Privacy Policy
Basically we try to be cool about everything regarding your privacy, this being cool is outlined below in more detail. Also a special thanks to Automattic (creators of WordPress.com) for releasing their Privacy Policy under a Creative Commons license, from which the one below stems.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Artisan Themes collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Artisan Themes' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Artisan Themes' visitors use its website. From time to time, Artisan Themes may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Artisan Themes also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Artisan Themes does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Artisan Themes' websites choose to interact with Artisan Themes in ways that require Artisan Themes to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Artisan Themes gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, Artisan Themes collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Artisan Themes. Artisan Themes does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Artisan Themes may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Artisan Themes may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Artisan Themes does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Artisan Themes discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Artisan Themes' behalf or to provide services available at Artisan Themes' websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Artisan Themes' websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Artisan Themes will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Artisan Themes discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Artisan Themes believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Artisan Themes, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Artisan Themes website and have supplied your email address, Artisan Themes may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Artisan Themes and our products. We primarily use our various product blogs to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Artisan Themes takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Artisan Themes uses cookies to help Artisan Themes identify and track visitors, their usage of Artisan Themes website, and their website access preferences. Artisan Themes visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Artisan Themes' websites, with the drawback that certain features of Artisan Themes' websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Artisan Themes may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Artisan Themes' sole discretion. Artisan Themes encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a wordpress.com account, you should also check your blog’s dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
