PRIVACY POLICY
RealisticPencilDrawing.com is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy (โPrivacy Policyโ) is designed to help you understand what information we gather, how we use it, what we do to protect it, and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service. ย Unless otherwise indicated below, this Privacy Policy applies to any website that references this Privacy Policy.
WHO WE ARE
RealisticPencilDrawing.com is an instructional website that features online courses involving video and written instruction to help visitors to learn how to draw realistic drawings. Our company based in Canada.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect both โNon-Personal Informationโ and โPersonal Informationโ about you. โNon-Personal Informationโ includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. โPersonal Informationโ includes information that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address and email address.
Guests who come to this site can do so without revealing any personal data information.
If you become a member and purchase a course, lesson or register on the discussion forum, you may be asked to give extra data such as your first and last name, your username, your email address and your IP address. This data is securely stored. Also, if you join our mailing list or comment on the blog, this data might be required and is likewise secured. No financial information or physical addresses are stored on the site.
HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
If you purchase a tutorial or online course, Paypal will receive personal information to complete the transaction.
We use your data to respond to technical support, questions, comments or to inform you about new lessons including sales andย promotions. We also need to maintain tax records of sales, to help you manage account refunds, cancellations and password results.
We do not and will not, under any circumstances, share your email or personal details with anyone else.
COOKIE POLICY
Cookiesย are small text files that websites place on the computers and mobile devices of people who visit those websites.
A Cookies Policy is the policy usedย to inform users about the use of cookies by a website or an app.
These files are then read by the website each time you return to the site. These text files allow a website to remember your device and how you interacted with the website, which is useful for a number of different purposes.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
We use a third-party service called Google Analytics. This service provides us with information when you visit RealisticPencilDrawing.com. This anonymous information includes the number of visitors to the site, the device that was used to access the page, form what location the webpage(s) was viewed, how long they viewed a page and what pages they visited. This information does not include personal data such as your email address, your name, or your address.
NEWSLETTER AND MAILING LISTS
We use a third-party email service to send you the newsletter as well as links to lessons and special promotions. You will only receive these messages if you have signed up for them and consented to receiving them. The service that we use to provide our emails to you is called MailChimp.com.
MailChimp provides us with information regarding the emails that you open and the links that you click on.
You may opt out of receiving emails from us at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the emails that you receive or by emailing us directly and ask that your name be removed.
WEBSITE SECURITY
The security of your data is very important. To protect you, we serve RealisticPencilDrawing.com over a secure TLS (Transport Layer Security) connection. This is sometimes commonly referred to as SSL. This is why you’ll see a padlock in the url when you visit the site. Using this type of encryption, your data is securely sent when you visit a page, enter an email address or make a payment with any of our payment processors.
Beyond these measures, we also host RealisticPencilDrawing.com on its own private server at Bravenet.com. This means that the website exists in its own environment that is not shared with any other websites that could cause a breach in our security.
PAYMENT PROCESSORS
When you purchase a course or become a member, you make a payment using one of our payment processors. We accept payments through PayPal.com.
PayPal.com is a payment processor that handles purchases and stores your financial information securely on its website. This information is used to manage your account, including cancellations, refunds, and recurring payments.
CONTACT DETAILS
RealisticPencilDrawing.com is owned and operated by artist, Melissa Schatzmann and is located at in Ontario Canada. You may contact us through email at [email protected] or by using the contact form provided on this website.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post these 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. Any such modifications become effective upon your continued access to and/or use of the Service five (5) days after we first post the changes on the website or otherwise provide you with notice of such modifications. It is your sole responsibility to check this website from time to time to view any such changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any changes, if and when such changes may be made to this Privacy Policy, you must cease access to this website. If you have provided your email address to us, you give us permission to email you for the purpose of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.