Art Castings Privacy Policy
- Your privacy is very important to us. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Please read this
privacy policy to learn more about the ways in which we use and protect your personal The privacy practices of this statement apply to our services available under the domain - Artcastings.co.in (the “Site”) and apply generally to our parent, affiliates, subsidiaries or joint venture websites whose specific privacy policies are available from our Privacy Central pages.
- By visiting this website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Site.
- This Privacy Policy describes the information, as part of the normal operation of our services; we collect from you and what may happen to that information.
- By accepting the Privacy Policy and the User Agreement in registration, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the User Agreement. - This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance in registration for new registering users, and is otherwise effective on April 1, 2024 for all users.
Art Castings Privacy Guarantee
- Art Castings promises that we will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. From time to time we
may reveal and disclose to third parties general information about our Web site and visitors, such as number of visitors, profiles of visitors and other demographic information
number and type of goods and services purchased, etc. - When you use our Site, we collect and store your personal information from you. Our primary goal in doing so is to provide a safe, efficient, smooth and customized experience.
This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customize our Site to make your experience safer and easier. - Importantly, we only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose. We may automatically track certain information about you based upon your behavior on our site. We use this information to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behavior to better understand, protect and serve our users. This information is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), your computer browser information, and your IP
- We use data collection devices such as “cookies” on certain pages of the Site to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety.
- “Cookies” are small files placed on your hard drive that assist us in providing our services. We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a “cookie”.
- We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are “session cookies,” meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session.
- You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Site and you may be required to
reenter your password more frequently during a session. - Additionally, you may encounter “cookies” or other similar devices on certain pages of the Site that are placed by third parties. For example, if you view a web page created by a user, there may be a “cookie” placed within that web page. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
- If you choose buy on the Site, we collect information about your buying behavior. We also collect other users’ comments about you in our feedback area. If you establish a credit account with us to pay the fees we charge, we collect some additional information, such as a billing address, a credit card number and a credit card expiration date and tracking information from cheques or money orders.
- If you register for the Site on another web site or use a website providing a service for Art Castings or a web site that helps facilitates your activity on the Site, that web site may
provide personal information about you and your transactions back to us. - We use your personal information to facilitate the services you request. We use your personal information in the file we maintain about you, and other information we obtain
from your current and past activities on the Site to: resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; help promote safe trading; collect fees owed; measure consumer interest in the
services provided by us, inform you about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other
criminal activity; enforce our User Agreement; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. - At times, we may look across multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your personal information to identify users using multiple User IDs or aliases. We may compare and review your personal information for errors, omissions and for accuracy.
- You agree that we may use personal information about you to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, to analyze site usage, improve the Site’s content and product offerings, and customize the Site’s content, layout, and services. These uses improve the Site and better tailor it to meet your needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized experience while using the Site.
- We may use your personal information to contact you and deliver information or goods to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Site.
- By accepting the User Agreement and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications in your profile. You may make changes to your profile at any time.
- We may also use your information to deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as new services and promotions. The following are
examples of some categories of persons to whom we would share your information with from time-to-time.
Advertisements
- Where a user enters information on any form of an advertiser, the information is simultaneously collected by Art Castings and the advertiser. The information is used by Art
Castings in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy and is used by the advertiser as per the advertiser’s prevalent privacy policies. - Because we do not control the privacy practices of these advertisers, you should evaluate their practices before deciding to provide the said information. Art Castings may also aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts) personally identifiable information and disclose such information in a non personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for other marketing and promotional purposes.
- When a user lists a classified advertisement, and the advertisement receives an expression of interest by the interested user, the interested user will be provided the contact
information of the user listing the advertisement as provided in that user’s registration - When a user expresses an interest in a classified advertisement, the user who has listed the advertisement will be provided the contact information of the interested user as
provided in the interested user’s registration form. - We may use third parties that we refer to as internal service providers to facilitate or outsource one or more aspects of the business, product and service operations that we
provide to you on the Site (e.g., search technology, discussion boards, bill collection, affiliate and rewards programs, co-branded credit cards) and therefore we may provide some of
your personal information directly to these internal service providers. - These internal service providers’ are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions that prohibit their use of the information we provide them for any other purpose except to facilitate the specific outsourced Site related operation, unless you have explicitly agreed or given your prior permission to them for additional uses.
- In some instances, the internal service provider may collect information directly from you (such as for Site surveys or for a co-branded credit card). In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement of the internal service provider, and all additional information you provide them and their additional uses will be strictly up to you.
- If you provide additional information to an internal service provider directly, then their use of your personal information is governed by their applicable privacy policy.
- We share much of our data, including personal information about you, with our parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, and joint ventures that are committed to serving your online trading
needs and related services, throughout the world. - To the extent that these entities have access to your information, they will treat it at least as prospectively as they treat information they obtain from their other users. Our parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, and joint ventures follow privacy practices no less protective of all users than our practices described in this document, to the extent allowed by applicable law.
- Art Castings, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, its joint ventures, or any combination of such, will share some or all of your personal information with another business entity should we plan to, merge with, or be acquired by that business entity.
- Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws.
- Therefore, in response to a request by law enforcement or other government officials relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity, we can (and you authorize us
to) disclose any and all information about you including your name, city, state, telephone number, email address, User ID history, fraud complaints, and bidding and listing history. - Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not
otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. - By way of example (without limiting the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose personal information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or users may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect from the Site. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.
- Children are not eligible to use our Site and we ask that minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are under the age of 18, you cannot purchase any items on the Site.
- To protect your privacy and security, we will verify your identity before granting access or making changes to your personally-identifying information. If you have registered your
profile on Art Castings, your Art Castings ID and Password are required in order to access your profile information. - When you place orders or access your account information, we offer the use of a secure. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you put in before it is sent
to us. Furthermore, all of the customer data we collect is protected against unauthorized access. - To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure correct use of information, we will employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies.
- By using the Site, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the Site by Art Castings. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. - Any changes to our privacy policy will be communicated through our Website at least 10 days in advance of implementation.