Introduction

etshirts.com (also referred to as "we") has created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate its firm commitment to your privacy while visiting its website at [www.etshirts.com]("Website").

This Privacy Policy sets out how we will handle personal information which you provide to us as a user of the Website.

Any reference to "Margin" and "Subsidy" means any margin and subsidy referred to in the Application Form.

Any reference to "Supplier of Designs" means a supplier of designs as referred to in the Terms and Conditions for Suppliers of Designs found at the Website.

Any reference to "Purchaser" means any purchaser of Products as referred to in the Terms and Conditions for Purchasers found at the Website.

The terms of this Privacy Policy form part of and should be read in conjunction with the Terms and Conditions for Suppliers of Designs, Terms and Conditions for Purchasers and Application Form found at the Website, as they apply to you.

We may edit this Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing a revised copy on the Website and where possible, by advising you of the change by e-mail.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

• etshirts.com will only collect personal information when you register for an etshirts.com service or when you participate in any promotions or competitions run by etshirts.com from time to time.

• In order to provide our service, we will ask you for your personal information including name, postal address and e-mail address.

• As a Supplier of Designs, we may ask you for additional information including your bank details if you wish to earn a Margin or credit card details if you wish to provide a Subsidy.

• We may contact you by telephone, e-mail or mail using your details to confirm and verify the information supplied.

• If you do not provide us with all the personal information we request, we may not be able to properly assess your request for service and the level of service we can provide to you may be reduced to the extent that you do not provide us with relevant information.

Disclosure

We will not sell your personal information to any third party.

We will only disclose your personal information where:

• we have your consent to share the personal information;

• we are required by law to do so;

• we deem it necessary to provide you with services you have requested;

• the Terms and Conditions for Suppliers of Designs, the Terms and Conditions for Purchasers or the Application Form permit;

• we have a special agreement with a Supplier of Designs, such that the Supplier of Designs requires us to provide personal information to them about Purchasers of Products carrying their Designs;

• we reasonably believe that use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life, health or safety or a serious threat to public health or safety; or

• we have reason to suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and the use or disclosure of your personal information is a necessary part of any investigation of the matter or in reporting our concerns to relevant persons or authorities.

Cookies

Cookies are pieces of information that a website can transfer to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping. We use cookies to store information about your session while you are using the Website. The Cookies we use expire (are delete from your computer) at the end of your session on the Website. You must accept these Cookies in order to access the services provided on the Website.

Links

The Website may be linked to other websites. We have no control over the linked websites and are not responsible for the privacy of those sites. We do not provide any information about you to linked websites.

Changing Your Personal Information

You are responsible for ensuring that the information we collect on you is accurate. We would ask that you keep us informed on any changes to your personal information so that we can promptly update your information if it changes.

Security

In order to protect the personal information we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure we use reasonable standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of that information.

As a Supplier, we collect and store the IP number of the computer from which you upload and manage your designs to help us identify any individuals who attempt to access your designs without proper authority.

If we no longer need your personal information or if you request us to disregard your personal information we will delete and destroy all your personal information from our database at your request unless any charges for services provided by us are owing in which case your personal information will be kept on file until payment is made in full by you.

General

• Given the purpose of the Website it is not practical to deal with you anonymously.

• We will not collect sensitive information about you without your prior consent.

• Children are not eligible to use our services unless in conjunction with parents or guardians.

• If you have any questions on this Privacy Policy send e-mail to privacy@etshirts.com.