Our Privacy Policy explains:

• What information we collect and why we collect it.
• How we use that information.
• The choices we offer, including how to opt-out, access, update and delete your information.

We will only collect, use, and share your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies whether you use Artsonia through https://www.artsonia.com (the "Artsonia Website"), our mobile application (the "Artsonia App"), or any of our other products or services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Service"). If you use the Artsonia App or the Artsonia Website with multiple devices – these will synch with each other. In addition, this Privacy Policy also covers Artsonia's treatment of any personal information about our users that our partners or other third parties might share with us, for example, the teacher's National Education Association (“NAEA”) membership ID number passed to us from NAEA.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites or services or practices of companies that Artsonia doesn't own or control, such as third-party services you might access through links or other features (e.g., social media buttons or third-party applications like Animoto) on the Service. These other services have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them before providing them with personal information.

Our Privacy Policy is designed to provide transparency into our privacy practices and principles. We've tried to keep it as simple as possible, but if you're not familiar with terms like personal information, cookies, IP addresses, pixel tags and browsers, then read about these key terms first. We've also added a column on the right that provides short explanations of the legal language in plain English (it starts with "Basically...") to help even more with understanding, but it isn't legally binding.

Your privacy is important to Artsonia and a responsibility we take seriously, so we encourage you to review our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, we're here to help. You can visit the Artsonia Privacy Center to learn more about how we protect your privacy, or contact us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. By using the Service, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to this Privacy Policy.

Artsonia has also committed to a set of principles intended to safeguard student privacy, including responsible stewardship, protection, and transparent handling of student personal information.

Artsonia has been certified by iKeepSafe, an FTC-approved COPPA Safe Harbor, for compliance with iKeepSafe's Children's Privacy Program, and has also signed the Student Privacy Pledge.

Please visit our Privacy Center for details.

Artsonia collects the minimal amount of information from children necessary to use our Service. Prior to a student accessing Artsonia, the teacher must have elected to obtain parental consent prior to the student submitting any data by either a) requiring Artsonia to collect verifiable parental consent, or b) certifying he/she has obtained appropriate parental consent under what is commonly referred to under COPPA as school consent ("School Consent"). Once the teacher has turned on the Classroom Mode feature, the student's class is assigned a unique school access code provided by the student's teacher to connect with the class. This unique school access code is usually entered or scanned by the first student to use the Service in the classroom. Next, we ask students to choose their name from a list shown to them once they start typing their name in their class. The list of names shown to the student by Artsonia is generated by Artsonia from the list provided to Artsonia by the student's teacher and is usually their first name, last initial and assigned screenname. If the teacher has chosen to not obtain parental consent through the School Consent method, then prior to students submitting data and the student is under 13, the student will not be able to choose their name, and will not be able to choose their name, and will not be able to further continue uploading artwork or using the Service, until Artsonia has received verifiable parental consent (under COPPA) from the child's parent or legal guardian. Although not required under COPPA, we may also choose to impose parental consent requirements on students 13 and above at our discretion. Currently, we receive the parent or guardian email address of a child from the child's teacher which we will then use, consistent with the requirements of COPPA, to seek verifiable parental consent or provide parental notice (as applicable). We will not use parent emails provided this way to market our Service to the parent, unless the parent has separately created an account on our Service.

Once we receive parental consent, or once the teacher has certified he/she has obtained appropriate School Consent, the child may then choose his or her name, and can continue to upload artwork and any associated title and statement to that artwork (which may contain personal information) and is collected by Artsonia. The students are assigned a unique screenname by Artsonia (which often but not necessarily consists of the students first name and a numerical suffix) based on this list of names provided by the child's teacher. This unique screenname (and not the student's entire first and last name) is what is shown on the Artsonia Website next to any student uploaded artwork (including any student entered title and statement associated with the artwork). Additionally, no artwork uploaded by a child will be shown publicly until Artsonia has received parental consent from that child's parent or legal guardian.

Beyond this, student access to our Service does not allow the child the ability to upload any other content to their account, or enter any other personal information.

In addition to the information entered by the child, we automatically collect some information from any use of our Service as set forth in the Information Collected Automatically section.

We also receive from the child's teacher whatever name he or she has provided for the student, the student's current grade, and the feedback submitted by that teacher on the child's artwork. Teachers can choose to provide full names for students (e.g., first name and last name) when setting up their class; they can also opt to only provide non-identifying information (e.g., just first name, only initials, or even just seat numbers).

We use this information to provide the Service to the child, for security and safety purposes, or as required by law or to enforce our Terms. We will not require children to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary in order to participate in the Service. If we discover that we have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA, we will take appropriate steps to either delete the information, or immediately seek the parent's consent for that collection. We do not disclose any personal information about children to third parties, except to service providers necessary to provide the Service, as required by law, or to protect the security of the Service or other users. Information collected from students (including personal information and information collected automatically) is never used or disclosed for third-party advertising. Additionally, personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students (first or third party). Lastly, children's personal information is never sold or rented to anyone, including marketers or advertisers.

