Privacy Policy
Our goal is to provide inspiration for everyone to design a life they enjoy. To achieve this, we use data we gather from you and outside sources to display personalized content and advertisements we believe you'll find interesting. Only in cases where we have a solid legal foundation, do we use that data.
We created this policy to make it easier for you to understand the data we gather, how we use it, and your options. Some of the ideas below are a little technical because we're an internet company, but we've done our best to explain everything in a straightforward manner. Regarding this policy, we welcome your inquiries and suggestions.
We collect information in a few different ways:
1. When you give it to us or give us permission to obtain it:
You willingly give us your name, email address, phone number, images, Pins, comments, and any other information you provide when you register for or use AWAC Art. Using the settings on your smartphone or through images, you can also decide to broadcast your precise position. Even if you decide not to reveal your exact location, we will nevertheless utilize your IP address to estimate where you are. Other details about you, such as your gender, age, and favorite language, are also available for sharing.
2. We also get technical information when you use AWAC Art:
A website, smartphone app, or other internet service automatically creates and logs certain internet and electronic network activity data when you use it. When you utilize AWAC Art, this is also accurate. Here are some examples of the data we gather:
Log Data:
Our servers keep track of information ("log data") when you use AWAC Art, including data that your browser provides automatically whenever you visit a website or that your mobile app sends automatically when you use it. Your Internet Protocol address, which we use to determine your general location, the URLs of the websites you visit that contain AWAC Art features (such as the "Save" button; more on this below), your activity on those websites, searches, the type and settings of your browser, the date and time of your request, information about how you used AWAC Art, cookie data, and device data are all included in this log data. Here is further information about the log data we gather.
Cookie Data:
Additionally, we use "cookies" or comparable technologies to collect log data. Cookies are little text files that are transmitted by your computer each time you visit our website and are specific to your browser or AWAC Art account. We utilize persistent cookies (which remain after you close your browser) or session cookies when we use cookies and other similar technologies (that last until you or your browser delete them). To save you from having to configure your language preferences or other options each time you visit AWAC Art, for instance, we utilize cookies. Some of the cookies we employ are linked to your AWAC Art account and contain personal data about you, including the email address you provided to us, while others do not.
Device Information:
Along with log data, we also gather information about the device you're using AWAC Art on, such as the model, operating system, settings, special device identifiers, and crash data that enables us to identify problems as soon as they occur.
Click Stream Data:
When you use AWAC Art, we gather information about you and your preferences by combining your activity, information you gave us when you initially joined up, information from our partners and advertisers, and information about the boards and Pins you create. We might assume that you are a travel aficionado if, for instance, you build a board about traveling. When you link your account to accounts you have with third parties like Facebook or Google, we may be able to deduce details about your education or professional experience based on your activity.
3. Our partners and advertisers share information with us
You can install our "Save" button for your browser or use it on some websites or apps that use AWAC Art. In that case, we gather log data from those websites or applications. Our Help Center has further information on these features.
Online advertisers and other parties may exchange information with us in order to monitor, analyze, and optimize the performance of AWAC Art ads, as well as to determine the types of ads you should see on and outside of AWAC Art. This includes details about your visits to an advertiser's website, any purchases you made there, as well as details of your interests obtained from a third-party service, which we may use to show you advertisements.
What we do with the info we collect:
You can be recognized when using AWAC Art.
Based on your activity on AWAC Art, suggest Pins, boards, themes, or categories that you might enjoy. For instance, if we notice that you enjoy cooking, we might recommend Pins, boards, or users that we think you'd enjoy, or we might display adverts for food-related products.
Answer any queries or comments you may have.
We have a good reason to use your information in this way. It is essential to what we do at AWAC Art and is required for the platform and its features to be pertinent and customized for you.
In order for you to continue finding the inspiration you seek, we also have a genuine interest in making AWAC Art secure and enhancing the features of our products. We may all gain by using your information to:
Mention others who share your interests. We might recommend interior designers to you, for instance, if you follow interior design message boards.
