Privacy Policy – ArtAroundLife

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European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and European Economic Area (EEA) countries

(Currently, our platform does not offer services to customers or merchants located in Europe, including the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and European Economic Area (EEA) countries. We do not support sales, shipping, or VAT invoicing to these regions at this time. We are working towards expanding our service coverage in the future. Thank you for your understanding.)

Privacy Policy

Data Controller, Data Protection Officer, and EU Representative
- 1.1 ArtAroundLife LLC (“ArtAroundLife”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) serves as the joint data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applicable in the EU and UK.
- 1.2 You can contact our Data Protection Officer at: support@artaroundlife.com.
What Is Personal Data
Personal data refers to any information that can directly or indirectly identify you, such as your name, address, phone number, mobile number, fax number, and email address.
Types of Personal Information We Collect
- 3.1 Web Server Logs (Including IP Addresses)
  When you access and use our marketplace, our web servers automatically collect access data for technical reasons. This data, transmitted automatically by your device, may include your IP address, date and time of access, pages visited, file names and data volumes transferred, success or failure messages, referring websites, browser type, operating system, and your internet service provider’s domain name and address.
- 3.2 Personal Data You Provide During Use of Our Services
  - (a) We collect personal data you voluntarily provide to operate and manage the marketplace in accordance with our User Agreement and to deliver our services. This includes:
    - Username and email address when creating an account.
    - Name, shipping address, phone number, email address, and payment information when ordering products.
    - Identification documents, legal name, business name, address, phone number, email, bank information, tax ID, date of birth, business registration number, VAT number, tax residency country, and tax status when selling products.
    - Email address when filling out forms or contacting us.
  - (b) With your consent, we collect your email address during newsletter and promotional sign-ups.
  - (c) Some personal data may be considered “sensitive” under applicable data protection laws, and we process such data accordingly.
How We Process Your Personal Data
- 4.1 We process your personal data to:
  - Facilitate sales and orders on the marketplace.
  - Monitor and maintain marketplace performance.
  - Provide customer support via chat, email, forums, social media, or phone.
  - Enable communication through message boards, chat rooms, or interactive forums.
    Please note that comments made on public forums are visible to others, and we cannot control how this information is used by other visitors.
- 4.2 We process your personal data to prevent and detect fraud on the marketplace.
- 4.3 We process your personal data to:
  - Enhance your user experience.
  - Improve and optimize the marketplace and our services.
  - Prepare promotional materials and targeted advertising.
- 4.4 With your consent, we process your personal data to provide and optimize our email marketing efforts, including newsletters and promotional information about ArtAroundLife activities, services, products, and special offers. You can withdraw your consent at any time by following the instructions in our emails or contacting us at support@ArtAroundLife.com.
- 4.5 In cases of system abuse, we may cooperate with your internet service provider and/or local authorities using information collected by our web servers to identify the source of the abuse.
Sharing and Transfer of Personal Data
- 5.1 To process and coordinate sales or orders between users, we may share your name, shipping address, and phone number with production, printing, logistics, or processing service providers. These details are used solely for order processing and not for marketing purposes.
- 5.2 If a third party claims that content you have transmitted through the marketplace infringes applicable laws or their rights, we may, as legally required, share your name, address, and relevant content information with the third party to assert their rights.
- 5.3 We may outsource the processing of personal data to external service providers acting on our behalf. If these providers are located outside the EU or EEA, we will implement appropriate safeguards to ensure the security of your personal data.
- 5.4 To offer Klarna’s payment options, we may pass your personal data in the form of contact and order details to Klarna at checkout, so Klarna can assess your eligibility and tailor the payment options for you. Your personal data is handled in accordance with Klarna’s privacy policy.
- 5.5 We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers. We use IP anonymization to ensure that your IP address is truncated within the EU/EEA.
- 5.6 For tax reporting obligations in the U.S. and Canada, we are required to verify certain information collected through the Stripe Connect solution. This may include identification documents, seller’s name, address, tax ID, date of birth, business name, business registration number, and federal employer identification number (FEIN). For more information on how Stripe processes your data, please refer to Stripe’s privacy policy.
- 5.7 We use Microsoft Clarity to capture how users interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replays to improve and promote our products/services. Microsoft Clarity may use anonymized behavioral data to train its proprietary machine learning models. For more information on how Microsoft collects and uses your data, please visit Microsoft’s privacy statement.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
We take all necessary and reasonable measures to ensure the security of your personal data. However, due to the inherent nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee that information transmitted or stored electronically is completely secure. Payments are processed through encrypted connections or secure data processors. Access to your personal data is restricted to authorized personnel who require it for their duties, and external service providers must sign data processing agreements requiring them to protect your personal data.
Retention Period
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. After this period, your personal data will be deleted.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
For information on how we use cookies and similar technologies to process personal data within the marketplace, please refer to our Cookie Policy, which is part of this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights Under Data Protection Laws
Depending on applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights:
- (a) Access, Correction, Deletion, and Restriction Rights: You can request information about your personal data stored by us and request corrections, deletions, or restrictions on processing.
- (b) Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or request its transfer to another controller.
- (c) Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
- (d) Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have consented to the collection and processing of your personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time, effective going forward.
- (e) Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.
U.S. State Law Disclosures
This section applies only to users of our marketplace residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Virginia, or Utah. “Personal information” refers to information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is reasonably capable of being associated with a particular consumer or household.

