How we collect and use information

While you can use many features of caribarts anonymously, you are required to become a registered member to gain access to some of our premium content and services at different points throughout the site. Becoming a registered member requires users to supply some personal information (such as name and contact details) and in some cases financial information (such as a credit card number).

The personal information we gather is used for the purpose of contacting our registered members with information related to the services for which they have subscribed. The financial information we collect is used to verify the identities of our members and to bill them for products and services for which they have subscribed.

How we secure your information

caribarts takes every precaution in protecting our users’ information.All sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) that is entered on our Web Site is encrypted with secure socket layers (SSL) that encode the information before your Web browser software sends it to us. The SSL software decodes the data only after it reaches our server.

We also take precautions to protect user information offline. Once the data reaches us, the same security policies we use to guard all of our company’s essential business data protects your personal data as well.

How we share your information

caribarts does not sell, share, or rent your personal information to any third-party, except where needed to deliver a product or service that a registered member has subscribed for (such as the personnel listings which are accessible by all site visitors). caribarts may, however, provide third parties with aggregate statistics about our customers, traffic patterns, and related site information. This data reflects site usage patterns gathered during customer visits to our web site each month, but it does not contain behavioural or identifying information about any individual member unless that member has given us permission to share that information.

How we use "cookies"

A cookie is a small piece of information that some web sites store on your computer's hard drive when you visit them. Like many other web sites, caribarts uses cookies to save a user’s password so that they do not have to enter it upon each visit. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you to modify security settings so you can approve or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. Cookies on our site are in no way linked to any personally identifiable information.

Message Boards / Forums

This site makes public message boards available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas of our site becomes public information and users should exercise caution when disclosing personal information.

Obtaining your consent

By using our web site, you give caribarts permission to collect information about the pages served to you as an anonymous user for the purpose of calculating aggregate site statistics. If you register with caribarts, you authorise caribarts to use your demographic information when calculating aggregate customer data.

Children

We are aware that many children may want to visit us on the Internet for research purposes, to utilise our ‘caribarts for children’ section, or for other reasons. If you are under the age of 18, you must not provide your name, e-mail address, or any other identifying information without the consent of your parent or guardian, or as otherwise provided for by applicable law.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted 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.

Questions and Comments

caribarts welcomes your questions and comments about our privacy policy. Please send e-mail correspondence to webmistress@caribarts.org.