(Updated as of August 2023)
ArtistryBazaar.com is an electronic commerce platform and is predominantly used by businesses
and
hence not much personal data is collected. ArtistryBazaar recognizes the importance of
privacy as
well as the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of personal information. This
Privacy Policy applies to all products and services provided by us and sets out how we may
collect, use and disclose information in relation to users of the Sites.
You may use our services and products via a mobile device either through mobile applications
or mobile optimized websites. This Privacy Policy also applies to such use of our services
and products.
A. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
1. Your privacy is important to us and we have taken steps to ensure that we do not collect
more information from you than is necessary for us to provide you with our services and to
protect your account.
2. Information including, but not limited to, user name, address, phone number, fax number
and email address ("Registration Information") may be collected at the time of user
registration on the Sites.
3. We record and retain details of users’ activities on the Sites. Information relating to
such transactions including, but not limited to, the types and specifications of the goods,
pricing and delivery information and any trade dispute records (“Activities Information”)
may be collected when sale and purchase transactions are conducted on the Sites
4. From time to time, we collect information about our users and prospective users during
trade shows, industry events and other functions. The information we may collect at these
locations may include, but is not limited to, user name, address, phone number, fax number
and email address ("Event Information").
5. We record and retain records of users' buying and browsing activities on our platform
including but not limited to IP addresses, browsing patterns and buyer behavioral patterns.
In addition, we gather statistical information about the Sites and visitors to the Sites
including, but not limited to, IP addresses, browser software, operating system, software
and hardware attributes, pages viewed, number of sessions and unique visitors (together
"Browsing Information").
6. Registration Information, Account Information, Activities Information, Event Information
and Browsing Information generally relate to business entities and are together referred to
as business data (“Business Data”). Insofar and only insofar as they constitute personally
identifiable data of living individuals, such information are together referred to as
personal data (“Personal Data”).
7. It is mandatory for users of the Sites to provide certain categories of Business Data and
Personal Data (as specified at the time of collection). In the event that users do not
provide any or sufficient Business Data and/or Personal Data marked as mandatory, we may not
be able to complete the registration process or provide such users with our products or
services.
B. USE OF PERSONAL DATA
If you provide any Personal Data to us, you are deemed to have authorized us to collect,
retain and use that Personal Data for the following purposes:
1. verifying your identity;
2. verifying your eligibility to register as a user of the Site
3. processing your registration as a user, providing you with a log-in ID for the Sites and
maintaining and managing your registration;
4. providing you with customer service and responding to your queries, feedback, claims or
disputes;
5. to facilitate communication between buyers and sellers on the Sites;
6. performing research or statistical analysis in order to improve the content and layout of
the Sites, to improve our product offerings and services and for marketing and promotional
purposes;.
7. subject to obtaining your consent in such form as may be required under the applicable
law, we may use your name, phone number, residential address, email address and fax number
("Marketing Data") to provide notices, surveys, product alerts, communications and other
marketing materials to you relating to goods and services offered by us.
8. making such disclosures as may be required for any of the above purposes or as required by
law or in respect of any claims or potential claims brought against us.
C. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
1. You further agree that we may disclose and transfer (whether within or outside the
jurisdiction of the ArtistryBazaar entity that you are contracting with) your Personal Data
to
service providers engaged by us to assist us with providing you with our services (including
but not limited to data entry, database management, promotions, products and services
alerts, delivery services, payment extension services, and membership authentication and
verification services) ("Service Providers"). These Service Providers are under a duty of
confidentiality to us and are only permitted to use your Personal Data in connection with
the purposes specified at B.1 to B.8 above, and not for their own purposes (including direct
marketing).
2. When necessary we may also disclose and transfer (whether within or outside the
jurisdiction of the ArtistryBazaar entity that you are contracting with) your Personal Data
to our
professional advisers, law enforcement agencies, insurers, government and regulatory and
other organizations for the purposes specified at B.8 above.
3. Any Personal Data supplied by you will be retained by us and will be accessible by our
employees, any Service Providers engaged by us and third parties referred to at C.2 and C.3
above, for or in relation to any of the purposes stated in B.1 to B.9 above.
4. All Voluntary Information may be made publicly available on the Sites and therefore
accessible by any internet user. Any Voluntary Information that you disclose to us becomes
public information and you relinquish any proprietary rights (including but not limited to
the rights of confidentiality and copyright) in such information. You should exercise
caution when deciding to include personal or proprietary information in the Voluntary
Information that you submit to us.
5. We may share your Account Information with banks or vendors to enable your transactions on
the Sites to be completed. In addition, we may use your Account Information to determine
your credit-worthiness and, in the process of such determination, we may need to make such
Account Information available to banks or credit agencies. While we have in place up-to-date
technology and internal procedures to keep your Account Information and other Personal Data
secure from intruders, there is no guarantee that such technology or procedures can
eliminate all of the risks of theft, loss or misuse.
6. performing research or statistical analysis in order to improve the content and layout of
the Sites, to improve our product offerings and services and for marketing and promotional
purposes.
7. subject to obtaining your consent in such form as may be required under the applicable
law, we may use your name, phone number, residential address, email address and fax number
("Marketing Data") to provide notices, surveys, product alerts, communications and other
marketing materials to you relating to goods and services offered by us.
8. We may provide statistical information to third parties, but when we do so, we do not
provide personally-identifying information without your permission.
D. RIGHT TO ACCESS/CORRECT PERSONAL DATA
Under the applicable laws, you have the right of access to personal information held by us
and to request correction of the information. If you have any questions regarding this
Privacy Policy or if you wish to access or correct your Personal Data, you may send your
request care@artistrybazaar.com. In accordance with the applicable laws, we reserve the
right to
charge you a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access or correction request.
E. COOKIES
The Sites and their contents are not targeted to minors (those under the age of 18) and we do
not intend to sell any of our products or services to minors. However, we have no way of
distinguishing the age of individuals who access our Site. If a minor has provided us with
personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should
contact our Legal Department at the address set out in paragraph D above to remove the
information.
F. SECURITY MEASURES
We employ commercially reasonable security methods to prevent unauthorized access to the
Sites, to maintain data accuracy and to ensure the correct use of the information we hold.
For registered users of the Sites, your Registration Information and Account Information (if
any) can be viewed and edited through your account, which is protected by a password. We
recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Our personnel will never ask you
for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. If you share a
computer with others, you should not choose to save your log-in information (e.g., user ID
and password) on that shared computer. Remember to sign out of your account and close your
browser window when you have finished your session.
No data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be
perfectly secure. As a result, while we try to protect the information we hold for you, we
cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your
own risk.
G. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated by us posting an amended and restated
Privacy Policy on the Sites. Once posted on the Sites the new Privacy Policy will be
effective immediately. You agree that any information we hold about you (as described in
this Privacy Policy and whether or not collected prior to or after the new Privacy Policy
became effective) will be governed by the latest version of the Privacy Policy.