Last updated: 14th of September 2016

The present terms and conditions (hereinafter referred to as “T&Cs”) are a contract between you and the Arctic Tern Communities Sàrl Company (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), chemin du Chêne 15, 1020 Renens, Suisse, service@tattootravelers.com and govern your use of the TattooTravelers platform hosted on the website www.tattootravelers.com and any other website, application and tool affiliated with it (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Site”). The Site is owned and operated by the Company.

When you use the Site or the Services (such as those defined below), whether you become a Member or not, and/or when you click on “I accept the terms and conditions” upon registration with the Site, you confirm that you have read the current T&Cs and expressly agree to be bound by and to comply with them in addition to the Privacy Policy hosted at the following website address: https://tattootravelers.com/en/5040/legal, section: "Privacy Policy", and all of the applicable laws and regulations relating to the Site. If you do not agree to be bound by the T&Cs or the Privacy Policy, you should refrain from using the Site and to benefit from the Services.

- “Artist” refers to a tattoo artist or piercing professional who has created an Artist profile accepted by the Company.

- “Body Modification” refers to any actions involving tattooing, piercing or any other intervention on a person’s body, resulting in a modification of the latter.

- “Body Modification Order” refers to an order for Body Modification submitted by a User to an Artist.

- “Body Modification Project” refers to the project carried out by an Artist based on the Body Modification Order submitted to him/her by a User.

- “Client” refers to a User that has submitted a Body Modification Order to an Artist and has accepted the Artist’s Quote.

- “Content” refers to all texts, images, graphics, music, audio, videos, information, documents, comments, messages or any other material or descriptions made available by the Users of the Site.

- "Convention” refers to an entity organizing a public meeting of Artists created to provide services to local customers, which has created a "Convention” profile accepted by the Company.

- “Deposit” refers to the amount paid in advance by the Customer to the Artist as a deposit within the meaning of Article 158 (1 and 2) of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

- “Intellectual Property Rights” refers to the copyrights, patents, designs, brands, business secrets and the right to any other intangible or industrial property right, registered or not.
- “Member” refers to all individuals registered with the Site, whether it is a User Member or an Artist Member.

- “Quote” refers to the conditions that an Artist offers to a Client after having reviewed the Body Modification Order.

- “Profile” refers to the profile created by a Member at the time of registration on the Site.

- “Studio” refers to the regular working environment in which one or several Artist(s) practice, which will serve as a meeting point between the Artist(s) and his/her Client in order to carry out a Body Modification, and for which the Artist(s) have created a “Studio” profile accepted by the Company

- “User” refers to all individuals using the Site or the Services.

The Company offers a community platform specializing in Body Modifications which links tattoo artists as well as piercing professionals with body art enthusiasts on an international scale in order to set up appointments for Body Modification (hereinafter referred to as “the Services”). The Services are available on or through the Site.
Through the Site, Users (i.e Artists and Clients) are able to conclude agreements between them regarding a Body Modification, independently and subject to their own responsibility.
The Company provides you with a platform which facilitates contact between Users without being a party to the contracts or transactions concluded between the Users. In particular, the Company is not a party to the contracts concluded between the Artist and the Client and cannot, under any circumstances, be held responsible for non-compliance or violation of the terms of the contract concluded between the Artist and the Client or on the basis of any law applicable to the business between the Artist and the Client.
You understand and agree that the Company does not offer Body Modifications under its own name and that the images representing Body Modifications displayed on the Site do not represent offers made by the Company.

2.1 You must be at least eighteen (18) years old and legally authorized, within your jurisdiction, to conclude contracts in order to use the Site and the Services. If you are not of a legal age or if you lack the capacity to act, you cannot use the Site without authorisation and representation from your legal representative. The registration on the Site as a Member is restricted to Users of legal age with the capacity to act as a person or a company. The User of a company’s account must be legally represented by the person(s) holding the authority and signature to represent the said company.

2.2 In order to become a Member, you must sign up o the Site and communicate the information required during the registration process and/or during use of the Services. By becoming a Member, you agree to communicate correct information to the Company and update it regularly. Upon request of the Company, you agree to provide the documents confirming to the information communicated to the Company when registering on the Site. You understand and agree that the Company cannot be held responsible for the consequences of incorrect or incomplete information and data displayed on the Site, on your Profile, or on any third party’s Profile.