Children are also restricted from accessing certain features on our Service that would allow the child to post or disclose additional personal information. Currently:

• We DO NOT allow children under 13 to join a Fan Club.
• We DO NOT allow children under 13 to leave a comment on the Artsonia Website.
• We DO NOT allow children under 13 to leave a teacher compliment on the Artsonia Website.
• We DO NOT allow children under 13 to submit a Contact Us inquiry.

No child can upload artwork (and the associated title and statement) unless the child's teacher is utilizing the Classroom Mode feature and parental consent is obtained by either a) having Artsonia collect verifiable parental consent directly from the parent, or b) having the teacher certify that he/she has collected the appropriate School Consent prior to allowing the students access to the Classroom Mode feature. Additionally, no child uploaded artwork (and associated title and statement) is shown publicly unless the child's parent or legal guardian has given parental consent. Additionally, prior to the artwork (and associated title and statement) being shown publicly, we first ask that the child's teacher review the artwork uploaded by the child (and associated title and statement) to ensure that there is no personal information of the child contained within the artwork or the associated title and statement. We require the teacher to affirmatively represent to us that they have reviewed and approved the child uploaded artwork and associated title and statement to remove, delete or mask any appearance of the child's personal information in the artwork and/or digital images of the artwork before submitting these to the Artsonia Website for posting. We will then delete from our servers any original (unmodified) artwork and associated title and statement that may have contained personal information. Additionally, consistent with the requirements of COPPA, we ensure that any geolocation metadata that may be contained in the photos is removed prior to posting the files on the Artsonia Website.

It is Artsonia's policy to protect the identity of the students showcasing their artwork on Artsonia. Students' artwork will be identified by their unique screenname (which often but not necessarily consists of the artist's first name and a numerical suffix). This unique screenname (and not the student's entire first and last name) is what is shown on the Artsonia Website next to any student uploaded artwork (including any related title and statement associated with the artwork). Artsonia does not knowingly post the full first name and last names of students on the Artsonia Website or Service next to student artwork.

No student's feedback on their artwork received from teachers is made available or visible to the public through Artsonia. All teachers in the student's school will be able to view the student's artwork, title, statement and associated feedback. If the teacher chooses to use the Classroom Mode feature and chooses to implement the PIN feature, then students may view their own individual feedback within their student section, but will not see other student’s feedback.

Any comments left on a student's artwork must first be approved by the student's parent before they are shown publicly on the Artsonia Website. As a parent, you will receive notice when individuals leave comments about your child's artwork and must approve the comment. You may also edit or change the comment as well.

Any artist awards earned by students are made available or visible to the public through Artsonia.

We only keep a child's personal information for as long as his or her student account is active, unless we are required by law to retain it, need it to ensure the security of our community or our Service, or to enforce our Terms. Additionally, Artsonia follows the following policy for all students' information regardless of age.

If a student's account is inactive for two years or more (meaning no teacher has given feedback to the student or otherwise interacted with the student, and neither the parent nor the student have logged into his or her account), Artsonia will automatically delete or de-identify the personal information associated with the student account, including all personal information provided by students or collected by Artsonia from students and any feedback received from teachers.

Please check here for more information on our data retention policies surrounding children's personal information.

If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child who is using Artsonia and you did not receive an email seeking your consent or providing notice (as per COPPA), you can contact us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below to have that child's account deleted.

Any parents that want copies of their children's personal information that we may have stored can contact us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. At any time, parents can refuse to permit us to collect further personal information from their children, and can request that we delete the personal information we have collected from their child by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. Please keep in mind that deleting records may require us to terminate the account in question. Also remember that before we can share the information with you, or delete it per your request, we will need to verify your identity, for example by requiring that you provide an acceptable form of personal identification.

We collect two types of information about you: (1) information that you may choose to voluntarily provide us while using the Services (described below under Information You Provide to Us and (2) information collected automatically as a result of your use of the Services (described below under Information Collected Automatically). We may also receive information about you from third-party sources (as described below under Information Received from Third-Party Sources). The types and amounts of information collected will vary depending on whether the user is a teacher, parent, fan, customer (e.g. someone who purchases a custom keepsake), or student (e.g. we collect minimal information from students) and how they use Artsonia (e.g. if teachers join their school, we may need to collect school address information).

There are currently five categories of users on our Service: teachers, parents, fans, customers (who purchase various products), and students. Additionally, as a general visitor to the Artsonia Website you may provide personal information to us. We describe the information collected from students, including students under 13, in the How We Protect Children's Personal Information section above; for other users, we collect and store the information provided from each type of user as described below. Our use of the information set forth below is described further in the How We Use the Information We Collect section. If you are using the Artsonia App, we may ask you for certain mobile app permissions.

