Privacy Policy
Updated November 10, 2026. It replaces the version dated August 26, 2024.
You are reading this on publicdisplay.art. This policy covers it and the other websites that share one account system: the Conru Art Foundation's sites (publicdisplay.art, artlovesalon.org, coliseumofart.org, occidentalfinearts.org, occidentalgallery.org, seattleprize.org and conruartfoundation.org) and the Conru Foundation's sites (conru.org and transresearch.org). "We" means the foundation that runs the site you are using. This page says, in plain words, what we collect, why, who else handles it, and the choices you have.
What we collect
- When you make an account: your email address and your name.
- When you build a profile or portfolio, or list an event: what you choose to add, such as your bio, your city or ZIP code, your website and social media handles, your photo, and pictures of your work with their details (title, size, and a price if you add one). For an event: its details and the contact details you give us.
- When you RSVP, sign up for our emails, fill in a form or write to us: your name, email address and party size for an RSVP; your email address for our newsletters, and whether you open them and which links you click; and what you send us, with any files you attach.
- When we pay you (artists, writers, performers): what we need to pay you and to report the payment as the law requires, such as your legal name, address, payment details and tax form (W-9) with your taxpayer ID number.
- Automatically, when you visit: your IP address, your browser and device type, the pages you visit and the site that sent you.
How you sign in
- With your email address and a password. We keep only a scrambled (hashed) copy of your password, never the password itself.
- With a sign-in link we email you. It works once, for 20 minutes.
- With your Google account, if you choose. Google then tells us your name, email address and profile picture.
How we use it
- To run your account and sign you in.
- To show what you choose to make public: your profile, your portfolio and the events you list.
- To send you the emails you asked for, such as sign-in links, RSVP confirmations and newsletters, and to answer you.
- To pay you, and to keep the records the law requires.
- To keep the sites safe and working, and to see which pages people read.
- To tell people about our programs, including with posts and ads on Facebook and Instagram.
What other people can see
- Your profile and portfolio, once you publish them. You can hide your profile again any time with Hide Profile on your profile page.
- The events you list, once we publish them.
- When you RSVP, the event's hosts get a short note with your name and party size, not your email address.
- With your OK, we may feature your work, name and photos in our magazine and newsletters, and in posts on our Instagram, Facebook and TikTok accounts. Once something is posted there, those companies' own privacy policies apply to it too.
Who else handles it
We don't sell your personal information. Apart from what you choose to make public, we share it only with the service providers below, so they can do their work for us; with the hosts of an event you RSVP to, as above; and when the law requires it or to protect someone's safety.
- Amazon Web Services: our servers and file storage, and the email we send and receive. Our servers are in the United States.
- Google: Sign in with Google (if you use it), Google Analytics, web fonts, some of our email inboxes, and the Art Scanner (below).
- Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and TikTok: our own posts, and on our pages the Meta Pixel (see Cookies).
- Adobe and Cloudflare: fonts and icons on our pages. Like any site that sends your browser a file, they see your IP address.
- Payment companies, when you pay us by card. We don't see or keep your full card number.
- Outside software services that help us sort the event listings galleries email us, check uploaded pictures, and run the two tools below.
Art Scanner (publicdisplay.art): the photo you take is sent to Google to identify the artwork. If you make a painting portrait, your photo and the artwork's are sent to an outside image service to make the picture. We don't store these photos.
Research Analyzer (transresearch.org): a paper, text or link you give it is sent to an outside text-analysis service to write the review. We save the review so it can be shared by its link.
Cookies, analytics and advertising
Our sites use tools from two other companies. Google Analytics counts visits and shows us which pages people use. The Meta Pixel (Facebook and Instagram) tells us which visits came from our posts and ads, so we can show our ads to people likely to be interested.
When you visit, these tools may collect the page you viewed, the page you came from, your browser and device, your approximate location (from your IP address) and a cookie ID. If you are signed in to Facebook or Instagram in the same browser, Meta may connect your visit to that account. We don't give them your name, your email address or the work you enter.
We also keep a few small files and settings in your browser ourselves: to keep you signed in, to remember choices such as dark mode, and a random ID that counts visits to our pages. The Google sign-in button sets a small Google cookie. Our tax-form pages load none of the tools above.
To limit this, use your browser's privacy settings or an ad blocker, or change your ad settings in your Meta and Google accounts. The sites still work if you block cookies, though you may need to sign in again.
Keeping it safe
- Passwords are stored scrambled, and sign-in links work once, for 20 minutes.
- Tax forms (W-9s) are encrypted. Only a few finance staff can open them, and every opening is recorded.
- No system is perfectly secure. If something goes wrong that affects your information, we'll tell you as the law requires.
Your choices
- Change your profile and portfolio, or hide your profile (Hide Profile), on your profile page.
- Unsubscribe from any newsletter with the link at the bottom of each one.
- Ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it or close your account: write to us (below). We'll take it off our sites and stop using it, except what we must keep, such as tax forms and payment records, for as long as the law requires. Copies can stay in our back-ups for a while.
Children
Accounts are for adults 18 and older, as our Terms say. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you think a child has given us information, write to us and we'll take it down.
Changes
When we change this policy, we post the new version here with its date.
Contact us
Questions or requests about your information: towhomitmayconcern@publicdisplay.art, or write to PublicDisplay.ART, 110 Union St. #400, Seattle, WA 98101.