Ensure that people can find you on AWAC Art by assisting them. For instance, if you register with a Facebook account, we can make it easier for your Facebook friends to locate you on AWAC Art once they've created an account. Alternatively, individuals can use your email to search for your account on AWAC Art.
Maintain the safety of AWAC Art by working with the police. Law enforcement agencies like the police or courts may ask us for account information. See our Law Enforcement Guidelines for additional information on how we respond to police requests.
Review your AWAC Art messages for any conduct that might endanger your safety, the safety of our community, or the safety of the general public.
Analyze user behavior on AWAC Art and undertake research on who is using it. We can determine whether a version of a feature is superior, for instance, by tracking how frequently users of two distinct versions of the feature use them on AWAC Art.
Add new features and enhance AWAC Art.
Promote AWAC Art’s goods and services on other websites. According to the "Choices you have regarding your information" section below, you can select for us not to divulge your information to other websites in order to tailor those advertisements.
Depending on your settings, send you news and updates (such as when certain activity, such as saves or comments, occurs on AWAC Art). For instance, we send out weekly updates that contain Pins you might enjoy. By changing your settings, you can decide to stop receiving these alerts.
In order to make money, we have a genuine interest in showing you relevant, amusing, and customized advertisements. We utilize the data we gather to serve these purposes, including by
Choose which adverts to display to you. For instance, we might show you advertisements for different outdoor products if you indicate on AWAC Art that you're interested in camping tents. We determine your interests based on your on-site and off-site actions, as well as by using information we obtain from ad partners or other third parties, to personalize the ad content we show you. We will obtain your consent when necessary before using cookies to determine your off-site preferences. We rely on the permission that ad partners and other third parties have previously received when they disclose information about you with us.
Informing our advertising partners of their AWAC Art ads' performance and suggestions for improvement. This data has been combined in some cases. For instance, we might inform a business advertiser that a specific proportion of viewers of a Promoted Pin went on to visit the business' website. In other situations, this data isn't combined. For instance, we might inform a marketer that a specific Promoted Pin has been saved by a particular group of users.
Let people search with images. You can ask us to show you comparable things, for instance, if you take a picture of a pair of shoes or a piece of furniture you like. In the operating system settings of your device, you can choose to accept this.
Depending on your account settings or operating system, we may contact you with marketing materials via phone call, text, push notification, email, or other means. You have the choice to unsubscribe every time we send you marketing materials.
Determine your precise location and alter the material that is displayed to you. For instance, if we are aware that you are close to a retailer, we may display your Pins from that retailer that you might find interesting. In the operating system settings of your device, you can choose to accept this.
Use the AWAC Art Tag to rate the performance of our advertising partners' campaigns. The AWAC Art Tag, a piece of code that advertisers place on their websites, provides information to us and our advertising partners about the activities that users do after viewing an advertisement on AWAC Art.
Transferring your information:
An international service is AWAC Art. You give us permission to transfer and store your information outside of your country of residence, including in the United States, for the reasons outlined in this policy by using our products or services. It's possible that the privacy protections and rights of authorities to access your personal information differ from those in your native country.
Choices you have about your info:
We want to provide you with straightforward and insightful informational choices. Many of these controls are already included in AWAC Art or your settings if you have an account there. You can, for instance:
You can change information in your profile at any time, determine whether search engines can access it, and decide if other people can use your email address to access your AWAC Art account.
Connect or disconnect from other services with your AWAC Art account (like Facebook, Google or Twitter). You can choose whether or not to post your AWAC Art activity to some services (like Facebook).
Edit the board's secret settings. You and the other collaborators in the board can see secret boards, and any collaborator has the option of making the board public. Another collaborator may, for instance, send an invitation to join the board, make the board viewable through an AWAC Art app they use, or even just email a picture from the board to their pals.
Decide if AWAC Art will use data from other websites or apps to tailor itself to you. You can access your settings and modify your "Personalization" selections if you have an AWAC Art account and wish to manage how your offsite data is used to customize your experience.