Information Provided by Teachers

• Account Sign-up and Profile Information: Any teacher who wishes to display their students' artwork, lesson plans or other educational materials on Artsonia is required to register as a member and will be asked to provide some basic information such as first and last name, email address, phone number, password and a profile photo. A teacher may also choose to provide an additional personal description or "bio." The information provided during the registration process is used to communicate with the teacher as well as to create a public school gallery on Artsonia, which will list the teacher's name, profile photos (if provided), bio (if provided) and the name of the school. The teacher's name will also be used in automated emails from Artsonia, sent on behalf of the teacher, such as teacher-requested newsletters and student activity reports. If an Artsonia Website visitor sends a compliment to a teacher in the public gallery (the teacher's email is not shown publicly), Artsonia will deliver this compliment to the teacher's email address on file. Teacher profiles may be viewed by other teachers and by the general public on the Service.
• School Information: As a teacher, as part of the profile information you provide, you will be asked to provide the name and address of the school that you are associated with (or to associate your account with an existing school already recognized on the Service). By connecting you with your school, the Service may enable and provide additional collaboration features for teachers within the same school such as sharing roster students with other verified teachers in that school.
• Class Information: To organize artwork and to allow students to use the Service, teachers input first and (optionally) last names of students in a student roster. It is entirely the teacher's choice what they enter here: for example, teachers could enter John S or John Smith. The first and last names are entered into separate fields, and unique screennames are then generated by Artsonia for each student, based on the entry in the first name field. Additionally, teachers will need to enter the student's grade (e.g. first grade), and optionally homeroom information as well as the student's parent email address. The parent email address given to Artsonia by the student's teacher will be used to obtain parental consent and will not be further by Artsonia unless the parent separately creates an account on Artsonia. Alternatively, teachers can also upload a spreadsheet to the Service with the students first and last names, current grade and parent email address. Student last names are used to identify students in the school roster and are only visible to verified teachers at the same school. Homeroom names are used to organize the roster for the teacher's benefit and are only viewable within that teacher's account. The student's first names are used in email correspondences to parents and Fan Club Members and is also the default caption (which can be edited) on all custom merchandise sold in the gift shop.
• Lesson Plans: As a teacher, you may choose to submit information about your lesson plans on Artsonia ("Lesson Plans"). Such information may include, the lesson title, grade level, content and achievement standards, objective of the lesson, how to assess the achievement of the objectives, the required materials, a description of the lesson procedure, resources, discussion questions, and links to sample artwork. Once you publish your Lesson Plans, they can be viewed by other teachers signed into the Artsonia Website, but they will not be viewable by the general public. Additionally, you may choose to: 1) turn off the ability to allow other teachers to provide feedback on your Lesson Plans (the feedback will only be viewable by you unless you later elect to publish the feedback) and 2) opt-in to allow Artsonia to share your Lesson Plans with other artist and teacher organizations.
• Artwork: As a teacher you may elect to either turn on the Classroom Mode feature to allow students to upload their own artwork (and corresponding title and statements) or you may choose to upload the student's artwork yourself (as well as optionally providing the corresponding title and statement). The artwork that you upload on behalf of the students, as well as the artwork you approve while using Classroom Mode, will not be shown publicly (along with the student's unique screenname) until Artsonia receives parental consent. Additionally, you may choose to upload your own artwork, which will be immediately available to the public under a screenname you choose to represent you as the teacher, and will also be shown next to your teacher bio in the school gallery, which may display certain personal information entered with your bio, including your first and last name and photograph.
• Feedback: As a teacher, you can provide feedback on your student's artwork. This feedback cannot be viewed by the general public through our Service. A student's feedback can only be viewed on Artsonia by that student (if the teacher utilizes the PIN feature with the Classroom Mode feature), the teacher who wrote the feedback, that student's parents, and other teachers the class is shared with. If the teacher chooses to use the Classroom Mode feature, other students in the school will not be able to see each other's feedback and will not see their own feedback (unless the teacher utilizes the PIN feature).
• Inviting Others: As a teacher, you can invite your students' parents to join the Service, for example by providing their email address. We will collect and store the email you provide with these requests, and will also treat this as personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Messaging: As a teacher, you can create an electronic newsletter to communicate with parents as well as student activity reports. We will store any content sent with the electronic newsletters (e.g., links text and images), to provide the Service, and to help teachers keep a log of their communications with parents.
• Fundraising Information: As a teacher, you may participate in fundraising on Artsonia if your school is located in the United States or Canada. If so, you may also provide a fundraising statement and photo which will be sent along with your full name in emails to parents and Fan Club Members, including to promote products (e.g. the custom keepsakes containing artwork from the student's in the teacher's class). Additionally, once a teacher has received funds, they may enter additional personal information to redeem funds, including directly on third party sites (e.g. Amazon).

Teachers should be aware that, because personal information about themselves (i.e., their name, profile photo, bio and school) and any artwork they submit (either their own artwork or that of their students) is posted on the Artsonia Website and is publicly accessible to all users of the Artsonia Website, that information or content could be collected, used, and disclosed by others. Additionally, Lesson Plans can be viewed by other teachers as well as feedback on your Lesson Plans (if you elect to publish the feedback). Also, if you chose to do so, your Lesson Plans may be shared with other organizations. Artsonia is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of such information or content by others you choose to share with, or those that view your information or content publicly. Artsonia does not publicly post teachers' email addresses on the Artsonia Website, and does not sell or share that list with third parties except where teachers have explicitly authorized Artsonia to do so, or to our service providers as necessary to provide the Service.

