Last updated: September 5, 2026
Community Artists Gallery & Studios, Inc. (“CAGS,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information obtained through CommunityArtistsGalleryAndStudios.org (the “Website”) and through communications or forms submitted through the Website.
CAGS is a nonprofit cooperative gallery in New Bern, North Carolina. We provide gallery and studio space for local artists, sell artwork and handcrafted items, and offer exhibitions, educational programs, community outreach, classes, workshops, and other arts-related activities.
Information We Collect
The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with CAGS and may include:
- Contact information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number.
- Artist and membership information, such as your artistic medium, biography, photographs, samples or images of your work, website or social media links, membership interests, and other information submitted through an artist, emerging artist, volunteer, or membership form.
- Class, workshop, event, and program information, such as registration details, participant information, and communications about a program.
- Purchase and transaction information, such as the items, artwork, classes, or services purchased and information needed to complete or respond to questions about a transaction. If an online payment option is offered, payment details may be collected and processed directly by a third-party payment provider.
- Newsletter and communication information, including newsletter subscriptions, inquiries, survey responses, and correspondence with us.
- Website and device information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from an IP address, and the dates and times of Website visits.
- Other information you voluntarily provide when you contact us, complete a form, submit content, or otherwise communicate with CAGS.
Please do not submit personal information about another person unless you have permission to do so.
Information Intended for Public Display
Artists may choose to submit information for display on the Website or in CAGS promotional materials. This may include an artist’s name, photograph, biography, artistic medium, website or social media links, and images or descriptions of artwork. Information submitted for public display may be viewed, copied, or shared by Website visitors.
If you would like CAGS to correct or remove publicly displayed information about you, please contact us using the information at the end of this policy. Removal from our Website may not remove copies previously saved or shared by others or retained in search-engine caches.
How We Collect Information
We may collect information:
- Directly from you when you complete a form, subscribe to the newsletter, contact us, register for a program, inquire about becoming an artist or member, make a purchase, or submit content.
- Automatically when you visit or interact with the Website, through cookies and similar technologies.
- From service providers that help us operate the Website, process payments, distribute email, manage registrations, prevent spam, or understand Website use.
- From social media platforms or other third-party services when you choose to interact with CAGS through those services.
How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries and communicate with you.
- Review artist, emerging artist, membership, volunteer, or program submissions.
- Create and maintain artist pages and display authorized artist information and artwork.
- Process purchases, registrations, donations, or other transactions and provide related confirmations or updates.
- Administer classes, workshops, exhibitions, events, community programs, surveys, promotions, or other CAGS activities.
- Send newsletters and other communications you request. You may unsubscribe from promotional email by using the unsubscribe link included in the message.
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website.
- Measure Website traffic and understand how visitors use the Website.
- Prevent spam, fraud, misuse, and security incidents.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect the rights, safety, and property of CAGS, our artists, members, visitors, and others.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Website may use first-party and third-party cookies, pixels, and similar technologies. These technologies may be used to operate Website features, remember preferences, prevent spam, analyze Website traffic, display embedded content, and support links or sharing features involving social media services.
You can usually control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the Website function. You may also use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on if Google Analytics is used on the Website.
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is not a single, consistently applied standard for these signals, the Website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals. Where required by applicable law, we will recognize qualifying universal opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, to the extent they apply to our Website and data practices.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Links
The Website may contain embedded videos, maps, images, social media content, or other material provided by third parties. It may also link to websites operated by others. These third parties may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies. CAGS does not control and is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites or services.
How We Disclose Information
We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances:
- Service providers. We may provide information to trusted vendors that perform services for CAGS, such as website hosting and maintenance, email delivery, analytics, payment processing, registration management, data storage, and spam or security protection. They may use the information only as permitted by their agreements with us and applicable law.
- At your direction or with your permission. We may publish artist information, artwork, photographs, links, or other material that you submit or authorize for public display.
- Legal and safety purposes. We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, or government requests; enforce our policies or agreements; investigate suspected fraud or misuse; or protect the rights, property, or safety of CAGS or others.
- Organizational changes. If CAGS is involved in a merger, restructuring, transfer of operations, or similar organizational event, information may be transferred as permitted by law.
CAGS does not sell personal information for money. We do not knowingly use or disclose personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising as those terms are defined by applicable state privacy laws.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing programs and services, maintaining appropriate business and nonprofit records, meeting tax or accounting obligations, resolving disputes, protecting the Website, and complying with law. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.
Security
CAGS uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information. The Website uses encryption when information is transmitted between your browser and the Website. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Choices
You may:
- Unsubscribe from promotional or newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe link in the message.
- Adjust your browser settings to limit or delete cookies.
- Ask us to update or correct information you have submitted.
- Request access to or deletion of certain personal information, subject to applicable law and legitimate retention needs.
To make a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We will not delete information that we must retain for legal, tax, accounting, security, fraud-prevention, or other lawful purposes.
Privacy Rights for Residents of Certain States
Depending on where you live and whether a particular state privacy law applies to CAGS or the information involved, you may have additional rights concerning your personal information. These rights may include the right to:
- Confirm whether we process your personal information and obtain access to it.
- Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Obtain a portable copy of certain personal information you provided to us.
- Opt out of the sale of personal information, targeted advertising, or certain types of profiling.
- Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information.
- Appeal our decision if we decline to act on a request.
- Use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, where permitted by law.
The rights available to you, and any exceptions, vary by state. CAGS will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right granted by applicable law. Because CAGS does not sell personal information or knowingly use it for targeted advertising, there may be no action required in response to an opt-out request involving those practices.
To exercise an applicable state privacy right, email CommunityArtistsGallery@gmail.com or contact us at the mailing address below. Please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request. We may ask for additional information to reasonably verify your identity or your authority to act for another person. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.
Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. CAGS may offer classes, workshops, outreach programs, or other activities that include children, but a parent or legal guardian should submit online registration information for a child under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from a child under 13 without any parental notice or consent required by law.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us through the Website without appropriate parental involvement, please contact us so we can review and, when appropriate, delete the information.
Visitors from Outside the United States
CAGS is based in the United States, and the Website is primarily intended for a United States audience. If you visit the Website from another country, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country. Nothing in this section limits any rights you may have under a law that applies to CAGS and your personal information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, technology, or legal obligations. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Material changes may also be communicated in another appropriate manner.
Contact Us
Questions, concerns, complaints, and privacy requests may be directed to:
Community Artists Gallery & Studios, Inc.
309 Middle Street
New Bern, NC 28560
Phone: 252-633-3715
Email: CommunityArtistsGallery@gmail.com