Privacy Policy
AM Photography Studio (AlisonMillardPhotography.com (“the Site”)) values your business and knows that your privacy is important to you. AM Photography Studio created this Privacy Policy to advise you of the information that is collected, how it is collected, and what is done with it. It describes the practices, use and sharing of personal information.
The Site is made available to you (“Users,” “User,” “You,” or “Your”) and you are subject to this Privacy Policy. By using the Site and any associated mobile applications or services, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The Site is located in the United States and its online privacy practices are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California. By using any of the AlisonMillardPhotography online services, you understand and agree that any information you submit is gathered about you will be transmitted to and stored in the United States. You further consent to the use and disclosure of that information in accordance with applicable United States Federal and State laws and with this Privacy Policy.
How and When We Collect Information
The Site collects personal information from you when you provide it to us, such as by sending us feedback, contacting us, filling out AlisonMillardPhotography.com contact forms, providing it to us in hard copy form, contributing any content, or purchasing a product from us.
The Site may collect and store your contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number, and other information that you provide. If you take advantage of any special services offered, including any communication or service, we may collect other personal information about you.
What We Do With Your Information
The Site is committed to protecting your privacy. The Site does not rent, trade, or share your personal information with any other company, other than our corporate subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, for their marketing purposes, without your consent.
The Site may use your personal information:
To provide you with information, services, or customer support that you request;
To prevent, discover, and investigate violations of the Terms;
To send you a newsletter, invitation, or other marketing or advertising communication;
To keep you informed;
To respond to your questions and concerns;
To improve the Site and marketing efforts;
To conduct research and analysis;
To display content based on your interests; and
To allow you to participate in any interactive features of the Site.
The Site may share your personal information with select third-parties to assist with our communications to our users and customers and to help with our business activities. These companies are authorized to use your personal information, only as necessary to provide these services.
The Site may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, the request of a governmental authority, or legal process, or when AlisonMillardPhotography.com believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect rights or safety, or investigate fraud or other potentially criminal acts or civil violations. We do our best to protect your personal data when we collect personal information from you. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore its absolute security cannot be guaranteed; any transmission is at your own risk.
Social Marketing and Third-Party Websites
The Site may contain links to websites operated by other companies or third-parties. When you sign in or link to any other social networking site, any information you may have provided to us becomes subject to the privacy policy of the social network. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of other such networks or websites. We may share your personal information with select third-parties to assist with our communications to our users and customers and to help with our business activities. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services. You should consult the privacy policy of such networks/services. If you post information in a public forum it becomes public information.
Cookies, Google Analytics and Advertisements
The Site may utilize “cookies” to personalize or enhance your experience. A cookie is data that is stored on your computer or mobile device and contains anonymous information about you. Cookies do not store any of your personal information, but they do allow the Site to do things like customize service, content, and advertising, collect general usage and statistical information, identify you, and provide you with a more personalized user experience. You may disable cookies if your browser permits by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you disable cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Site.
The Site uses Google Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information, which is transmitted to and stored by Google, Inc., and may collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and operating system. Google, Inc. will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on Site activity for Site operators and providing other services relating to Site activity and internet usage. Google, Inc. may also transfer this information to third-parties, where required to do so by law, or where such third-parties process the information on Google, Inc.’s behalf. Google, Inc. will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google, Inc. By using this Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google, Inc. in the manner and for the purposes set out above. From time to time we may provide and allow ads on the Site, which may collect information about your visits to our Site and to any third-party sites linked to through the advertisement.
California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights
Under California law (California Civil Code Section 1798.83), users residing in California may request certain information regarding the disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. As detailed above, the Site does not share users’ personal information with unaffiliated third-parties for direct marketing purposes without your consent and approval.
Children’s Privacy
Services on the Site are intended for users aged 18 and older. We therefore do not knowingly collect or use any personal information from persons that we know to be under the age of 18. Children under the age of 18 shall not use the Site to submit any personal information about themselves. Should we become aware that information we have collected originates from a child under the age of 18, we will delete such information.
Security
The Site strives to use reasonable safeguards to help prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of Personal Information provided or collected through the AlisonMillardPhotography online services. However, no system is perfect or can guarantee that unauthorized access or theft might not occur.
Retention of Information
The Site does not retain credit card or other payment information after a transaction is closed. While this means you will need to re-enter your information for each subsequent transaction, it helps reduce risks of sensitive data becoming accessible to unauthorized persons. Following termination of any transactions with you, we will retain other information about your transactions (what you ordered, etc.). Unless you request that your information be deleted by contacting us, we may retain your information for back-up, archival, legal and audit purposes.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy
The Site may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
The Site will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Your Rights under the GDPR:
The Site undertakes to respect the confidentiality of your Personal Data and to guarantee you can exercise your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact the Site to assist you. This also enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Data the Site holds about you.
Request correction of the Personal Data that the Site holds about you. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information the Site holds about you corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where the Site is relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw your consent on using your Personal Data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. If you make a request, the Site will respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data on the Site. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.