Privacy Policy

Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar is the controller and responsible for your personal data ("VCUarts Qatar Shop "). VCUarts Qatar Shop takes your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy applies and relates to the information you may provide when you visit VCUarts Qatar Shop’s online store or purchase products at https://vcuqatar-arts-bookstore.myshopify.com/.

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

When you visit the VCUarts Qatar Shop website and make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase, VCUarts Qatar Shop collects certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone number.

It is important that the personal data VCUarts Qatar Shop holds about you is accurate and current, please keep VCUarts Qatar Shop informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with it.

VCUarts Qatar Shop does not collect any personal data of a special nature about you (this includes details about your ethnicity, religious beliefs, health, physical or mental state, marital status or about criminal convictions and offences.

FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION

Where VCUarts Qatar Shop needs to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract it has with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, VCUarts Qatar Shop may not be able to perform the contract VCUarts Qatar Shop has or is trying to enter into with you. In this case, VCUarts Qatar Shop may have to cancel an order for products that you have placed but VCUarts Qatar Shop will notify you if this is the case at the time.

WHAT WE DO WITH YOUR DATA

VCUarts Qatar Shop will only use your personal data when the law allows. Most commonly, VCUarts Qatar Shop will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

where VCUarts Qatar Shop needs to perform the contract it is about to enter into or has entered into with you;
where it is necessary for VCUarts Qatar Shop’s legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; and
where VCUarts Qatar Shop needs to comply with a legal obligation.

Notwithstanding the above, the data VCUarts Qatar Shop collects from you is mainly used to fulfill orders placed through its website, which includes an active session via cookies, preparing orders for shipment, and providing order confirmations and other order-related communication. Please note if you disable cookies from your web browser, due to privacy reasons, you will be required to log in on each new session.

Generally, VCUarts Qatar Shop does not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although it will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting VCUarts Qatar Shop at vcuqartsshop@vcu.edu

MARKETING

VCUarts Qatar Shop strives to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. VCUarts Qatar Shop may use your data to form a view on what it thinks you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you, this is how it decides which products and offers may be relevant for you. You will receive marketing communications from VCUarts Qatar Shop if you have requested information from it or purchased goods from it and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You can ask VCUarts Qatar Shop to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting it. Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to VCUarts Qatar Shop as a result of a product purchase or other transaction.

CHANGE OF PURPOSE

VCUarts Qatar Shop will only use your personal data for the purposes for which it was collected, unless VCUarts Qatar Shop reasonably considers that it needs to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact VCUarts Qatar Shop. If VCUarts Qatar Shop needs to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, it may notify you and explain the legal basis which allows it to do so. Please note that VCUarts Qatar Shop may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

RETENTION

VCUarts Qatar Shop will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services and to handle or respond to any complaints, queries or concerns relating to your account. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, VCUarts Qatar Shop considers the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which VCUarts Qatar Shop processes your personal data, whether it can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

SECURITY

To protect your information, VCUarts Qatar Shop takes and applies industry standard precautions to ensure information is not lost, misused, accessed or disclosed. VCUarts Qatar Shop will not sell, trade, rent, or disclose your data to any third parties. However, please be aware that submitting information over the Internet is inherently insecure. Accordingly, despite VCUarts Qatar Shop taking precautions based on industry security standards, VCUarts Qatar Shop cannot guarantee that unauthorized access or disclosure will never occur.

YOUR CONSENT

Where VCUarts Qatar Shop relies solely on your consent to process your data, you can withdraw this consent by contacting VCUarts Qatar Shop at icacosta@vcu.edu. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, VCUarts Qatar Shop may not be able to provide products to you. VCUarts Qatar Shop will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The VCUarts Qatar Shop website is neither intended for nor targeted to children under the age of eighteen (18). VCUarts Qatar Shop does not knowingly collect personal Information from children under the age of 18. If VCUarts Qatar Shop discovers that information has been received from a user under the required age, VCUarts Qatar Shop will delete this information immediately and in accordance with applicable law.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. You are highly encouraged to review this Privacy Policy whenever you visit the site to stay informed about VCUarts Qatar Shop’s information practices.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to access and review the personal data VCUarts Qatar Shop holds about you at any time (including an option to obtain a copy of such data for a fee) as well as to receive information regarding how your personal data is being processed. VCUarts Qatar Shop will use reasonable endeavors to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take longer than one month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, VCUarts Qatar Shop will notify you and keep you updated.

If you have questions, comments, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact VCUarts Qatar Shop by email at vcuqartsshop@vcu.edu