2.3 You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and your account, as well as for all the activities that you can carry out through the Site. You understand and agree that the Company cannot be held responsible for any losses or damages as a result of non-compliance with your obligation to maintain the security of your password and your account.

2.4 The Company reserves the right to refuse to provide the Services or to stop your access to the Site or to the Services at any time without warning or without stating a reason.

2.5 Introducing an Artist to a Member is free on the Site. However, certain personal details will be transferred by the Company only in the event of a booking through the Site and payment of the Deposit to the Artist. The introduction of Members and Artists shall in no way be used to circumvent the Company, enter into contracts outside the Site or encourage, directly or indirectly, Users to do so.

2.6 By using the Site or its Services, you agree not to (a) use the information or the Content available on the Site in any competitive way, directly or indirectly, towards the Company (b) bypass the Company by entering contracts directly with an Artist, a User or a Member (c) manipulate our billing or payment system or (d) claim ownership of revenues that should be paid to the Company (e) hinder the proper operation and security of the Site (f) divert the Site’s functionality in any way (g) post comments, information, documents, texts or Content that affects the reputation or personal rights of other Users, the Company or third parties or that are defamatory, degrading, dishonest, slanderous, accusatory, pornographic, paedophilic in nature or in any unlawful manner or immoral. Should you do so, please be assured that you will be immediately banned from the Site and that your Profile will be deleted. The Company reserves the right to claim for damages. In the event that an Artist-Client contract is still pending when a User is banned from the Site, an email will be automatically sent to the different parties in order to resolve the details of the contractual relationship. If the proposed appointment to carry out the planned Body Modification is cancelled, all or part of the Deposit will be reimbursed by the Company.

2.7 If you do not fulfill or accept the aforementioned terms and conditions, you are asked to stop using the Site and/or the Services. The Company may at any time delete your account and membership, and deny your access to the Site if it believes that your use of the Site and/or Services does not fully comply with the current T&Cs or any applicable law. 

3.1 When creating your Profile, you will be asked to disclose the following information to the Company:

3.1.1 Client:
- Public Information: username, mother tongue, other languages, profile picture(s), location/country, biography.
- Information sent to the Artist during a Body Modification Order: first name/surname, profession, gender, weight/size, skin type, my images, date of birth, my tattoos/my piercings.
- Information sent to the Artist after accepting a Quote: telephone number.

3.1.2 Artist:
- Public Information: Artist’s name, mother tongue, other languages, place of birth (town/country), profile picture(s), professional status (apprentice, active artist, veteran, R.I.P), tattoo or piercing styles, professional image gallery, availability (waiting time for an appointment), link(s) to Studio(s), link(s) to host Studio(s) as a guest artist with availability dates, Link(s) to Convention(s) with availability dates, option to be solicited or not, artistic information, average prices, links to websites, social networks and/or magazines.
- Information sent to the Client after accepting a Quote: telephone number.
- Information saved and processed by TattooTravelers: first name/surname, gender, email for notifications, artist email, date of birth, PayPal account (email).

3.1.3 Studios:
- Public Information: practice (tattooing and/or piercing), Studio name, language(s) spoken in the Studio, Studio logo, Studio photos, type of Studio (private Studio or street Studio), Artists working in the Studio (manager, residents, guests), opening year, number of resident Artists, number of guest spots, sterilisation room or not, type of sterilisation or disposable material, history of the Studio, opening hours/holidays, links to the Studio’s website, social networks, blogs.
- Information sent to the Client after accepting a Quote: Studio address, Studio telephone number.
- Information saved and processed by TattooTravelers: first name/surname of the manager or artist responsible for the profile, email for notifications, studio email.

