Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 23 March 2025
Thank you for visiting Studio de Villliers's website (the "Site"). Protecting your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit, interact, or make purchases from our Site.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including details about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some cookies installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse, we collect information about individual web pages or artworks you view, websites or search terms that referred you to the Site, and information about your interaction with the Site.
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We collect this information using:
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Cookies: Data files placed on your device.
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Log files: Track actions occurring on the Site and collect data, including IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
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Web beacons, tags, and pixels: Electronic files used to record how you browse the Site.
When you make a purchase or commission artwork through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number.
When you subscribe to our mailing list or submit inquiries, we may collect your name and email address.
How We Use Your Information
We use collected personal information to:
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Process and fulfill orders and commissions.
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Communicate with you about your orders, commissions, or inquiries.
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Provide updates, promotional content, and newsletters, subject to your consent.
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Improve and optimize our Site (e.g., analyzing user behavior and preferences).
Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your personal information with third parties to help us operate our website and business effectively:
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Payment processing providers: For handling secure payments.
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Shipping and delivery services: To deliver purchased artworks.
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Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics): To understand how visitors use our Site and improve services.
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Email service providers: To manage communications, marketing, and updates.
We may also share your personal information to comply with applicable laws, respond to lawful requests, or protect our rights.
Data Security
We employ reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to ensure your information is not lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Changes
We may periodically update this privacy policy to reflect changes in our practices or for operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Changes will take effect immediately upon posting
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us at:
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Cecile de Villiers at Studio de Villiers
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