Privacy Statement

ArtofOhio.com understands that making purchases online involves a great deal of trust on your part; we take this trust very seriously, and make it our highest priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide us. 

ArtofOhio.com only collects information that you voluntarily provide to us.  We use your information for the purposes of responding to and processing your requests for products Information will only be shared with our authorized service providers that perform certain services or functions on our behalf or as required by law. ArtofOhio.com does not sell or rent your information to anyone. .ArtofOhio.com provides you with choice and control over the collection and use of your information, as well as a means of updating, correcting, or removing any information stored in your customer profile. ArtofOhio.com provides you with the opportunity to specifically choose the promotional marketing communications you wish to receive. To protect the confidentiality of your information, ArtofOhio.com uses leading security technology and procedures. 

By providing you with this Privacy Statement, artofohio.com is pledging our continued commitment to protecting the information you provide us. 

Cookies and other Web technologies  When you visit Artofohio.com we collect information about your computer and assign you a "cookie" (a small, unique identifier text file). You do not provide this information—it is collected automatically as a means of supporting your visit to our site. This cookie does not contain any personal information. You can always choose to not receive a cookie file by enabling your Web browser to refuse cookies or prompt you before accepting a cookie. Be advised that, by refusing to accept a cookie, you will not be able to access many services and tools offered by ArtofOhio.com.   

Use of your information Information collected on artofohio.com may be used to:

• Register you as an artofohio.com member
• Purchase products
• Notify you of order changes
• Send marketing communications or surveys to you
• Respond to your questions or suggestions
• Improve the quality of your visit to our site
• Member registration information

When you register to become a member of artofohio.com, we use your information to create your member account. You will then receive a "Welcome to ArtofOhio.com" e-mail that contains your Member ID and describes the benefits of using ArtofOhio.com for purchasing regional products for your home or office. 

Responses to your questions or suggestions  We will use your e-mail address or telephone number to respond when you submit a question or suggestion, or request assistance with viewing your purchase, logging on to artofohio.com, or accessing your account. 

Improving the quality of your visit to our site  We collect certain information (e.g., purchase information) based on your navigation of our site in order to better understand and serve our customers. This data allows us to streamline your ability to navigate the site and develop featured programs and content that will be of interest to our members and site visitors. No personal information is collected unless you explicitly provide it.

In addition, you will occasionally receive postal mail notifying you of special promotions or other travel news. You can unsubscribe from this postal mail service by either sending an e-mail with "unsubscribe" in the subject line to ________________ that includes your Artofohio.com e-mail address and street address or by following the instructions on the postal mail piece you receive. 

Request customer support or submit questions/suggestions 
When you request assistance with viewing your itinerary, logging on to the Artofohio.com Web site, or accessing your account, we will respond to you via e-mail or telephone. 

Surveys  To help us improve Artofohio.com and serve you better, from time to time we may e-mail surveys to you to learn more about your experience with our site. You are under no obligation to respond to these surveys, and you may unsubscribe from receiving them by following the unsubscribe instructions in any e-mail survey you receive. 

Protecting your information We want our members and site visitors to feel confident about using Artofohio.com to plan and purchase their products for their home and office, so we are committed to protecting the information we collect. Artofohio.com has implemented a security program to keep information that is stored in our systems protected from unauthorized access. Currently, Artofohio.com only stores the information you provide when registering to become an Artofohio.com member, create a customer profile, purchase products, or use selected tools such as Gift Registry.

Our systems are configured with data encryption, or scrambling, technologies, and industry-standard firewalls. When you send personal information to Artofohio.com over the Internet, your data is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure safe transmission.

Artofohio.com has also obtained a digital certificate from RSA Data Security, Inc., a top maker of hardware and software used to protect and manage computer network access. To view this site certificate on each secured page, click on the image of the closed lock or the solid key on the bottom bar of your browser window. A small frame displaying site security information will pop up.

For Internet Explorer users: Click on the word "Subject" to verify that you are on the Web site www.artofohio.com. Click on "Issuer" to verify the site certification authority.

For Netscape Communicator users: Click on "View Certificate" to verify that you are on the Web site www.artofohio.com and to verify the site certification authority. 

Changes to the Artofohio.com Privacy StatementThis Privacy Statement was produced and posted on Artofohio.com on May 22, 2006. Artofohio.com reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Statement at any time and for any reason. If there are material changes to this statement or in how Artofohio.com will use your PERSONAL INFORMATION, Artofohio.com will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change.

Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the information privacy practices described in this Privacy Statement at the time you provided us with your information.