Last Updated: January 2008

Artique Gallery Limited is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy tells you about our online collection, use and disclosure of personal information. The terms of this policy apply to all personal information collected by Artique Gallery Limited on the website artiquegalleryltd.co.uk. This site is operated by Artique Gallery Limited. (“Artique Gallery Limited”), Artique Gallery Limited is the controller and, unless otherwise noted, is also the processor of the personal information. Information collected may be retained as long as it is reasonably required for the purposes it was collected.


Privacy Officer
We have designated a department to be accountable for our policies and practices with respect to the management of personal information. You may forward any questions, comments or complaints that you might have about this privacy policy: Email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Attention: Privacy Department


Consent to Collection of Your Personal Information
When you visit this site, certain kinds of non-personal information, such as the website that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times, may be collected automatically as part of the site's operation. We also may collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the site. We only collect personal information about you after you have provided us with your consent to collect that specific information. By voluntarily providing this information to us, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as set out in this privacy policy.


Personal information includes:

• Information collected when you register including: your name, your mailing address, phone numbers and email address.
• Information collected when you make a purchase including your credit card number and billing address.
• if you become a “artique gallery artists member”, information collected when you sign-up as a member including (i) Your bank details (ii) Credit card details You may always choose not to provide personal information, but if you so choose, certain products and services will not be available to you.

Use of Your Personal Information
Artique Gallery Limited collects and uses your personal information to:

• Create and manage your account;
• Process your transactions;
• Provide customer service;
• Perform research and analysis aimed at improving our products, services and technologies;
• To communicate with you about your transactions, new products and services. We may send transaction-related communications such as welcome letters, purchase confirmations. We may also send you surveys or marketing communications to inform you of new products or services or other information or offers that may be of interest. These surveys or marketing communications will come from Artique Gallery Limited
• If you do not wish to receive surveys or marketing communications, you inform us by email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Personal information collected by Artique Gallery Limited is not transferred to any third parties. All Personal information supplied by you is used by Artique Gallery Limited only.

Disclosing Your Personal Information
Except as set out in this privacy policy, Artique Gallery Limited does not disclose or sell your personal information to any third-parties. We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf. For example, we may hire other companies to handle the processing of payments, to provide data storage, to host websites, to fulfill orders and shipments, to assist in marketing, to conduct audits, etc. Those third-party service providers (i) shall be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to provide the service, (ii) must protect personal information to the same extent as Artique Gallery Limited, and (iii) shall be prohibited from using it for any other purpose. If you have entered into and/or won an Artique Gallery Limited competition, we or a competition sponsor may publish your name and city of residence. Information about our customers, including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, or sale of the company and/or its assets, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, in which personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. We will notify you of such an occurrence as described in the "Changes to This Privacy Policy" section below. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information if required or permitted to do so by law.


Personal Information Preferences
Artique Gallery Limited respects your right to make choices about the use and disclosure of your personal information. If at any time you decide that you do not want to receive surveys or marketing communications from us, please let us know by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it If you choose not to receive marketing communications, please be advised that you will continue to receive transactional or account communications (e.g. confirmation emails).


Security of Your Personal Information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to help protect your personal information including without limitation:

• limiting access to your personal information to those of our employees who require it to provide services to you;
• requiring employees to sign confidentiality agreements to protect customer and other confidential information;
• ensuring that third-party service providers sign confidentiality agreements to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information and not to use it for any unauthorised purposes;
• Storing your personal information in secure computer systems which protect it from unauthorised access or use.

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.


Email Referrals
If you choose to use our email referral services to tell a friend about our products or services, we will ask you for your friend's name and email address. We will use that information to send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site and review the product or service you have selected.


Children
We do not intend to solicit or collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18 without parental consent. If you are under 18, you shall not use or enter information on this site, including without limitation, any Interactive Areas of the site without parental consent.


Links
We may link to websites, including those of our subsidiaries and third-party content providers that has different privacy policies and practices from those disclosed here. We assume no responsibility for the policies or practices of such linked sites, and encourage you to become acquainted with them prior to use.


Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time. When we make changes, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the policy. If there are material changes to this statement or in how Artique Gallery Limited will use your personal information, we will notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes here or on our home page, or by sending you an email. We encourage you to review this policy whenever you visit one of our sites. © 2008 Artique Gallery Limited. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.