Your privacy is very important to us.  This Privacy Policy addresses how The Art Carte collects and uses the information you provide.  By visiting the-art-carte.com (this “Site”), and by providing information to us, you agree to accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. 

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Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect personal information from you to enable an efficient, customized, and meaningful experience on our Site, and/or as a customer.  Personal information we collect may include, but is not limited to, contact information such as name, email address, mailing/shipping address and phone number, billing information such as credit card number and billing address, unique Identifiers such as user name, account number and password, preferences information such as product wish lists, order history and marketing preferences and information you may voluntarily provide to us in connection with your participation in any online survey or research study we may conduct, such as your buying habits, preferences and opinions on products and services we may offer.

Like other sites, we may also passively collect information using various technologies (which cannot presently be used to specifically identify you) such as your site preferences, IP address, age, gender, language, time zone, income and education (some of the information we ask for may be optional). We may use or disclose this aggregated information for any purpose.  We also collect information about you from third parties. We collect your personal information from third parties, such as social media sites and data co-ops.  We purchase from and trade contact information, demographic information, commercial information, and internet and electronic activity with data co-ops and other third-party data aggregators. We share personal information with third-party marketing partners for commercial purposes.

We use this information to fulfill your order, send you an order confirmation, recommend products and services, send you requested product information, send product releases or updates, respond to customer service requests and applications for employment, administer your account, send you a newsletter, send you marketing and promotional communications, respond to your questions and concerns, improve our Site and marketing efforts, conduct research and analysis, and display content based upon your interests. We may also use this information to enable reviews of our products and services, and to display content that you have created and permitted us to display on our Site and on social media and other advertising.

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Information Sharing

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy.  We may share personal information with certain third parties that perform services on our behalf.  The services provided may include, but is not limited to: operating the Site, hosting the Site, providing the products you purchase and request, authorization and processing of your payments, product fulfillment and package delivery, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, serving certain types of advertisements to you, marketing and promotional material distribution (including direct mail marketing), promotions, fulfillment, and Site evaluation.