the painted surface
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us at the painted surface. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information received and collected by www.thepaintedsurface.com and how it is used.
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter. When signing up for the newsletter you will be asked to enter your e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
What do we use your information for?
The email address you provide will only be used to send you information pertaining to your request for information, an answer to your question or to send you our newsletter if requested. Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future newsletters, we include unsubscribe instructions in each newsletter.
Do we use cookies, or Web Beacons?
We do not use cookies or Web Beacons.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. We may release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.
What about third party links, products and services?
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products, services or links to other sites on www.thepaintedsurface.com. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include Google Adsense, ShareASale, ThePaintStore and may include others.
Google, DoubleClick DART Cookies and Third Party Ad Networks
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.thepaintedsurface.com. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.thepaintedsurface.com and other sites on the Internet.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send the advertisements and links that appear on www.thepaintedsurface.com directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see. www.thepaintedsurface.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.thepaintedsurface.com's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
Log Files
Like many other Web sites, www.thepaintedsurface.com makes use of log files. This non-personal information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you would like more information and guidelines in general to keep you and your family safe while using the internet please see the Family Safety Center from Google at http://www.google.com/familysafety/
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may CONTACT US online or by mail:
Michael Cushen
Editor - the painted surface
502 Coventry Court
Nashville, TN 37211-4263
