Privacy Notice

Last updated: December 24, 2005.

Portraits In Music recognizes that you care how information about you is used and/or shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting PortraitsMusic.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Personal Information About Customers

The information you give us regarding the subject of the Portrait In Music which you commission is essential to our creation of your song. We go to no other source for any information regarding you or your intended recipient of the Portrait In Music.

We receive and store in-house any information you submit to us via our Web site or via our “Questionnaire”. We use the information that you provide solely for the purpose of creating your Portrait In Music and do not share it with anyone.

We do not receive and store information about you other than the information which you purposely send to us. Unlike many Web sites, we do not use cookies, and we do not obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses portaitsmusic.com.

E-mail Communications

We send information to you via e-mail only if it is necessary to communicate with you regarding details of the Portrait In Music that either you are considering commissioning or that you have already commissioned. We do not compare our customer list to lists received from other companies. We do not share our customer lists with anyone.

We don’t solicit information about you from other sources.

Cookies

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that some web sites transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable the web sites to recognize your browser and to provide certain features. We neither collect cookies nor transfer data to your computer’s hard drive.

Sharing Information

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We do not share customer information.

Protection of Portraits In Music and Others

We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Portraits In Music, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

Securing Information About Our Customers

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing. We do not collect and/or analyze any Automatic Information during your visit(s) to our web site.

Third-Party Advertisers and Links to Other Websites

Our site does not include third-party advertising. We might at times include links to other websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer information to these third-party websites. We merely provide the links for the convenience and edification of visitors to our web site.

These third-party websites, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that appear on websites directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers useful information about Internet advertising companies (also called "ad networks" or "network advertisers"), including information about how to opt-out of their information collection.

As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to complete your Portrait In Music as fully, accurately and professionally as possible.

You can add or update certain information by contacting us via phone or e-mail. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.

Children’s Use of Portraits In Music

Portraits In Music does not sell products for purchase by children. We sell songs for purchase by adults. These might include children's songs or songs about children. If you are under 18, we cannot prevent your perusing PortraitsMusic.com but you may not make a purchase.

Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions

If you choose to visit PortraitsMusic.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of New York. If you have any concern about privacy at PortraitsMusic.com, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.