Privacy Policy
MAC is strongly committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our website or use the website to purchase a MAC membership, purchase artwork from the Online Gallery, make an online donation, or post a comment. MAC does not collect personal information about individuals, such as names and mailing or e-mail addresses, unless the individual visiting the MAC Website knowingly provides it. By using the MAC Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of MAC's Privacy Policy. The MAC Privacy Policy is outlined below.
MAC's policy on collecting information on the MAC website
Online Purchases
When you purchase artwork from the Online Gallery, we need to know your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address to process your order. We use PayPal to process your credit card information.
Online Memberships and Donations
When you purchase a MAC membership or make a donation to MAC online, we will ask you to provide us with the information we need to process your membership and/or to acknowledge your contribution. This information includes your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. We use PayPal to process your credit card information.
Online Surveys
From time to time, MAC may invite you to participate in surveys posted on the MAC Website or sent to you by e-mail. You may decide whether or not you wish to complete such surveys, which may ask about your background, occupation, or similar questions. We use this information to help us better understand our audience, which in turn allows us to better meet your needs and interests.
Children Twelve and Under
MAC does not solicit personal information from children. Visitors twelve years of age and under should remember that they are required to obtain an adult's permission before submitting any personal information to this or any other website.
MAC E-News
As a service, MAC offers visitors to the MAC Website the opportunity to subscribe to one or more of our online newsletters. If you choose to subscribe, you will receive MAC E-News. You may subscribe or unsubscribe at any time by following the E-News instructions.
Cookies
Cookies are small files of information that are stored on your computer's hard drive by your Web browser. The cookies we use do not contain any personal information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change the preferences of your browser so that it does not accept them. In order to use all the features of the MAC Online Store, we recommend that you accept cookies.
MAC's policy on the use and disclosure of the information it collects on the MAC Website
MAC uses the personal information you provide to us for internal purposes, such as filling and tracking your order, analyzing trends and collecting statistics. MAC may also compile and provide aggregate statistics about our visitors, customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying information.
We do not make our customer or member email addresses available to any other companies at this time.
If you have provided us with your e-mail address, we may send you e-mails in order to inform you of events or activities at or related to MAC that we believe may be of interest to you, or to alert you about sales or other promotional events at the MAC Online Store. If you do not want us to use your e-mail address to contact you for these purposes, you may send an e-mail message containing your name and postal address to marinarts@marinarts.org.
Use of Outside Vendors
MAC may from time to time retain qualified third-party vendors in order to help us manage the MAC Website and allow us to better serve our visitors and customers. These may include third-party vendors we engage to analyze the information we collect on the MAC Website for marketing or similar purposes. MAC requires its vendors to maintain the security of the information to which they are provided access and restricts the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by MAC.
We may contract with third parties who use cookies to collect information on our behalf. These parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of this information. If you would like to opt out of this use of your information, you can change the preferences of your browser so that it does not accept cookies. We may contract with companies or others to provide certain services, including credit card processing, data management, promotional services, etc. We provide these service providers with the information they need to perform these services, but we restrict the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by MAC.
Linking
The MAC Website may include links to websites operated by third parties over which we have no control. Once you leave the MAC Website, the MAC Privacy Policy will not apply, and you access such sites at your own risk. We have no responsibility for the content of linked websites.
Security
MAC collects personal information, including name, address, phone number and email address over the Internet. If you prefer, you may also purchase artwork from the Online Gallery, membership gifts or donations by calling (415) 666-2442.
Revisions to our Privacy Policy
Please note that MAC may revise its privacy policy at any time, without notice, such changes to be effective immediately upon posting on the MAC Website. Such revisions may arise in response to changes in the law, policy, or other factors. We encourage you to periodically visit this page to review our most current policy.
Contact MAC
Send your questions, comments, or concerns about our privacy policy or any other aspect of our website to marinarts@marinarts.org.