Effective Date: 07/01/2024

 

Thank you for visiting The Art Times (“we,” “us,” “our”). Protecting your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information from individuals (“you,” “your”).

 

Information We Collect

 

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

 

When you submit pictures or stories to us, we may collect the following types of information:

Personal Information: Name, email address, and any other contact details you provide.

Content: Pictures, stories, or other content you submit to us for publication.

 

Cookies

 

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

When you log in, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

 

Embedded Content from Other Websites

 

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

 

How We Use Your Information

 

We use the information you provide to us:

To review and consider your submissions for potential publication.

To communicate with you regarding your submissions.

To comply with legal obligations.

 

Disclosure of Information

 

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with:

Service Providers: Assist us in managing and reviewing submissions.

Legal Authorities: If required by law or to protect our rights.

 

Security of Your Information

 

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access or disclosure.

 

Your Choices

 

You may choose not to provide certain information, although this may affect our ability to review your submissions. If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

 

Changes to This Policy

 

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated policy on our website.

 

Contact Us

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at legal@thearttimes.org.