Artsonia - Online Tracking Technologies Policy

Online Tracking Technologies Policy

Last updated: October 18, 2024

Artsonia offers a range of features that use technologies like cookies, pixel tags ("pixels"), device or other identifiers and local storage (collectively, "Online Tracking Technologies") to provide a seamless and safe experience on the Artsonia Service.

First and foremost, we do not use or disclose information collected through Online Tracking Technologies for third-party advertising on our website or elsewhere (including behaviorally-targeted advertising to students). As described in more detail below, we use these technologies in many ways so that Artsonia works, like for security purposes, to provide certain helpful features, and also to understand and measure how Artsonia is used. Third parties that you interact with as you use the Service may also use these technologies for a variety of purposes. Below we provide more information about Online Tracking Technologies and how they work.

Quick Reference

What are some of these Online Tracking Technologies?
How does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies when visitors use a mobile device?
How can visitors manage these Online Tracking Technologies?
Why does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies?
How do third parties use Online Tracking Technologies on Artsonia's Service?
Does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies if visitors don't have an account or have logged out of their account?

What are some of these Online Tracking Technologies?

How does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies when visitors use a mobile device?

Many mobile devices act just like computers, such as smart phones that support full-featured browsers. For those devices, we use Online Tracking Technologies in ways that are similar to when you are accessing the web from a computer. Other devices use different technologies such as local storage on a device, Software Development Kits (SDKs) or Advanced Programming Interfaces (APIs) to facilitate the same types of processes we use cookies for, as described below. As on the web, we also may use similar technologies to store and retrieve an identifier or other information from or on your device.

How can visitors manage these Online Tracking Technologies?

Browser controls for cookies and local storage

Your browser or device may offer settings related to these technologies - visit your browser or device's help menu to learn about your options (browsers for mobile devices may not offer visibility). For example, you may set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, changing these settings may impact your use of some features or services on our Service as they may not function properly without cookies.

Mobile applications

Please note that the choices described above regarding browser-based opt-outs may not apply to opt-outs involving mobile applications.

Why does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies?

Artsonia uses tracking technologies that are session-based and persistent. Session-based tracking disappears from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent tracking remains on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer. We use these technologies for a variety of reasons, such as allowing us to show you content that's most relevant to you, improving our products and services, and helping to keep our Service secure.

While specific names of the Online Tracking Technologies that we use may change from time to time as we improve and update our Service, they generally fall into the below categories of use:

Categories of Use	Description
Strictly necesssary	These are essential in order to operate the Website and Service. For example, we use a cookie to remember whether a person is under 13 (based on prompting) and prevent them from accessing certain restricted functions on our Website.
Authentication	These are necessary to log you in and keep your account secure. For example, we use a cookie to authenticate your account on certain pages so you do not have to keep logging into our Service.
Functionality and performance	These help us remember your preferences and settings in order to improve your experience. For example, we use a cookie to remember your preferred language on pages that offer this capability.
Analytics and research	These help us understand the individuals who are interested in our products and services. For example, we use a cookie to remember if you visited the site from an email link, and then use that data in aggregate to help improve the quality of our email communications.

How do third parties use Online Tracking Technologies on Artsonia's Service?

In addition to our own Online Tracking Technologies, we work with various companies to help us analyze how our Service is used, for functionality and serving content and to improve Artsonia. These third parties may use web measurement and customization technologies (such as cookies) in conjunction with the provision of these services. Take a look at our third-party service providers to learn more about them as well as to review their privacy policies.

Does Artsonia use Online Tracking Technologies if visitors don't have an account or have logged out of their account?

We still use tracking technologies if you don't have an account or have logged out of your account. For example, we may set cookies if you don't have an Artsonia account, but have visited our Services, to help us protect our Services and the people who use it from malicious activity, such as to detect and prevent denial-of-service attacks and the mass creation of fake accounts.