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COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACYThis site is owned and operated by The Bronze Gallery (bronze-gallery.com) . Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At The Bronze Gallery, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it. INFORMATION THE BRONZE GALLERY GATHERS AND TRACKSThe Bronze Gallery gathers two types of information about users: Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions, such as when you request a price or offer us a sculpture. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic response to your requests. Information The Bronze Gallery gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does The Bronze Gallery divulge any information about an individual user to a third party. The Bronze Gallery Gathers User Information In The Following Processes Optional Voluntary Information. We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users: Electronic newsletters (Dispatches) We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. The Bronze Gallery gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration. Message boards/forums Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and email address. E-mail this to a friend Service Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking e-mail this to a friend. The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose. Polling Surveys Children Usage tracking The Bronze Gallery sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. We may place a text file called acookie in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. The Bronze Gallery uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn ou before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys. USE OF INFORMATIONThe Bronze Gallery uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. The Bronze Gallery never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners. When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters. SHARING OF THE INFORMATION The Bronze Gallery uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public. We will not share information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public. SECURITY The Bronze Gallery operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers. OPT-OUT POLICY We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include: YOUR CONSENT By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by The Bronze Gallery. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it Review Copyright and Legal Notices
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