Information Provided by Parents

• Account Sign-up and Profile Information: As a parent, you may wish to sign-up for an account on Artsonia and connect to your child at a participating school. You will need a unique parent code from that child's teacher, which will either be sent home to you directly with your child or be sent to you via an email link from the email address provided by your child's teacher to Artsonia. You will then be asked to provide some basic information such as first and last name, email address (if you were not sent the link via email), phone number (optional), password, and relationship to the child (e.g. mother). The information provided during the registration process is used to communicate with the parent as well as to create a public school art gallery on Artsonia, which will list the parent's first name as well as the relationship to the child in the child's art gallery as a Fan Club Member. Parent profiles are not viewable by the general public on the Service, but first name and relationship to the child will be in the Fan Club Member list linked to the artist gallery. You may also create an account on behalf of your child that is not connected to a school by providing the child's first and last name and your email address. Only the information provided by you in the "first name" box will be used to create a unique screenname for your child and posted publicly.

  Please note that if you do not create an account on Artsonia, the email provided by your child's teacher will not be further used to send marketing communications to you. If you created an account on Artsonia, we will email you as further set forth under the section entitled Communications from Artsonia.

• Fan Club Information: As a parent, you may invite others to become fans of your child's artwork. To do so, you provide certain information to Artsonia, such as the individual's first name, last name, relationship to your child and their email address. The information you provide in the "first name" box and relationships that you provide to Artsonia will be shown publicly alongside your child's art gallery. Artsonia will use the emails that you provide to send notifications to these individuals, including when new artwork is published, and may send additional marketing emails. Fan Club Members always have the option to opt-out of any marketing communications using opt-out links at the bottom of emails received. See the section entitled Communications from Artsonia for more details.
• Artwork: As a parent (if you have a parent account on Artsonia) you may elect to upload your child's artwork (and corresponding title and statements) yourself. The artwork that you upload on behalf of your child will be shown publicly with the child's screenname.
• Comments on Artwork: As a parent, you will receive notice when individuals leave comments about your child's artwork and must approve the comment prior to the comment being posted publicly. You may also edit or delete the comment.
• Inviting Others: We may also ask you for access to the contacts on your mobile device to prevent you from having to enter contact information for those invitations you send through our application and may store these contacts from your address book. If these individuals would like to request deletion of their information, they may contact us directly as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below.

Parents should be aware that, because 1) the information the parent types in the first name field textbox when registering on Artsonia or when adding Fan Club Member, or 2) the content they upload when adding any artwork of behalf of their child or 3) any comments on their child's artwork they approve, are posted on the Artsonia Website and are publicly accessible to all users of the Artsonia Website, that information or content could be collected, used, and disclosed by others. Artsonia is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of such information or content by others.

Information Provided by Fans or Fan Club Members

• Account Sign-up and Comments: Any individual who wishes to sign-up as a fan of an artist ("Fan" or "Fan Club Member") will be asked to provide some basic information such as first and last name, email address, relationship to the child (e.g. aunt), and date of birth. Artsonia asks for the date of birth as only users over thirteen (13) years of age are allowed to leave comments on the Service. The information provided during the signup process is used to communicate with the individual regarding the artist's activity and as set forth in the Communications from Artsonia section and the information provided in the "first name" box will be shown publicly alongside any comments left by the fan next to the student's artwork in the public art gallery on Artsonia. Individuals may also choose just to provide a comment and not join an artist's Fan Club, but will still be required to fill out the "first name" field. All comments submitted by individuals, including those that choose to become a Fan Club Member, are first sent to the artist's parent for review prior to being publicly posted. A Fan may also choose to leave a comment for an artist by sending a postcard, and if so, the individual will be providing additional information as set forth under the Information Provided By Customers section below. Fan Club Member profiles are not viewable by the general public on the Service, but the artist's parents are able to view and edit the first and last name, email address and relationship of the Fan Club Member and may also remove any Fan Club Member.

Please note, that even if you did not join as a Fan Club Member yourself, you may have been added as a Fan Club Member by the child's parent (who also provided Artsonia your name, email address and relationship to the artist). The email provided either by you during a Fan Club Member signup or by the child's parent will be used to provide communications to you as set forth under the section entitled Communications from Artsonia. Any email communication you receive will provide an opt-out link if you wish to be removed as a Fan Club Member from the artist.

Information Provided by Customers (purchasers of product)

Online shoppers on the Artsonia Website must be over eighteen (18) years of age and must use a valid credit card or other valid payment method accepted by us to purchase products online. When an online order is placed, we collect information associated with the requested transaction, such as the customer's first and last name, mailing address, phone number, products ordered, shipping addresses, email address, and credit card information. We ask for this information so that we may fulfill the order. We will send a confirmation email to the address provided after the order is successfully placed. We also send a follow-up order satisfaction survey which may contain additional promotional offers. A customer may also provide personalization on the product (i.e. providing a student's name under the artwork) and may also upload an image to Artsonia to use on products. If a customer wishes to upload their own image, they will additionally be asked their date of birth as this feature is restricted to users over thirteen (13) years of age. Credit card or other payment information is never shared with third parties, except those service providers needed to fulfill the transactions.

