PRIVACY POLICY

We know your privacy is important to you and Passion for Paintings is committed to protecting your personal information.

THE INFORMATION WE NEED:
When you place an order, we will ask for your contact information (i.e., name, shipping address, and e-mail address) and, if you are paying by credit card, financial information (like credit card number and expiration date.) We have partnered with a credit card processing company to assist us in processing your payment; however, that company does not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. The information you provide us is used for processing and fulfilling your order and contacting you if we have problems processing your order.

Though we make every effort to preserve your privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law and when we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process.

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION:
The private information that you give us when you place an order or utilize one of our special services is used to process and fulfil your order or request. This information may be combined with other personally identifiable information (such as demographic information and past purchase history) available from our records and other sources. This information will be used to make our future marketing efforts more helpful and relevant to you.

OUR COMMITMENT:
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the personal information you give us, such as your billing, shipping and e-mail addresses, to process and keep you informed of your order. You may, from time to time, receive information from us about new features, new services and special offers we think you'll find valuable. Under no circumstances do we rent, trade or share your e-mail address with any other company for marketing purposes. However, we do make our mailing list available to carefully screened companies whose products or services might interest you.

CHOICE TO OPT-OUT:
If you are no longer interested in receiving announcements and other marketing information from us, please e-mail your request to . Please include your complete name and mailing address (as well as your e-mail address) if you prefer not to receive direct mail postcards or catalogues from us.

UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION:
If your personal information changes you can login to your account to update or remove the personal data you provided to us. If you experience difficulties please contact our customer service department via e-mail at:

IP ADDRESS AND COOKIES:
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your IP address also may be used to gather broad demographic information and to recognize customer traffic patterns and site usage. This information aids us in merchandising and in developing the design and layout of the site.

In addition, Passion For Paintings, like almost all the large e-commerce Web sites, uses '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 private information, they do allow us to do things like keep items in your shopping cart between visits or during the same visit. Whether you want your Web browser to accept cookies or not is up to you. If you haven't changed your computer's settings, most likely your browser already accepts cookies.

We may also collect and share information about the pages that you visit on our site, but this information is not personally identifiable. We may use selected reputable third parties for marketing and analysis purposes. We require such companies to maintain all information in the strictest confidence.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION:
When you shop at Passion For Paintings, our secure server encrypts all of your personal information (including name, address and credit card information) before it gets to us, and protects it against any unauthorized access. All secure pages are earmarked by an 'https' address instead of an 'http' address. All our pages that have an 'https' address are secure and protected (e.g. while you place an order).

WE LINK TO OTHER SITES:
This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the 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 each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES:
If we decide to change our privacy policy in whole or in part, we will inform you by posting a notice on our web site. Those changes will go into effect on the date posted in the notice. The new policy will apply to all current and past users of our web site and will replace any prior policies that are inconsistent.

YOUR AGREEMENT:
By using our website or purchasing a product from us, you agree to the collection and use of information as set forth in this privacy policy.

CONTACT US:
If you ever have any questions regarding our privacy policy please contact us at

Privacy Policy Effective Date: April 2, 2004