PRIVACY STATEMENT:

 Posted as of: December 20, 2004 TheArtShow.net is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following statement to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the TheArtShow.net Web site.

The TheArtShow.net Web site is owned and operated by TheArtShow.net If you have any questions regarding our privacy statement, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at Admin@TheArtShow.net.au .

Gathering of Information Voluntary Submission:
TheArtShow.net does not collect personally identifying information about any individual  except when knowingly provided by such individual. You always have the option not to provide the information we request.

Cookies:
A cookie is a data file that certain Web sites write to your computer's hard drive when you visit such sites. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user identification code, that the site uses to track the pages you have visited. TheArtShow.net uses cookies solely to track user traffic patterns throughout the TheArtShow.net Web site. We use this data on an anonymous basis and we do not correlate this information with personal data of any user. Most Web site browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, if you choose to disable the receipt of cookies from our Web site, you may not be able to use certain features of the site.

 Browser Level Information:
TheArtShow.net Web servers automatically collect information about a site user's IP address, browser type and referrer by reading this information from the user's browser (information provided by every user's browser). This information is collected in a database and used in a anonymous manner This information is automatically logged by most Web sites.  Use of Information Our primary goal in collecting user information is to enhance your experience on our Web site. 

E-Mail:
 TheArtShow respects the privacy of its viewers and shall not disclose, distribute or rent its e-mail list to any third party, nor shall it permit anyone else to do so.

DEFINITIONS:

IP address:
Every computer connected to the Internet has a numeric address called an IP address." This may or may not correspond uniquely to a particular computer. In some cases, IP addresses can be resolved to domain names, which may indicate a site visitor's Internet service provider, employer, university, etc. As part of its database analysis,
TheArtShow.net resolves IP addresses to domain names.

Browser type:
A users browser is a software program running on a computer that allows users to access documents on the World Wide Web. Browsers can be either text or graphic. They read HTML coded pages that reside on a server and interpret the coding into what the user sees as Web pages. Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer are examples of Web browsers. Browser type typically discloses hardware platform, operating system, and browser software and version.

Referrer:
The referrer is the URI of the Internet resource or page that causes a browser to request a page or image from TheArtShow.net servers.