Your privacy is important to Wendy, and she is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, accuracy, and security of your personal information.

As a part of this commitment, Wendy subscribes to the 10 principles established by the Canadian Standards Association's Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "personal information" means data about an identifiable individual.

1. Accountability. Wendy Powell is responsible for any personal information under her control and is accountable for ensuring that anyone who accesses it complies with this Privacy Policy.
2. Identifying purposes. This site shall clearly explain the reasons for collecting any personal information, either before or at the time it is gathered.
3. Consent. Your prior consent is required before we collect, use, or disclose your personal information, except when this is inappropriate.
4. Limiting collection. We shall collect only the information we need for the purposes we have identified. We shall collect this information fairly and lawfully.
5. Limiting use, disclosure, and retention. We shall not use or disclose your personal information except for the purposes we identified unless you consent or we are required by law. We shall keep this information only as long as we need it to fulfill its identified purposes.
6. Accuracy. We shall keep your personal information as accurate, complete, and up-to-date as necessary to accomplish its identified purposes.
7. Safeguards. We shall protect your personal information with appropriate security safeguards.
8. Openness. We shall make this Privacy Policy readily available to individuals from whom we collect personal information.
9. Individual access. Upon request, we shall inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information and provide it to you. You can challenge the accuracy and completeness of the information, and we shall amend it as appropriate.
10. Challenging compliance. You can challenge compliance with this Privacy Policy by sending an email to Wendy Powell at

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This web site collects two types of data about visitors: personal information (name, email address, phone number, etc.) and non-personal information (page visits, visit length, browser type, etc.).

In general, you are free to visit this web site without revealing who you are or any other personal information. When we do collect personal information (such as the “Contact Us” query form), we make it obvious what information we are collecting and why.

With your permission, we also might collect information from you over the telephone, by mail, or in person. We might use it to improve our products and customer service.

It is your choice whether you provide personal information. However, withholding certain information could prevent us from providing goods or services to you. For example, we cannot respond to a "Contact Us" query form unless you provide contact information.

Web tracking applications might record non-personal information such as Internet domain names, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, operating system types, and the date and time when you access our web pages.

These tracking technologies allow us to improve this site and your browsing experience. We also might analyze this information for trends and statistics.

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Wendy values her relationships with all her customers. She wants to provide outstanding service and build long-term associations that evolve with changing needs.

Towards those goals, we collect, maintain, and use information you submit to provide the services and transactions you request. These can include the following:

• Provide timely and reliable services, such as contests, promotions, special pricing, and newsletters.
• Provide customer support, such as answering inquiries and accepting product returns.
• Protect you and us against error and fraud.
• Interact with third parties (such as PayPal and CafePress.com) to process credit cards, collect unpaid debts, and protect Wendy’s business interests.
• Comply with legal requirements.

If you ever consent to receive newsletters, updates, or promotional materials from Wendy, you are free to opt-out at any time. Simply contact Wendy ( ) and let her know that you do not wish to be contacted in a particular manner. It might take a few days for your request to take effect.

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We do not rent, sell, license, or trade your personal information with others for marketing purposes.

We might share your personal information with third-party companies (such as PayPal and CafePress.com) to assist in the delivery of products you purchase. You should read their privacy policies to be fully informed about how they might use this information.

Please note that PayPal and CafePress.com never supply us with your credit card number. You provide this information directly to their web site on a secure payment page.

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This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected from customers through the WendyPowellArt.com web site.

You might access third-party web sites through links available at WendyPowellArt.com. You understand and agree that your use of third-party sites will be governed by the privacy policies of those web sites and not by this Privacy Policy.

The privacy policies of other web sites might differ from this one to reflect differences in site features, company services, or applicable law.

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By purchasing our products or using our web site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data in accordance with the above policy. This policy can change without prior written notification.

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Last updated: 29 June 2007