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Privacy Policy

 


Introduction


Kate Rusnak Photography is committed to protecting privacy of our website visitors and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of www.katerusnakphotography.co.uk. By using the Kate Rusnak Photography website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Kate Rusnak Photography.[ For more information about us, see Section 13.]


What information do we collect?


We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:


(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation);


(b) information relating to any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to any purchases you make of our goods or services.


(c) information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us or submitting an enquiry via the contact form(s) included on this website or comment form(s) included in our blog


(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters


(e) any other information that you choose to send to us


Cookies


We use cookies on our website. As those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of Kate Rusnak Photography website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.


A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser. We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. We may use the persistent cookies to enable our website to recognize you when you visit. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.


Using your personal information


Personal information submitted to us via this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.
We may use your personal information to:


(a) administer the website;


(b) improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website;


(c) enable your use of the services available on the website;


(d) send to you goods purchased via the website, and supply to you services purchased via the website;


(e) send statements and invoices to you, and collect payments from you;


(f) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;


(g) send you email notifications which you have specifically requested;


(h) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications)


(i) provide third parties with statistical information about our users – but this information will not be used to identify any individual user; and


(j) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website


Where you submit personal information for publication on our website (e.g. blog comments), we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.

We will NEVER without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

Disclosures


We may disclose information about you to any of our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes as set out in this privacy policy. In addition, we may disclose your personal information:


(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;


(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;


(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);


(d) to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information


Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will NOT provide your information to third parties.


International data transfers


Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this privacy policy. Information which you provide may be transferred to countries (including the United States) which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area. In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the blog (e.g. comments) will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others. You expressly agree to such transfers of personal information.


Security of your personal information


We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.


Policy amendments


We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.


Your rights


You may instruct us not to process your personal information for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.


Third party websites


The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.


Updating information


Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.


Contact


If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write to us by email via the contact form.


Data controller


The data controller responsible in respect of the information collected on this website is Kate Rusnak Photography, Borehamwood, Herts.

 

 

@katerusnakphotography May 23rd 2018


 

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