Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 28, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how SeattleArtists.com, operated by Patrick Webby, Inc. ("we", "us", "our"), collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you use www.seattleartists.com (the "Site"), and the choices you have. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. How we use cookies is covered separately in our Cookie Policy.
Information we collect
Information you give us
- Account sign-up: first and last name (or organization name), username, email address, password, member type, city and state, phone number (optional), and how you heard about us.
- Your profile: display name, bio, artist statement, website and social media links, photos and artwork images, and your birthday (optional; not shown on your public profile).
- Content you post: forum topics and replies, events, venue listings, and anything else you submit to public areas of the Site.
- Messages: your name, email address and message when you use the contact form or the site chat.
- Member contact forms: your name, email address, phone number (optional), message, and the artwork you asked about (if any) when you contact a member through their profile.
- Email subscriptions: your email address and which updates you want to receive.
- Paid memberships: payments are processed by Stripe, which collects your payment details directly. We receive your membership and payment status from Stripe.
Information collected automatically
When you use the Site, we and our service providers automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data. We also record whether you open the emails we send. The Cookie Policy lists the cookies and analytics tools involved.
How we use your information
- To provide, maintain and monitor the Site.
- To manage your account and give you access to the features available to registered users.
- To provide paid memberships and the features they include.
- To contact you by email, or by phone if you gave us your number, about your account, Site features and security updates when necessary or reasonable.
- To send you news, offers and information about events and services similar to those you have signed up for, unless you have opted out.
- To respond to and manage your requests.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, including as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or a similar proceeding.
- For data analysis, identifying usage trends, measuring the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and improving the Site, our services, our marketing and your experience.
Sharing your information
We may share your personal information:
- With service providers that help us run the Site, analyze its use and contact you, such as our hosting, database, email and payment providers.
- With affiliates, meaning our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies we control or are under common control with. We will require them to honor this Privacy Policy.
- With business partners, to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: what you share in public areas of the Site, such as a public profile, forum posts or event listings, can be viewed by anyone and may be distributed outside the Site. Other users can see your profile and activity and communicate with you. We do not show members' email addresses on public profiles.
- With the member you contact: when you use a member's contact form, we email your name, email address, phone number (if given) and message to that member so they can reply to you directly, and SeattleArtists.com staff receive a copy to help prevent spam and fraud. The member's email address is not shared with you unless they reply.
- In a business transfer, such as a merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or part of our business, including during negotiations. We will give notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
- For legal reasons: when required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (such as a court or government agency), or when we believe in good faith it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site, protect the personal safety of users or the public, or protect against legal liability.
- With your consent, for any other purpose.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes in this policy, and as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements and policies. Usage data is generally kept for a shorter time, unless we use it to strengthen security or improve the Site, or are legally required to keep it longer. Messages sent through member contact forms are kept in our records for up to 180 days to prevent spam and abuse, then deleted; we store a one-way hash of your IP address for this purpose, not the address itself.
Where your information is processed
Your information is processed at our operating offices and wherever the parties involved in processing it are located, which may be outside your state or country, where data protection laws may differ. By submitting your information, you agree to that transfer. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy, and will not transfer it to an organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, including for the security of your data.
Your rights and choices
- Update or delete your information: you can update, amend or delete your information at any time by signing in and going to your account settings. You can also contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal information you have given us.
- Profile visibility: you can hide your profile from the directory and other visitors with the Privacy Settings switch on your Edit Profile page.
- Emails: you can unsubscribe from our email updates with the link in any of them, or manage which emails you receive from the email preferences page that link opens.
We may need to keep some information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Security
We use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, but no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children
The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has given us personal information, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verified parental consent, we will take steps to remove it. Where a country's law requires parental consent for us to process a child's information, we may require that consent first.
Links to other websites
The Site links to websites we do not operate, such as artists' and venues' own sites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for their content, privacy policies or practices, so please review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the new version on this page and update the "Last updated" date, and let you know by email and/or a prominent notice on the Site before the change takes effect. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact us
Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email support@seattleartists.com or use our Contact Us page.