For additional information on our credit card security policies, please see our Data Security section below.

Information Provided by Users of the Website

• Comments or Compliments: Any visitor to the Artsonia Website may provide additional information to Artsonia, such as when they choose to leave a comment for an artist, or compliment a teacher. This additional information may include, date of birth (as we restrict access to certain features on the Artsonia Website), first name, and the information typed in a comment or compliment.
• Contact Information: Additionally, any visitor to the Artsonia Website (including anyone signed in as a teacher or parent), may also choose to voluntarily provide additional personal information through the Service - such as a name, email address and telephone number - in order to request information from us. For example, when you send us an email asking a question, send us information through the "Contact Us" request, submit a support request, participate in a video testimonial about our Service, register for webinars or demonstrations, sign up for an Artsonia newsletter, or choose to participate in any research efforts with Artsonia to improve the Service. When you send us a message using the "Contact Us" page or via email, the email addresses and phone numbers collected are not further used to market to the individual beyond providing the services requested or responding to the requests.

Users of the Service should be aware that any personal information that is posted on the Service (such as your comment for an artist or compliment for a teacher along with your name) is accessible to other users of the Service and could be collected, used and disclosed by others. Artsonia is not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of such information or content by others.

Like most web-based services, we (or our service providers) may automatically collect information from your browser or your device when you use the Services. For example, this could include the frequency and duration of your visits to the Artsonia Website (similar to TV ratings that indicate how many people watched a particular show). If you visit the Service on different devices, we may link the information we collect from those different devices to help us provide a consistent service across your different. If we do combine any automatically-collected information with personal information, we will treat the combined information as personal information, and it will be protected as per this Privacy Policy.

The technologies and information we automatically collect include:

• Cookies and other similar technologies: We (or our service providers) use cookies or similar technologies to identify your browser or device. Like many services, Artsonia uses these technologies to analyze trends, gather demographic information about our user base, track your movements around the Artsonia Website, administer the Service, tailor the Service for you, and to help the Service work better for you - for example, to remember your language preferences.

• Local storage: We may collect, use and store information (including personal information) and preferences locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser local storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our website also may use HTML5 or other local storage to collect and store information.

  Please read our Online Tracking Technologies Policy for more details on local storage and cookies and similar technologies, including how to remove or modify your cookie settings at your preference and a list of the online tracking technologies we use.

• Device information: We may collect device-specific information such as your device type, device brand, operating system, hardware version, device settings, file and software names and types, and unique device identifiers. This helps us measure how the Service is performing and improve the Service for you on your particular device.
• Mobile application information: Certain mobile applications or "apps" include a unique application number. This number and information about your installation (for example, the operating system type and application version number) may be sent to Artsonia when you install or uninstall that application, such as when you install the Artsonia App, or when that application periodically contacts our servers, such as for automatic updates. Additionally, we may receive application state and crash log information which will help with "debugging" and for improvement of the Artsonia App.
• Location information: When you use our Service, we may collect and process information about your geographic location, for example through IP address, GPS, Bluetooth or Wi-fi signals. We only collect coarse (i.e., city-level) location data, unless you provide your full address information to us as a customer purchasing product.
  • We do not collect precise geolocation data from students. We will not store or track your device location on an on-going basis or without your permission. We do not share precise geo-location data with third parties, other than our service providers as necessary to provide the Service (such as fulfilling product orders).
• Server log data: Like most online services, when you use our Service, we automatically collect and store certain information in our server log files. Examples include things like:
  • Details of how you used our Service, such as your activity on the Service, and the frequency and duration of your visits to the Artsonia Website or Artsonia App
  • IP Address
  • Device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL
  • Telephony log information like your phone number and SMS routing information

This information helps us make decisions about what we should work on next - for example, by showing which features are most (or least) popular. We may use your IP address and share it with service providers to help diagnose problems with our Service, for security purposes, to manage the Service, to enhance the Services based on usage pattern for analytics, and for tracking online voting (e.g. restricting voting frequency).

Artsonia does not sell or rent any of your or your child's personal information to any third party for any purpose – including for advertising and marketing purposes. Third-party advertising is not permitted on the Artsonia Website or Artsonia App and personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students (first or third party). We use information, including personal information, collected through our Service for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including as set forth above under Information Collected Automatically. In addition, we may use the information, including personal information, we collect to:

• Provide the Services, products, or information you request
• Personalize the Services, content and experiences for you
• Communicate with you about your use of the Service, your account or transactions with us
• Respond to your emails, submissions, questions, comments, requests, complaints and provide customer service
• Send you information about features on our Service or changes to our policies and Service
• Optimize or improve our Services and operations and develop new products
• Send you security alerts, and support and administrative messages and otherwise facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of, the Service
• For safety and security reasons, such as detecting, investigating and preventing activities that may violate our policies or be illegal
• Notify and contact contest and sweepstakes entrants
• Provide parents and teachers information about events, announcements, offers, promotions, products, including third-party products, and services we think will be of interest to you
• For any other purpose for which the information was collected (e.g. fulfilling product orders)

To learn more about how we use your information for personalization and tracking, please see visit Online Tracking Technologies Policy.