3.2 By creating your Profile and completing the fields containing the information mentioned above, you are solely responsible for the Content, data, information and comments that you publish on your Profile and you agree not to give any inaccurate or incorrect information and, concerning the Content posted on your Profile, not to infringe or claim ownership of any Intellectual Property Rights of third parties or of the Company, to strictly comply with Articles 4 and 5 below and with any applicable law, including, but not limited to regulations and hygiene standards. In the “Best Artwork” section, you agree to provide other Users only with images of work you created yourself and those to which you own the Intellectual Property Rights, and to not unduly claim ownership of other people’s work or in any way mislead other Users about your work. With regard to the comments that you can insert in relation to the images of your work, you must ensure that they accurately describe the images to which they refer. You represent and warrant that the information, the Content and the comments that you post on the Site in relation to your Profile are true, accurate, and complete to the best of your knowledge, that they do not mislead Users and that they do not infringe upon any Intellectual Property Rights or third parties rights, including the tattoo artists and piercing professionals who did the Body Modifications represented by the pictures that you post on the Site, nor any applicable law or regulation.

3.3 By becoming a Member of the Site (or the extensions of the Site), you accept that your communications can be viewed and regulated by the Company and that the information mentioned above in “Public Information” are published in relation to your Profile on the Site, are referenced by search engines and are publicly available.

3.4 The Company has no obligation to verify the accuracy, the legality or the conformity of the Content, information, data, offers, and comments that you post on your Profile or on the Site. However, you authorize the Company to review the Content, information, data, offers, and comments that you post on the Site concerning their legitimacy, conformity, accuracy or eligibility in any way whatsoever.

3.5 In the event that the Company decides, in its sole discretion, that you do not strictly comply with these T&Cs or any applicable law or regulation, the Company may, as the case may be through a warning notice if it deems appropriate, ban you from the Site and delete your Profile and Content, information, data and comments without obligation to provide you with a copy and without any liability for any damage or harm, moral or financial, that this deletion may cause to you.

3.6 You can delete your Profile without incurring any fees at any time by sending an email to the following address: service@tattootravelers.com. However, your deletion will not impact the Artist-Client contract(s) concluded before your cancellation. By deleting your Profile, the Company recognizes that you wish to remove all of your Site Content and will remove it as quickly as technically practicable from its servers. The Content which has been shared may remain available on other Users’ Profiles and on third party websites. By cancelling your Profile, you terminate any license granted to the Company regarding your Content under these T&Cs for the future. You accept however that evaluations, comments and suggestions communicated to the Company will continue to appear on the Site after the deletion of your Profile. 

4.1 The Company selects Artists prior to their registration in the TattooTravelers network based on the presentation of images of their work and pictures of their work environment, as well as internet links allowing the Company to evaluate the accuracy of the information provided by Artists. It is only possible to view the Artist through the Studio’s or Convention’s Profiles. The Artist can be a resident or guest in the Studio or attending a Convention.

4.2 The Artist agrees to use and obtain a Client’s signature on an Artist-Client contract in compliance with the professional standards and of the TattooTravelers Company’s charter of rights and responsibilities prior to proceeding with a Body Modification. In this respect, the Artist takes the commitment to strictly comply with TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities, along with any law and regulations applicable in the country where the Body Modification is carried out, including but not limited to general hygiene standards, sterility of materials, and the procedures for Body Modification as well as inks and authorized tattooing techniques. You understand and agree that the Company cannot be held responsible for an Artist’s or a User non-compliance with the contractual terms, TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities or any law or regulation applicable in the country in which the Body Modification is carried out. The Company reserves the right, at its own discretion and without any obligation, to delete an Artist’s Profile if such Artist does not strictly comply with TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities and with all applicable laws or regulations.

4.3 The Artist agrees to make his/her professional information available to all Members by completing all available fields on the Site. The Artist Profile will be validated by the Company prior to making it publicly available online on the Site. If an Artist is invited by the Company, by an Artist, or by a Studio, his/her Profile will be checked as a matter of priority. Otherwise, a more in-depth evaluation will be necessary to verify the information provided by the Artist. An Artist Profile may be refused if it does not reach the minimum standards set forth at the discretion of the Company, or if it is incomplete. The Artist shall make sure that the Content on his/her Profile is correct and updated regularly. In order to become an Artist Member, please sign up on the following page: http://www.tattootravelers.com/en/3000/signup.

