PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes how DO NOT BE A STARVING ARTIST, heretofore referred to as "DNBSA", ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from our website (the "Site") only for internal marketing and security, not sold or shared with other entities.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information directly from you, automatically through your device, and from third parties to provide our design and print services.

Information You Provide Directly:

Account & Profile Data: Name, email address, password, phone number, and physical billing/shipping addresses.
User-Generated Content & Assets: Digital files, logos, images, graphics, and text that you upload to the Site for custom design configuration or print manufacturing.
Customer Support & Communications: Information you include when contacting our team via email, chat, or contact forms.

Information Collected Automatically:

Device & Usage Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and links clicked.
Cookies & Tracking: We use cookies, pixels, and web beacons to manage your design sessions, remember your shopping cart items, and analyze site performance.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your personal data to fulfill our contract with you and run our business operations:

Order Fulfillment: Processing payments, printing your custom items, and shipping physical products.
Design & Development Services: Utilizing your uploaded assets to build websites or create requested design layouts.
Customer Communication: Sending order updates, tracking numbers, and technical support messages.
Security & Fraud Prevention: Monitoring for unauthorized uploads, malicious activity, or fraudulent transactions.

3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only with trusted service providers necessary to complete your order:

Provider Category; Operational Purpose; Payment Processors; Safely tokenizing and processing your credit cards (e.g., Stripe, PayPal); Print & Logistics Partners; Fulfilling print manufacturing and shipping physical packages; Hosting & Cloud Infrastructure; Securely storing your uploaded graphic files and hosting built website assets; Analytics Providers; and Monitoring site performance and user experience (e.g., Google Analytics).

We may also disclose your information to comply with applicable laws, respond to legal subpoenas, or protect our intellectual property and business rights.

4. File Retention and Graphic Asset Security

Storage Duration: We retain your uploaded images and project files for exactly 90 days following order completion to facilitate easy reprints or design revisions. After this window, files are permanently purged from our active storage servers.
Data Security: We implement standard encryption protocols (SSL/TLS) during file transmission. However, you are solely responsible for keeping offline backups of your original high-resolution artwork.

5. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on your location (such as the EU or California), you may have specific rights regarding your personal data:

Access & Portability: The right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
Correction: The right to fix inaccurate or incomplete information.
Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten"): The right to request that we erase your personal details and delete your uploaded assets.

To exercise these rights, please submit a formal request to our privacy team at [Steve@donotbeastarvingartist.com].

6. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect shifts in our manufacturing processes, data handling, or legal obligations. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will change accordingly.

7. CONTACT US

For questions regarding your data, file retention, or this policy, contact us at:

Company Name: DO NOT BE A STARVING ARTIST

Mailing Address: 3528 Hascall St. Omaha, NE 68105

Email Address: steve@donotbeastarvingartist.com

Phone Number; 402-468-8882

LAST UPDATE: 8-01-26