Privacy Policy for Artifacts

Effective Date: [15.05.2025]

At Artifacts ("we," "our," or "us"), your privacy is a priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, https://artifacts.is (the "Website"). It also outlines your rights under applicable data privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California under applicable data privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. Information We Collect

When you use our Website, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This could include your name, email address, or other contact information, especially when you fill out forms, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us directly.

In addition, we may collect certain technical data automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This information may include your IP address, browser type, device specifications, pages you visit, time spent on the site, and referring URLs.

As an affiliate eCommerce website, Artifacts participates in affiliate marketing programs. When you click on an affiliate link on our Website, a cookie may be placed on your device to track any resulting purchases. These cookies enable third-party merchants or affiliate networks to attribute sales correctly and are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to operate and improve the Website, analyze usage patterns, respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and deliver newsletters or promotional materials, if you have opted in. We also use this information to monitor the performance of our affiliate marketing links, which help us earn commissions that support the ongoing operation of the Website.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area, we process your personal data only when we have a valid legal basis to do so. This may include your consent, the performance of a contract, our legitimate business interests (such as analyzing and improving the Website), or compliance with a legal obligation.

4. Your Rights Under GDPR

As a resident of the European Economic Area, you have several rights concerning your personal data. These include the right to access the personal data we hold about you, the right to request correction or deletion of your information, the right to restrict or object to processing, and the right to data portability. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where consent is the basis of processing. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@artifacts.is.

5. Your Rights Under CCPA

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to access or delete that information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. While we do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense, we do engage in affiliate marketing and may share your information with service providers as described in this policy. California residents can exercise their rights by emailing us at info@artifacts.is with "CCPA Request" in the subject line.

6. Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Artifacts uses cookies and similar technologies to enable essential functions on the Website, understand how visitors use the site, and track affiliate referrals. You may manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or opt out of certain tracking via third-party tools such as the Network Advertising Initiative at https://optout.networkadvertising.org.

7. Affiliate Disclosure

Artifacts contains links to products and services offered by third-party merchants. When you click on one of these affiliate links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate relationships help fund the content and services provided by the Website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites and recommend reviewing their individual privacy policies.

8. Sharing of Information

We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share your data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating the Website, analyzing data, or sending communications. We may also share information with affiliate networks for tracking purposes, and with law enforcement or regulatory authorities if required to do so by law.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. When data is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or anonymize it.

10. Children's Privacy

Artifacts is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take immediate steps to delete it.

11. Security of Your Information

We use reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Third-Party Websites

Our Website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

13. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, or legal obligations. When we do, we will revise the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Website after the updated policy is posted constitutes your agreement to the changes.

14. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise your privacy rights, you may contact us at:

Artifacts
Email: info@artifacts.is
Website: https://artifacts.is

1. Reporting Copyright Infringements

If you believe that any content on Artifacts infringes your copyright, please submit a written notice with the following information:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
• Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
• Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing, including information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material (e.g., URL).
• Your contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
• A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• A statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

2. How to Submit a DMCA Notice

Please send your DMCA notice to:

Email: info@artifacts.is

3. Counter-Notification

If you believe that your content was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may submit a written counter-notification that includes:

• Your physical or electronic signature.
• Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location where the material appeared before it was removed or disabled.
• A statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
• Your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court in [your jurisdiction] and that you will accept service of process from the person who provided the original DMCA notice or an agent of that person.

4. Repeat Infringers

It is Artifacts's policy to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.