Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 02, 2023

This Privacy Policy outlines the rules and practices we follow in handling your personal information when you use the Artverses platform (“Website”). We are committed to transparency, ensuring you understand how we collect, use, and protect your data. This policy complies with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

By using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If we update our Privacy Policy, we will notify you. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our Website.

1 Interpretation and Definitions

1.1 Interpretation

The words with capitalized initial letters have specific meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions apply regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.

1.2 Definitions

- Account: A unique account created for you to access our Website. Registration is required to buy or sell on our Website, and you must provide accurate and current information during registration.
- Advertisement Page (“Art Ads page”): A page where you can view ads from other users.
- Cookies: For more information about cookies, please see our Cookie Policy.
- Buyer: A user who intends to purchase one or more artworks on our Website.
- Company (“We,” “Us,” or “Our”): Refers to Artverses.
- Device: Any device that can access our Website (e.g., computer, cellphone).
- Seller: A user who offers one or more artworks on our Website.
- Single Ad Page (“Single Art Ad page”): An individual Art Ad of the seller.
- User: Anyone who wants to become or is a Seller or Buyer.
- Visitor: Any user that uses our Website. For more details, see our Terms of Use [link].
- Website: Refers to Artverses, our site Artverses.
- You/Your: Refers to you as an individual using our Website.

2 How and Why We Collect Your Personal Data

2.1 Registration

During registration, we collect the following data to complete your registration and provide future access to your Artverses account:

- Username
- Email address

2.2 Profile Information:

Providing additional information on your account is optional. If you choose to do so, we collect and use the following data:

- Full name
- Language
- Location
- Profile photo
- Phone number
- Information provided in the “About You” section
- Information provided in the “Other Contacts” section

2.2.1 Seller Card:

The Seller Card is linked to your profile information and displays the following data to identify you as the author of the Ad. By default, only your username and registration date are visible. Other data is optional.

- Username
- Registration date
- Information provided in the “Other Contacts” section, “About You” section, Profile photo, Location, Language

2.3 Creating an Ad:

If you decide to offer your artwork, we collect and use the following data to create, publish, categorize, and delete ads on the Website. The data collected may vary depending on the item category.

- Title
- Photos of the item (Main Photo and Gallery)
- Price
- Country
- Category
- Weight
- Size
- Style
- Used Supplies
- Topic
- Colors
- Shipping options
- Frame
- Content

2.4 Contact Forms:

Our website contains various forms to help you resolve issues or improve our Website. These forms collect and use the following data:

- Your name
- Username
- Email address
- Optional information you provide

2.5 Data Collection to Improve Your Experience:

To personalize the artwork you see on the Art Ads page, we collect and use the following data:

- Country
- Language
- Information about your activity on the Website

2.5.1 Data Collection to Improve Our Website:

We aim to make our Website as safe and user-friendly as possible. For this purpose, we collect data such as visiting time, button clicks, page clicks, and single ad clicks. Detailed information on data collection can be found in sections 2.1., 2.2., 2.3., 2.4., 2.5., and 2.7. of this Privacy Policy.

2.6 Data Shared with Third-Party Services:

To improve our Website, we collect individual data and notify you about cookies when you first enter our Website. You can customize your cookie settings.

2.6.1 Google Analytics:

We use Google Analytics to collect data on how you use our Website, which helps us understand user behavior and improve the Website. The information collected by Google Analytics includes your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and other usage data. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.

2.6.2 Data Collected for Analytics:

We use the following data to analyze user behavior on our Website. This helps us improve your experience and make the Website safer:

- User Information
- Device Information
- Pages viewed and interactions on the Website
- Demographical Information
- Traffic Sources If you do not want to share your data, you can use a browser that does not prefer data collection.

2.7 Improving Security of Your Account and Our Website:

We collect data mentioned in sections 2.1., 2.2., 2.3., 2.4., 2.5., and 2.5.1. to protect your account from attacks and other security issues.

3 What Personal Data We Collect

The personal data we collect includes:

- Username
- Email address
- Full name
- Profile photo
- Language
- Country/Location
- Registration date
- Data for analytics
- Optional personal information in “About You” section
- Optional personal information in “Other Contacts” section
- Information about your Ad (detailed in section 2.3.)
- Information about your activity
- Information necessary for the security of your account

4 How We Use Information

4.1 Other Members:

When you create an offer or message another user, some of your data may be shared with other users. If you create an offer, data mentioned in section 2.3. may be displayed. Other users can also see information on your Seller Card (section 2.2.1.).

4.2 Analytics:

We use data mentioned in sections 2.6.1. and 2.6.2. to analyze user behavior, interactions with the Website, traffic, etc. This helps us make the Website better and safer by detecting and solving issues.

4.3 To Contact You:

We may use your data to contact you regarding your account or any issues you might encounter on the Website. The ways We can contact you is Your e-mail or via Your account on Artverses.

4.4 To Manage Your Account:

We use your data to manage your account, including registration and access to your Artverses account.

4.5 Payments:

Currently, payments between users are handled independently. In the future, we plan to integrate a payment service provider to facilitate transactions securely. Until then, users are fully responsible for managing their own payment transactions, and the Artverses platform assumes no responsibility for payments between users.

4.6. User Communications:

Users can provide their social media handles on their Seller Card for direct communication. Alternatively, when a buyer is interested in an artwork, an email is sent to the seller from our platform with the buyer’s contact details. We advise users to exercise caution and responsibility when communicating with others.

5 Your Rights

As a user, you have certain rights regarding your personal data under GDPR, including:

- The right to access your data
- The right to rectify any inaccurate data
- The right to erase your data
- The right to restrict processing of your data
- The right to data portability
- The right to object to the processing of your data If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form on our Website.

6 Third-Party Services

We may share your data with third-party services to improve our Website. These services include analytics and security providers. You will be notified about cookies when you first enter our Website and can customize your cookie settings.

7 Security

We prioritize the security of your data and use various measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8 Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide any personal information through our Website. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 18, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.

9 Data Transfer

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 from those of your jurisdiction. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

10 Retention of Data

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

11 Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Artverses aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. If you wish to be informed about what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

- The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent.

12 Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

13 Your Data Protection Rights Under CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have certain data protection rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights include:

- The right to know what personal data is being collected about you.
- The right to access your personal data.
- The right to request deletion of your personal data.
- The right to know if your personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom.
- The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal data.
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.
  To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form on our Website.

14 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

15 Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or need assistance, please contact us using the form on our Website or by emailing us at artverse@art-verses.com.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on October 7th, 2023.