SelectArt.com (the "Site") is owned by UpRamp.com
We value your privacy and are dedicated to protecting your personal information.
SelectArt.com (hereafter “us”, “we” or “our”) will make every reasonable effort to protect the privacy information provided to selectart.com. We will not sell, rent, or give away any personally identifiable information of our clients except as required by law; for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena. We may use information gathered on our site to send newsletters and other communications related to SelectArt.com. In order to process payment for fee-based services , your information will be transmitted securely to PayPal.com whose privacy policy may be seen by clicking on the following link: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Registration: If you subscribe to SelectArt.com, we will collect your name and email address. If you obtain fee-based services, we will collect your billing information.
Surveys: We may from time to time provide a survey for our subscribers to fill out providing us with demographic information (such as income level and gender). We encourage you to submit this information so we can provide you a more personalized experience on our Site but participation is entirely voluntary.
Third Party Links: We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to information collected by our Site.
Third Party Offers: We do not share personally identifiable information with other third parties and will not use your information to send you information about third party offers. We will only use your information to further the business conducted on this Site.
Ads: Information you provide as an Ad will become public and your personal information will be posted along with an ad. Your e mail is encrypted for your security. When posting an ad, users are given the option of releasing their contact information to other users who have searches that match their criteria. This contact information is then shared with the users who have ads that match their search criteria. Any information you post is public information and we cannot control what uses third parties may make of personal information you share in such a public forum. In addition, users searching the Site can view contact information (name, and phone number…. E mail is encrypted)
Newsletters: If you subscribe to our monthly newsletter, we may use your email address to send you the newsletter. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter, you can opt out by sending us an e mail via the “contact us”.
Other Uses. We may use your personal information to contact you about the services on our Site in which you have expressed an interest, for example, if you have contacted customer service or made an inquiry.
Service-related Announcements: We will send you strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or the delivery of a service or product is delayed we might send you an email, or if there is some service issue with something you might have ordered. Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to cancel your subscription by calling us at 713.418.6940.
Exceptional Circumstances: If SelectArt.com, or any of its lines of businesses or affiliated companies, is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, the relevant databases of SelectArt.com could, in whole or in part, be sold as part of that transaction. Therefore, information about our users, including personal information, will be disclosed as part of any merger or acquisition, creation of a separate business to provide the Site, our Services or sale or pledge of our company assets as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. Information about our users, including personal information, may also need to be disclosed in connection with a commercial transaction where SelectArt.com, or an affiliate, is seeking financing, investment, support, or funding. In such transactions, personal information will be subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained. We also may have to release personally identifying information when it is necessary to comply with judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, orders, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of SelectArt.com or others.
ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information maintained by SelectArt.com is not correct, or should you wish to have your email address removed from our mailing list or contact information changed, please send us a message using the form at http://www.SelectArt.com click “contact us”. We will be happy to review, update or remove information as appropriate. We may still retain your information in our files however, to resolve disputes, enforce our Terms of Use, and due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of our Site.
HOW SELECTART.COM PROTECTS YOUR INFORMATION
We have security procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal information, which you have given us in order to prevent unauthorized access. Keep in mind however, that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
Our Site may also contain links to other Web Sites. Keep in mind that SelectArt.com does not control and is not responsible for the privacy or security practices or the content of these other web sites.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is set forth below. Please make special note of the Effective Date of this Privacy Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information or how we keep your purchases anonymous, you will know because the Effective Date of the Privacy Policy will change. If we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information but you may not be able to use our Site or Services in the future. By using our Site or Services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the privacy policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
DISPUTES
If you choose to visit the Site your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law in Houston, Texas.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, send us a message using the contact form at http://www.selectart.com “contact us”.
Updated on 1/29/2008