First and foremost, you should know that Artsonia does not sell or rent your (or your child's) personal information to any third party for any purpose - including for advertising or marketing purposes. Third-party advertising is not permitted on Artsonia and personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students (first or third party). Furthermore, we do not share personal information with any third parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy:

Other Users You Share and Communicate with on Artsonia: If you are a teacher, parent or fan, you may choose to share information or content through the Service with other Artsonia teachers, parents or Fan Club Members or to your children (if you are a parent). For example, things like your account or profile information and Lesson Plans (if you are a teacher), feedback created for students you teach (if you are a teacher), artwork (if you are a parent or teacher), or other information you share with teachers, parents or Fan Club Members. Additionally, artwork (and associated title and statement) posted by students may be shared with others if publicly posted on the Artsonia Website (which is only after Artsonia receives parental consent).

Please keep in mind that information (including personal information or children's personal information) or content that you voluntarily disclose to others - including to other Artsonia users you interact with through the Service (such as messages you might send other users or other teachers you collaborate with) - can be viewed, copied, stored, and used by the people you share it with. We cannot control the actions of people with whom you choose to share information.

Third-party Integrations on our Service: When, as a teacher, parent or student, you use third-party apps, websites or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Service, they may receive information about what you post or share. For example, when you share or invite others via Facebook or Twitter, these services receive the information that you share through this functionality, and information that you are sharing from Artsonia (e.g. a student's artwork). Information collected by these apps, websites or integrated services is subject to their own terms and policies. Please click here for a list of third-party app integrations on our Service.

Service Providers: Third-party advertising is not permitted on Artsonia and personal information collected from students is never used for behaviorally-targeted advertising to students (first or third party). We do work with vendors, service providers, and other partners to help us provide the Service by performing tasks on our behalf. We may need to share or provide information (including personal information) to them to help them perform these business functions, for example sending emails on our behalf, database management services, database hosting, fulfilling product orders, providing customer support software, and security. Generally, these partners and service providers do not have the right to use your personal information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. Additionally, these partners and service providers must adhere to confidentiality and security obligations in a way that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Aggregated Information and Non-Identifying Information: We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly (such as statistics about visitors, traffic patterns and electronic postcard usage) including with users, partners, sponsors, or the press in order to, for example, demonstrate how Artsonia is used, spot industry trends, or to provide marketing materials for Artsonia. Any aggregated information shared this way will not contain any personal information.

Testimonials: We post testimonials on our Service which may contain personal information such as the name, photo and/or a video of the individual in the testimonial. We obtain the individual's consent in advance to ensure we have permission to post this content publicly. To request removal of your personal information from our testimonials, please contact us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below.

Analytics Services: We use analytics services, including mobile analytics software, to help us understand and improve how the Service is being used. These services may collect, store and use information in order to help us understand things like how often you use the Service, the events that occur within the application, usage, performance data, and from where the application was downloaded.

Legal Requirements: We may use or disclose information, including personal information, if we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to comply with the law, such as complying with a subpoena or other legal process. We may need to disclose personal information where, in good faith, we think it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Artsonia, our employees, our community, or others, or to prevent violations of our Terms of Service or other agreements. This includes, without limitation, exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection or responding to government requests.

Sharing with Artsonia Companies: Over time, Artsonia may grow and reorganize. We may share your information, including personal information with affiliates such as a parent company, subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us, in which case we will require those companies to agree to use your personal information in a way that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Change of Control: In the event that all or a portion of Artsonia or its assets are acquired by or merged with a third party, or in any other situation where personal information that we have collected from users would be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by that third party, we may disclose, share or transfer the information. This Privacy Policy will continue to apply to your information, and any acquirer would only be able to handle your personal information as per this Privacy Policy (unless you give consent to a new policy). We will provide you with notice of an acquisition within thirty (30) days following the completion of such a transaction, by posting on our homepage, or by email to your email address that you provided to us. If you do not consent to the use of your personal information by such a successor company, you may request its deletion from the company. We may also make information, including personal information, available to a potential investor or purchaser (as their advisors) in advance of any such transaction completion.

In the unlikely event that Artsonia goes out of business, or files for bankruptcy, we will protect your personal information, and will not sell it to any third party.

With your consent: Other than the cases above, we won't disclose your personal information for any purpose unless you consent to it. Additionally, as discussed above, we will never sell or rent your personal information to advertisers or other third parties.

