Who We Are
Our website address is: https://lindabarakatfinearts.com. Linda Barakat Fine Arts LLC is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our art collectors and website visitors.
Information We Collect
When you purchase an artwork, request a custom commission, or contact the studio, we collect the personal information you provide, such as your name, billing/shipping address, email address, and phone number.
How Your Data is Protected
Your financial transactions are securely processed through encrypted, banking-grade payment gateways (WooPayments powered by Stripe). We do not store or have access to your full credit card details. Your information is used strictly to fulfill your art orders, coordinate shipping logistics, or reply to your commission inquiries. We will never sell, lease, or distribute your private data to any third parties.
Cookies
We use basic, secure cookies to enhance your shopping experience on our website. These cookies are used strictly to handle essential store functions, such as remembering items placed in your shopping cart while you browse and ensuring a secure checkout process. We do not use tracking cookies to gather or share your personal browsing history.
If a collector leaves a product review or artwork rating on our shop, the submitted text and associated metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows the system to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up reviews rather than holding them in a moderation queue.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of those specific platforms.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or lease your personal information to third parties. Your data is shared strictly with essential, secure business services required to process and fulfill your art orders: WooCommerce and WooPayments (powered by Stripe) to safely securely clear credit card funds, and trusted shipping couriers (such as FedEx, UPS, or USPS) to print delivery labels and safely route your physical paintings, mixed media, or ceramic objects to your doorstep.
How Long We Retain Your Data
For collectors who make a purchase or submit a custom commission inquiry, we retain the provided contact information indefinitely in our secure administrative database. This allows us to maintain an archival ledger of your collection history, process potential follow-up inquiries, and fulfill tax accounting requirements legally under Michigan state law.
If a collector leaves an artwork rating or product review on our shop, that text and its associated metadata are also retained indefinitely so the system can automatically recognize and approve any future reviews instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, have made a purchase, have left product review on our shop, or an artwork rating, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor product reviews, artwork ratings, contact forms, or commission inquiries may be checked through an automated, secure spam detection service to protect our server network framework from digital malicious clutter.