We want you to know that we take your privacy seriously. While using our service, we attempt to minimize the personal information that we need from you. We collect industry standard information to help us provide you with better products and services. We always want you to be fully informed of how this information is gathered and used.
When you register an account, we ask you to provide us with a username, password and email address information. In addition to the information you choose to provide to us, ArtsCore also collects other technical information such as IP addresses and the date and time of your visit.
We will also place a "cookie" on your computer's hard drive. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that is unique to your browser. This cookie will identify your browser when you visit our site again so that we may customize your visit. If you do not wish to have a cookie on your computer, check the "help" feature of your browser for instructions. Most browsers can be set to refuse cookies. Please note that some of our site features may not work if cookies are disabled.
And, of course, ArtsCore collects the information that you choose to provide when you make a post on the forums so that we can archive and display your posts. Please use caution when posting material on ArtsCore community forums as your posts become immediately available to the public and may be recorded and stored by anyone.
We understand that your personally identifiable information is private and confidential. That's why we want you to know what we need to offer our services to you and how we use that information. Generally, we use your personally identifiable information to provide you with our services. For example, in order to verify your registration, we use your email address to send you a message after you register so that you can validate your account.
We also use registration information to ensure compliance with our Terms of Service and the law, and to better understand our user base. We use that information in the aggregate to improve our services to you. We also reserves the right to use or disclose any user information if we have reason to believe that user may be violating the law, our rights, or the rights of other ArtsCore users.
Finally, ArtsCore may send you messages on a regular basis to keep you apprised of your membership status, site developments, and to inform you of new offers. You of course have the option to disable this.
We will not disclose your personal information except as follows: First, we may be legally required to disclose your information if required by a subpoena or court order. Second, we may transfer the information in our possession in connection with a sale of assets of the company, a sale of the company or a merger.
We do not share your personal information with third parties under other circumstances. If we ever wish to share your personal information with third parties under other circumstances, we will give you a chance to opt out before we do so.
After you register with ArtsCore, you are able to create a personal profile with information that you can make accessible to other ArtsCore users. Your profile can include a variety of information, including a name, email address, physical location, occupation, or other information such as a photo, listing of recent posts you have made, a personal biography, or other personal information. Please be aware that ArtsCore does not generally monitor or review the information in your profile and the information that you choose to provide will be publicly accessible. Please use caution when deciding on what information to include in your personal profile. ArtsCore will maintain your personal profile on our servers until such time that you delete or modify that personal profile.
Neither our Web sites nor our products and services are designed for or directed to children under the age of 13, and we will not intentionally maintain information about anyone under the age of 13.
