At THORNTON STUDIOS, we know that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the personal data you provide to us. When we refer to THORNTON STUDIOS, we are referring to this website.

This Privacy Policy applies to all data that THORNTON STUDIOS receives at this website. While using this site, you accept and agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy"). To serve your privacy needs and to adapt to changing legal and industry standards, THORNTON STUDIOS periodically reviews this Privacy Policy. THORNTON STUDIOS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make modifications, changes or updates to this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for any such changes, adjustments, or updates.

When you join the THORNTON STUDIOS website, you provide us with contact data, including your name and a valid e-mail address. We use this data to send you updates about your order, questionnaires to gauge your satisfaction with the various services provided by THORNTON STUDIOS and announcements about new and exciting offers and services that THORNTON STUDIOS are offering that may interest you.

When you order products from THORNTON STUDIOS, you may be asked to provide contact data or personal data that will be incorporated into the final product. THORNTON STUDIOS uses this data to fulfill your order. When you order a custom product from THORNTON STUDIOS, we save the data you have provided so that you may make any necessary changes, reorder quickly or design a new product. THORNTON STUDIOS does not share your custom products with anyone. THORNTON STUDIOS may use the data you provided when ordering a custom product to gather aggregate data on the popularity and marketability of specific product designs or design features.

You may be asked to provide additional data, including your type of credit card, credit card number and billing and shipping address(es). If THORNTON STUDIOS has difficulty processing your order, we will use this data to contact you. THORNTON STUDIOS does not retain this data in case you choose to order from us again. Please note that THORNTON STUDIOS uses an outside processing company to bill you for that order. These companies are permitted to use such data only to process and deliver your order and are not permitted to retain, store, share, or use such data for any other purpose.

We may record the number of visits, paths taken and time spent on our sites and pages. This data may be stored in a cookie on your computer's hard drive. However, none of this data is personally identifiable and we share this data only in the aggregate, reflecting overall Internet or website usage trends.

You can easily change any of the data THORNTON STUDIOS has asked you to provide. Go to MEMBER HOME and click on MY ACCOUNT to change any information.

THORNTON STUDIOS uses state-of-the-art protection, including Secure Socket Layers (SSLs), to encrypt pages when collecting sensitive information such as your password or credit card number. This measure is designed to guard against interception of this information while it is on the Internet.

The confidentiality of our customers' data is of the greatest importance to us. THORNTON STUDIOS has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of the data that you provide. Our policy is to treat your data provided by customers with the utmost care and confidentiality. As with all electronic transactions, however, the security of your data cannot be 100% guaranteed. As a convenience, all files submitted to THORNTON STUDIOS will remain accessible on our secured servers and be available only to you through your confidential User Name and Password.

We may contact you at the e-mail address you provided to update you about the status of your order and to ascertain whether you are satisfied with your order.

We may occasionally contact you to conduct surveys, announce new products and services or promote contests. Participation in such surveys and contests is voluntary. You may decline these mailings at registration or any time after you become a registered user. Declining these mailings will not cause you to forfeit any rights to use and order the various goods and services offered by THORNTON STUDIOS. All data gathered through surveys will be used to monitor and improve user satisfaction with THORNTON STUDIOS. To optimize your use of the THORNTON STUDIOS website, we may periodically inquire whether you wish to continue declining the receipt of announcements concerning new goods and services.

All copyrighted photographs must have the express written permission from THORNTON STUDIOS in order to be reproduced by you.

Notwithstanding this Privacy Policy, THORNTON STUDIOS reserves the right to disclose any data or documents that, in its sole discretion, are reasonably necessary to protect THORNTON STUDIOS or its business, including but not limited to complying with a court order, order from any administrative body or law enforcement officials. THORNTON STUDIOS reserves the right to disclose such data or documents without a subpoena, warrant or other court order in certain situations, including but not limited to instances where you: (i) are in violation of the Terms/Conditions statement governing this site; (ii) have engaged, or are alleged to have engaged, in any activity purporting to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of another; or (iii) have engaged, or are alleged to have engaged, in any other illegal conduct or activity. THORNTON STUDIOS reserves the right to disclose your personal data whenever required by any court, administrative body or law enforcement agency. THORNTON STUDIOS also reserves the right to report any suspected illegal activity to such entities for investigation and prosecution.

If you have any questions or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, please conatct us at usna2010p@comcast.net. THORNTON STUDIOS, 2802 Autumn Chase Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401.