Fine Art Tutorials
Website: https://finearttutorials.com
Last updated: July 30, 2026
At Fine Art Tutorials, we care about your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the rights you have over your information. Please read it carefully.
If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please contact:
Email: emily@finearttutorials.com
What Personal Data We Collect
You can browse most of our website without telling us who you are. However, we collect certain data depending on how you use the site.
Browsing and device data
When you visit the site, we may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Pages viewed and time spent on them
- Referral source (how you found us)
- Interactions with our content
Comments
When you leave a comment, we collect the details you enter in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you use it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to others in the context of your comment.
Web forms
When you contact us through a form, we collect details such as your name and email address. We use this information only to respond to your enquiry.
Course customers
When you sign up for and purchase a course, we collect:
- Your name and email address
- Account login details
- Payment details (processed securely by our payment provider)
- Purchase history
- Course progress and completion data
We use this information to create and manage your account, process your payment, give you access to the course, track your progress, and provide support.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to run the website, understand how visitors use it, and support our advertising. We manage these through CookieYes, our Consent Management Platform (CMP).
Consent
Essential cookies keep the website working and do not require your consent. Non-essential cookies — including analytics and advertising cookies — are only set after you give consent through the CookieYes banner. You can accept, reject, or customize your choices, and you can change your preferences at any time by reopening the banner.
Tools we use
- Google Analytics – helps us understand how visitors use the site
- Google Tag Manager – manages our tracking tags
- Pinterest Tag – supports our advertising and measures ad performance
Full cookie list
A complete list of the cookies we use — including their names, providers, purposes, and durations — is available through the CookieYes banner on courses.finearttutorials.com subdomain and cookie declaration on our website, or through the Raptive cookie banner on the finearttutorials.com main domain.
Managing cookies in your browser
Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies. You can find instructions here:
Please note that blocking cookies may affect how parts of our site work.
Advertising
We use advertising to support and grow Fine Art Tutorials. We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent and legitimate interest. You may exercise your right to consent or object to a legitimate interest, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level by clicking the manage preference widget. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework. More information.
- Pinterest ads: We run advertising campaigns on Pinterest that target users in the UK, European Union and the United States. The Pinterest Tag helps us measure results and reach relevant audiences. For EU users, this activity relies on your consent given through the CookieYes banner.
- Raptive display advertising: CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”), places advertising on our site and collects and uses certain data for advertising purposes. You can learn more in Raptive’s privacy statement: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement.
Affiliate Relationships
Fine Art Tutorials takes part in affiliate advertising programs. This means we may earn a commission when you click certain links and make a purchase. These programs use tracking technologies (such as cookies or referral tags) to attribute purchases to our site.
We work with the following affiliate networks:
- Amazon Associates – we earn commission from qualifying purchases on amazon.com
- CJ (Commission Junction)
- Impact
For more details about our affiliate partnerships, please see our affiliate disclosure.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content behaves as if you had visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed extra tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, especially if you are logged in to them.
Third-Party Service Providers
We share data with trusted third parties who help us run our business. These include:
| Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Website analytics |
| Google Tag Manager | Tag management |
| Advertising and measurement | |
| Raptive | Display advertising |
| CookieYes | Cookie consent management |
| Amazon, CJ, Impact | Affiliate tracking |
| Gravatar | Profile images for comments |
| Payment processor (Stripe, Kajabi, Paypal) | Secure payment processing |
Each provider processes your data under its own privacy policy. We recommend reviewing those policies for more detail.
How We Use Your Data and Our Lawful Bases
Under the GDPR, we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. Here is how each activity is handled:
- Providing courses and processing payments – Performance of a contract. We need your data to give you access to your course and complete your purchase.
- Analytics and advertising cookies (including Pinterest and Google Analytics) – Consent. We only process this data after you agree through the CookieYes banner.
- Responding to enquiries and form submissions – Legitimate interests or consent, so we can reply to you.
- Spam detection and site security – Legitimate interests, to keep the site safe.
- Complying with legal obligations – Legal obligation, for example keeping payment records.
You can withdraw your consent at any time where consent is the lawful basis.
How Long We Keep Your Data
- Comment metadata: Retained indefinitely, so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- Order and payment data: Retained for as long as required by law and tax regulations.
