Privacy Policy for Donald E. Simon – dessimon.com
Last Updated: [10/1/2024]
At dessimon.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide while interacting with our website, whether you’re purchasing paintings or books, leaving comments, or just browsing. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using our site, you agree to the terms outlined below.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://dessimon.com. This website is operated by Donald E. Simon, offering original paintings, artwork, and books.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (or hash) generated from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to see if you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images posted on the site.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to improve user experience.
- Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter them when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
- Login Information: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Upon logging in, cookies are set to save your login details for two days, and your screen display preferences for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
- Content Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited, expiring after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the external website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in on that external website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments: If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- User Accounts: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, though username changes are not allowed. Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
E-Commerce: What We Collect and Store
When you purchase from our store, we collect information to process and fulfill your order:
- Products You’ve Viewed: We track the products you view to offer personalized recommendations.
- Location, IP Address, and Browser Type: This helps us estimate taxes and shipping costs.
- Shipping Address: We ask for this to estimate shipping costs before you place an order and to send your purchased items.
We also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you browse our site.
When you make a purchase, we will ask for your name, billing address, shipping address, email, phone number, credit card/payment details, and optional account information like a username and password. This information is used for the following purposes:
- To send information about your account and order
- To respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- To process payments and prevent fraud
- To set up your account in our store
- To comply with legal obligations, such as calculating taxes
- To improve our store offerings
- To send you marketing messages if you opt-in to receive them
We store your information as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. This includes storing order information for [X] years for tax and accounting purposes, including your name, email address, billing, and shipping addresses.
We also store any comments or reviews you choose to leave.
Who on Our Team Has Access
Members of our team have access to the information you provide. For example:
- Administrators and Shop Managers can access order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased, and where it should be sent, as well as customer information such as your name, email address, and billing/shipping details.
This access helps us fulfill orders, process refunds, and provide customer support.
What We Share with Others
We share information with third-party services that help us provide and manage our store and services, such as:
- Payments: We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information needed to process or support your payment, such as the purchase total and billing information. Please review PayPal’s Privacy Policy here for more details.
Security of Your Information
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. You are encouraged to review this policy periodically to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: info@dessimon.com
Phone: +1(315)400 8240
By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.