Hello, Gary Gumble here, founder of Beginningartist.com. I am probably much like you. I have become much more protective of my personal information online. That’s why it is only fair that I tell you about my Privacy Policy at www.beginningartist.com.
This document outlines the types of personal and non-personal information this site receives and collects when you use Beginningartist.com, as well as some of the steps I take to safeguard that information. This should help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with me.
At Beginningartist.com I strive to maintain the highest standards of integrity in all my operations. Likewise, I am dedicated to protecting my customers' and online visitors' privacy on this website.
Beginningartist.com only collects personally identifiable information from you if you choose to provide it. Personal information collected on a voluntary basis may include name, email address, postal address and telephone number.
Some of this information is collected if you: request information, participate in a quiz or assessment, sign up for my blog or purchase a service or product. The information collected is used to improve the content and products offered on Beginningartist.com, to complete the purchase or delivery of a product or service, to notify visitors of updates or to respond to visitor inquiries. Beginningartist.com never sells any personal information.
Most personal information you provide is collected and stored through third parties I use for that purpose. For instance, to receive my blog posts your name and email address are stored on the servers of DRIP, my email provider.
If you purchase a product or service, my payment processor PayPal will collect your name, address, billing address, email address and credit card number. That information will be stored on their servers. PayPal will share your name, address and email address with Beginningartist.com so I can deliver the product or service you purchased.
All third parties I use comply with new stricter privacy standards set by the European Union.
You can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information and visit our site anonymously. However, doing that will prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities.
If Beginningartist.com changes how it collects or uses personally identifiable information I will inform you by placing a notice on this site. Please be assured that personal information received from any visitor will only be used for the internal operations of Beginningartist.com. Your information will never be sold or given to others for commercial purposes – with one possible exception (see Release of Information below).
Caution: Beginningartist.com contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you click on a link to leave our site, I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites. These sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Always exercise caution by reviewing the privacy statement of the website in question before continuing to use it.
When you visit Beginningartist.com, information is collected that does not personally identify you. This non-personal information is used to help me understand how visitors, as a whole, reach this site and use it. This information helps me administer the site and improve your user experience when you visit. The information that is collected is only used internally for the purposes mentioned. It is not shared or sold for commercial purposes.
A cookie is a bit of information that is transferred to your computer by way of your browser each time you return to this site. Cookies do not provide personally identifiable information about you. They allow my systems to recognize your web browser and help me identify and track visitors, their use of this website, and their preferred way of finding Beginningartist.com.
Beginningartist.com currently uses Google Analytics for these purposes. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information, and these cookies are stored on your computer. The information they provide is shared with Google, which uses and stores it on its servers. You can view Google’s Privacy Policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
The information that Google Analytics provides relating to my website is used to create reports about how visitors use this site. These reports allow me to update the site and improve your usage of it.
If you don’t want your non-personal data collected by Google Analytics, you can install its opt-out browser extension here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
This site may also from time to time use Facebook retargeting ads and pixels. Facebook pixels are a form of cookie that helps me understand the effectiveness of some Facebook ad campaigns. You can change your Facebook ad settings here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
You can set your browser to accept or refuse all cookies automatically or notify you when a cookie is being requested. Taking this action should not cause a problem with the continued use of our site. However, by refusing Beginningartist.com’s cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this site.
This website is directed to adults. It is not directed to children under the age of 16. We operate our site in compliance with current regulations. Anyone under the age of 16 must have a parent or guardian provide consent to use this site. We do not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from anyone under 16 years of age.
If Beginningartist.com were to be sold, the information obtained from you through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale so that the service provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through our website of that change in control and practices, and we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.
I am providing this privacy policy as a statement to you of my commitment to protect your personally identifiable information. If you have submitted personally identifiable information through my website and would like to review, update or delete
any of your information you can do that by clicking on this link.
Beginningartist.com reserves the right to make changes in this privacy policy. If there is a material change in my cookie and privacy practices, I will indicate on my site that those practices have changed and provide a link to the updated privacy policy. I encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information is collected and how it is used.
Last updated: January 24, 2023
If you do not agree to Beginningartist.com’s privacy policy as explained above, please do not use this site or any of the products or services offered on it.
Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy policy in its entirety.
Beginningartist.com provides this site as an information service.
While the information contained on the site is periodically updated, no guarantee is given that the information provided on this website is correct, complete, and/or up-to-date.
The materials contained on this website are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. Beginningartist.com does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained on this site.
Permission is given for the downloading and temporary storage of one or more of these pages for the purpose of viewing on a personal computer. The contents of Beginningartist.com are protected by copyright under international conventions and, apart from the permission stated, the reproduction, permanent storage, or re-transmission of the contents of this site is prohibited without the prior written consent of Beginningartist.com.
Some links within this website may lead to other websites, including those operated and maintained by third parties. Beginningartist.com includes these links solely as a convenience to you, and the presence of such a link does not imply a responsibility for the linked site or an endorsement of the linked site, its operator, or its contents (exceptions may apply).
This website and its contents are provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Reproduction, distribution, republication, and/or re-transmission of material contained within this website are prohibited unless the prior written permission from Beginningartist.com has been obtained.
Gary Gumble
Founder of BeginningArtist.com
Without art the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. (George Bernard Shaw)