Privacy Policy

We collect information from and about the devices you use to access the Site, including information about your connection, such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses, domain names of the originating visitor’s computer on our server, and related information. We also may track the number and frequency of hits per page by IP addresses. 

Like many websites, we also use cookies to collect device information, additional website usage data and other inferred information location and identify information. Cookies are small text files placed and stored on your browser and computer when you visit the Site.  We use both “session cookies,” which expire when you close your browser, and “persistent cookies,” which expire after a set period of time (even if you close your browser). We use cookies to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. You can set your browser not to accept cookies, however, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Automatically Collected Data

We use IP information and other information about the devices you use to connect to the site to identify the source of user traffic, for safety, security, and fraud detection, for customer support, to enforce our Terms of Use, and to analyze web traffic and user behavior. 

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including keeping you signed in, remembering your preferences and settings, analyzing site traffic, and generally understanding how you use our website.

We will not associate any individual IP address, cookies, or other automatically collected data with any other Personal Data except to detect security intrusions or certain unlawful activity. 

Voluntarily Submitted Data

We use the Personal Data and other information you voluntarily provide to us for the purpose it was collected, in order to provide the ARC services requested, and in a variety of ancillary ways to provide, analyze, improve, and develop services.  This means we may use your Voluntarily Submitted Data to:

• to fulfill the request for which you specifically provided the data, including sharing data with an intended recipient (e.g., sharing relevant information with a protection or resource partner when an individual has requested or consented to a referral.”);
• to provide the newsletter, assessment, support, or other service for which you provided Personal Data;
• to analyze actions taken through our website;
• to allow you to set and change user preferences;
• to offer you ways to learn about, support or participate in the activities of ARC, if you have opted in to receiving such communications;
• to respond to an inquiry or feedback you have made to the Artists at Risk Connection; 
• to follow up with you with a communication specific to an activity you have participated in or intend to participate in;
• Conducting statistical, academic, or field research;
• Generating aggregated, non-identifiable public or internal reports and publications; and
• Developing, identifying, and offering new tools, services, features, tailored recommendations to users, or other services and uses not yet identified.

We may combine Voluntarily Submitted Data with other Personal Data in order to provide ARC services, for example, by associating responses to assessment tools with User account information. 

Transfer of Data to the United States

ARC is located in the United States, and many of its members, participants, events, and projects are located in different countries. The Site is hosted in the United States. All Personal Data that we collect and maintain will also be processed and stored in the United States, where data protection and privacy regulations may provide different levels of protection compared with your jurisdiction.

Whenever ARC transfers personal data from one country to another, we will do so in compliance with applicable privacy and data protection law, and we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Data.  These steps may include implementing standard contractual clauses where recognized by law, obtaining your consent, or other lawful means of transferring personal information.

Anonymous Information

Some Voluntarily Submitted Data is provided to ARC anonymously, such as non-identifiable assessment inputs.  This anonymous information is stored anonymously in perpetuity, and as a result cannot be re-identified or deleted upon request.

Third Party Sharing

Third Party Service Providers.  To support certain functions on the Site, we use third-party service providers, such as hosting providers, data management companies, address list hosting companies, e-mail service providers, analytics companies, and other partners in connection with your use of the Site. This often means sharing Automatically Collected Data with those third-party service providers.  For example, a third-party service provider may support a specific web tool on the ARC site even though that tool is actually on the website of the third-party service provider. In most cases, even when a third-party service provider tool is embedded in the Site, we will ensure that the third-party does not have access to Voluntarily Submitted Data.  To support our risk assessment tool, protection services, and other services, third-party service providers may have access to Voluntarily Submitted Data in order to perform technological services for ARC.  In such cases, ARC will ensure that such third-party services providers have executed confidentiality agreements at least as protective as the protections set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Protection Referrals, Emergency, Financial Assistance. A core part of ARC’s work is connecting artists with trusted partner organizations and other service providers that may be able to assist them. In some cases, this requires sharing relevant Voluntarily Submitted Data with the artist’s knowledge/consent. In other cases, we may provide Voluntarily Submitted Data when ARC provides emergency or other financial assistance.  Depending on the circumstances, we may need information required to process a grant/payment and may need to provide necessary information to third-party financial or payment service providers.

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not sell or share your Voluntarily Submitted Data to any third-party unless we first notify you and require your consent to such use.  If you do give consent, you may withdraw it at any time by contacting us (see “How to Contact Us” section below); however, please be aware that such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of Personal Data collected and processed prior to the date of your withdrawal of consent. In addition, if you withdraw your consent, you may also forfeit other benefits, such as participation in ARC projects or programs. Any time a third-party service provider’s data collection, use, or security practices differs from the data collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy, we will let you know and, if possible, provide a link to that third-party service provider’s privacy policy. In special circumstances, we may disclose and use Voluntarily Submitted Data when it is necessary to enforce our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, or when we believe that the law requires us to disclose your Voluntarily Submitted Data to third parties.