Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy explains how Robert Santoré collects, uses, protects, and handles information submitted through this website. By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are

This website is owned and operated by Robert Santoré, a contemporary artist. The website address is:

https://robertsantore.com

This website presents artwork, images, written content, artist information, exhibition materials, archival content, contact information, and related creative materials.

Information We Collect

We may collect limited personal information when you voluntarily interact with this website, including when you:

• Submit a contact form

• Request information about artwork, exhibitions, commissions, licensing, or acquisitions

• Subscribe to updates or mailing lists, if available

• Leave a comment, if comments are enabled

• Communicate by email through links provided on the website

The information collected may include your name, email address, phone number, organization, message content, IP address, browser type, device information, and other technical data normally provided by your browser or collected by website analytics, spam prevention, hosting, or security tools.

How We Use Information

Information submitted through this website may be used to:

• Respond to inquiries

• Communicate about artwork, exhibitions, commissions, acquisitions, licensing, press, or related matters

• Maintain website security

• Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, or unauthorized access

• Improve website performance and user experience

• Comply with legal, regulatory, or administrative obligations

We do not sell your personal information.

Artwork, Images, and Website Content

All artwork, images, photographs, written content, titles, visual concepts, documentation, archives, digital files, and related creative materials displayed on this website are protected intellectual property. Viewing this website does not grant any license, permission, ownership interest, reproduction right, download right, data extraction right, or other right of use.

Any unauthorized copying, downloading, scraping, reproduction, distribution, modification, publication, AI training, machine learning use, dataset creation, NFT minting, blockchain use, commercial use, or derivative use of artwork or content is strictly prohibited.

Comments

If comments are enabled on this website, we may collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection and website security.

An anonymized string created from your email address, also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Visitors should not upload images or files that contain embedded location data, including EXIF GPS data. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from uploaded images if such data is present.

Cookies

This website may use cookies to support basic site functionality, improve performance, remember user preferences, prevent spam, support security features, and analyze traffic.

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies may last for up to one year.

If you visit a login page, a temporary cookie may be used to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is usually discarded when you close your browser.

If you log in to the website, cookies may be used to save login information and screen display choices. Login cookies may last for a limited period, while display preference cookies may last longer. If you log out, login cookies are removed.

Analytics and Technical Data

This website may use analytics, hosting logs, security tools, spam prevention tools, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, monitor performance, detect abuse, and protect the website.

Technical information may include IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring pages, pages visited, date and time of visit, and general geographic region derived from IP address.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Pages or posts on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts, articles, or other third-party content.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly. These third-party websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged in to an account with that third-party service.

Third-Party Services

This website may interact with third-party services for hosting, analytics, security, spam prevention, email delivery, contact forms, embedded media, payment processing, or other website functionality.

These third-party providers may process limited personal or technical information as necessary to provide their services. Their handling of information is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell personal information.

Information may be shared only when necessary with trusted service providers who help operate the website, respond to inquiries, protect the site, process communications, comply with legal obligations, or enforce rights related to website security and intellectual property protection.

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Data

Information submitted through contact forms, email inquiries, comments, or other website interactions may be retained as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the inquiry, maintain records, protect legal rights, manage business or artistic communications, comply with obligations, or resolve disputes.

If comments are enabled, comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically.

For registered users, if any, personal information provided in user profiles may be stored in the user profile. Users may be able to view, edit, or delete their personal information, except usernames or other system-required identifiers. Website administrators may also view and edit that information.

International Visitors

This website may be accessed from outside the United States. By using this website or submitting information through it, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where website service providers operate.

Privacy protections and legal rights may vary by jurisdiction.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or a copy of certain personal information held about you.

You may also have the right to object to certain processing or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact Robert Santoré through the contact information provided on this website.

Certain information may be retained when required for legal, security, administrative, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, intellectual property protection, or compliance purposes.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures are used to help protect information submitted through this website. However, no website, server, email transmission, or internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You submit information through this website at your own discretion.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed toward children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information through this website, please contact us so the information can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments, form submissions, login attempts, and other interactions may be checked through automated spam detection, security, analytics, or hosting services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy, personal information, permissions, licensing, or use of artwork and website content, please contact:

Robert Santoré
Website: https://robertsantore.com
Email: [Insert Contact Email]

Note: This Privacy Policy is intended as a general website privacy statement and should be reviewed by a qualified attorney if you need formal legal compliance for GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, ecommerce, newsletters, collectors, or international sales.