Le Clus Art Exchange ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. What Data We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards.
• Financial Data: Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor.
• Data From Social Networks: User information from social networking sites, such as Google, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.
• Usage Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Process your transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
• Email you regarding your account or order.
• Fulfill and manage purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Site.
• Notify you of updates to the platform and new features.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.

3. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services for core platform functionality:

• Firebase (Google): For authentication, database, and hosting.
• Google AI / Genkit: For AI-powered features like captioning and search.
• Google Custom Search: For external search capabilities.
• Stripe (or similar): For secure payment processing. We do not store your full credit card information.

4. Your Data Rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. You can manage your profile information from your account settings. For further requests, please contact us.

5. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: