Terms of Service & Privacy Policy

Welcome to askART. These terms and conditions of use apply to and govern your use of the askART Web site (the "Site"). By using this service, you agree to the terms and conditions outlined below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site. The right to use askART services is personal and not transferable to any other person or entity.

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features or service offerings that augment the current Service shall be subject to these Terms of Service.

askART reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time, without notice to you. Usage of the site after changes are posted means you have accepted all such terms as posted.

As a Subscriber, unless otherwise agreed upon, the Subscriber account is limited solely to you and does not include usage by additional people or entities. You will be allowed almost unlimited access unless the activity level reaches our most active list, as determined in our sole discretion.

askART reserves the right to cancel an account if in our sole determination there is unusual usage, not limited to automatic searches, storage or piracy of our data. Further, askART reserves the right to terminate any account for any reason not identified in these Terms of Service and that is not prohibited by law.

askART grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display of the Site and the materials thereon for your personal use only, provided that you comply fully with these terms and conditions of use. You shall not interfere or attempt to interfere with the operation of the Site in any way through any means or device including, but not limited to, spamming, hacking, uploading computer viruses or time bombs, or the means expressly prohibited by any provision of these terms and conditions of use.

askART owns, controls, licenses or has the right to use and provide the Site and all material on the Site, including, without limitation the askART Artist database, text, images, artist biographies, price valuation reports, articles, photographs, illustrations, audio and video clips, (collectively the "Content"). The Site is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws.

You may not modify, create derivative works from, participate in the transfer or sale of, post on the World Wide Web, or in any way exploit the Site or any portion thereof for any public or commercial use without the express written permission of askART.

askART and Artist Bluebook are trademarks and service marks of askART, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. All other trademarks, service marks, product names and company names or logos appearing on the Site are the property of their respective owners.

As a user of the Site, you acknowledge that you may provide information regarding your tastes and preferences, and you hereby authorize askART, Inc. and its affiliates to use such information in connection with any online or offline offering or any electronic mail offering directed to you.

By uploading material to any forum or by submitting any comments, recommendations or data ("information") to us, you automatically grant (or represent and warrant to us that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) to us a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, sublicense, translate, create derivative works of and distribute such information worldwide.

THIS SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND askART MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT. ASKART DISCLAIMS ALL SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

askART does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this Site is accurate, complete or current, including, but not limited to, such information contained in artist biographies, auction records, samples of artists' signatures, artworks for sale, and information and value estimates contained in artist price valuation reports.

Under no circumstances shall askART or any party involved in creating, producing or distributing the Site, be liable for any compensatory, direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, that might result from the use of or inability to use the Site.

The Site includes an extensive collection of auction records for given artists that might be used as tools in the process of estimating values. askART's data is only one of several elements which a user should consider in estimating value of a given artist's work and depends upon the accuracy and timing of information which askART itself receives.

askART strongly recommends that our information only be used in conjunction with other specialists such as Dealers, Museums and Auction Houses.

Data about the activity of visitors to the Site (such as what pages are accessed) and information visitors volunteer (such as survey information or Site registration information) is automatically provided to askART when you sign on to the Site. It is used by us for internal review in an aggregate and non-personally-identifiable form.

E-mail addresses and other personally identifying data about visitors is known to askART only when it is voluntarily submitted or posted to us. askART may use personally identifying data provided by visitors to customize the visitor's experience, to notify users about updates to and activities on the Site, to contact users for information verification purposes and/or to tell you about carefully screened products which we feel may be of interest to you.

Your Privacy Rights: If at any point you wish to obtain a copy of previously submitted personally identifiable information, to correct such information or no longer wish to receive communications from askART, please contact us at info@askART.com

Good news! We do not share your data or cookies with 3rd parties for their ads or marketing! askART only uses essential cookies to keep you signed in and provide services.

askART uses cookies solely for essential site functionality. These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and enable core features such as:

• Keeping you signed in to your account
• Maintaining your session while browsing the site
• Providing secure access to your account information

What cookies do we use? askART uses a single authentication cookie (`.AskArtAuthCookie`) that stores your login session information. This cookie is essential for maintaining your signed-in state and does not contain any personal information beyond your authentication token.

Third-party cookies: askART does not use third-party cookies, tracking cookies, or advertising cookies. We do not share your cookie data with any third parties for advertising, marketing, or analytics purposes.

Cookie duration: Our authentication cookie is set to expire after 90 days of inactivity, or when you explicitly sign out of your account.

Managing cookies: You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may prevent you from accessing certain features of the site, including signing in to your account.

If you have questions about our cookie usage, please contact us at info@askART.com

The above stated rules represent the entire understanding between each user of the Site and askART regarding each user's relationship with askART and supersedes, merges, and voids any prior agreements, terms of use, statements or representations with respect to use of the Site.

This site is created and controlled by askART in the State of California, United States of America. The laws of the United States and the State of California will govern all terms, conditions and disclaimers on this site, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.