Privacy Policy

About This Website

Our website address is: https://www.morganlaplante.com

Morgan LaPlante sells original artwork, original oil paintings, original drawings, fine art prints, and custom artwork commissions through this website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience and last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.

We also use cookies to maintain shopping cart contents, improve website functionality, measure advertising performance, and provide a better browsing experience.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles, videos, images, and other content on this website may include embedded content from third-party websites. Embedded content behaves in the same manner as if you visited the third-party website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interactions with their content.

Information We Collect and Store

While you visit our website, we may collect:

Products you view
Cart and checkout activity
IP address
Browser type and device information
Shipping and billing information
Account information (if you create an account)

When you make a purchase, request a commission, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we may collect information including:

Name
Email address
Billing address
Shipping address
Phone number
Order details
Commission request details
Optional account information

We use this information to:

Process and fulfill orders
Provide customer support
Process refunds and resolve disputes
Prevent fraud
Comply with legal and tax obligations
Improve our products and services
Communicate regarding orders and commissions
Send marketing emails if you have opted in to receive them

If you create an account, we store your account information for future purchases and customer service purposes.

Artwork Commissions

If you contact us regarding a custom artwork commission, we may collect information you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, project details, reference materials, and any other information necessary to discuss and complete your commission.

This information is used solely for communication, project planning, fulfillment, and customer service purposes.

Email Marketing

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your information may be stored and processed through MailerLite.

We use this information to send newsletters, updates, promotions, announcements of new artwork, exhibitions, products, and related communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Advertising and Analytics

We use Meta Pixel technologies provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. to help understand how visitors interact with our website and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on Facebook and Instagram.

Meta Pixel may collect information including:

Pages viewed
Products viewed
Purchases completed
IP address
Browser information
Interactions with our website

This information may be used to improve our marketing efforts and to show relevant advertisements on Meta platforms.

We may maintain business profiles on social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, where customers may choose to interact with us, leave reviews, or communicate with us.

You can learn more about how Meta handles information through Meta’s Privacy Policy and advertising settings.

Payments

Payments made through this website are processed by PayPal and other payment providers that may be enabled through WooCommerce.

When processing payments, certain information may be shared with payment providers, including purchase totals, billing information, and order details necessary to complete the transaction.

Please review the privacy policies of those payment providers for additional information regarding their handling of personal data.

Who We Share Your Data With

We share information only with service providers necessary to operate our business and fulfill orders. These may include:

Payment processors such as PayPal
Email marketing providers such as MailerLite
Website hosting and caching providers
Spam detection services
Shipping and fulfillment providers when necessary

We do not sell your personal information.

Data Retention

We retain order information for seven (7) years for tax, accounting, and record-keeping purposes.

Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically.

Account information is retained for as long as an account remains active or as otherwise required for legitimate business purposes.

Your Rights

If you have an account on this website or have submitted personal information, you may request:

Access to the personal information we hold about you
Correction of inaccurate information
Deletion of your personal information where permitted by law

Certain information may be retained when required for legal, accounting, security, or administrative purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, including Akismet Anti-Spam.

Website performance and caching services may temporarily process website data through QUIC.cloud and related services to improve site speed and reliability.

Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact:

Morgan LaPlante

Email: morgan@morganlaplante.com

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.