Our Policies

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This Policy describes the information we gather from you and how we use that information. It applies to any of the Services that Black Art Today! or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates provide.

Protecting your information—and being open about the ways Black Art Today! uses it—is one of the essential vows we make to you. You trust us with your private information, and we take our responsibility to protect that trust very seriously.

What We Collect

In order for you to purchase a product and use our Services, we need to collect and process some information. Depending on your use of the Services, that may include:

• Information that you provide by completing forms on Black Art Today! - your name, email and postal addresses, telephone number, and country of residence. We will ask for this information if you purchase any products, subscribe to our newsletters, upload or submit any material through Black Art Today! , or request any information;
• Details of any requests or transactions you make through the Services. All payment information you submit is collected and used by our payment processors in accordance with their privacy policies. Black Art Today! doesn’t store your payment information apart from the last four digits of your account, expiration date, and country, which we require for tax, government regulatory, and security purposes;
• Information about your activity on and interaction with Black Art Today! (such as your IP address, the type of device or browser you use, and your actions on the site);
• Communications you send to us (for example, when you ask for support, send us questions or comments, or report a problem); and
• Information that you submit to Black Art Today! in the form of comments, contributions to discussions, or messages to other users

How We Use This Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To keep your account secure;
• To enable us to provide you with our Services, and to improve, promote, and protect our Services;
• To set up and administer your account, contact you, and customize your experience on Black Art Today! (for example, to show you prints that we think may interest you based on your previous use); and
• To track use of the Services so that we can improve Black Art Today!.

How We Share Information

Information that’s shared publicly

When you submit your images, we create a featured artist page for you on https://blackarttoday.com, containing your name, images, and bio. Here are some of the things that will be publicly viewable from business submission, or elsewhere on Black Art Today!:

• Your name, and the date it was created;
• Any information you choose to add to your bio;

Artist are asked to verify their identities before their images are posted. Once this has been done, the Artist Verified Name will be publicly displayed on the featured artist page.

Information that isn’t shared publicly

The following data will not be publicly displayed or revealed to other users:

• Any payment information you provide;
• Your IP address;
• Communications you send to us (for example, when you ask for support, send us questions or comments, or report a problem).

We never post anything to your Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or other third-party accounts without your permission. We do not and will not sell your data.

Trusted third-party services

We may share your information with certain trusted third-party services to help us provide, improve, promote, or protect Black Art Today! (like when we partner with payment processors, or use services that help us manage our ads on other sites). When we share data with third-party services that support our delivery of the Black Art Today! Services, we require that they use your information only for the purposes we’ve authorized, and that they protect your personal information at least to the same standards we do. We may also share information that’s aggregated and anonymized in a way that it doesn’t directly identify you.

Information that’s shared to protect Black Art Today! and comply with the Law

We do reserve the right to disclose personal information when we believe that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with the law or law enforcement, to prevent fraud or abuse, or to protect Black Art Today! legal rights.

Email

We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. We try to keep emails to a minimum and give you the ability to opt out of any marketing communications we send. We will send you email relating to your transactions on Black Art Today!. You will also receive certain marketing email communications, in accordance with your preferences, and from which you may opt out at any time. We’ll also send you service-related announcements when it’s necessary to do so.

Access to Your Information

To modify or delete the personal information you’ve provided to us, please let us know and we will make the necessary changes. We may retain certain information as required by law or for necessary business purposes.

On request, we will give you a copy of all the personal information about you that we hold. This information is subject to a fee not exceeding the prescribed fee permitted by law.

Summary

People under 18 (or the legal age in your jurisdiction) are not permitted to use Black Art Today! on their own, and so this privacy policy makes no provision for their use of the site.  Information that you submit through the Services may be transferred to countries other than where you reside (for example, to our servers in the United States). We will protect all information we receive in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  

Terms of Use

Welcome to Black Art Today! By using this website, you agree to be bound to the following terms and conditions. Please take the time to read and review our terms of use carefully. All of our products and services are provided subject to these terms and conditions.

Ownership

This website is owned and operated by Black Art Today! Our mailing address is:

Black Art Today!, LLC

9103 Woodmore Centre Dr# 2017

Lanham, MD 20706

Limitation of Liability

Black Art Today!, LLC. and any of its employees or agents are not to be held responsible for damages incurred in connection with the provision of and operation of its website. We do not accept responsibility that the website, its servers or email sent from the website are free of viruses or other harmful components. We also do not warrant that the website, its servers or its email servers are impenetrable or invulnerable to hackers. We will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the website, including, but not limited to direct, incidental, indirect, punitive, or consequential damages. Under no circumstances shall any affiliate of Black Art Today!, LLC  be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or misuse of the website, including all outside factors which might lead to loss of data, income, profit, delays in operations, problems in transmission or any failure of operation be it an act of God, foul play or communication error. Every visitor to this site accepts and acknowledges this limitation of liability. We represent the website accordingly and under no circumstances are we responsible for any loss or damage caused by any consequences of use of information obtained from this website.