We try to be transparent about what information we collect, so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. For example, you can:

• Opt-out of providing certain information
• Delete your information from Artsonia
• Access and manage your personal information
• Take information out of Artsonia

You can always decline to share personal information with us, or even block all cookies (for more information visit our Online Tracking Technologies Policy). However, it's important to remember that many of Artsonia's features may not be accessible, or may not function properly - for example, you may not be able to login to your teacher or parent account.

Artsonia provides parents and teachers with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving any future marketing communications from Artsonia and its partners at any time. Please see the Communications from Artsonia section below for more information.

If for some reason you ever want to delete your account (or your child's account, if you are his or her parent), you can do that at any time by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below.

When you delete your account, we delete your profile information and any other content you provide in your profile (such as your name, screenname, password, email address, bio, and profile photos) and depending on the category of user you are (i.e., teacher, parent, Fan Club Member or student) additional information such as artwork, comments, compliments, feedback on artwork and information collected through mobile permissions you've granted. Information that you have shared with others, others have shared about you, or content other users may have copied and stored, is not part of your account and may not be deleted when you delete your account. For more details, please read "What happens when I terminate or delete my account?" in our HelpDesk.

Artsonia aims to provide you with easy access to any personal information we have collected about you. If that information is incorrect, we give you easy ways to update it, or to delete it, unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business (e.g., we need at least an email address for your account) or legal purposes.

• Accessing Your Information: You have a right to request access to your personal information controlled by Artsonia by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. In some cases, we won't be able to guarantee complete access due to legal restrictions - for example, you will not be allowed to access files that contain information about other users or information that is confidential to us.
• Managing Your Information: You may update, correct, or delete some of your profile information or your preferences at any time by logging into your account on Artsonia and accessing your account settings page. You may also, at any time, update, correct, or delete certain personal information that you have provided to us by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identify before we can act on your request. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe. Please note that while your changes may be reflected promptly in active content, users that have previously accessed the content may still have access to old copies cached on their device or may have copied and stored your content. You may also exercise your control or choices with the communications we send you as set forth in Communications from Artsonia section below.
• Accessing Your Child's Information: Take a look at our Parental Choices section to see how you can obtain copies of your child's personal information.

We may reject requests for access, change or deletion that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort (for example, developing a new system or fundamentally changing an existing practice), risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup systems).

Where we can provide information access and correction, we will do so for free, except where it would require a disproportionate effort. We aim to maintain our services in a manner that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction. Because of this, even after you update or delete personal information you have provided us from our Service, your personal information may be retained in our backup files and archives for a reasonable period of time for legal purposes or for so long as is necessary in light of the purposes for which such records were collected or legitimately further processed.

The security of your personal information is important to us. To prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, or improper use of your information, and to maintain data accuracy, we've established physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect the personal information we collect. In particular:

• We periodically review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorized access to systems.
• When you enter any information anywhere on the Service, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL) by default.
• Artsonia's database where we store your personal information is encrypted at rest, which converts all personal information stored in the database to an unintelligible form.
• As an added measure of security, we ensure passwords are stored and transferred securely using encryption and salted hashing.
• Artsonia's Website is hosted by third-party service providers at separate facilities, with whom we have a contract providing for enhanced security measures. For example, personal information is stored on a server equipped with industry standard firewalls. In addition, the hosting facilities provide 24 X 7 security system, camera surveillance, and locked cage areas.
• We restrict access to personal information to authorized Artsonia employees, agents or independent contractors who need to know that information in order to process it for us, and who are subject to strict confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

For additional information on our security practices, please visit our Privacy Center. Although we make concerted good faith efforts to maintain the security of personal information, and we work hard to ensure the integrity and security of our systems, no practices are 100% immune, and we can't guarantee the security of information. Outages, attacks, human error, system failure, unauthorized use or other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time.

If we learn of a security breach, we will attempt to notify you electronically (subject to any applicable laws) so that you can take appropriate protective steps; for example, we may post a notice on the Artsonia Website or elsewhere on the Service, and may send email to you at the email address you have provided to us. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.

We store your personal information for as long as it is necessary to provide products and Services to you and others, including those described above. Personal information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted, unless we no longer need the data to provide products and services.

Please note that we may have to retain some information after your account is closed, to comply with legal obligations, to protect the safety and security of our community or our Service, or to prevent abuse of our Terms. You can, of course, delete your account at any time, as per the Deleting Your Account section.

Student Data Protection Policy: In addition to the policy above that applies to all users, we only keep a student's personal information while the student's account is active, unless we are required by law to retain it, need it to ensure the security of our community or our Service, or to enforce our Terms. Additionally, we collect minimal information from students, and automatically delete or de-identify the personal information associated with student accounts if they are inactive for two years (including deletion of feedback given by teachers). Read more details about this student-friendly policy in the How Long Does Artsonia Keep Children's Information section.

School provided parent email addresses are used to obtain parental consent and are not used further by Artsonia unless the parent separately creates an account on Artsonia. If the parent does not provide consent within 90 days, then the school provided email address is deleted.

Please check here for more information on our data retention policies surrounding children's personal information and here for information on our data retention policies in general.