You can decide whether AWAC Art advertising that is provided to you on other platforms, websites, or applications are tailored based on your account activity. By going to your settings and changing your "Personalization" selections, you can manage this.
You can decide whether AWAC Art reports on the performance of your adverts by sharing information about your activity on AWAC Art. By going to your settings and changing your "Personalization" selections, you can manage this.
Close your account whenever you want. When you end your account, we'll deactivate it, delete your account information, and remove your Pins and boards from AWAC Art. Please be aware that we might need to maintain your information for legal reasons, such as if law enforcement asks us to do so. Additionally, we might keep some data in our backup systems for a short while or as needed by law.
How and when we share information:
The public boards, Pins, and profile data you provide us with are visible to everyone. Additionally, we make this public data accessible using so-called APIs (basically a technical way to share information quickly). For instance, a partner can use an AWAC Art API to research what their most popular Pins are or how their Pins are being shared on AWAC Art. We moreover divulge your information to:
When you opt to link your AWAC Art account to other services, such as Facebook or Google, or when you publish your material on AWAC Art to them, such services may be used at your direction to enable you to register for or log into AWAC Art. For instance, information about that content will be shared with Facebook or Twitter if you decide to publish your Pins there.
Services including Facebook Ads, Google Marketing Platform, Microsoft Advertising, LinkedIn Advertising, The Trade Desk, and occasionally others are used by us to advertise AWAC Art to you on websites and applications other than AWAC Art. In your settings, you can choose not to share information with these advertising providers.
Online advertisers and third-party businesses that we or they use to check or enhance how advertising or other material is delivered to users of websites and apps (for example, through Google Analytics). This includes disclosing the AWAC Art pins or adverts you saw, your interaction with them (if any), and other details about your behavior on the platform.
A third-party organization, service provider, or person that we hire to handle data on our behalf in accordance with our instructions and for the objectives outlined in this privacy policy. For instance, we collaborate with security experts to share data in order to improve our ability to recognize spam. Some of the data we obtain might be gathered on our behalf by third-party service providers.
Governmental or law enforcement organizations. To comply with a law, rule, or court order; to safeguard the welfare, rights, or property of the general public; or in order to identify, prevent, or otherwise deal with fraud, security, or technical concerns. We only share information when we deem it to be reasonably necessary.
Our affiliates and fully owned subsidiaries. We would disclose your information with a party involved in such a procedure if we were to engage in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or similar transaction or activity that involves the transfer of the information outlined in this Policy (for example, a potential purchaser).
How long we keep your information:
We only keep your information for as long as is necessary to provide you with AWAC Art and to achieve the goals outlined in this policy. This also applies to anyone with whom we disclose your information and who performs services for us. We'll either delete your information from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can't identify you when we no longer need to use it or need to keep it to meet legal or regulatory requirements.
Our policy on children’s information:
AWAC Art is not accessible to users under the age of thirteen. If you reside in the EEA, you may only use AWAC Art if you are older than the legal age limit for giving consent to the processing of your personal data.
Your options:
You have options in relation to the information that we have about you.
Obtain access to the data we have on you by making a request. If you ask for this through our Help Center, we'll typically give it to you within 30 days.
Request the rectification or deletion of your data. By canceling your account, you can erase your account if you don't agree with us using your information. You have the right to request that we stop using your information, including when we use it to send you push alerts or marketing emails. We may still send you updates about your account, such as when someone comments on one of your Pins, even if you choose not to receive marketing messages from us.
If we hold your information with your permission or to carry out a contract with you, and if it is technically possible for us to do so, you have the right to request that it be given to another organization your data or edit the information on your profile.
Ask for more information about the data we gather, how we use and share it, and why.
If you decide to use your rights in relation to your personal information, we won't treat you unfairly. We make an effort to be transparent with you on your options and the repercussions of making particular decisions. Get in touch with us if you have any questions.
How we make changes to this policy:
We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time. If we do, we'll announce the updated terms on this page. You accept the new policy if you use AWAC Art after those changes take effect. If the changes are substantial, we may, as required by law, give you a more prominent notice or ask for your permission.