Please refer to the table below, which lists the categories of personal information we have collected, disclosed for business purposes, sold, or used for business purposes in the past 12 months, the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.

We do not rent or sell your personal data for marketing or other purposes. We may share your personal information for purposes including cross-context behavioral advertising (also known as “targeted advertising”), in which case we will comply with applicable legal obligations

Category	We Collect	We Disclose	We Sell	Categories of Third Parties with Whom We Share Personal Information
A. Identifiers Examples: Name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.	Yes	Yes	No	• Affiliates • Analytics Providers • Vendors • Integrated Third Parties
B. Categories of Personal Information in Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.80(e) Examples: Name, signature, social security number, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.	Yes	Yes	No	• Vendors • Integrated Third Parties
C. Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California or Federal Law Examples: Race or color, ancestry or national origin, religion or creed, age (over 40), mental or physical disability, sex (including gender and pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military, and veteran status.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
D. Commercial Information Examples: Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	Yes	Yes	No	• Vendors • Integrated Third Parties
E. Biometric Information Examples: Physiological, biological, or behavioral characteristics, including DNA, that can be used, singly or in combination with each other or with other identifying data, to establish individual identity, such as imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns or rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
F. Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information Examples: Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement.	Yes	Yes	No	• Analytics Providers • Integrated Third Parties
G. Geolocation Data Examples: Precise physical location.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
H. Sensory Information Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
I. Professional or employment-related information Examples: Job application or resume information and past and current job history.	Yes	Yes	No	• Vendors
J. Non-Public Education Information (as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99) Examples: Records that are directly related to a student maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
K. Inferences Drawn from Personal Information Examples: Consumer profiles reflecting a consumer’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.	No	N/A	N/A	N/A

We collect, use, and disclose your personal information for the specific business and commercial purposes described in Sections 3–5 of this policy.

In the twelve months since the last update of this notice, we have collected personal information from the following categories of sources:

You/Your Devices: Directly from you or your device.
Users: Other users of our services.
Affiliates.
Analytics Providers.
Operating Systems/Platform Providers.
Social Networks.
Partners: Business partners.

As described in Section 5 of this policy, we share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:

Affiliates.
Analytics Providers.
Vendors: Vendors and service providers.
Integrated Third Parties: Third parties integrated into our services.
Third Parties as Legally Required: Third parties and similar disclosures as required by law.
Third Parties in Mergers/Acquisitions: Third parties in connection with mergers, sales, or asset transfers.
Third Parties with Your Consent: Other third parties to whom we disclose your personal information with your permission.

10.1 California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, California residents have certain rights regarding the collection, use, and sharing of their personal information.

As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to opt out of the sharing of your personal information with third parties for targeted advertising. We do not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. You may designate an agent to make requests on your behalf, provided you confirm that the agent is authorized to act for you. In addition to the CCPA, California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section 1798.83) allows California consumers to request certain information regarding the disclosure of personal information by ArtAroundLife to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To exercise your rights, please email the ArtAroundLife privacy team at support@artaroundlife.com. We are not aware of selling or sharing personal information of consumers under 16.

