Privacy Policy

Anonymous Information

The Museum website automatically collects some anonymous information about you when you request pages through your browser such as the IP address or domain from which you access our website, the date and time of your visit and pages you visit. This information is used to help us monitor how you and other visitors use the site, allowing us to provide better service throughout the site. The information collected automatically by the web server does not contain anything that can identify you personally (such as your email address or name) and is stored for the Museum’s use only. The Museum does not sell, rent, or offer this information to third parties.

Cookies

For certain services provided on this website, such as the Museum Shops shopping cart, cookies are sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are small text files that allow you to save information locally so you will not have to re-enter it the next time you visit. The information we collect from cookies will not be used to create profiles of users and will only be used in aggregate form. You may set your browser to refuse cookies. If you so choose, you may still gain access to most of the Museum website, but you may not be able to conduct certain types of transactions, such as building a shopping cart.

Purchases at the Museum’s Online Shop

The Museum Shop will ask you to provide personally identifiable information necessary to fulfill your online order. When you make a purchase, your credit card information is encrypted and stored on a secure server hosted by UniteU. We will retain your name, address, phone and email address to facilitate customer service, and to inform you of our products and promotional offers. Please see the UniteU Privacy Policy for more information about how UniteU uses this information. The Newark Museum of Art does not sell, rent, share or give out customer information obtained from our online store.

When you Make a Donation or Purchase a Membership Online

The Museum will ask you to provide personally identifiable information necessary to process and service your Membership or Donation. Your credit card will be stored on a secure server hosted by Blackbaud’s NetSolutions. Credit card information is not visible or downloaded to the Museum’s local servers. We will retain your name, address, phone and email address for our records and to facilitate service to our Members and Donors. Please see the Blackbaud NetSolutions Privacy Policy for more information about how Blackbaud handles this information.

When you Purchase a Ticket Online

The Museum will ask you to provide personally identifiable information necessary to process and service your ticket purchase. Your credit card information will be stored on a secure server hosted by Tix.com or Eventbrite and used only for processing your online transaction. Credit card information is not visible or downloaded to the Museum’s local servers. We will retain the personally identifiable information you provided for our records, and to facilitate customer service. Please see the Tix.com Privacy Policy and Eventbrite Privacy Policy for more information on how this information is handled.

Email Communications

The Museum regularly sends email newsletters and event notices to our registered visitors using a services hosted by MailChimp. Email recipients may opt-out at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included on all email messages. Please see the Mailchimp Privacy Policy for more information on how Patron Mail handles your email information.

Emailing the Museum

If you email the Museum, your message and email address may be saved by the Museum. Any message, material, business information, ideas, concepts, or other information sent to the Museum by email will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.