4.4 The Artist agrees to indicate the Studio(s) and Convention(s) in which he or she will be carrying out his/her practice. An Artist Profile must be linked to one or more Studio and/or Convention(s) Profiles depending on the Artist’s flexibility, in order to allow Users, if interested, to locate Artists during business trips on Google Maps and/or evaluate the working environment of the Artist in question.

4.5 As an Artist, you accept that you may be subject to an evaluation system of Artists and Studios by Members, and give your authorization to the Company to publish the evaluations related to your Profile or the Studio(s) you are affiliated with.

4.6 When linking an Artist and a User/Client through the Site, the Artist agrees to carry/out business with the Users/Clients up until the conclusion of the contract exclusively through the Site and its internal messaging system. The Artist therefore agrees not to bypass the Company when doing business, directly or indirectly, with the User/Client. In the event of non-compliance with the above, the Company may, if it deems appropriate, permanently delete the Artist’s Profile after a first warning.

4.7 After each appointment completed through the Site, the Artist will receive “TTactivity” points (reputation) as well as an evaluation and comment by his/her Client(s) (soon). The Artist agrees to verify and confirm his/her availability for the date and time for the Body Modification appointment and to give the Client a Quote which shall include (i) the total cost of the Body Modification, in the format of a price range including for any minor modifications, if they should arise (including VAT), (ii) the total Deposit amount to be paid, (iii) the payment currency, (iv) a description of any changes to the draft proposed by the Client, (v) the date and time of the appointment, (vi) an approximate duration of the Body Modification, (vii) the deadline for giving notice for changing the time or date of the appointment, (viii) the approximate timeframe in which the Project will be submitted to the Client, (ix) the cancellation policy, (x) as well as the acceptation of the TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities to which the Artist is bound to.

4.8 Once the Client has accepted the Quote, the Artist cannot deviate from the Price mentioned in his/her Quote, granted that it includes potential minor changes in the Body Modification Project. The Price indicated in the Quote shall included: (i) the Body Modification, (ii) possible drawing and potential changes made to it, (iii) the preparation of the sterile material. The Client must in no way pay a supplementary fee. Any considerable change to the Body Modification Project could lead to a re-evaluation of the Quote, which should imperatively be confirmed by the client through the Site’s messaging system in order to be applicable.

4.9 The Artist agrees to carry out the Body Modification in the Studio or the Convention in his/her profile through which the Body Modification Order has been received. If, in the event of force majeure, it is not possible to proceed at the place chosen by the Client, the Client must be informed of a new place with the same standards of hygiene as soon as possible, and be given the opportunity to cancel the Body Modification Order if he/se so wishes. Any complaint from a Client reporting the violation of these T&Cs may result in the permanent deletion of the Artist’s Profile from the Site, after a first warning if the Company deems it necessary.

4.10 As an Artist you agree not to create any ghost Profile and to inform the Company of any cessation of activity.

4.11 In the event of any violation of the current T&Cs or any applicable law or regulation, the Company reserves the right, at any time and at its own discretion, with or without prior warning, to delete any Profile on the Site. 

5.1 The Company selects Studios prior to their registration in the TattooTravelers network based on the presentation of pictures concerning their work environment, basic information regarding the Studios and their standards of hygiene, as well as internet links allowing the Company to evaluate the accuracy of the information provided by the Studios.

5.2 A Studio shall have a valid physical address, which will be posted on the Site via Google Maps, with medium resolution. The exact address with be disclosed to the Client after confirmation of an appointment through the Site. 

5.3 A Studio must be linked to at least one Artist which has a Profile on the Site. The Studio Profile will be automatically deactivated from our public Google maps “Artists & Studios” if it does not contain affiliated Artists under its “resident and guest Artists” section. It remains visible on the professional map “Guest Studio Map” and in the Artist’s settings "Studio/convention list" to enable artists to connect to it.

5.4 The person responsible for the Studio Profile agrees to ensure that the information relating to the Studio, notably the pictures corresponding to the work space, its space and its sterilisation equipment, the resident and guest Artists’ equipment, in addition to the general information about the Studio, are up-to-date and accurate. You understand and agree that the Company cannot in any case be held responsible for the management of affiliated Artists or guests invited by a Studio, nor for the information published on a Studio Profile.

