Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10 Dec 2025

Design By Artist (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by Design By Artist.

This Privacy Policy applies to our website, and its associated subdomains (collectively, our “Service”) alongside our application, Design By Artist. By accessing or using our Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit our store, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the site, and information necessary to process your purchases.

A. Device Information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: Version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
• Purpose of collection: To load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Service.

B. Order Information

• Examples of Personal Information collected: Name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number).
• Purpose of collection: To provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, and screen our orders for potential risk or fraud.
• Source of collection: Collected directly from you.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Process and fulfill your orders (including sending your details to our printing partners and shipping carriers).
• Communicate with you regarding your order status.
• Screen for potential risk and fraud.
• When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
• Improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site).

3. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.

• WooCommerce: We use WooCommerce to power our online store.
• Payment Processors: We use third-party payment processors (such as Stripe or PayPal) to process payments securely. We do not store your full credit card details on our servers.
• Fulfillment Partners: As we sell art prints and posters, we share your shipping name and address with our printing and logistics partners solely for the purpose of delivering your order.
• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site.

We may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

4. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies (such as web beacons, tags, and pixels) to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Cookies are small data files that are transferred to your device’s hard drive or mobile device to allow us to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are essential for the basic functioning of an online store, such as keeping your shopping cart updated as you browse different pages.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services. Without these cookies, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use tools like Google Analytics to help us understand these patterns.
• Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties (such as Facebook or Google) for this purpose to show you relevant ads for our posters and art prints on other platforms.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. For more information about how to manage cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

5. DATA RETENTION AND DELETION

We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Specifically regarding your order data:

• Transaction Records: We maintain records of your purchases, including your name, address, and product details, for a period of at least seven (7) years to comply with tax and accounting regulations in the United States and our operational jurisdiction. This data is stored securely and is not used for marketing purposes once you have unsubscribed or requested deletion of your active account.
• Usage Data: Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
• Marketing Data: If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, we retain your email address until you opt out. You can request to be removed from our marketing lists at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails.

Upon your request for account deletion, we will remove your personal identifiers from our active databases. However, please note that we may need to retain certain information in our archives for record-keeping purposes, to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion, or to comply with mandatory record retention laws.

6. SECURITY OF YOUR DATA

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. However, we implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

• SSL Encryption: Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
• Payment Security: We do not store your credit card information on our servers. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider (such as Stripe or PayPal) and are not stored or processed on our servers. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
• User Responsibility: You are responsible for keeping your account password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. We limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. This website and its contents are directed to a general audience and are not intended for children.

We comply with the requirements of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information without your verification and consent, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take strict steps to remove that information from our servers and terminate the associated account.

If you are a minor under the age of 18 but at least 13 years of age, you may use our Service only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy. By using our website, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time, and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

• Notification of Changes: If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our website. It is your responsibility to ensure that we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for you to periodically visit our website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
• Effective Date: The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
• Review: We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information. If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

9. YOUR RIGHTS & CONTACT INFORMATION

Depending on where you reside (including, without limitation, the European Economic Area or California), you may have specific rights regarding your personal information. Design By Artist is committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights.

Your rights may include:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions (also known as the “Right to be Forgotten”).
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, particularly where we are processing it for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

California Residents: Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. You also have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

10. CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email or by mail using the details provided below:

• Design By Artist
• Email: [email protected]
• Address: 11210 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77072, United States