Fine Art Adoption Network
Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on April 6, 2006.

Your privacy is very important to the Fine Art Adoption Network and Art in General. (sometimes referred to as “we”, “us”, or “FAAN”), and we are committed to respecting your privacy on this site. In order to provide our services, facilitating the adoption of artwork, we will require information (including name, email city and state) regarding our Users (including visitors, as well as Artists and Collectors as such terms are defined in the Terms of Service). We will maintain the confidentiality of information provided in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We may change this policy from time to time, and if we do we will provide notice on this Web site regarding any changes to this policy.

1. Use of Information

FAAN may provide certain aggregate demographic information it collects to third parties in connection with its provision of this Service. Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, our current policy is to refrain from selling, leasing, or otherwise transferring your personally identifiable information, however, this policy does not apply in the case where the operation of the FAAN web site is transferred to a third party. By providing using the site you agree to allow us to transfer your personal information and any information you provide to us in the even the operation of the FAAN web site is transferred to a third party.

FAAN will never provide our affiliates with personally identifiable information which would permit them to communicate with Users or their employees by email unless the User “opts-in” and have not “opted-out”, pursuant to our opt-out procedure, from receiving communications. You may have the opportunity to ask us to provide your information to these promotional affiliates. We expect those promotional partners with whom we share information (with consent, as provided herein) to respect the privacy of our Users in the same manner as we do. However, we cannot ensure that they abide by our privacy policies. FAAN, Inc. is the sole owner of information collected through the Service. In the event a User provides personal information to an Artist as part of the adoption procedure that information is not governed by this privacy policy.

2. Information That Is Personally Identifiable

Our registration format requests certain contact information from our Users. We collect information that is personally identifiable through the registration and adoption process when. When a User puts a piece of artwork up for adoption or proposes to adopt a piece of artwork we may collect personally identifiable information for each User, including: contact information (examples include name, home address, email address) and demographic information (examples include zip code, telephone area code, age, birth date, gender, etc.)

The information we have obtained through this process may be used by FAAN to facilitate the adoption of a piece of artwork and keep Users informed about news and events related to the Fine Art Adoption Network. Such information may also be used to assess your satisfaction with and to obtain feedback regarding the Service we provide and to tailor the visitor’s experience while visiting our web site.

Finally, the information we collect will be maintained in a file that we may need to review in a variety of other circumstances, such as enforcing our Terms of Service , analyzing and understanding our customers and their needs, and for the administration and provision of the adoption services.

As a User of the service, you consent to the aforementioned uses of such information and the provision of information to service providers that facilitate the service, all in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

3. Aggregate Information

Subject to the other terms of our Privacy Policy, we may aggregate (i.e. assemble on a basis that does not enable one to personally identify you) the data that is acquired under or in connection with this site. Aggregated data may be used by us to improve our service and for marketing purposes, and may be shared with and used by third parties. We may also use such data to determine what types of policies are best suited for our customers and what types of policies our customers request. If we provide aggregated data to third parties, particular personal information (including birth date, name, title, income, home address, dependent information and any other identifying information) will not be individually identifiable in the aggregated data.

Notwithstanding anything in this privacy policy to the contrary, FAAN may contract with third parties to provide tracking and analysis of information and data collected from visitors to our website. FAAN reserves the right to provide that information and data to such third parties for those purposes. S uch information and data is provided on a basis that does not enable a third party to identify you.

Your use of the Service constitutes your consent to the use of such data on an aggregated basis.

4. Policy on Children’s Use of the Site

This Site is, generally, directed at persons over the age of 13 for the purpose of adopting artwork and we do not knowingly collect personal information from or about children under the age of 13. If we, at any time, learn that information relating to a child under the age of 13 that we have obtained is other than as set forth above, we shall immediately purge such information from our records.

5. Cookies

Like most other web sites, FAAN’s servers may automatically track certain information about activity on our web site. This information allows us to keep our Web site running efficiently. This information may include: the browser being used (such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.); your operating system (such as Macintosh, Windows 98, etc.); your IP address; and the referring URL and all company URL’s you visit. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site, but your IP address is not connected to information that is personally identifiable.

In addition, FAAN may use “cookies” on certain pages of our Web site to automatically collect information from a visitor to our Web site and transfer this information to the visitor’s hard drive. Cookies help us recognize repeat visitors, allowing communication of a personalized welcome message and tailoring of content to match particular interests.

Because cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on our Web site, you are always free to set your browser to decline cookies and you can delete them from your computer. If you decline “cookies” or delete them from your computer, you will still be able to access our Web site, but you may find that some areas do not work as smoothly as when cookies are enabled on your system.

6. Other Use

It is possible that FAAN, its business and/or assets, its present or future subsidiaries, joint ventures or any combination of such, could merge with or be acquired in one or more types of transactions by another business entity or entities. Should such transaction(s) occur, FAAN has your permission to share some or all of your information in order to, among other things, facilitate continuation of one or more services similar to all or a portion of the service. Notice of such an event (to the extent that it takes place) will be posted on this Web site and we will require that the new combined entity adhere to the practices disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

7. Disclosure for Legal Purposes

Given the government’s current interest in Internet regulation, you hereby authorize us to disclose information pursuant to judicial and administrative proceedings, and in connection with law enforcement activities and as otherwise may be permitted by law, to law enforcement or government agencies if we believe the disclosure is necessary or appropriate. You also authorize us to disclose information if we believe the disclosure is necessary or appropriate in the event of an investigation of improper or illegal conduct in connection with our Web site, such as fraud, misrepresentation, intellectual-property infringement, or other activity that may put us at risk for liability. We will, whenever we believe reasonably possible, use our reasonable efforts to inform a User whose information may be so revealed.

8. Other Parties and Your Information

This policy only relates to our collection and use of your information, except as otherwise provided. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties to which we may provide links. FAAN does not have control over the privacy policies applied by any other party that you may disclose information to when linking to from our Web site. If you would like information on any other party’s privacy policy, you should contact that party directly, and we encourage you to do so.