5.5 The Company will not ask for any TattooTravelers application fees for appointments made by the Artist through the Studio profile.

5.6 With each appointment made by an Artist linked to the Studio through the Site, the Studio Profile will receive TTactivity points (reputation), a comment, and an evaluation by the Client. 

5.7 Moreover, the clauses applicable to an Artist shall apply by analogy to the Studios.

6.1 The Company shall not be liable for the compliance or non-compliance to the contractual obligations or to the principles of good faith by Users or Artists with respect to transactions made through the Site. 

6.2 After having picked up an Artist, the User shall submit a “Body Modification Order” to him/her through the Site. You understand and agree that you can solicit only one Artist at a time and you agree to strictly comply with this rule. The Artist is given seven (7) working days to respond to your request. If you do not get an answer from the Artist within seven (7) working days, your Body Modification Order will be deemed refused by the Artist and you may solicit another Artist.

6.3 In the case of interest for a Body Modification Order, the Artist offers a Quote in accordance with section 4.7 above. You then have seventy-two (72) hours to accept or refuse the Quote. Without your express acceptance of the Quote within this period, the Quote will be deemed refused.

6.4 When a User accepts a Quote, he or she becomes a Client. The Client agrees to proceed with transferring the Deposit indicated in the Quote through the Site. The payment is made via the payment methods offered by the Site (credit card [prepaid, Visa, MasterCard] or PayPal). The payment of the Deposit equals to the Client’s acceptance of the Quote.

6.5 Upon receipt of the Deposit into the Artist’s bank account, he/she is required to prepare the Body Modification Project according to standards of professional practice, and to submit a detailed contract to the Client in order to carry out the Body Modification. If the Client acts on behalf of a third party, a copy of a valid ID for the third party and a proxy duly signed by the third party will be requested when booking with the Artist through the Site. 

6.6 The Company is not a party to the Artist-Client contract. The Company only transfers, by means of the Site, the Body Modification Order from the Client to the Artist and the Quote from the Artist to the Client. The Company has no obligation to draft the contract between the Artist and the Client, to ensure its execution, or to ensure the Artist’s compliance with TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities or any other applicable law or regulation. The Company makes no warranty to the Client with regard to the conclusion of the contract or the Body Modification and shall in no event be held liable of the Artist’s compliance or non-compliance with the current T&Cs, TattooTravelers charter of rights and responsibilities, or other applicable laws, regulations and standards in force where the Body Modification is carried out. The Company, its representatives, administrators, collaborators, and employees shall in no way be liable for the risks associated with the preparation and conclusion of the contract relating to a Body Modification or the Body Modification as such, and shall not be held liable for these or for damages which can result from them.

6.7 As a Client, you must be of legal age and a holder of civil rights in your country before signing the contract with the Artist. Any Body Modification on a minor will not be accepted through the Site. The Artist will request the presentation of a valid ID before proceeding with a Body Modification. If you cannot prove to be of legal age using a valid ID, the contract will be deemed null and void and the Artist will not proceed with the Body Modification. In such a case, you accept that the Deposit will be kept by the Artist as compensation.

7.1 When the Artist-Client contract is concluded, the Client must proceed with the payment of the Deposit in order to receive a Body Modification Project on behalf of the Artist. 

7.2 The Deposit covers the Artist’s price for taking over the Client, the preparation of the Body Modification Project, in addition to a portion of the time required to complete it. 

7.3 No fee is due in relation to the Deposit paid by the Client, except the commission, which shall not exceed 3.9% of the transaction amount, perceived by the PayPal payment system. The balance of the price of the Body Modification shall be paid by the Client on the day of the appointment.

7.4 As a Client, you expressly accept to transfer the Deposit aforementioned to the Company and grant to the Company all bank authorizations required to proceed to the payment of the Deposit by means of your credit card or through your PayPal account on PayPal.com. The Company cannot be held liable for the time frames regarding credit card authorizations given by your bank or your PayPal account, this period being attributable solely to your bank or to PayPal when using a PayPal account.

