Your Privacy

We are serious about protecting your personal data. We want you to enjoy the site and to feel confident about providing us with your personal information knowing that it will be safely stored in our UK servers which are protected against unauthorised physical or electronic access.

In general you are free to browse our site anonymously but if you want to access to the fun stuff like our newsletter, games and competitions or enter our discussion forums, you will need to register.

Use of your data by us

Your registration data (name, username, email and postal address) may be used by us to send you our newsletter, to invite you to art related events or to tell you about products or services we think will interest you - but only if you've agreed to subscribe to receive such emails. We may use your information (including mobile phone number) to respond to any request you may make for catalogues or other nice goodies you've seen featured on our site. You are entitled to unsubscribe at any time by following the specific instructions in the email you receive, or you can opt-out of our postal mailings by following the directions in such mailings.

We may use your information for internal data processing such as compiling statistical information about your interests and your use of our site in order to improve our service to you.

Use of your data by others

Unless you've specifically opted in at registration to receive third party mailings, we will not share your personal data with anyone outside of the Phillips de Pury group of affiliated companies. There are two exceptions to this: (1)We may need to disclose your information to our agents or contractors but it will be on the basis that they will keep the information confidential and will not use it for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for us; and (2) if the government or some other official entity require us to disclose it by a Court Order.

If you've opted in to receive third party mailings and change your mind, you can request us to stop sharing your information with third parties by sending us an email to contact@phillipsartexpert.com. However you may still receive communications from companies that received your personal information prior to such request and may need to contact them directly to put a stop to it.

Amending your Personal Info

You can review and edit any of your personal information (including password) by visiting "User Profile". You can also subscribe, or unsubscribe to the receipt of our mailings/third party mailings on this page.

Electronic Information Collecting

We may use cookies to track information about where you've travelled on our site in order to personalise and improve your experience of the site. (Cookies are inedible text files downloaded onto your hard drive to store your actions in order to better customise your following visits to our site). If you don't want to accept cookies, you can set your web browser to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you or if you have Flash player installed you can set it to reject Flash cookies. However doing so may detract from the functionality of the site.

Our server will automatically log your Internet Protocol (IP) address and domain name when you visit us. Our server may also record the referring web-page which has brought you to our site (eg search engine or another website); the pages you visit on our site; what adverts you click on; any search terms, questions or comments you've submitted on our site. We may use this information for moderation purposes, or to link this information with your personal information.

Our website contains useful links to other sites which you may choose to visit. Please be aware that we are not responsible either for the content or the privacy practices of these other sites.

Processing and Transfer of Data

Phillips de Pury & Company comprises an international network of affiliated companies in Europe and North America. When you provide us with your personal data, it may be processed in all countries in which we are affiliated. Regardless of the privacy laws which operate in these countries, we will respect and treat your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In the event that Phillips de Pury & Company or an entity in our group is sold or has its assets acquired by a third party whether through sale, merger, consolidation or re-organization, our database of customer information (including your personal info) may be part of the transferred assets. In registering with us, you consent to the processing of and/or transfer of your personal data within any jurisdiction, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or amend the terms of this Privacy Policy and will notify users by posting the amended policy on this page. On each subsequent login you are deemed to accept the prevailing policy.

If you have any questions about our privacy practices, you can email us at contact@phillipsartexpert.com

Effective date: 18 June 2007

Forum Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by our regular forum contributors and registered users are theirs alone, and do not reflect the opinions of Phillips de Pury & Company. We act as a passive conduit for the online publication of such content and are not responsible for its' accuracy. You acknowledge that any reliance you place on material posted by others on our site will be at your own risk. Inappropriate comments, images or links posted by bloggers on any part of the site may be deleted by our editorial team at its sole discretion. However we cannot be certain of reviewing everything that appears on our site. If you are a registered user or simply a visitor with a valid concern about the nature of any content on our site, please contact us immediately by emailing contact@phillipsartexpert.com . By posting content on our site for viewing by others, you automatically grant Phillips de Pury & Company and its affiliates an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, fully paid non-exclusive right and worldwide licence to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, communicate to the public, perform, display, and distribute this content.

Terms and Conditions

By registering with us, Phillips de Pury & Company, and/or by downloading content from this site, you are deemed to understand and comply with these Terms and Conditions, as may be amended by us from time to time.

Copyright

All rights, including copyright, in the content of our web pages are owned, licensed to, or controlled for these purposes by Phillips de Pury & Company. In accessing our site, you agree that you may only download the content for your own personal non-commercial use. You are not permitted to copy, broadcast, download, store (in any medium), transmit, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the content of our website including our Games and Competitions for any other purpose whatsoever without our prior written permission.