Privacy Policy

Last Modified: September 25, 2023

This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for artsalliance.org and applies solely to information collected by this website and covers the following:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What cookies are and how they are used on this site.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
Notice and procedures for making claims of copyright infringement

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Updates). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

Arts Alliance Illinois is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our Website and its contents to you.
To provide you with information that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
To notify you about changes to our Website.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.

We may disclose your personal information:

To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
Website Privacy Policy, Practical Law Standard Document 2-501-2704
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Arts Alliance.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

In addition, this site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Cookies

This website uses three types of cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies help us distinguish you from other users of the website. This information helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

The first type of cookies we use are provided through Google Analytics. These allow us to accurately count the number of visitors to our site and see how they access and use our site. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you.
The second types of cookies are used for advertising purposes. The cookies are combined with ad technology such as pixels and anonymous ad network tags to help us serve relevant ads to you more effectively. Pixels, which are invisible tags placed on our websites, help us understand and improve our site, show you ads, and know when content has been shown to you. Although we do not use cookies to track your browsing behavior on third-party sites, we do use aggregate data from third parties and data from sites and services you have used to show you relevant, interest-based advertising. We do not provide any personal information that we collect to advertisers.
The third and final type of cookies we use helps maintain the site’s cache, thus improving the site’s performance.

If you agree to our use of cookies as explained in this policy, you can simply continue browsing artsalliance.org. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

Third-Party Use of Cookies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Information We Collect

To the extent permissible under applicable law, the information we collect on or through our Website may include:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of requesting further services;
Records and copies of your correspondence (including names, addresses, email addresses, and telephone numbers), if you contact us.
Information that you provide when you interact with us using social media.

We will also collect your information where you only partially complete and/or abandon any information inputted into our website and/or other online forms and may use this information to contact you to remind you to complete any outstanding information and/or for promotional purposes.

We also collect information from your devices (including mobile devices) and applications you use to access and use any of our websites (for example, we may collect the device identification number and type, location information and connection information such as statistics on your page views, traffic to and from the sites, referral URL, ad data, your IP address, your browsing history and your web log information). We may do this using cookies or similar technologies (as described above).

Your Access to and Control Over Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. You can contact us at info@artsalliance.org to see what data we have about you, if any, and to express any concern you might have about our use of your data. We have also created the following mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.

Notice and Procedures for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

Arts Alliance Illinois respects the intellectual property rights of third parties. Arts Alliance Illinois responds to notices of alleged copyright infringement according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) at 17 U.S.C. § 512 et seq. Regardless of whether or not Arts Alliance Illinois believes that it is liable for any copyright infringement for which we are provided notice, Arts Alliance Illinois’ response may include removing or disabling access to material claimed to be the subject of infringing activity and/or terminating an individual’s access to the Site, at Arts Alliance Illinois’ sole discretion and operating within the parameters of the DMCA.

If you believe that your work has been copied in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us at the address below with the following information:

Arts Alliance Illinois
200 W Madison St, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
copyright@artsalliance.org

Your name, address, telephone number and email address;
A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A description of the allegedly infringing material and where it is located on the website;
A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents, or the law;
A statement by you under penalty of perjury that your notice is accurate, that you are the copyright owner or that the copyright holder has authorized you to act on its behalf; and
Your written or electronic signature attesting to the above.

If your content has been removed from the website in response to Arts Alliance Illinois’ receipt of a DMCA Notification as outlined above, and you believe the removal was inappropriate, you may submit a DMCA Counter-Notification by contacting Arts Alliance Illinois at the address below with the following information:

Arts Alliance Illinois
copyright@artsalliance.org

Your name, address, telephone number and email address;
A statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located, or if your address is outside of the United States, for any judicial district for which jurisdiction for Arts Alliance Illinois would be appropriate, and that you will accept service of process from the person who submitted the DMCA notification or an agent of such person;
A description of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled;
A statement by you under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; and
Your written or electronic signature attesting to the above.

Updates

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.