Privacy Policy | Halico Art, LLC

Plain-language notice about how we handle personal information. Last updated: September 16, 2025

“Halico Art,” “we,” and “us” mean Halico Art, LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information when you visit our website(s), contact us via COMMS, place an order, or otherwise interact with us.

This Policy doesn’t cover websites we don’t control (for example, external galleries linked from Armory such as HamiltonPaintings.com and BradleyHamiltonFineArt.com) or services run by third parties. Their policies apply to them.

Artwork attribution & ownership. All paintings and images displayed on our sites are created by Bradley Hamilton (Bradley Hamilton Paintings and Bradley Hamilton Fine Art). Bradley Hamilton is the owner of Halico Art, LLC.

We try to collect the minimum needed to operate the site and fulfill requests.

Information you give us

• Contact details (name, email, shipping/billing address, phone if you provide it).
•  Messages you send through COMMS, reviews, support requests, and preferences.
•  Order details (items, sizes, notes) and returns information.
•  Newsletter sign-ups and your marketing preferences.

Information collected automatically

• Device and usage data (IP address, browser type, pages viewed, time on page, referring/exit pages, approximate location from IP).
• Cookies or similar technologies used to keep your session, remember preferences, measure site performance, and reduce fraud.

Information from service partners

• Payment processors (confirmation of payment, payment method type — we don’t receive full card numbers).
• Fulfillment/shipping partners (tracking numbers, delivery status, returns processing).
• Analytics/email service providers (aggregated performance metrics).

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information (e.g., precise geolocation, government IDs, health data). Please don’t send sensitive data through COMMS.

• Run the website and services (provide pages, forms, and account-free checkout where possible).
• Fulfill orders (process payments, ship items, handle returns/exchanges).
• Communicate (answer questions, send transactional emails like order confirmations and shipping updates).
• Improve and secure (diagnose issues, prevent fraud/abuse, measure performance, plan inventory).
• Marketing (only with your consent or as permitted by law; you can unsubscribe any time).
• Legal compliance (tax, accounting, and recordkeeping).

We share personal information only with:

• Service providers acting on our instructions (payment processing, fulfillment/shipping, email/analytics, website hosting). They may only use your info to provide their services to us.
• Legal and safety (to comply with law, court orders, or to protect rights, safety, and security).
• Business transfers (in connection with a merger, acquisition, or asset sale; your rights will continue).

We do not sell personal information. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We don’t run interest-based ads or allow ad-tech that profiles you across sites.

Cookies help the site work and help us understand what’s useful. We keep them simple.

Types we use

• Strictly necessary (security, load balancing, and basic site functionality).
• Preferences (remember your selections)
• Analytics (measure what’s working so we can improve).

Your choices

• You can control cookies via your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may break parts of the site.
• We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where applicable by treating them as an opt-out of any sale/share.
• You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in those emails.

Your rights depend on where you live. We will honor applicable rights to the extent required by law.

California (CCPA/CPRA)
You can request to: (a) know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect; (b) access and receive a copy; (c) correct inaccuracies; (d) delete information (with exceptions); and (e) opt out of sale/share (we do not sell/share). We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights. Submit requests via COMMS. We’ll verify your identity and may use an authorized agent if you provide proof of authorization.

Other U.S. states (e.g., CO, CT, UT, VA, OR, TX, etc.) Similar rights may apply (access, correction, deletion, opt out of targeted advertising/sale, and data portability). If we decline a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision via COMMS; we’ll review and respond within the timeframe required by your state law.

EEA/UK (GDPR)

• Controller: Halico Art, LLC, Wyoming, USA.
• Legal bases: contract (to fulfill orders), legitimate interests (site security, anti-fraud, service improvement), consent (marketing/cookies where required), legal obligation (tax/records).
• Rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability. You may also lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
• Transfers: your data may be processed in the U.S. and other countries. When we transfer personal data, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or other appropriate safeguards.

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes above, including to meet legal, tax, and accounting requirements.

• Orders and transaction records: typically 7 years.
• Customer service messages: typically 2 years.
• Marketing preferences: until you unsubscribe or after a period of inactivity. We may keep limited backups or logs longer for security and legal reasons.

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. Please use strong passwords on your email accounts and be cautious with phishing.

Our site is not intended for children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child provided information, contact us via COMMS to request deletion.

If you visit from outside the U.S., understand your information may be processed in countries (including the U.S.) with different laws than your own. We apply protections described in this Policy regardless of where you are.

We may update this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes, we’ll update the date above and, where required, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the site means you accept the changes.

Use COMMS to reach HQ about privacy questions or requests (access, correction, deletion, appeal). Include enough detail so we can identify you and respond.

CCPA categories reference (quick view)

We may collect, use, and disclose the following categories of personal information for the purposes described above:

• Identifiers (name, email, postal address, IP address) — collected; shared with service providers.
• Customer records (billing/shipping info) — collected; shared with payment/fulfillment.
• Commercial information (products purchased, returns) — collected; shared with fulfillment.
• Internet activity (site usage) — collected; shared with analytics providers.
• Geolocation (approximate) — derived from IP; used for fraud prevention and localization.
• Inferences — not created for marketing profiling
• Sensitive information — not intentionally collected.