Thank you for visiting the PortraitMasters website. Your privacy is important to us. We have created this statement so you know how we protect and use the information obtained from our website. This statement applies to the http://portraitmasters.com/ website which contains information about PortraitMasters and Portrait Express.
We will not sell, exchange, rent, or publish the information you provide us to persons not employed by or associated with PortraitMasters and Portrait Express. Any personal information you give us is kept secure. Access is limited to the few employees who have a need to know and respond to a particular request. The information we receive and how we use it depends on how you are using our website.
Reading and downloading information For each website page you view, we collect and store the date and time, the originating IP address, the object requested, and the completion status of the request. None of this information can be connected with your identifiable information. When you enter our site, you are anonymous and will remain so unless you choose otherwise.
We use the information detailed above to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of our site and to help us make our site more useful to our visitors. This includes analyzing logs periodically to determine the traffic through the server, the number of pages served, and the level of interest in specific pages. The logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to insure the integrity of the data on our server. We do not seek or collect any other data related to specific users of our server.
Sending us an email Email links can be found on a number of pages. They are intended to provide you with a convenient method of communicating with our firm. We read every message and try to reply promptly to every one. By sending us an electronic mail message, you may be sending us personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, and email address. In these cases, we may store your personally identifiable information in order to respond to the request or to resolve the subject matter of your request, including portrait orders. Our office phone numbers and mailing addresses are shown on the website in the event you do not wish to use email communication.
Completing business forms Business forms may be included in our website for the convenience of our visitors and customers. Personally identifiable information may be requested. Providing this information allows us to more efficiently and effectively respond to your comments, concerns, questions, and employment applications.
We will not sell, exchange, rent, or publish the information you send us on our forms to persons not employed by or associated with PortraitMasters and Portrait Express. Any personal information you give us is kept in secure files. Access is limited to the few employees who have a need to view the information.
Completing a survey or poll From time to time PortraitMasters, may conduct surveys in order to provide valuable information to improve our client services. Personally identifiable information will be requested in our online surveys to verify eligibility to participate in a particular survey. Additionally it may be used to clarify a response. Individual survey results and aggregated survey results are not sold, exchanged, rented, or published with persons not employed or associated with PortraitMasters and Portrait Express.
Links to other sites This site contains links to other websites for a variety of purposes including processing online portrait orders. PortraitMasters is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites. Please read the privacy statement of the sites to which we link as their policies and practices may differ from ours.
A word about cookies To ensure that the PortraitMasters website is well managed and to facilitate improved navigation within it, cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) are used on our website to collect aggregate data. Cookies may be used to track information and identify categories of visitors by items such as IP address, domain, browser type and pages visited. This information is used to analyze the number of visitors to different areas of the PortraitMasters website to make sure that it is serving as a useful, effective information source. These cookies are not used to collect any personally identifiable information such as your name or email address. Further, most browsers permit individuals to decline cookies and the PortraitMasters website has been designed to function properly without requiring cookies to be enabled.
Summary We would like to tell you that your information is as safe with us as it is with you. Unfortunately, time and time again, hackers have proved worldwide that no computer security system is entirely foolproof. The most any website can do is make reasonable efforts protect your information from theft, misuse, and alteration. We make every effort to protect your information.
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy. PortraitMasters will amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will make that information available by posting a notice on this site.
If you have any questions or comments about our privacy policy statement or the privacy practices of PortraitMasters, please contact Dennis Sherwood at 800-228-3759. Or email support@portraitmasters.com.