Terms and Privacy Policy

Return Policy:

The beneficiary has the right to recover the donated amount (paid) through an online  donation on the forum’s website. In the following cases:
- Paying an amount greater than the amount intended to be donated, in which case only the additional amount will be returned.
This policy applies to Visual Arts Forum, and details how it processes data below.

Information we collect:

We collect and process personal data that is voluntarily provided when registering for online  newsletters, bookings for various events, online purchases, and making donations via the website.

The personal information we collect may include: 

▪ Name, surname, gender, and date of birth.

▪ Postal address, email, and contact number.

We may also collect and retain information about your communication with us as a visitor, student, participant, donor or follower through the media and social networking sites.

This information may include the following:

▪ Registration in the School of Visual Arts, camps, workshops or events.
▪ Purchases of products and works of art via the Internet.
▪ Contact methods chosen, for example if the person has signed up to mailing lists.
▪ Details about communications sent to or received from you.
▪ Information that a person chooses to share when applying for a job, job training, obtaining grants, or inquiring about the forum’s programs and services.
▪ Collecting sensitive data (race, gender, age, disability) within a form in which the identity of people is not disclosed within a project, program or study of the Forum.
▪ Information that the person made publicly available or shared with the forum, through his interaction with the forum’s various social media pages and platforms.

▪ When we ask you to provide personal information, we inform the person about the reason behind the request, and how we will use the data provided, by directing him to this privacy policy.

How we use the information you provide to us

▪ Depending on the person’s relationship with the Visual Arts Forum, and his or her preferences in terms of communication options, as determined when registering his/her personal information, the data that we hold may be used by us for the following purposes:
▪ Sending promotional, marketing, or fundraising materials or information via mail, telephone, or electronic means. This correspondence can include the following:
▪ Electronic newsletters.

▪ Information about programs, services, or events related to the forum, such as art exhibitions, events, or any other offers.
▪ Information about our fundraising activities, including occasional requests to consider providing financial support to the Forum, or asking someone to consider supporting in other ways.
▪ Review and update data to ensure we have the correct contact information for the person.
▪ Sending surveys or questionnaires, for research purposes.
▪ We may use tools to monitor the effectiveness of our communications with you. This includes email tracking that documents when a person's email newsletter message is opened and/or how many links within the message are clicked on. In general, the data from this tracking process is used in the form of a form in which all data is collected without revealing the identity of the persons concerned.
You can stop receiving any/all of our correspondence at any time you wish, through the following address: [email protected]:
Or you can click on the link to stop subscribing to our newsletters (unsubscribe).

Data sharing:

▪ There are certain communications that the organization is required to send, regardless of the communication preferences a person selects, which are essential communications that are necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you. This includes invoices, confirmation messages of receipt of the donation or installments, or to inquire about electronic messages or returned payments by credit card

.▪ We do not share any personal data with any third parties or external organizations.
▪ Sometimes we may need to transfer your personal information externally, for example to our email bulk distributor, such as MailChimp, through which we send newsletters and invitations to events.
▪ Your information will not be passed on to any third party for any other purposes, and we will never sell your data to any third party.

How we keep your information secure:

The Forum has implemented security measures, rules and technical procedures in order to secure and protect your personal data in our possession, through:

▪ Blocking access to data.
▪ Prohibit misuse or disclosure of data.
▪ Prohibiting modifications.
All our employees and data processing companies who have access to or are legally responsible for processing personal data are required to respect the confidentiality of personal data of visitors and supporters. 

Cookies

For the purposes of facilitating the use of the Forum website and improving our services, we sometimes leave a small amount of information on your computer, or what are called “cookies,” and they are used by the majority of major sites on the Internet.

Changes related to the privacy policy

We review our Privacy Policy periodically, and we may make changes from time to time. Any changes we make will be uploaded on this page, and will become effective from the moment they are posted. 
 

Contact Us

If you have any comments about our privacy policy or the information we hold on you, please contact us at [email protected]