PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated October 2023

We, kristineart.com ("Kristine Rapohina," "we," "us," or "our"), have developed this Privacy Policy to address your concerns about the usage and sharing of the information you provide to us. Our Privacy Policy covers the collection and use of information through both online means when you visit our website kristineart.com, and offline when you provide us with information.

By visiting our Website, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy of which govern your use of the Websites. By providing us information offline, you are also agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

In the course of operating the Websites and/or interacting with you, we will collect (and/or receive) the following types of information.

1. Personal information

Should you choose to subscribe to our newsletters, participate in a survey, enroll in a class, or make a purchase, you may need to furnish us with personal details, including your name, address, email address, and phone number. We do not gather personal information from website visitors unless they willingly provide such information, for instance, during registration, email correspondence, or newsletter sign-up. These details collectively constitute what we refer to as "Personal Information."

2. Order information

When you make a purchase, it is essential to furnish us with specific details regarding the products and services you wish to buy. Such information is collectively called the "Order Information."

3. Billing information

To complete a purchase of a product or service, you will need to supply specific details in addition to the previously mentioned Personal Information and Order Information. This additional set of information may encompass your debit card number, credit card number, expiration date, billing address, activation codes, and related data, collectively referred to as "Billing Information." It's important to note that we do not have access to the Billing Information. This information will be gathered and managed by our third-party payment providers in accordance with their respective privacy policies and terms of use.

4. Other information

Apart from the previously mentioned information, we may gather additional data, collectively known as "Other Information." This category of information may encompass the following:

a. Provided by You: Additional information about yourself that you voluntarily furnish to us, such as household income range, gender, product and service preferences, and other data that does not personally identify you, often via surveys.

b. Derived from Your Activity: Information that is automatically collected during your use of the Websites, including, but not limited to:

IP addresses, which can be static or dynamic and may occasionally point to a specific identifiable computer or device.

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Browser type and language.
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Referring and exit pages and URLs.
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Date and time of interactions.
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Duration of visits to specific pages.
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Areas of the Websites you frequent.
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Information regarding your device, encompassing device type, universally unique ID ("UUID"), advertising identifier ("IDFA"), MAC address, operating system, and version (e.g., iOS, Android, or Windows), carrier and country location, hardware details, network type (e.g., WiFi, 3G, 4G, LTE), and similar data.

c. Data Collected via Cookies: Information obtained through the use of "cookie" technology. Cookies are small packets of data stored by a website on your computer's or mobile device's hard drive, allowing your device to retain information about your visit. We may employ both session cookies (which expire upon closing your web browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device until manually deleted) to assist in gathering Other Information and enhancing your user experience on the Websites. If you choose not to accept cookies from us, you may be able to disable this feature on your computer or mobile device, as outlined in your Internet browser's documentation. However, please be aware that disabling cookies may affect the proper functioning of the Websites.

d. Third-Party Analytics: We utilize third-party analytics services to assess your interactions with the Websites. These services generate reports on user activity, collect demographic information, analyze performance metrics, and compile and evaluate additional data related to your usage of the Websites, as well as mobile and internet usage. These third-party providers use cookies and similar technologies to aid in data analysis and provide us with relevant information. By accessing and using the Websites, you grant your consent to the processing of your data by these analytics providers as outlined in this Privacy Policy.


We may share the Other Information concerning your activities on the Websites with third parties for the purpose of customizing, analyzing, managing, reporting, and enhancing the advertising you encounter on the Websites and other platforms. These third parties might employ cookies, pixel tags (also known as web beacons or clear gifs), and/or other technologies to gather such Other Information for these objectives. Pixel tags facilitate the recognition of a browser's cookie by us and these third-party advertisers when a browser visits the site containing the pixel tag, enabling us to ascertain which advertisement leads a user to a particular site.

For users who have registered on the Websites, you have the option to access, review, and make modifications to your Personal Information, Billing Information, and specific Other Information as guided by the instructions available on the Websites. Additionally, you can manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by selecting the "unsubscribe" option in any marketing email sent by Kristine Rapohina. It's important to note that customers are unable to opt out of transactional emails related to their accounts or Orders. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to process such requests in a prompt manner. However, please be aware that it may not always be feasible to completely delete or amend information in our subscription databases.

Utilization and Disclosure of Information

We utilize the Personal Information, Order Information, and Other Information (collectively referred to as the "Information") to provide our services, process Orders, administer rewards and promotional programs, enhance and maintain our Websites and services, gather your feedback, and keep you informed about our products, services, and those offered by our third-party marketing partners.

For the purpose of processing your Orders and providing support to you, we will access, employ, and share the Information as needed. This may include sharing the Information (excluding Billing Information) with third-party promotional and marketing partners who participate in our programs. Third-party applications or services, with your consent, may also access your Personal Information. We employ standard OAuth (open authorization) to enable you to grant permission for sharing your Personal Information with other websites and services, such as Facebook and Twitter. This is typically done when you agree to a pop-up request to allow another application to access your account information. OAuth also allows us to share information stored by us about you without disclosing your security credentials.

To assist in our operations, including technical support, Order fulfillment, customer service, and marketing assistance, we may engage other companies and individuals. These entities will have access to the Information solely as required to fulfill their roles and within the bounds of the law.

As part of our ongoing efforts to gain insights into our Visitors, customers, products, and services, we may analyze Order Information and Other Information in an aggregated format. This analysis aids us in running, maintaining, managing, and enhancing our Websites and products. The aggregated data we generate from this analysis does not personally identify you. We may share this aggregated data with our affiliates, agents, and business partners. Additionally, we might disclose summarized user statistics for the purpose of describing our products and services to potential and existing business partners, as well as other third parties, in compliance with applicable laws.

In the course of our business development, we may acquire or divest businesses or assets. If a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, asset sale, dissolution, or a similar occurrence takes place, the Information may be included as part of the transferred assets.

We may also disclose the Information as permitted by law in the following situations: (i) when required by law, court order, or government, law enforcement, or regulatory authority; or (ii) whenever we deem it necessary or prudent, such as to protect the rights, property, or safety of kristineart.com or others.

Protection, Children, and External Websites

We employ commercially reasonable measures to safeguard the Information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, it's important to note that no security system is impervious. We cannot provide an absolute guarantee of our databases' security or assure that the Information you provide won't be intercepted during transmission over the Internet. Specifically, email communication to or from the Websites may not be entirely secure, so exercise caution when determining the type of information you share with us via email.

Our Websites do not intentionally collect Personal Information from individuals under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please refrain from providing any Personal Information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to supervise their children's online activities and reinforce adherence to our Privacy Policy by instructing them not to disclose Personal Information through the Websites without permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under 16 has furnished Personal Information to us, please get in touch, and we will make efforts to remove that information from our databases.

The Websites might include links to third-party websites. We lack control over the privacy practices or content of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors, or other websites to which we provide links. Consequently, we disclaim responsibility for the content and privacy policies of these third-party websites. When visiting other websites, it is advisable to review their relevant third-party privacy policy and terms of use.

The effective date of this Privacy Policy is as specified at the top of this document. We may revise this Privacy Policy on occasion. By accessing the Websites and/or utilizing our services following any such revisions, you are considered to have accepted these changes. It's important to note that, in accordance with applicable law, the use of the Information is governed by the Privacy Policy that was in place at the time of Information collection. We recommend revisiting this Privacy Policy periodically.