Photon Art Website Policies
and Privacy Statement

Photon Art believes that respect for privacy is important to the success of the Internet. This statement sets forth Photon Art's Privacy Statement and describes the practices that Photon Art will follow with respect to the privacy of customers and users of this site. From time to time, we may change this Privacy Statement. For example, as we update and improve our service, new features may require modifications to the Privacy Statement. Accordingly, please check back periodically.

What is personally identifiable information?

"Personally identifiable information" is data about a person, such as their name, address, e-mail address, user ID, credit card number, social security number, and so on.

What about credit card and bank account numbers used to complete PayPal transactions?

Due to the state-of-the-art techniques employed by our billing partner, PayPal, Photon Art never has access to any credit card or banking account numbers used to complete purchases on this site. The security of doing business with Photon Art is enhanced by the policies and procedures employed by PayPal which you may read by visiting PayPal.Com

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How is information collected, used, and disclosed?

We do not collect personally identifiable information - including your e-mail address - unless we first ask you for it. When processing orders, we receive information including your e-mail address, street address, telephone number or other information from PayPal so that we may properly process and ship your order. This information is necessary in the course of normal business and must be collected in order to process your order.

When you fill out the feedback form on the site or contact us directly via e-mail you may decide to provide any personally identifiable information but it is not always necessary. The information you provide in these circumstances is entirely up to you.

Under normal circumstances Photon Art does not share information you voluntarily provide to us with anyone including our business partners. We do not sell personal information collected through this site to anyone under any circumstance.

The only circumstances under which Photon Art will disclose personally identifiable information are special cases when we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect and defend our rights or property; (c) enforce the Web Site Policies; or (d) act to protect the interests of others.

What are cookies and how are they used?

Photon Art, like many other commercial web sites, may utilize a standard technology called "cookies" to collect information about how our site is used. Cookies help a web site operator determine if a particular user has visited the site previously. Cookies also allow a web site to save and remember user preferences for using the site. Cookies are small strings of text that web sites can send to your browser. Cookie technology will not be used by Photon Art to retrieve any personally identifying data from your computer. If you are browsing the Photon Art site, a cookie may be used to identify your browser as one that has visited the site before.

What are your choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information?

If you have voluntarily provided information, you consented to the collection and use of your personally identifiable information as described in this Privacy Statement. If, in connection with your use of a particular service, we ask to use your data in a way not described in this Privacy Statement and you do not wish to permit that use, you can choose not to use the particular service.

If you have voluntarily provided personally identifiable information, we may, from time to time, send you mail or e-mail regarding products and services. If you do not want to receive such offers and mailings, Photon Art will make it easy for you to "opt out" of such communication.

What are the policies of Photon Art regarding E-mail lists?

We will not sign anyone up for an e-mail list unless it has been made very clear that they are consenting to periodically receive e-mail from Photon Art regarding products and services. Completing an order or sending a request for information does not sign you up for an e-mail list. Furthermore, we don't operate an e-mail list of any sort at this point in time so this section is a bit of a moot point.

How can you correct, access, and update your information?

You may view and edit your personally identifiable information at any time by contacting us using the link provided on the web site.

How do we protect your information?

We and our business partners exercise great care to protect your personally identifiable information. This includes, among other things, using industry standard techniques such as firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection and site monitoring. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us. This is especially true for information transmitted to us via e-mail. We have no way of protecting that information until it reaches us. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our servers.

Internally, we will restrict access to your personally identifiable information to employees who need access to the information in order to do their jobs. These employees are limited in number, and are committed to our privacy policies.

We will review our security arrangements from time to time as we deem appropriate.

Other sites

Photon Art sites may contain links to other sites, including those of our business partners. While we seek to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should contact us using this form.