Security

You may be worried about disclosing your card details online, but it is statistically far safer to make payment to Secure sites such as ours than paying by card in stores or restaurants. You have probably read other web security statements, but you may learn some interesting and useful information by taking the time to read the following.

Credit Card fraud is usually the result of someone stealing somebodys card number and making purchases from companies where the cardholder does not need to be present (such as a mail order catalogue). If your card were ever to be used fraudulently your card issuer can not hold you liable for any more than a small amount, and must cover any amount above that themselves (please check with your card issuers for full details).

Art in the Village is a Secure Site hosted on a server using the latest secure server software (SSL - Secure Socket Layer). This means that all sensitive information is entered in a protected part of the site that no one can view, and where all information is encrypted (coded).

When your card details are sent for authorization they are encrypted so that they cannot be read. We use the same methods used by most of the largest e-commerce sites.

Privacy Statement

Protecting your privacy is a top priority at Art in the Village. We take great care to safeguard the personal information of our customers. Here is how we collect, use and protect any personal, business or data information you provide to us via our web site, e-mail, telephone, fax or mail.

What We Collect

When you complete any form on our site, your information is written to a secure file meaning that it is on a secure part of our site and is encrypted.

When you shop our online store, a SESSION ID tracks movements and your IP address is stored for authentication and verification reasons only. This is standard in all shopping cart programs. Your credit card information is stored securely via SSL, in a different location than your contact information, and is removed from the server when transactions are complete.

Our online store uses cookies to identify you and your movement through our store. A cookie is a small file stored on your computer, which expires by a certain date. Our cookies do not track your movement throughout the Internet and never send us information about you when you are not on our site.

What We Do With It
After you shop with us, your name, address, telephone number and e-mail, along with your order are kept on file for two reasons: 1. To reference should you have questions regarding your order; 2. To notify you of any problems about your purchase. This information is never sold, traded or distributed to others.

If you choose to create a User Account on our site, we store your information in a secure area. This information is used for your convenience and to facilitate any future discounts for preferred customers. We do not now and never will distribute this information to anyone else for any purpose whatsoever.

If You Have Questions.
If you have questions about our privacy policy, or have a dispute, please send an e-mail to orders@artinthevillage.com.