We realize that your privacy is very important to you. Protecting any personal information that you provide to us, including your name, address, phone number or email address is of the utmost importance to PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS.   As a result, we have prepared this Privacy and Security Statement to let you know about the manner in which we collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage the personal information you entrust to us.

When you provide personal information, you are consenting to the manner in which PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS will collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage your personal information, as set out below.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Your personal information may be collected when you:

• Exchange or request certain information about our services
• Provide us with comments or suggestions
• Register with us to receive periodic e-mail updates

Questions or Surveys:

When you ask a question or submit feedback we may collect your name, address, phone number and e-mail address.

Your Suggestions:

We use your feedback, suggestions, survey information and comments solely to monitor and/or improve the use and features of our Site and our services.

Disclosure of Personal Information:

Personal Information Disclosure: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS will not trade, rent or sell your personal information, without your prior consent.

Additional Information about Our Site

Visiting Our Site:

In general, you can visit our Site without telling us who you are or providing us with any information. However, we collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Sites and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Sites. We use this information to monitor and improve our Sites.

Third Party Links:

Our Sites may include links to the websites of our business partners, vendors and advertisers. Except as provided herein, we will not provide any of your personal information to these third parties without your prior consent.

Collections and Use of Personal Information by

• Google, being a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
• Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS provides links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement of any other company, its websites, or its products and/or services. These linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, which we recommend that you read carefully. We have no control over such websites and therefore have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose and otherwise treat your personal information.

Security of Personal Information

We will maintain the confidentiality of all personal information collected in our Sites and from our Service Providers and will only disclose such information to employees and Service Providers who require such information for the purposes described in this Privacy and Security Statement. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure of personal information in our custody and control.

Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Because PhotoGraphic Expressions is concerned about the privacy and safety of children, we will not knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. For more information on complying with COPPA see the FTC's website at COPPA FAQ's

Your Controls and Choices

Opt-Outs. We may provide you with the opportunity to “opt-out” of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes when we ask for this information. If you decide to opt-out, we may not be able to provide certain features of the Site to you.

Communication Preferences. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included on such communications or on the Site. Please note, however, that you may not have the option to opt-out of certain service-related communications.

Blocking Cookies. You can remove or block certain cookies using the settings in your browser but the Site may cease to function properly if you do so.

Accessing and Updating Personally identifiable information

You have certain rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information. If you are interested in exercising your rights, please contact us using the contact details in the section titled “Contact Us”. We will respond to all such requests and will provide you with access to the information we hold about you, including correcting or updating that information, unless a legal exemption from providing such access applies. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time upon verification of your identity in accordance with local laws. We recommend you include documents that prove your identity and a clear and precise description of the information which you request access to.

Security Measures on Our Sites

We hold your personally identifiable information in a combination of hard copy and electronic files for an unlimited period of time, as necessary to support the Site, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or otherwise fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We use third party information system providers who may store or have access to your personal information. Even after you cancel your account, copies of some information from your account may remain viewable in some circumstances where, for example, you have shared information with social media or other services.

 

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personally identifiable information (such as information related to racial or ethnic origin, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Site or otherwise. If, contrary to this request, you do provide any sensitive information, in doing so you consent to us collecting and handling that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us on our Sites.

Notices and Revisions

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate on this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy practices. Unless stated otherwise in a separate agreement or privacy statement, this Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you. We may also issue specific information collection privacy notice from time-to-time relating to particular products or services.

How to Contact Us

We want to assure you that PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPRESSIONS  is dedicated to protecting your privacy.

Please feel free to contact us at any time if you have questions regarding our Conditions of Usage, Privacy Policy, or other policy related material.  Follow the "Contact Us" link in the  menu for the contact form.

• If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy and Security Statement
• If you would like to terminate your registration with our Site