Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Privacy

The Phillips Collection is committed to protecting your privacy when you visit our Web site, shop online, or use the Web site to purchase a membership or make an online donation.  The Phillips Collection does not collect personal information about individuals, such as names and mailing or e-mail addresses, unless the individual visiting The Phillips Collection Web site or online shop (collectively referred to as “The Phillips Collection Web site”) knowingly provides it.  By using The Phillips Collection Web site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of The Phillips Collection’s privacy policy as outlined below.

The Phillips Collection's policy on collecting information on The Phillips Collection Web site

Online purchases

When you order a product from The Phillips Collection online shop, we need to know your name, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card information to process your order.  Your credit card information will be used only as needed to process your transaction.

Online memberships and donations

When you purchase a Phillips Collection membership or make a donation to The Phillips Collection online, we will ask you to provide us with the information we need to process your membership and/or to acknowledge your contribution.  This information includes your name, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number, e-mail address, and credit card information.  Your credit card information will be used only as needed to process your transaction.

Online surveys

From time to time, The Phillips Collection may invite you to participate in surveys posted on The Phillips Collection Web site or sent to you via e-mail.  You may decide whether or not you wish to complete such surveys, which may ask about your background, occupation, or similar questions.  We use this information to help us better understand our audience, which in turn allows us to better meet your needs and interests.

Online contests

If The Phillips Collection offers Web site visitors the opportunity to participate in an online contest and you choose to enter, you will need to provide your name and e-mail address so that we may contact you in connection with that contest.  We may also request that you provide us with certain other information, such as your zip code, state of residence, and grade in school (provided that you are at least 13 years of age).

Children twelve and under

The Phillips Collection does not solicit information from children.  Visitors twelve years of age and under should remember that they are required to obtain an adult’s permission before submitting any personal information to this or any other Web site.

The Phillips Collection E-News

As a service, The Phillips Collection offers visitors to The Phillips Collection Web site the opportunity to subscribe to one or more of our online newsletters.  If you choose to subscribe, you will receive only the newsletters you request.  You may subscribe or unsubscribe at any time by following the newsletter instructions.

Cookies

Cookies are small files of information that are stored on your computer’s hard drive by your Web browser.  The cookies we use do not contain any personal information.  Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can change the preferences of your browser so that it does not accept them.  In order to use all the features of The Phillips Collection online shop, we recommend that you accept cookies.

The Phillips Collection uses the personal information you provide to us for internal purposes, such as filling and tracking your order, analyzing trends, and collecting statistics.  The Phillips Collection may also compile and provide aggregate statistics about our visitors, customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying information.

We may share the names and postal addresses we receive from members and donors with other non-profit organizations.  If you do not want to have your information used in this way, you may send an e-mail message to membership@phillipscollection.org.

We do not share your name and postal address with other organizations or companies whose products might be of interest to you.  The Phillips Collection may release account information when such release is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, enforce the terms of any of our user agreements, or protect the rights, property, and safety of The Phillips Collection, the users of its site, or others.

If you have provided us with your e-mail address, we may send you e-mails in order to inform you of events or activities at or related to The Phillips Collection that we believe may be of interest to you, or to alert you about sales or other promotional events at the online shop.  If you do not want us to use your e-mail address to contact you for these purposes, you may send us an e-mail at webmaster@phillipscollection.org.  Please indicate whether your request is related to our activities or to our online shop.

We may combine information you give to us online, in our Shop, or at the museum.  We may also combine this information with publicly available information and information we received from or cross-reference with our third-party vendors and others.  We use this combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us, to communicate with you about products or events that may be of interest to you, or for other promotional purposes.

Use of outside vendors

The Phillips Collection may from time to time retain qualified third-party vendors to help us manage The Phillips Collection Web site and allow us to better serve our visitors.  These may include third-party vendors we engage to analyze the information we collect on The Phillips Collection Web site for marketing or similar purposes.  The Phillips Collection requires its vendors to maintain the security of the information to which they are provided access and restricts the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by The Phillips Collection.

We may contract with third parties who use cookies to collect information on our behalf.  These parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of this information.  If you would like to opt out of this use of your information, you can change the preferences of your browser so that it does not accept cookies.  We may contract with companies or others to provide certain services, including credit card processing, data management, and promotional services, etc.  We provide these services, but we restrict the vendors from using the information in any way not expressly authorized by The Phillips Collection.

Linking

The Phillips Collection Web site may include links to Web sites operated by third parties over which we have no control.  Once you leave The Phillips Collection Web site, The Phillips Collection privacy policy will not apply, and you access such sites at your own risk.

Security

The Phillips Collection secure software uses industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology.  SSL encodes your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, as it travels over the Internet so that all transactions are secure.  If you prefer, you may also place a Phillips Collection shop order by phone at (202) 387-2151 X238.  For membership gifts or for donations, please call (202) 387-3036.

Revisions to our privacy policy

Please note that The Phillips Collection may revise its privacy policy at any time, without notice, such changes to be effective immediately upon posting on The Phillips Collection Web site.  Such revisions may arise in response to changes in the law, policy, or other factors.  We encourage you to periodically visit this page to review our most current policy.

Contact The Phillips Collection

Send your questions, comments, or concerns about our privacy policy or any other aspect of our Web site to webmaster@phillipscollection.org.

Use of Content from this Web site

Access to and use of text, artwork, photographs, audio, video and other files on the Web site are subject to the following terms and conditions.

All content is protected by copyright laws

Images, text, software, documentation, electronic text and image files, audio and video files and clips, and other materials are protected by copyright laws and may be covered by other restrictions as well.  The Phillips Collection retains all rights, including copyright, in data, image, text, and any other information contained in these files.  Copyrights and other proprietary rights in the material on this Web site may also subsist in individuals and entities other than, and in addition to, The Phillips Collection.  The Phillips Collection expressly prohibits the copying of any protected materials on the Web site, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, and as described below.

Fair use is permitted

Fair use of copyrighted material includes the use of protected materials for noncommercial educational purposes, such as teaching, scholarship, research, criticism, commentary, and news reporting.  Unless otherwise noted, users who wish to download or print text, audio, video, image and other files from The Phillips Collection’s Web site for such uses are welcome to do so without The Phillips Collection’s express permission.  Users must cite the author and source of this material as they would material from any printed work; the citation should include the URL http://www.phillipscollection.org.

By downloading, printing, or otherwise using text, audio, video, image and other files from this Web site, whether accessed directly from this Web site or via other sites or mechanisms, users agree that they will limit their use of such files to fair use, and will not violate The Phillips Collection’s or any other party’s proprietary rights.

Commercial use is restricted

Unauthorized publication or exploitation of The Phillips Collection’s files is specifically prohibited.  Anyone wishing to use any of these files or images for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, must request and receive prior permission.  All requests to reproduce works of art from The Phillips Collection should be addressed directly to imagerights@phillipscollection.org.

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