Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://amedeea.art. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

2. What Data We Collect & Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect:

  • The data shown in the comment form
  • The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent (to help with spam detection)
  • If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string (hash) may be sent to check if you have a profile. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience. Some key cookies include:

  • Comment Cookies: Save your name, email, and website for convenience (lasts 1 year).
  • Login Cookies: Stores login details for faster access (lasts 2 days; “Remember Me” lasts 2 weeks).
  • MailPoet Cookies: Track newsletter interactions and purchases (varies by type, up to 10 years).

You can manage or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Detailed Cookies Information

Effective Date: 26-Mar-2025
Last Updated: 26-Mar-2025

 

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

 

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

 

Types of Cookies we use

 

 

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

Newsletter & Emails (MailPoet)

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect:

  • Name & Email Address (for communication)
  • IP Address (for spam protection)
  • Engagement Data (e.g., email opens, clicks, purchases if linked to WooCommerce)

We use this data to improve our emails. You can unsubscribe anytime by clicking the link in our emails.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). These websites may collect your data through cookies and tracking.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use collected data to:
✔ Process and fulfill your orders
✔ Improve our website and services
✔ Prevent fraud and security risks
✔ Send you marketing emails (only if subscribed)
✔ Comply with legal obligations (e.g., tax calculations)

4. Payments & Security

We accept payments via Stripe. When processing payments, some data (purchase total, billing details) is shared with Stripe. We do not store full payment details. Stripe’s Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments & Reviews: Stored indefinitely unless manually deleted.
  • Customer Orders: Retained for 5 years for tax & accounting purposes.
  • User Accounts: Stored until deleted by the user.
  • Newsletter Subscriptions: Stored until you unsubscribe.

6. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA Compliance)

If you are in the EU or California, you have the right to:

🔹 Request a copy of your personal data
🔹 Request data correction or deletion
🔹 Withdraw consent for marketing emails
🔹 Restrict how we process your data

To exercise your rights, contact us at amedeeaart@gmail.com.

7. Who Has Access to Your Data

Only authorized Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

  • Order details
  • Customer contact & shipping information

8. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data. However, we share it with trusted third parties for essential services:

  • Stripe (Payment Processing)
  • MailPoet (Newsletter Emails)
  • Spam Detection Services

9. Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

10. Contact Us

For any privacy-related concerns, email us at: amedeeaart@gmail.com.