7.5 The debit of the Deposit will be made upon a positive response from the bank or from PayPal regarding the request of an authorization for the payment.

7.6 For all credit card payments, the Company uses the secure PayPal payment method, i.e a secured SSL payment, a standard payment procedure reputed internationally for the protection of data transmitted via the Internet. It is available to almost all browsers (Internet Explorer, Navigator, Firefox, Chrome). The information you will provide in relation to your card (number, expiration date, etc.) will be encrypted before sending your order to the e-transaction payment server.

7.7 Exchange fees apply for payments in a currency other than the one proposed by the Artist are beyond the control of the Company, which shall not be responsible for currency issues or exchange fees. Should there be any exchange fee, please contact directly your bank.

7.8 As a Client, you are solely responsible for the planning of your travel (passport, visa, vaccines) and for informing the embassy and the consulate of the country concerned before your appointment at the place, day and time where the Body Modification is organized, if it is in a country foreign to your own. You understand and agree that, in the event that you cannot travel to the place in which the Body Modification is planned to take place or you cannot attend for any other reason or you ask to change the date after the minimum notice agreed upon in the Quote, you cannot ask for the reimbursement of the Deposit which will be conclusively kept by the Artist. 

8.1 Artist, Studio, Convention, Association and Public profiles are totally FREE of charge.

8.3 The Companies’ profiles may be subject to a previously discussed pricing.

The security and protection of your Personal Data is an important priority for tattootravelers.com, a site managed by Arctic Tern Communities Sàrl, Atelier 6, Chemin du Chêne 15, 1020 Renens contact@tattootravelers.com (data controller). Your Personal Data will be stored in a secure manner in Switzerland or in a country providing a similar or comparable degree of protection and we will take all necessary precautions while processing your Personal Data. The terms defined in the general conditions of use on the site are applicable to the up to date Privacy Policy.

1 Personal Data
2 Cookies
3 Navigation data and third party services
4 No Transfers to third parties without prior agreement or Court injunction
5 Use in third countries
6 Social media plugins
7 No saving of payment information
8 Public information and evaluations
9 Transfer of Personal Data in relation to an Artist-Client Contract
10  Communication with members
11 Links
12 Data security
13 Access Right
14 Privacy Policy update
15 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

1 Personal Data

According to the Swiss Data Protection Act, Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. In relation to the Site, Personal Data is the following:

1.1 Client
- Public information: username, mother tongue, other languages, location/ country, biography.
- Personal Data: surname/ first name, email address , telephone number, profession, gender, weight/size, skin type, date of birth, IP address, host site, date and time of visit, URL visited, browser and operating system, messages/comments.
- Sensitive Personal Data/ personality profiles: tattoos/ piercings, biography, profile picture(s), Body Modification requests, messages relating to Body Modifications, geolocalization. 

1.2 Artist
- Public information : artist name, mother tongue, other languages, place of birth (town / country), profile picture(s), professional status (apprentice/ active artist/ veteran/ R.I.P), tattoo styles or piercing practiced, professional image gallery, availability (waiting time for an appointment), link to Studio, link to host Studio as a guest artist with availability dates, option to be solicited or not, links to websites, social networks and/or magazines, average prices.
- Personal Data: surname/ first name, gender, email address, telephone number, date of birth, PayPal account, IP address, date and time of visit, URL visited, browser and operating system, messages/ comments.
- Sensitive Personal Data: geolocalization, profile picture(s). 

1.3 Studios
- Public Information: practice (tattooing and/ or piercing), studio name, language(s) spoken in the Studio, Studio logo, type of Studio, Artists working in the Studio, opening year, names of resident Artists, parking available to visitors, sterilization room or not, type of sterilization or disposable material, history of the Studio, opening hours/ holidays, links to the Studio’s website, social networks, blogs.
- Personal Data: Studio address, Studio telephone number, Studio email address, surname/ first name of the manager or artist responsible for the profile, email for notifications, IP address, source location, date and time of visit, visited URL, browser and operating system, messages/ comments.
While using the Site, Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data / Personality Profiles like those stated above can be collected and processed by the Company. You give your expressed consent for the Company to collect and process your Personal Data and your Sensitive Personal Data / Personality Profiles according to this Privacy policy. The data controller is Arctic Tern Communities Sàrl, chemin du Chêne 15, 1020 Renens, Suisse, contact@tattootravelers.com.