10.1.1 Right to Know and Access

You may submit a verifiable request to know: (i) the categories of personal information we have collected, sold, or disclosed; (ii) the purposes for which we collected or sold personal information; (iii) the categories of sources of personal information; (iv) the categories of third parties to whom we disclose or sell personal information; and (v) specific personal information we have collected about you in the past twelve months.

10.1.2 Right to Delete

Subject to certain exceptions, you may submit a verifiable request to have us delete personal information we collected from you.

10.1.3 Verification

Requests to access or delete personal information depend on our ability to reasonably verify your identity in accordance with relevant CCPA requirements, limitations, and regulations. We may require you to provide personal information matching what we already have to verify your request.

10.1.4 Authorized Agent

To designate an agent to make access or deletion requests on your behalf, please email support@artaroundlife.com.

10.1.5 Submitting Requests

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please click the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link in the footer or email support@artaroundlife.com. Only you or an authorized agent may submit a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. The request must:

Provide sufficient information for ArtAroundLife to reasonably verify your identity; and
Describe your request with enough detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

10.1.6 Right to Equal Service and Price

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment when exercising your CCPA rights, subject to certain limitations. ArtAroundLife may offer certain financial incentives as permitted by the CCPA that could result in different prices, rates, or levels of quality. Any such incentives will reasonably relate to the value of your personal information and will include written terms describing the program. Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw your consent at any time.

10.1.7 Shine the Light

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code § 1798.83) allows California consumers to request information regarding ArtAroundLife’s disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please email support@artaroundlife.com.

10.2 Colorado Residents: Your Colorado Privacy Rights

Under the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), effective July 1, 2023, Colorado residents have certain rights regarding their personal data. We do not sell your personal data and will not do so without providing notice and the right to opt out. We may engage in “targeted advertising” as defined in the CPA.

Starting July 1, 2023, you have the right to:

Opt out of targeted advertising;
Request to know what personal data has been collected about you and access that information;
Correct inaccuracies in your personal data;
Request deletion of your personal data, subject to exceptions under the CPA and other laws;
Obtain a copy of your personal data.

To exercise your rights or to appeal decisions regarding your request, please email the ArtAroundLife privacy team at support@artaroundlife.com.

10.3 Connecticut Residents: Your Connecticut Privacy Rights

Under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), effective July 1, 2023, Connecticut residents have rights similar to those described for Colorado residents above. We do not sell your personal data and will not do so without providing notice and an opportunity to opt out. We may engage in “targeted advertising” as defined in the CTDPA.

To exercise your rights or to appeal decisions regarding your request, please email support@artaroundlife.com.

10.4 Nevada Residents: Your Nevada Privacy Rights

Nevada law (SB 220) requires website operators to provide Nevada consumers the ability to opt out of the sale of certain personal information. We do not sell your personal information as defined under Nevada law and will not do so without providing notice and an opportunity to opt out.

To exercise your rights, please email the ArtAroundLife privacy team at support@artaroundlife.com.

10.5 Virginia Residents: Your Virginia Privacy Rights

Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), effective January 1, 2023, Virginia residents have rights similar to those described for Colorado and Connecticut residents. We do not sell your personal data and will not do so without notice and an opportunity to opt out. We may engage in “targeted advertising” as defined in the CDPA.

To exercise your rights or to appeal decisions regarding your request, please email support@artaroundlife.com.

10.6 Utah Residents: Your Utah Privacy Rights

Under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), effective December 31, 2023, Utah residents have rights similar to those described above. We do not sell your personal data and will not do so without notice and an opportunity to opt out. We may engage in “targeted advertising” as defined in the UCPA.

To exercise your rights, please email support@artaroundlife.com.

Complaints

If you have questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or ArtAroundLife’s privacy/data protection practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer using the information in Section 1. Depending on your location, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Changes

ArtAroundLife reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time to comply with new regulations or provide new services. We will indicate changes by updating the “Last Revised and Effective Date” below and may take additional steps as required by law to notify you of significant changes. Please check regularly to ensure you stay up to date.

Last Revised and Effective Date: June 15, 2025.