This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how TextureTones (“TextureTones” or “we” or “our” or “us”) collects, stores, shares, and uses information, and your choices about privacy when you use our website, products, and services (collectively, “Services”). Your privacy is important to us, and we ask that you read this Policy carefully to be informed about our practices.
Who we are
This website is owned and operated by Sapna Sharon ,an artist and designer. She can be contacted via support@texturetones.com. This privacy policy sets out how “TextureTones” uses and protects any information that you volunteer when you use this website. Our website address is: https://texturetones.com.
Which Personal data we use and how is your information collected?
*Name, email address when any of the contact forms are used.*
If you use any of the contact forms here to send a message, your name and email address are stored and further used to send you replies. Other than to respond to your inquiry made via the contact forms, these pieces of information are not used for any further purposes.
*Name, email address, for newsletters sent via MailChimp*
When you sign up to our newsletter, you give your consent to receive periodic newsletters from us relevant to the content you see on this website. The content of these emails may include product and service promotions, along with content we deem appropriate to send you.
*Name, email address when a comment is left on the Blog Posts*
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..Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
*Cookies*
This is collected automatically
Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or device memory that help me improve my services as well as your experience.
By accepting cookies, you are giving me, as well as third parties I partner with, permission to place, store, and access cookies on your computer.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability or functionality of our Services
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes
*Google Analytics Privacy Notice*
This website uses Google Analytics to collect information such as age, gender, interests, demographics, etc., as well as on-site behavior (most-visited pages, navigation, etc.).Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
This service was set up to help me analyze traffic, improve my content/website in order to make it more helpful and functional for you, as well as to be able to market my products/services more efficiently.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
Why is your information collected?
TextureTones uses the information collected from you to do the following:–
- To deliver helpful content and update you on the upcoming art collections and other important and interesting news related to art via e-mail
- To provide customer care and support
- To help produce and improve content/offerings so that they can better serve the audience visiting this website
- To resolve problems or questions you may personally have regarding services offered.
Retention of Data
Personal data may be retained for as short as a period of one year or as long as an indefinite period of time. If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect, incomplete or wish for it to be deleted, please email us via support@texturetones.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect or remove any information you request to be deleted.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United Arab Emirates and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United Arab Emirates and process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Social Sharing Features
The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools like Facebook(like button), which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
Affiliate Disclosure
Texturetones is an affiliate of many online services, and products. Links on the site may be affiliate links and TextureTones may earn commissions for purchases that are made by visitors to the site. Read the full disclosure here.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@texturetones.com.
You can also very easily opt-out of communications by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email you receive, and ask for your account to be deleted, but be aware the some of the information you have provided in the past may remain accessible to the business owner as required by law or for legitimate business purposes for a certain period of time.
How is your information protected?
TextureTones does not sell, trade, transfer or use any of the information you provide for any other purposes than those outlined above. We work with reputable website hosting partners and other parties that assist us in operating this website, conducting our business, which all keep your information confidential. The only other reason your information may be used is when its release is appropriate and/or necessary in order to comply with the law, enforce site policies, or protect the website owner’s or others’ rights.
Third party links
TextureTones offers third party products or services on the website and blog posts that are directly related to the content she creates for the audience.This could be affiliate links which gets directed to an external link for purchase.Read the affiliate disclaimer here
TextureTones also sell their paintings as originals and prints and print on demand products on various sites and customers may get redirected to the external site for purchase of these paintings and artworks.
These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. TextureTones has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of/at these linked sites.
Privacy Policy Updates
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to our website or by sending you a notification). We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.