When registering with us or contacting us, your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data/ Personality Profile (hereinafter “Your Data”) will be used to manage your account, to complete contracts with Artists through the Site, to communicate with you, to inform you about offers or events that may be of interest for you, apply our terms and conditions or any other operation described at the time of collection. Your Data may also be used to improve our service for statistics purposes.

Subject to your prior registration, we can also send you our newsletter.

By registering to the Site, you expressly accept that the Company and its employees will have to process your Data to create and manage your Profile and to complete commercial transactions initiated through the Site.
Your Data relating to your Body Modification Orders will be considered as Sensitive Personal Data and will remain strictly confidential. Before communicating them through the Site, we will ask for your prior explicit consent.


2 Cookies

Tattootravelers.com uses cookies and other tools with the same purpose. A cookie is a small data file sent by a computer’s website to your browser and which is saved to the computer’s hard drive. Cookies save personal information to adapt the site to the user’s preferences in such a way that your experience and your security constantly improve while visiting our Site. We do not use cookies for advertisement purposes.
You also have the option to set up your computer in a way that all cookies are accepted, or that the installation of each cookie will be notified, or even that every cookie is refused. You equally have the option to deactivate them by means of the security settings on your browser. If you do not do it or do not refuse the cookies, you accept the collection and processing of Your Data collected by the Company.
Please note that if you deactivate cookies, the services offered by the Site may no longer be operational.


3 Navigation data and third party services

By using our Site and/or Services, you consent to us collecting, dealing with and using, by electronic means and in an anonymous manner, your browsing data regarding your Site usage. We also use third parties to analyze the browsing behavior of our Users. We only work with third parties who are committed to not linking or mixing your anonymous data with other data which may have potentially been collected during your visits on other sites. By using our Site and/or Services, you agree that these third parties process some of your browsing data when you visit our Site.

The Site uses services such as Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies: text files placed on your computer that help us analyze usage of a Site by its Users. The information generated by the cookie about the way you browse a website (including your IP address) is then transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that can be located abroad, which includes countries with lower levels of data protection. Google uses this information to evaluate the way you use a website and compiles reports on the website’s activity and provides other services related to it and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required by law or when such third parties process the information on Google's behalf, including, in particular, the editor of the Site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, you may disable the use of cookies. You can also completely disable Google Analytics with the following add-on: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout By using our Site, you consent to your data being processed by Google the way and for the purposes described here. Furthermore, you accept the terms of use of Google.


4 No Transfers to third parties without prior agreement or Court injunction

Your Data submitted to the Company will only be transferred to third parties with your prior agreement or on the basis of a Court injunction.
You expressly agree that Your Data classified as “Public information” below are made publicly available and will be accessible unfiltered to internet users and also referenced by search engines.
You express agree with a transfer of Your Data to Artists, Studios that you solicit for the purpose of finalizing a Body Modification contract.
Your Data transferred to the Artist in relation to a Body Modification Order are the following:
Client: surename / first name, profession, gender, weight / size, skin type, date of birth, tattoos / piercings, biography.
Your Data transferred to the Artist after acceptance of a Body Modification Quote:
Client: telephone number.
Data transferred to the Client after acceptance of a Body Modification Quote: 
Artist: telephone number.
Studio: Studio address, telephone number.
The Artist and Studio Data which will be held by the Company and which will not be communicated to third parties outside of a Court injunction are the following:
Artist: surname / first name, gender, email address for notifications, Artist Email, date of birth, PayPal account.
Studio: surname/ first name of the manager or the Artist responsible of the profile. Email address for notifications, Studio Email.
By saving your Sensitive Personal Data in your profile, you give your explicit consent to provide them to the Artist you are submitting a Body Art Modification.
We may be required in relation to an investigation or administrative procedure or due to a suspected crime or action contrary to the law, to disclose Your Data upon request (e.g. request for information) to a Court or a judicial authority. Any transfer of Data in such instances is explicitly reserved.

