Collection Of Your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, TheAfricanArtStore may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

- First and Last Name

- Mailing Address

- E-mail Address

- Phone Number

If you purchase TheAfricanArtStore's products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through TheAfricanArtStore's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

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 available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (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 ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

1.      To provide and operate the Services;

2.      To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

3.      To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

4.      To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

5.      To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

6.      Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

7.      All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

Use Of Your Personal Information

TheAfricanArtStore collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.

TheAfricanArtStore may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from TheAfricanArtStore and its affiliates.

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Sharing Information With Third Parties

TheAfricanArtStore does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

TheAfricanArtStore 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 TheAfrikanArtStore, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

TheAfricanArtStore 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 TheAfricanArtStore or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of TheAfrikanArtStore; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of TheAfrikanArtStore, or the public.

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Tracking User Behavior

TheAfricanArtStore may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within TheAfrikanArtStore, in order to determine what TheAfricanArtStore services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within TheAfricanArtStore to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

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Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by TheAfrikanArtStore. 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 TheAfricanArtStore website.

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Use Of Cookies

The TheAfricanArtStore website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize TheAfricanArtStore pages, or register with TheAfricanArtStore site or services, a cookie helps TheAfricanArtStore to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same TheAfricanArtStore website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the TheAfricanArtStore features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the TheAfricanArtStore services or websites you visit.

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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.

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Security Of Your Personal Information

TheAfricanArtStore secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. TheAfricanArtStore uses the following methods for this purpose:

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- 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.

Children Under Thirteen

TheAfricanArtStore 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.

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-E-mail Communications

From time to time, TheAfricanArtStore 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 TheAfricanArtStore or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from TheAfrikanArtStore, you may opt out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.

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-External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

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-SMS/MMS MOBILE MESSAGING MARKETING PROGRAM

We respect your privacy. We will only use information you provide through the Program to transmit your mobile messages and respond to you, if necessary. This includes, but is not limited to, sharing information with platform providers, phone companies, and other vendors who assist us in the delivery of mobile messages. WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, LOAN, TRADE, LEASE, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER FOR PROFIT ANY PHONE NUMBERS OR CUSTOMER INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM TO ANY THIRD PARTY. Nonetheless, We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, to avoid liability, or to protect Our rights or property. When you complete forms online or otherwise provide Us information in connection with the Program, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and true information. You agree not to use a false or misleading name or a name that you are not authorized to use. If, in Our sole discretion, We believe that any such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or you have opted into the Program for an ulterior purpose, We may refuse your access to the Program and pursue any appropriate legal remedies.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits Users of the Program that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of the information you provide through the Program to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at the following address:

TheAfrikanArtStore, LLC.

22 W Maple Avenue, #1651,  Merchantville, NJ 08109

contact@TheAfrikanArtStore.com

 

This Privacy Policy is strictly limited to the Program and has no effect on any other privacy policy(ies) that may govern the relationship between you and Us in other contexts.

 

Changes To This Statement

TheAfricanArtStore 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 the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

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Contact Information

TheAfricanArtStore welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that TheAfricanArtStore has not adhered to this Statement, please contact TheAfricanArtStore at:

22 W Maple Avenue, #1651, Merchantville, NJ m08109

Email Address:

support@TheAfrikanArtStore.com

Telephone number:

1-856-663-4894

Effective as of July 22, 2021