Privacy Policy

ArtLien (“we”, “us”) respects your privacy. Our website address is www.artlien.com. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit our site and how it is used.

Who We Are

ArtLien provides free, professional-grade art tools and resources for artists and creative professionals. You can reach us at contact@artlien.com or via our contact page.

Information We Collect

ArtLien does not require an account and does not ask you for personal information. Our tools work entirely in your browser with no data collection or storage. Like most websites, our server keeps standard technical logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested) for security and to diagnose problems; these are not used to identify you.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Analytics

We may use aggregate, non-identifying analytics to understand how the site is used. This data is not linked to individuals. You can disable cookies in your browser settings; doing so will not prevent you from using our tools.

Children

ArtLien is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at contact@artlien.com or use our contact page. We may update this policy from time to time; the date above reflects the latest revision.