Summary
The information exchange on this website is purely intended for Maori-Art.com to customer queries and transactions only. No information is or will be shared with 3rd parties, unless legally prompted to. Customer information, such as name, email, and address of the customer, can be stored in our database, however the customer is at liberty to alter or delete that information at any time. If, for some unknown reason they cannot achieve this manually, they can contact maori-art.com and we can do this for them. Due to changes in technology and environmental factors, terms of privacy could change but the essence of protecting and keeping user information confidential will not change. Any changes will be announced via email to those signed up with Maori-Art.com
This privacy policy (‘Privacy Policy’) discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this website. We will notify you of changes to our Privacy Policy if your contact email information is accurate and still accessed by you.
By visiting our site or sending us information, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Your assent to these practices is essential for us to continue operating this website, including the variety of information and services it contains. Similarly, we need you to provide accurate personal information so that you can be contacted and, if you purchase anything, so that we can complete the transaction. You can opt-out and decide not to provide the requested personal information. However, by doing so, you will not receive the information, product, and/or service you are requesting.
The personal information we collect includes your name and email address. Other personal information that you submit is clearly labelled at the time you submit it. We use the information that we collect to provide our services, fulfil any purchase you may have made, send you our newsletter, contact you regarding new promotions, and to improve our site.
When submitting any information on Maori-Art.com you expressly authorise us to use your personal information as explained in this privacy policy, and you consent to receiving commercial email from Maori-Art.com. You can expect to receive newsletters, promotions, and other similar offers. Should you wish to discontinue receiving these e-mailings simply unsubscribe using the link in the email you receive.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Your name and email address will be collected if you sign up for an account, and a physical address and phone number will be asked for if you order a product. This information will be kept on record unless the user (you) request for that information to be deleted. Upon such a request, this action will be taken by the administrators of Maori-Art.com.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. For example, Maori-Art.com does embed videos from Youtube and other video sharing sites from time to time. This interaction could influence their knowledge of your use of their service.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
As stated in the Summary, Maori-Art.com do not share user data with any 3rd parties. This website is purely created for a Maori-Art.com to user/customer basis only. Only if legally prompted, information about users will be submitted to such legal entity.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any transaction data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. For example, purchases made by the user required for accountancy obligations.
Where we send your data
Transaction information will be collated and sent to accountancy firms, however, specific user information will not be included within this submission. This includes the user’s name, address, or any other information that identifies the user as a particular individual.
Your contact information
Your contact information will be stored on our website if you choose to retain an account with Maori-Art.com. It is recommended to keep that information limited to a name and email address that you can be reached by. Any other personal information, such as a phone number and physical address is not necessary, but optional, in the likelihood that Maori-Art.com ever decide to send a mail-out via post.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Maori-Art.com is https protected, which means that a secure socket layer is used to encrypt your communication with the website’s interface. The website also applies a daily security scanner, that searches and identifies any potential hazard or threat between the website and the user’s interactions.
What data breach procedures we have in place
As a precaution, no financial information will be recorded or kept on Maori-Art.com. This is why 3rd party pay pal for example, and the option of bank to bank transfer are available methods for recording a transaction. This means that once you have gone through the checkout process and reached the transaction page, you will be re-directed to a secure website that specialises in secure transactions. Once that transaction has been made, we will be notified, and the product will be sent out to the customer.
What third parties we receive data from
We receive information from our host, SiteGround.com. This is to ensure that all website information is up to date, and any potential issues are cleared up before they happen.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
If the user indicates a preference for a particular product, then products related may show up below the viewed product as a potential product of interest. These items will appear depending on tags given to the items, including factors such as subject, theme, or product details.
Additional information for the user
Anything you send us, post on our site, or use with our service, such as blog postings or videos, or if others send us anything about your activities or postings, we may collect such information into a file specific to you. We use this information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, and enforce our customer agreements.
We take measures to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of your information by carefully limiting access to the database in which your personal information is stored. We cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. For example, we may disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We can (and you authorise us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of wrongful conduct. For example, if something is ordered and paid for under your name but delivered to an unspecified 3rd party, we may need to submit your information to authorities so that an investigation can proceed. We may also (and you authorise us to) disclose personal information about you to credit agencies, collection agencies, and/or merchant database agencies, if it is deemed necessary in solving a dispute or claim.