We may use third party services to provide certain services accessible through the website. We do not control those third parties or their services, and you agree that we will not be liable to you in any way for your use of such services. These third parties may have their own terms of use and other policies.  You must comply with such terms and policies as well as these Terms of Use when you use those services. If any such terms or policies conflicts with these terms of use then you must comply with our Terms of Use as applicable.

Warranty

We issue this site "As Is" though we do incorporate security functions on our website to protect the confidentiality of personal information. However, we are unable to completely warrant information as presented on this website. While we do our utmost to maintain our presence as accurately as possible, slight color variations may exist. In some a minor change in the presentation may have occurred. We record approximate image and paper sizes and our prices and availability are subject to change without notice.

Website Access

You are granted a revocable and limited license by us to access and make personal use of the site as our customer. However, you are not permitted to use any meta tags, search terms, key terms or the like that contain the website's name or trademarks used on the website. You are not allowed to engage in any activity that interferes with the website or another user's ability to use the website.You are not allowed to assist or encourage any third party activity in engaging in any activity prohibited by these Terms of Use. You are not allowed to reproduce, duplicate, sell, copy or otherwise exploit the website or any product image, product listing, product description, price, page layout, page design, trade dress, trademark, logo or other website content for any commercial purpose except as explicitly provided. Any use of the website or website content that is not expressly authorized herein is prohibited and immediately terminates the license granted herein.

Copyright or Trademark Infringement

We will always honor and respect the intellectual property rights of others. We do not reproduce or manufacture the products offered on our website. All of our products are purchased from or licensed by other third party suppliers that represent to us that they have all necessary rights to allow our organization to sell the products on the website and display the products on the website. If you believe that your work has been copied or used on the website in a way that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement please notify us immediately by following the procedures documented below:

Process for Making Claims of Trademark or Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been used on our website in a manner that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement please submit your claim in detail to info@blackarttoday.com and then mail the hard copy to the mailing address noted in the ownership section of this page. We will remove the alleged or actual infringing product(s) from the website and cease sales of the the alleged or actual infringing product(s) within 14 days of becoming aware of any bona fied alleged or actual infringement pending our investigation.

Dispute Resolution and Applicable Law

Any dispute arising from your visit to or use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts located in  Prince George's County, Maryland.  By visiting this website, you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such court. You also agree, by visiting this website, that the laws of the State of Maryland will govern these Terms of Use without regard for conflict of law principles.

Your Account

You are responsible for restricting access to your computer and for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. You agree to accept all responsibility for any and all activities that take place under your account and/or password. At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to terminate accounts, cancel orders, remove or edit content or refuse service.

Copyright

The purchase of any product does not provide the purchaser with any copyright interest or intellectual property right in the product. All website content is our property or the property of our content suppliers and is protected by copyright laws. All website content that is not our property is used with permission. The arrangement and compilation of website content is our exclusive property and is protected by copyright law. All software used on the website is our property or the property of our software suppliers and is protected by copyright law.

Communication and Notices

All notices required to be given under these Terms of Use will be in writing and delivered to the other party by mail, overnight courier or email. If you need to provide us with a notice please email it to info@blackarttoday.com or mail it to the address noted in the ownership section above. All notices sent by mail or overnight courier should be sent in a manner that provides proof of delivery. All notices will be deemed received if delivered by mail or overnight courier fourteen days after the date receipt is confirmed by such service, or if by email, 3 days after the message was sent, if no "system error" or other notice of non-delivery is generated.  You also consent to receive communications from us by email. You agree that all disclosures, notices, agreements and other communications that we provide to you by email will satisfy any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.

Submissions

When you submit questions, comments, suggestions, reviews, message board postings, material submitted via web forms, tickets, contest entries or communications of any other information ("Submissions"), you grant us the permission to use these Submissions for marketing and other promotional purposes, including the right to sublicense. You agree that we will have no obligation to keep any Submissions confidential. You will not bring a claim against us based on "moral rights" or the likes arising from our use of Submissions.

Subject to Change

At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to make changes to these Terms of Use or any of our policies or website. Therefore, you should make it a habit to review our Terms of Use, conditions and/or policies each time you visit our website. Your continued use of the website after we make any such changes constitutes your binding acceptance of those changes. If at any time any of the terms or conditions herein shall be deemed invalid, void or unenforceable for any reason, that term or condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining term or condition.

Privacy

Please make sure you view our Privacy Policy to understand our privacy practices.