Privacy Policy

When you provide us with information through this Website, we respect your privacy. It is important for you to understand what information we collect about you during your visit and what we do with that information. Your visit to this Website is subject to the following privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") as well as our Terms and Conditions.

1. Information Collection and Use
We do not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you provide it to us. For example, if you submit an inquiry to us, you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact information (name, e-mail address, mailing address, and/or telephone number), gender, and the product and/or service that your inquiry concerns. Similarly, if you submit a donation, an order for membership, or a subscription purchase, you may be asked to provide additional information such as your financial data (account and/or credit card data).

When you submit your personally identifiable information on this Website, you are giving your consent to the collection, retention, use, and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If you would prefer that we not collect any personally identifiable information from you, please do not provide us with any such information.

Except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy, we will use the information you provide us only for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. For example, upon your request, we may use your name and address to mail you a copy of our publications or to direct your concern to one of our representatives. We may also use the information you provide in aggregate form for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans, or for the evaluation of our programs, our Website, or our Website usage. We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties without your consent

We may also collect, store or accumulate certain non-personally identifiable information concerning your use of this Website, such as information regarding what types of inquiries are most common. We may share or transfer such non-personally identifiable information with or to our affiliates, funders and partners.

We may forward your personal information to our service providers who we feel can best address your inquiries, comments, or purchase requests. We reserve the right to disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, as required, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

2. Third Parties
We may retain other companies, organizations, and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include data analysis firms, customer support, webhosting companies, and fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that coordinate mailings of publications). Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.

3. Information Automatically Collected
We may retain other companies, organizations, and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include data analysis firms, customer support, webhosting companies, and fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that coordinate mailings of publications). Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.

Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can identify your previous visits to this Website. Like many other websites, this Website uses cookies as they enable us to identify your computer when you visit this Website. With most Internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions.

We also automatically collect certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to the Website. This information may include your numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, your browser software type and the Internet address of any referring websites, if any. Circumstances in which we temporarily log standard technical information may include conducting site testing, diagnosis of technical problems, and defending against attacks on the site.

Our Website may also use other technical methods to track visitor usage. We may use these technical methods to analyze the traffic patterns on our Website, such as the frequency with which our users visit various parts of our website. These technical methods may involve the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to collect information on our behalf that is personally identifiable.

4. Links
This Website may contain links to or from other websites that may use cookies or web beacons to collect personally identifiable information. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information we collect on this Website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of other websites you link to from our Website or otherwise visit.

5. Security
We implement various security measures to protect the security of your personal information, both on line and off line, but cannot guarantee complete security. Information collected by IFAR will be maintained for a length of time appropriate to our needs. If you have any questions about security at our Website, you can send an email to kferg@ifar.org.

6. Notification of Changes
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised policy here. While we will do our best to provide you with advance notice of changes to this Privacy Policy, it may not always be possible to do so, so we suggest that you periodically consult this Privacy Policy to determine whether changes have been made. Please note that our rights to use your personally identifiable information will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is used.

7. Choice/Opt Out
You may at any time choose to opt-out of receiving postal, electronic mail, and/or telephone communications from IFAR, or from third parties with whom IFAR has shared your name, address, telephone number, and/or email address. These opt-out choices are the means by which you give us, or decline to give us, your consent to use this personal information or to share it with third parties. There are three methods by which you can exercise your opt-out choices: (a) at the time you first submit such information via the Website; or (b) after submission, by contacting us by electronic mail at kferg@ifar.org, by telephone at (212) 391-6234, or by postal mail at: IFAR, 500 Fifth Avenue, suite 935, New York, New York 10110.

If you elect to contact us by e-mail or postal mail, please include information in your email or letter that will help us identify you so that we can most expeditiously respond to you.

Please note that, if you do not exercise one or more of your opt-out choices when you first submit personal information to IFAR via the Website, it may take us some time to fully effect your opt-out choices. This is because our systems require time to update, and postal, e-mail, and telephone communications using information shared by you before your opt-out may already be works in process. Thus, you might continue to receive postal, email, or telephone communications from us or a third party based upon the personal information you have provided under this Privacy Statement for a short time after you changed your opt-out choice(s). For similar reasons, your personal information might continue to be shared with third parties for a short time after you change your opt-out choice(s).

To access and update your name, postal address, e-mail address, or any other information that would directly enable us to contact you, or modify your opt-out choices, please contact us by electronic mail at kferg@ifar.org, by telephone at (212) 391-6234, or by postal mail at: IFAR, 500 Fifth Avenue, suite 935, New York, New York 10110.

If you elect to contact us by e-mail or postal mail, please include information in your e-mail or letter that will help us identify you so that we can most expeditiously respond to you.

We may also provide you an opportunity to update your information and/or modify your opt-out choices by sending you an e-mail, writing you a letter, or telephoning you and inviting your response.

8. Additional Information for California Residents
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us by electronic mail at kferg@ifar.org, by telephone at (212) 391-6234, or by postal mail at:IFAR, 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 935, New York, New York 10110.

If you elect to contact us by e-mail or postal mail, please include information in your e-mail or letter that will help us identify you so that we can most expeditiously respond to you.

9. Comments
It is important to us that your visit to our Website is an excellent one and that your privacy is constantly respected. If you have any concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us.

IFAR respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied on the Website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please click here to use e-mail to notify us of claimed infringement. If you prefer, we can be contacted by postal mail at: International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 935, New York, NY 10110.