Privacy Policy

Last revised 01/16/2023

By continuing to browse this website you are accepting the practices described in the Privacy Policy

BethClarySchwierFineArt.com cares about your privacy. We collect and use personal information only as needed.

SECTION 1 – HOW AND WHEN WE COLLECT INFORMATION

When you purchase something from the online gallery, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address, email address, phone number, and payment. When you browse our gallery, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system. 

EMAIL MARKETING (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our gallery, guest artists, new art work, promotions, upcoming events & exhibitions, and other updates.  

IP ADDRESS AND COOKIES: We also collect "non-personal" information from you, such as your browser type, the URL of the previous web site you visited, your ISP, operating system, and your IP address. "Non-personal" information cannot be easily used to personally identify you. We may use your non-personal information to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your non-personal information may also be used to gather broad demographic information and to recognize customer traffic patterns and website usage. This information aids us in merchandising and in developing the design and layout of the website.

In addition, like almost all e-commerce web sites, we use "cookies." Cookies are bits of information that are stored on your computer by your web browser. Although our cookies don't store any of your personal information, they do allow us to do things like keep items in your shopping cart between visits or during the same visit or provide you with a more personalized user experience. Whether you want your web browser to accept cookies or not is up to you. Cookies allow you to take advantage of features and services. If you block our cookies, you will not be able to add items to your cart or proceed to checkout.

SECTION 2 – CONSENT How do you get my consent? When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, or arrange for a delivery, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only. We are committed to protecting your privacy. Under no circumstances do we rent, trade or share your e-mail address with any other company for their marketing purposes without your consent. We use your personal information for internal purposes such as processing and keeping you informed of your purchase(s).

You may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, with use or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at bethschwier@att.net 

SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so.  PAYMENT: Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. The personal information that you give us when you place an order is used to process and fulfill purchase(s). When you enter sensitive information such as a credit card number on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). For purchases made online with credit cards, we store your credit card number in encrypted form for a limited amount of time, and our employees do not have access to this information. We do not store PIN data or 3-digit security codes. Your personal information for our own internal purposes, such as providing customer support or providing, maintaining, evaluating and improving our products and services. We partner with one or more credit card processing companies to assist us in processing your payment. However, those companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or other acts or omissions. We may need to disclose your personal information when required by law or when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process.

SECTION 4 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.  If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located. As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act. Once you leave our online art gallery or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy. 

LINKS: When you click on links on this website or store they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by our website.

SECTION 5– SECURITY To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed. If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is absolutely 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards. 

SECTION 6 – AGE OF CONSENT By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence. We will not knowingly collect or use any personal information from persons that we know to be under the age of 18. In addition, we will delete any information in our database that we know originates from a child under the age of 18.

SECTION 7 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon posting. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated. The new policy will apply to all current and past users of the Website and will replace any prior policies that are inconsistent with it.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information please contact Beth Schwier at BethSchwier@att.net or, by mail,  Beth Schwier Fine Art Gallery 5636 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219, United States