021
Copyright/Ownership
This website is owned, operated and maintained by The Artists Fund at the Festival of Arts. Unless otherwise specified, all information and content of this site, including text, logos, graphics, and images are the sole property of The Artists Fund at the Festival of Arts and may not be reproduced or used without our permission.