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Privacy Policy

Created on May 13, 2021

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts collects, uses, maintains and retains information collected from users (each, a “Lead”) of the the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to our website and all products and services offered by the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts.

Data Protection

Responsible body in terms of data protection laws is:

The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371

Contact Details: info@lymeacademy.org / Phone 860.434.5232

Personal Identification Information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways in connection with activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us.

Non-Personal Identification Information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers’ utilized and other similar information.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically gives us certain data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system from your computer and your connection to the Internet.

Cookies cannot be used to launch programs or to transfer viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can facilitate navigation and enable the correct display of our websites.

In no case will the data collected by us be passed on to third parties or a link with personal data will be established without your consent.

You can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser or through our website settings. Please use the help features of your internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some features of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

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. This also applies to google fonts which might collect usage data.

These websites like YouTube 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.

Provision of Paid Services

To provide paid services we ask for additional data, such as payment details.

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption techniques (such as SSL) over HTTPS.

Newsletter

When you sign up to receive our newsletter, the data you provide will be used exclusively for this purpose. Subscribers may also be notified by email about circumstances relevant to the service or registration (such as changes to the newsletter offer or technical conditions).

For an effective registration we need a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that an application is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the “double-opt-in” procedure. For this purpose we record the order of the newsletter, the dispatch of a confirmation mail and the receipt of the requested answer. Further data is not collected. The data will be used exclusively for newsletter distribution and will not be passed on to third parties.

The consent to the storage of your personal data and their use for the newsletter can be revoked at any time. You can also unsubscribe from this website at any time or provide us with your request via the contact details provided at the end of this document.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We may keep contact entries from emails sent directly to us for a period of 12 months (updated for longer upon a client’s given consent or / and having an ongoing business or contractual relationship with us) and customer purchase records for 7 years.

How We Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Deletion or Blocking of Data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data economy. Therefore, we only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes mentioned here or as provided for by the various storage periods provided for by law. After discontinuation of the respective purpose or expiration of these deadlines, the corresponding data will be routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions blocked or deleted.

How We Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our local computers.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others.

Analytics

By default our Content Management System does not collect any analytics data. However, many web hosting accounts collect some anonymous analytics data.

We use a security software that does not collect analytics data, but might collect IP addresses from unauthorized login attempts to our website administration, Bots, Brute Force Attacks, Malicious Attacks, editing website files, hacking attempts etc… To further protect our data and the integrity of our website.

Your Rights to Information, Correction, Suspension, Cancellation and Opposition

You have the right to receive information about your personal data stored by us at any
time. Likewise, you have the right to correction, blocking or, apart from the prescribed data storage for business transactions, deletion of your personal data. Please contact our data protection officer. The contact details can be found at the bottom.

For a data lock to be taken into account at all times, these data must be stored in a lock file for control purposes. You can also request the deletion of the data, as long as there is no legal archiving obligation. As far as such an obligation exists, we lock your data on request.

You can make changes or revoke your consent by notifying us with effect for the future.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time to ensure that it complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the Privacy Policy, such as: For example, when introducing new services. Your new visit will be subject to the new privacy policy. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Questions to the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact our data protection officer directly: info@lymeacademy.org