Rivelin Arts is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and users. We strive to be transparent about how we collect and use your information, to keep your information secure and to protect it from being inappropriately accessed, used and shared.
This Privacy Policy explains how we use any personal information we may collect about you when you use or visit our website; contact us or use our services through Etsy, Folksy or their related sites and services e.g. Paypal.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Rivelin Arts does not own or control. Please, consult the Privacy Policies of these service providers to learn about their privacy practices;
Who we are
We are a small creative business selling handmade fused glass gifts and jewellery on Etsy and Folksy. Our business and web hosting is based in the UK. Our website address is: http://www.rivelinarts.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We currently have no contact forms on our website, but you can contact us via Etsy or Folksy.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
How do I remove cookies? If you do not wish to have cookies on your computer or phone you can choose to remove them, and/or to block them altogether. You can read more about cookies and how to manage them on allabout.cookies.org
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 in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We currently do not run any analytics on the usage of this website and therefore do not collect any usage data through third parties.
Ordering information
By purchasing an item from us on Etsy or Folksy, you authorize these platforms to share with us certain information such as your name, username, email address, delivery address/recipient’s address, details of items you are ordering and how you paid (however not your credit card details). You may also choose to provide us with additional personal information for example for a custom order when contacting me directly.
How we use this information
The legal bases we apply to collect, use, and share your information:
1. We use all collected information primarily to provide our services i.e. to ensure the smooth processing and delivery of orders and to provide customer support, or settle disputes.
2. Your information may also be used for legal and tax purposes, if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases as required by tax law;
3. User information may also be used to improve and develop our services for our users/customers and to make the overall user experience more rewarding by using anonymized customer analysis, profiling and marketing services and in compliance with my obligations under the Folksy and Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.
By using our services, you are consenting to this Privacy Policy and to have your personal data you provide processed in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
How we may share your data
All personal information collected by Rivelin Arts is treated as strictly confidential. We share your personal information only for very limited reasons and in very limited circumstances, as follows:
Compliance with laws
We may disclose certain personal information if required by law or for the purposes of legal proceedings to: a) to respond to legal process or government requests; b) enforce my agreements, terms and policies; c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security or technical issues; or d) protect the rights, property, and safety of my customers, or others.
Etsy and Folksy
If you shop with us on Etsy/Folksy, we share information with Etsy and Folksy as necessary to provide you with our services and comply with our obligations under the Etsy /Folksy Privacy Policy and Etsy / Folksy Terms of Use.
Service providers
We may disclose part of Users’ personal information to our business partners and service providers, when this is required in order to provide the services you have ordered. For example: your Credit card information may be provided for payment confirmation and verification to the partnering entity involved in processing your payment; your name and address will be provided to the delivery companies we use to deliver you order.
The use of any data provided by Rivelin Arts to these partnering service providers is governed by their own Privacy Policies and is beyond our control.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data and as described here in our Privacy Policy.
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. Personal Data will be retained for a minimum period of 1 year and for a maximum period of 7 years following consent/purchase date as required for record retention for tax purposes.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Here we summarize your principal rights under data protection law. For a full explanation of these rights, please read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities.
Access.
You have the right to receive the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the contact information below.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive 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 any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Change, restrict, delete.
You can change, restrict my use of, or delete your personal information. We will generally delete your information upon request, absent exceptional circumstances such as when we are required to store data for legal reasons.
Object.
You can object to i) our processing some of your information based on our legitimate interests and ii) receiving marketing messages from us after giving your express consent to receive them. In such cases, we will delete your personal information unless we have compelling and legitimate grounds to retain that information for legal reasons.
Complain.
If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.
Where we may send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
International transfers of personal data
We may use third party services for storing and hosting of information which are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). As a result, we may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. In this case, we will ensure that information is protected to a level that meets the requirements of UK/EU law e.g. rely on Privacy Shield certification as the legal basis for the transfer.
The European Commission has made an “adequacy decision” with respect to the data protection laws of US. Transfers to USA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework.
You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.
How we protect your data
We strictly apply all industry standard security measures to protect your personal information and to prevent loss, misuse or alteration of your information. Such measures include without limitation: data encryption, password protected access to customer’s personal information, limited access to sensitive data, encrypted transfer of sensitive data etc.
Our website uses industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to guard your information. In addition, we have security procedures in place to protect our paper based systems and computerised databases from loss and misuse, and only allow access to them when it is absolutely necessary to do so.
There may be security and privacy limitations, which are beyond our control. By choosing to provide personal information to Rivelin Arts you understand and agree that the security, integrity and privacy of your information cannot be 100% guaranteed.
Changes to our privacy policy
We regularly review and update our privacy policy in compliance with legislation. This privacy policy was last updated 23 May 2018. You agree to regularly review this Privacy Policy for revisions and updates. By continuing to use our website and services after any posted revision, you agree to those changes.
How to contact us
Rivelin Arts and this website is owned and operated by
Monika Feigenbutz,
98 Sandygate Road,
Sheffield,
UK
You can contact us by post, to the postal address given above, via Etsy or Folksy, or by email, using the email address published on our website.