- Course account data: Retained while your account is active. If you close your account, we delete or anonymize your data unless we must keep it for legal reasons.
- Registered user profiles: You can view, edit, or delete your information at any time (though you cannot change your username). Site administrators can also view and edit this information.
International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. This means your data may be transferred internationally. When we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved mechanisms, to keep your data protected.
Your Rights
If you are in the EU, UK, or another region with data protection laws, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict how we process your data
- Data portability – receive your data in a portable format
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent
To exercise any of these rights, email us at emily@finearttutorials.com. We will respond within the timeframes set by law. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Where We Send Your Data
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- We may share your personal information to comply with applicable laws, respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request, or to protect our rights.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, tools, or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact:
Emily
Email: emily@finearttutorials.com
Cookie Declaration
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit. They help the site work properly, remember your choices, understand how people use the site, and support advertising. Some cookies are set by us, and others are set by third parties whose tools we use.
Alongside cookies, we may use similar technologies such as pixels, tags, and local storage. In this declaration, we refer to all of these simply as “cookies.”
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
- Keep the website secure and working correctly
- Understand how visitors find and use the site
- Measure the performance of our content and advertising
- Support our advertising on platforms like Pinterest
- Track affiliate purchases so we receive credit for referrals
We manage cookies through CookieYes, our Consent Management Platform (CMP). Essential cookies are needed for the site to function and do not require your consent. Non-essential cookies — including analytics, advertising, and some functional cookies — are only set after you give consent through the CookieYes banner.
Cookie Categories
We group cookies into four categories. Cookie names, providers, purposes, and durations are shown below where known. Because cookies can change over time, the live list on our site is automatically updated by regular CookieYes scans and may differ slightly from the examples here.
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be switched off through our consent tool and do not require your consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes | Stores your cookie consent choices | 1 year |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Fine Art Tutorials | Checks whether your browser accepts cookies | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in_* | Fine Art Tutorials | Keeps you logged in during your session | Session / 2 weeks |
| wp-settings-* | Fine Art Tutorials | Saves your screen display choices | 1 year |
2. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. They are only set after you consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users | 2 years |
| ga* | Google Analytics | Keeps session state | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Limits the rate of data requests | 1 minute |
Google Tag Manager is also used to manage the tags on our site. Tag Manager itself does not usually store cookies, but tags deployed through it (such as Google Analytics and the Pinterest Tag) may set the cookies listed here.
3. Advertising and Marketing Cookies
These cookies help us deliver and measure advertising, including our campaigns on Pinterest. They may also track affiliate referrals. They are only set after you consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _pinterest_ct / _pin_unauth | Measures ad performance and builds audiences | Up to 1 year | |
| Raptive advertising cookies | Raptive (CMI Marketing, Inc.) | Serves and measures display advertising | Varies |
| Amazon Associates tracking | Amazon | Attributes qualifying purchases to our referrals | Up to 30 days |
| CJ (Commission Junction) tracking | CJ Affiliate | Attributes affiliate purchases to our referrals | Varies |
4. Functional Cookies
These cookies remember choices you make to give you a more personalized experience. They are only set after you consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment_author_* | Fine Art Tutorials | Remembers your name, email, and website when you comment | 1 year |
| Embedded content cookies | Third-party sites (e.g. video providers) | Enables embedded videos, images, or articles to work | Varies |
How to Change or Withdraw Your Consent
You are in control of the non-essential cookies we use. You can update your choices at any time:
- Through the CookieYes banner: Reopen the cookie settings on our site to accept, reject, or customize each category. Any changes take effect right away.
- Through your browser: Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies. Here is where to find instructions:
Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect how parts of our site work, and some features may no longer be available to you.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties whose tools we use. These providers process your data under their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review:
- Google (Analytics and Tag Manager) – google.com/policies/privacy
- Pinterest – advertising and measurement
- Raptive – raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
- Amazon, CJ, and Impact – affiliate tracking
Keeping This Declaration Up to Date
Our cookie list is scanned and updated automatically by Raptive ( CookieYes, so it reflects the cookies currently in use on our site. We may also update this declaration from time to time to reflect changes in the tools we use or in legal requirements. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact:
Emily
Email: emily@finearttutorials.com