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Protecting your private information is our priority. The Statement of Privacy applies to http://www.newyorkifac.com and New York International Fine Art Competition and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to New York International Fine Art Competition include http://www.newyorkifac.com and NYIFAC. The NYIFAC website is a Music Competition site. By using the NYIFAC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with services offered on our Site, NYIFAC may collect your
- First and Last Name
- Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone number
- Gender
- Age and Date of Birth
- Payment information such as Debit/Credit card
If you purchase NYIFAC’s services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do collect your personal information to fulfill our online service. You may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain services available on the Site. These may include; (a) submitting an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstake or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) sending us a message; (d) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to the services you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
NYIFAC collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
NYIFAC may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other services available from NYIFAC and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
NYIFAC does not share its customer lists with third parties except on some occasions.
NYIFAC may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering such as concerts, festivals, or any musical experiences that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, phone number, etc) is transferred to the third party. NYIFAC may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to NYIFAC, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
NYIFAC may disclose your information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to : (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on NYIFAC or the sites; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of NYIFAC; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of NYIFAC, or the public.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information, we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
- The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, send us an email at newyorkifac@gmail.com.
Tracking User Behavior
NYIFAC may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within NYIFAC, in order to determine what NYIFAC services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within NYIFAC to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by NYIFAC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the NYIFAC website.
Use of Cookies
The NYIFAC website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The example, if you personalize NYIFAC pages, or register with NYIFAC sites or services, a cookie helps NYIFAC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as your name, billing addresses, and so on. When you return to the same NYIFAC website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the NYIFAC features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the NYIFAC services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
NYIFAC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
NYIFAC uses the following methods for this purpose:
- SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet, which are beyond our control and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
- Delete your personal information from our records; and
- Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a service conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
NYIFAC collects personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. NYIFAC collects this information for the following reasons(s):
We may collect personal information that can identify you such as your name, phone number, mailing address, e-mail address and other documents that can identify you.
When you provide personal information through our website, the portion of the information given to us will be sent to our Jury members, located in the United States.
The Jury members are only given your full name, age, the instrument you play, and the submitted video and music files.
We may collect and store any personal information you submit on our website. This includes identifying information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number, and financial information such as your payment method (valid credit card number, type, expiration date, or other financial information). We also may request information about your biographical data, activities, your gender and age, your opinion about our events and services that we offer, and other information.
We may collect and store personal information about other people that you provide to us, such as relatives, teachers, colleagues, etc. We may also store your personal information and the personal information of each such people.
How we use the information we collect. We may use information that we collect about you to:
- evaluate your information, records, etc. for the main purposes of verifying your application for competitions held by NYIFAC;
- perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our events, services, or content;
- communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone and/or mobile devices about events;
- develop and display content for marketing and promotional purposes
- verify your eligibility and deliver prizes to participants;
- provide you with updates and other information relating to the competition;
- enforce our terms and conditions;
- manage and perform our full functions as described to you at the time of collection;
- find and prevent fraud;
We provide information about our personal data practices for children on our home page and wherever we knowingly collect personal data from children on our Website. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If you are a parent and you have questions regarding our data collection practices, please contact us using the information provided at the end of this Statement of Privacy.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of NYIFAC by contacting us at newyorkifac@gmail.com.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, NYIFAC may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from NYIFAC or click on a link therein.
Changes to this Statement
NYIFAC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and /or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
NYIFAC welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that NYIFAC has not adhered to this Statement, please contact NYIFAC at:
New York International Fine Art Competition
44-01 Little Neck Pkwy,
Little Neck, NY 11363
Email Address:
newyorkifac@gmail.com
Effective as of September 01, 2021