Your Data is processed and hosted in Switzerland or in a country with a similar or comparable level of protection as Switzerland, but can also be used in other countries (we specify that these locations may include countries that do not necessarily warrant the same level of protection for Personal Data as the country you provided Your Data from). In the event that Your Data of is transferred abroad to a country with a lower level of protection, you will be informed and asked for prior agreement. 

 
Certain functionalities (called plugins) from various social medial platform providers (Facebook, Twitter for example) are integrated in our Site. These plugins allow our Users to share their Content on social networks. If a plugin appears on tattootravelers.com when browsing the Site (for example the « Like » button on Facebook), a link with the site’s servers will be automatically established. Through this link, the data relating to your visit to our Site may be transferred to the third party providers. If the visitor is recognized on the third party provider’s network, the visit on our Site may be linked to their network account (Facebook, for example). The Company has no influence on this type of data transfer. Please consult the information regarding data protection of your network to know the purpose and extent of storage of Your Data, the management and later use of Your Data by this provider as well as your rights and your range of setting options to protect your private sphere. 

7 No saving of payment information

We do not save or request information regarding your credit cards. External service providers process payments with credit cards. We do not work as a financial intermediary for payments taking place on or through the Site, these being carried out directly between Clients and Artists through PayPal.

You accept that the Company operates payments through external service providers such as PayPal and accept the user agreement of this service (https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full). When, as an Artist, you enter your PayPal details onto your Profile, you authorize us to transfer them to PayPal for payments from the Clients account and/or when the Client accepts a Quote. 

By becoming an Artist or Studio Member, you accept that all of your public information will be displayed to all Users, as well as your geolocalization and your place of work via the Studio(s) where you practice, recommendations and reviews from Members as well as recommendations you have left to other Members.
We waive any liability if any third party (search engine operators, for example) reproduce, duplicate, reference and/or use information made public on or through our Site. 

9 Transfer of Personal Data in relation to an Artist-Client Contract 

By becoming a Member, you accept that we will, in the instance of an Artist-Client contract, transfer your registered contact details to each party, such as email addresses, telephone numbers for the Client and the Artist and also the Studio, the exact address of the latter, the Client’s first and last name will also be transferred on to the Artist. 

10 Communication with Members

By becoming a Member, you accept that we will process and use Your Data in order to communicate with you, particularly by sending emails including general information or by means of a newsletter. You can deactivate the « newsletter » option at any time on your Profile. 

11 Links

The Site may contain links directing you to third party websites. The Company waives any liability in relation to the privacy policies of third party websites, the collection, processing and use of Personal Data done on or through third party websites, and for the content of these third party websites (whether the links are hypertext links or deep-links). 

 
12 Data Security

We use appropriate security measures in order to protect your data against manipulation, against partial and complete loss, against theft and against unauthorized access from third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments, both from an organizational and technical perspective. We cannot however always warrant complete security. In the event of loss or theft of data, we will contact you to inform you within the shortest technically possible delay.
We take privacy inside the Company very seriously. Our employees and service companies must comply with our confidentiality and our privacy policy. 

13 Access Right

You have the right to know which Personal Data have been collected about you. If you wish so, please contact contact@tattootravelers.com. You will be asked to prove your identity. You can at any time ask us to have incorrect information deleted or corrected.
All Personal Data collected shall appear on your Profile. You can therefore at any time review, correct, update delete or amend Your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data directly by accessing their account. When you delete your account, your information will be kept for a period of 6 (six) months in order to comply with legal requirements. 

14 Changes in the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be amended from time to time. If we amend this privacy policy, we will publish an updated version available on this page www.tattootravelers.com/en/5040/legal. The continuous use of the Site after these amendments implies that you accept the amendments and the processing of Your Data according to the revised privacy policy.
Users can also be informed by email or newsletter about any amendment to our privacy policy. 

15 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

This privacy policy and any legal issue relating to it is subject to Swiss substantive law.
Any dispute relating to this privacy policy, its interpretation or execution shall be brought before the competent courts at the seat of the Company, subject to an appeal to the Swiss Supreme Court. 

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send them an email to the following address: contact@tattootravelers.com.

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