Privacy Policy

It is artiz's ("artiz," "we", "our" or "us") policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect, how we use the information and how you can control what you provide us in connection with artiz services (collectively, the “Service”).

By using our Service you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to post content, including photos and other materials ("User Content") and to share User Content publicly. This means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the Service, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, our GDPR FAQ and our Terms of Use.

Our Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service ("Users").

1. What information is collected

We collect the following types of information. Information you provide us directly:

• Your username, password and e-mail address when you register for an artiz account.
• Profile information that you provide for your user profile (e.g., display name, picture). This information allows us to help you or others be "found" on artiz.
• User Content (e.g., photos, comments, and other materials) that you post to the Service.
• Communications between you and artiz. For example, we may send you Service-related emails (e.g., account verification, changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and security notices).

Transaction information: Those who engage in transactions with artiz – by purchasing a Pro or Business account, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, artiz collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with artiz. artiz does not store the credit card details that are entered at the time of purchase. If using Stripe (our payment processor), that information is sent directly to them and we only store the necessary references to your account such that we can securely interact with the Stripe API. artiz does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Analytics information: We use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Service, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Service. We collect and use this analytics information but it cannot reasonably be used to identify any particular individual User.

Cookies and similar technologies: When you visit the Service, we may use cookies and similar technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect information about how you use artiz and provide features to you. We may ask advertisers or other partners to serve ads or services to your devices, which may use cookies or similar technologies placed by us or the third party.

Log file information: Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you make a request to access (i.e., visit) a web page or app. It can also be provided when the content of the webpage or app is downloaded to your browser or device. When you use our Service, our servers automatically record certain log file information, including your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. We may also collect similar information from emails sent to our Users which then help us track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Service.

Metadata: Metadata is usually technical data that is associated with User Content. For example, Metadata can describe how, when and by whom a piece of User Content was collected and how that content is formatted. Users can add or may have Metadata added to their User Content including a hashtag (e.g., to mark keywords when you post a photo), comments or other data. This makes your User Content more searchable by others.

2. How information is used

artiz uses information it collects to deliver the Service to you and continuously enhance your experience. If you are a registered user of a artiz website and have supplied your email address, artiz may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with artiz and our products. We primarily use our product blog or social media to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum.

3. With whom information is shared

We will not rent or sell your information to third parties outside artiz without your consent, except as noted in this Policy.

Parties with whom we may share your information: We may share your information as well as information from tools like cookies, log files, and device identifiers and location data, with third-party organizations that help us provide the Service to you ("Service Providers"). Our Service Providers will be given access to your information as is reasonably necessary to provide the Service under reasonable confidentiality terms. We may also share certain information such as cookie data with third-party advertising partners. This information would allow third-party ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information.

Parties with whom you may choose to share your User Content: Any information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service, such as User Content, becomes available to the public. Once you have shared User Content or made it public, that User Content may be re-shared by others. Subject to your profile and privacy settings, any User Content that you make public is searchable and embeddable by other Users. If you remove information that you posted to the Service, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Service, if saved by other Users or third parties.

What happens in the event of a change of control: If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of artiz or our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), your information such as name and email address, User Content and any other information collected through the Service may be among the items sold or transferred. You will continue to own your User Content. The buyer or transferee will have to honor the commitments we have made in this Privacy Policy.

Responding to legal requests and preventing harm: We may access, preserve and share your information in response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards. We may also access, preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of investigations; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.

4. How you can control the information we collect

artiz collects personally-identifying information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with the Service. artiz does not store credit card details that are entered at the time of purchase, that information is sent directly to Stripe (our payment processor) and we only store the necessary references to your account allowing us to securely interact with our payment processor. You can control which information you supply at any time, with the caveat that it may prevent you from engaging in certain website-related activities.

EU personal data

If you are located in the EU, United Kingdom, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, or Iceland, you may have additional rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) related to your personal data, as further described below. artiz will be the controller of your personal data processed in connection with the service.

Accessing, making changes, and deleting your personal data

You have certain rights with respect to your personal data, and we want to help you review and update your information to ensure it is accurate and up-to-date.

If you have a artiz account, you can accomplish most of the following by logging into your account settings. For more information or any additional requests you can contact us at [email protected]

• Access: You can request more information about the personal data we hold about you and request a copy of such personal data.
• Rectification: If you believe that any personal data we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we correct or supplement such data.
• Erasure: You can request that we erase some or all of your personal data from our systems. If you wish to erase all of your personal data, please send us an email to: [email protected]
• Portability: You can ask for a copy of your personal data and we will send it to you.

5. How information is protected

artiz takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information. Your account is protected by a password you set and you’re responsible for keeping it safe. When entering information into our system such as passwords or financial information, all that is done securely using SSL.

6. International privacy laws

If you are using our service from outside of the United States, please be aware that you are sending data, including personally identifying information, to the United States where our servers are located. That information may then be transferred within the United States and then transferred back out of the United States to countries outside of your residence, depending upon the type of information and how it is stored by us. Our collection, storage and use of your personal information will at all times continue to be governed by this Privacy Policy.

7. Children and artiz Service

artiz does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Service. The Service and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at: [email protected]

8. Other websites and services

We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our Service, including the information or content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Service to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that third party's own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you do so at your own risk.

9. How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, please contact us at: [email protected]

10. Privacy Policy changes

artiz may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate. Your continued use of artiz or the Service after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Effective as of Apr 14rd, 2024.