Privacy Policy – D&V Art Center
At D&V Art Center, we are committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring transparency about how we handle data collected through our website and online services.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://dvartcenter.com. D&V Art Center is an arts education academy based in Miami, Florida.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
4. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:
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If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These last one year.
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If you have an account and log in, we 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.
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When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences.
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Login cookies last two days
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Screen options cookies last one year
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If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks
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If you log out, login cookies are removed.
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If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly.
These websites may:
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Collect data about you
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Use cookies
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Embed third‑party tracking
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Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
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If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow‑up comments instead of holding them for moderation.
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For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
8. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request:
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Contact Information
For privacy-related requests or questions, you may contact us at: 📧 info@dvartcenter.com
