Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

KM Smith Fine Art is committed to providing a quality online photo gallery and print sales while protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines our ongoing obligations regarding the management of your Personal Information. Personal Information includes names, addresses and geographic locations, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card information, and support queries. We adhere to

Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)

Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA)

Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA).

CCPA for California.

Federal Law

By using our website and services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information we collect

2.1 From Your Use of the Site

Personal Information is obtained via email, website visits, cookies, and third parties. This website collects data for site analytics, including your browser, network, device, IP address, and interactions with the site. We share this information with our website analytics provider. We also use Google Analytics to analyze user interactions with the site.

2.2 Cookies and pixels

Cookies are small files stored on your computer to provide site functionality and to help analyze visitor behavior. Some cookies are deleted after each session, while others persist. WordPress and Google use cookies for essential site functions such as the shopping cart and checkout. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to reject cookies by changing your browser settings. Blocking all cookies may limit your ability to use this website. Non-essential cookies, such as those used to collect user analytics data and to assist with site advertising, can be rejected via the cookie consent form. These cookies are disabled unless your consent is explicitly given.

Our website uses cookies to analyze website traffic, enable social media sharing and liking, and help us deliver a better website visitor experience. In addition, cookies and pixels may be used to serve relevant ads to website visitors through third-party services such as Google Ads and Facebook Advertising.

2.3 Information you provide

When buying a print, we collect personal information to fulfill the order. This includes your name, email address, billing and shipping address, phone number, and payment information. You may create an account to save your information and view your purchase history. We may also collect your name and email if you subscribe to our email list or contact us.

3. How We Use Your Information

We collect your Personal Information to help provide our services to you. We may use your information for order processing, communication, personalization, marketing, and improving our services. We also use the information we collect in aggregated and anonymized forms to improve our services, including administering our website, producing reports and analytics, advertising our products and services, identifying user demands, and assisting in meeting customer needs generally.

We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. Marketing communications, news, and useful content are only sent to you if you have requested or subscribed to them. You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time and have the rights listed below to control the use of your data.

We do not deal in or sell your private information, and we do not receive financial incentives related to the collection or deletion of personal data.

4. Sharing of Personal Data and International Data Transfers

We share personal information with WordPress for website services, with WordPress and Google for email services, and with Stripe and PayPal for payment processing. Our payment processing providers operate in many countries and transfer data internationally via secure data encryption. Print orders may be fulfilled in London, Düsseldorf, or New York. Only the information required to process and ship the order is provided to the printing company. If you accept the use of tracking and advertising cookies, data are shared with Meta (Facebook) and Google Analytics, which stores information in regional data centers.

From time to time, we may need to disclose certain information, including your Personal Data, to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request. Also, we may use your Personal Data to protect the rights, property, or safety of KM Smith Fine Art, our customers, or third parties.

5. Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights and choices, either by law based on where you live or granted by us. Please contact us using the information below if you wish to exercise these rights so that we can act promptly to meet your request. You may contact your local supervisory authority if you feel that your rights have been violated.

KM Smith Fine Art will not charge you for your request but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information where the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal data is being collected about you and how it is being used.

Access and Correction: You may access and update your Personal Information by either logging in to your account and making the changes yourself or contacting us directly. You also have a right to obtain your personal data in a commonly used machine-readable format and are free to transfer this information to another organization. We may require identification to protect your information.

Deletion: You can request the deletion of your Personal Information. Upon verification, we will delete your data, except where retention is required for legal or business purposes.

Objection and Restriction: You have the right to object to or restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances. You may withdraw consent for the processing of your personal data at any time.

Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

6. Data Security

We implement various measures to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or destruction while in our possession or control. These measures include industry-standard data encryption, password-protected access controls, and secure payment processing. Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure. Any information you provide us by email is unencrypted. If a data breach occurs, we will notify affected individuals and relevant authorities in compliance with applicable law and take steps to mitigate its impact.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as needed to provide services to you and as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When your Personal Information is no longer needed, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify it. Most Personal Information is stored for at least 5 years.

Children’s Policy

Our services are not directed to persons under 18, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under 18. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with Personal Data, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you are the parent or guardian of a child and you believe they have provided us with Personal Data without your consent, then please contact us.

9. Links to other websites

This website may contain links to other websites. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third-party websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of these websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware that when they leave our website, they should read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

As we plan to ensure our privacy policy remains current, this policy is subject to change, including to reflect changes in data protection laws and regulations or to incorporate new business practices. We may modify this policy at any time, at our sole discretion, and all modifications will be effective immediately upon posting them on this website. Changes will be communicated via this web page, emails to subscribers, and posts on the KM Smith Fine Art blog.

11. Contact Information

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Surface Mail:

KM Smith Fine Art

715 Camino Catalina

Solana Beach, CA 92075

Email: Online Contact Form: Available on our website

Effective Date: As of January 8, 2026.