In an effort to keep the Privacy Policy readable we'll make it as brief as possible.
Data given to us by you directly
When you register as a user on the website or contact us via email the information is stored on our secure server. This information is used for us to facilitate our services with you. We only record the bare minimum required to process your orders, name, address, email.
Emails will only contain information about our products and services if you have opted to receive these type of notifications otherwise communication will only relate directly to an order you have placed with us.
Data recorded discretely via tracking technology
We use Google Analytics and Google AdWords throughout our site and as an advertising platform. Data recorded via this integration is stored by Google but remains under our ownership. Google is not permitted to use this data in any way nor are they allowed to give or sell it to third parties.
Google Analytics records information about how users interact with our site and advertising; the data stored cannot be used to uniquely identify you but gives us overall volumes and averages on the following type of information.
Clicks on advertising
Visits to a particular page on the site
Time spent on a particular page
Country of visitor
Type of computer of visitor (PC, Mac, Mobile Phone)
Google AdWords records which Mikes Art advertising placed through Google you interact with, and then whether you go on to make a purchase or not.
This information is used so that we can...
Make improvements to our site based on factual data
Understand which advertising is working best to make future advertising more cost effective
For more information on Google Advertising or to opt out of this kind of tracking please visit the following page. http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/
Data collected by third parties you directly interact with
Currently this is limited to your interactions with PayPal who process payments for us. We do not record any banking information submitted to PayPal other than a transaction reference or payment status. Please visit http://www.paypal.co.uk for an in depth understanding of Paypal's Privacy Policy.