The Service may now or in the future include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, the Twitter Tweet button, or the ability to register on Artsonia or otherwise grant access to a third-party social networking service, such as through Facebook Connect or Google (collectively "Social Media Features"). These Social Media Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on our Service to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third- party social media network in order to share with others within your network. Additionally, if you decide to register on Artsonia through a Social Media Feature, Artsonia may also collect personal information that is already associated with your account connected to the Social Media Feature. If you choose to provide such information, during registration or otherwise, you are giving Artsonia the permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. Social Media Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these Social Media Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing each Social Media Feature. If you are not comfortable accessing such social media websites and using such Social Media Features, please don't use them!

Artsonia is hosted and operated in the United States. If you access or use the Service from the European Union, or any other region, the personal information you submit to our Service will be transferred to and stored in the United States and other countries to be processed by us so we can provide this Service to you as set forth in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service.

By using the Service, you consent to the transfer of your personal information outside your home jurisdiction, including to the United States, and to the storage of your personal information in the United States, for the purpose of hosting, using and processing the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You further acknowledge that these countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country from which you provided your personal information, and that Artsonia may be compelled to disclose your personal information to U.S. authorities. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below.

If you created an account on Artsonia, provided an email or phone number to us, or otherwise opted-in to receive communications from us, we may send you messages and updates regarding your account, including privacy and security notices, updates regarding the Service, and information regarding products, features or services from Artsonia (or third parties we believe you may be interested in). These communications may include, but are not limited to, social media communications, SMS, push notifications, email, telephone calls, and postal mail. If you have an account with us, we'll also use your email address to contact you for customer service purposes, or for any legal matters that arise in the course of business. We may receive a confirmation when you open an email from us if your device supports it. We use this confirmation to help us understand which emails are most interesting and to improve our future communications.

If you invite another person to join you on Artsonia by providing their email address or phone number, we may contact them regarding the Service using the appropriate form of communication. If they would prefer not to receive our marketing communications, they may opt-out using the "Unsubscribe" or "STOP" instructions contained in those communications.

You can always unsubscribe from receiving any of our: 1) marketing emails at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any Artsonia email; 2) marketing texts by replying "STOP" if you receive SMS communications; or 3) marketing push notifications by turning off push notifications on your device. Also, you may indicate your preferences regarding marketing emails by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below. If you have a teacher or parent account, you may also update your preferences within your logged in account. Please note that opting-out of marketing communications does not affect your receipt of business communications that are important to your interaction with Artsonia, such as support/service communications, security updates, or account management communications. You may not opt-out of receiving these communications.

Currently, various browsers – including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari – offer a "do not track" or "DNT" option that relies on a technology known as a DNT header, which sends a signal to Web sites visited by the user about the user's browser DNT preference setting. Artsonia does not track its users over time and across third-party websites to provide behaviorally-targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals with respect to the Artsonia Website. For more information on "do not track", please visit www.allaboutdnt.org.

Third parties that have content embedded on the Artsonia Website, such as a Social Media Feature, may set cookies on a user's browser and/or obtain information about the fact that a web browser visited the Artsonia Website from a certain IP address.

Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83(c)(2), Artsonia does not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure. Artsonia will never disclose children's personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If we do share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes and you authorize us to include your information, we will only share that information in connection with that specific promotion. To prevent disclosure of your personal information for use in direct marketing by a third party, do not opt in to such use when you provide personal information on our Service. If you later decide that you do not want that third party to use your personal information, you will need to contact the third party directly.

California customers can receive more information about our compliance with this law or to make a request under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 by contacting us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below.

If you are under the age of 18, or the parent of a child using Artsonia under the age of 18 residing in California, you are entitled to request removal of content or information you (the minor) have publicly posted on our Service. If you would like to request removal of your or your child's publicly posted content or information, please contact us as described in the Contacting Artsonia section below for assistance. Parents can delete specific artwork directly by logging into their account. Please note that removal of your content or information does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal, as there may be deidentified or recoverable elements of your content or information on our servers in some form. Additionally, we will not remove content or information that we may be required to retain under applicable federal and state laws.

We may revise our Privacy Policy from time to time. You can see when the last update was by looking at the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We won't reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. If we make any significant changes, we'll provide prominent notice by posting a notice on the Service and/or notifying you by email (using the email address you provided), so you can review and make sure you know about them.

In addition, if we ever make significant changes to the types of personal information we collect from children, or how we use it, we will notify parents in order to obtain parental consent or notice for those new practices.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time, to stay informed about our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information through the Service. If you don't agree with any changes to the Privacy Policy, you may terminate your account. By continuing to use the Service after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective, you acknowledge that you accept and agree to the current version of the Privacy Policy.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please contact us in one of the following ways:

privacy@artsonia.com

1-(800)-869-9974

Artsonia LLC
ATTN: Privacy
1350 Tri-State Parkway, Ste 106
Gurnee, IL 60031

Please visit our contact page.

For teachers, parents, students, fans, or administrators seeking more information on how we provide safety on Artsonia, we provide privacy and security related materials on our Privacy Center.