PRIVACY POLICY
Anna Smeda Art LLC — annasmedaart.com
Last Updated: August 20, 2026
Anna Smeda Art LLC (“Anna Smeda Art,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect through annasmedaart.com (the “Website”), why we collect it, how we use and share it, and the rights and choices available to you.
This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Cookie Policy and Terms & Conditions.
1. Information We Collect
a. Information You Provide Directly
We may collect:
● Your name, email address, shipping address, billing address, and phone number when you place an order, create an account, or contact us
● Payment-related information when you make a purchase. Payments are processed directly by Stripe, and we do not receive or store your complete payment-card number
● Your email address and communication preferences when you subscribe to our newsletter through Sender.net
● Messages, questions, photographs, or other information you send through our contact forms, email, or social-media accounts
● Any other information you voluntarily provide to us
b. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:
● IP address and approximate geographic location
● Device type, operating system, and browser type
● Pages viewed, links clicked, and time spent on the Website
● The website, search engine, or social-media platform that referred you to our Website
● Interactions with advertisements, where advertising cookies are active and you have provided consent when required
For more information about the cookies and similar technologies used on the Website, please review our Cookie Policy.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your information:
● To process and fulfill purchases of original artwork, prints, and other products
● To process payments and help prevent fraudulent transactions
● To provide order confirmations, shipping notifications, and customer service
● To respond to questions, messages, or requests
● To administer customer accounts, where account functionality is available
● To send newsletters and promotional emails through Sender.net when you have subscribed or otherwise consented
● To understand Website traffic and improve our content, performance, and navigation through services such as Google Analytics
● To measure and improve advertising on Facebook, Instagram, and Google and to display more relevant advertisements, where advertising cookies are active and you have provided consent when required
● To protect the Website, our business, and our customers from fraud, misuse, or security threats
● To comply with tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations
● To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
3. Legal Bases for Processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), United Kingdom GDPR, or similar law applies, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases:
● Performance of a contract: To process your order, receive payment, and deliver the artwork or products you purchased
● Consent: For nonessential cookies, marketing emails, and advertising tracking where consent is required
● Legitimate interests: For Website security, fraud prevention, customer service, basic business analytics, and improving our services, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights
● Legal obligation: When we must retain or disclose information to comply with tax, accounting, court, regulatory, or other legal requirements
You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share information only as reasonably necessary to operate our business, including with:
● Stripe, for payment processing and fraud prevention
● Sender.net, for newsletters and marketing communications
● Google, including Google Analytics and advertising services
● Meta, including Facebook and Instagram advertising and measurement services
● Shipping carriers, to prepare, insure, track, and deliver orders
● Website-hosting, security, and technical-service providers
● Professional advisers, including accountants, attorneys, insurers, and other business advisers
● Government agencies, courts, regulators, or law-enforcement authorities, when required by law
● A successor or potential successor in connection with a merger, sale, reorganization, or transfer of all or part of our business
Although we do not sell personal information for money, the use of certain advertising cookies may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use for targeted advertising under some United States privacy laws, including laws in California and New Jersey.
Where applicable, you may opt out through our cookie-consent banner or by contacting us.
5. International Data Transfers
Our service providers, including Stripe, Sender.net, Meta, and Google, may process personal information outside your home country, including in the United States.
Where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction that restricts international transfers, we rely on appropriate safeguards provided by applicable law, which may include Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent transfer mechanisms.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Generally:
● Order, payment, shipping, and customer-account records are retained for as long as needed to fulfill purchases, manage our relationship with you, resolve disputes, and meet tax, accounting, and legal obligations
● Marketing information is retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent, or request deletion
● Customer-service communications may be retained as needed to respond to requests and maintain appropriate business records
● Analytics information may be retained according to the settings and retention periods of the applicable analytics provider
We may retain certain information longer when required by law or when necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. Your Privacy Rights
We extend the following privacy choices to all visitors as a matter of practice, even where a particular law may not legally require every right.
Some privacy laws, including the New Jersey Data Privacy Act and the California Consumer Privacy Act, apply only to businesses that meet certain size or revenue thresholds. We offer these rights voluntarily as a matter of good practice, and doing so is not an admission that any specific privacy law formally applies to our business.
● Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
● Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
● Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal and business-record exceptions
● Portability: Request your information in a portable format where applicable
● Opt-out: Opt out of marketing emails, targeted advertising, or certain advertising and analytics cookies
● Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent where our processing relies on consent
● Restriction or objection: Request that we restrict certain processing or object to processing where applicable
● Non-discrimination: Exercise applicable privacy rights without receiving unlawful discriminatory treatment
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link included in each email.
You may adjust nonessential cookies through our cookie-consent banner or through your browser settings.
Residents of the European Economic Area or United Kingdom may also lodge a complaint with their local data-protection authority.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to appeal our response to a privacy request or contact your state attorney general or other privacy regulator.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests. We will use information provided for verification only to process and respond to the request.
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Website may use cookies and similar technologies for:
● Essential Website operation and security
● Shopping-cart, checkout, and account functions
● Website analytics
● Advertising measurement and personalization
● Social-media features
Where required by law, nonessential cookies will not be activated until you provide consent through our cookie banner.
You may accept, reject, or adjust available cookie categories through the banner. Please review our Cookie Policy for more information.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.
Payment-card information is processed directly by Stripe. We do not receive or store your complete card number.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.
We do not knowingly use the personal data of a consumer we know to be between 13 and 16 years old for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or certain profiling without affirmative consent, consistent with heightened protections for minors under New Jersey law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate parental or guardian consent, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
11. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including social-media platforms.
We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of each third-party service you use.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our practices, services, or legal obligations change.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated through the Website or by another reasonable method when required.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact:
Anna Smeda Art LLC
Website: annasmedaart.com
Email: Use the contact email or contact form provided on the Website.