1. Introduction
Welcome to phototipsy.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with us. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
- Personal Information: We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and email address when subscribing to our newsletter or contacting us.
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interaction with our website, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and other diagnostic data.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze website traffic, and display personalized ads. You can control cookie settings through your browser.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To Operate and Maintain Our Website: To ensure the website functions correctly and monitor usage patterns.
- To Improve Our Services: To analyze data and enhance our content, products, and services.
- To Communicate with You: To send newsletters, respond to inquiries, and provide customer support.
- For Marketing and Advertising: To display personalized advertisements through Google AdSense and track affiliate sales through Amazon Affiliate links.
4. Advertising Partners
We work with third-party advertising partners, including:
- Google AdSense: Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet. For more information on how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy. You can manage your ad preferences or opt out of personalized ads through Google Ad Settings.
- Amazon Affiliate Program: We participate in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, which uses cookies to track interactions with affiliate links. For more information, refer to Amazon’s Privacy Notice.
5. Email Newsletter
By subscribing to our newsletter, you consent to receive emails from us. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails. We do not share your email address with third parties without your consent.
6. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We process your information because:
- You have given us consent.
- The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and not overridden by your rights.
- The processing is required to comply with the law.
7. Your Privacy Rights
- GDPR Rights (EU/EEA Residents): You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict processing, and object to processing your personal data. You also have the right to data portability and to withdraw consent at any time.
- CCPA Rights (California Residents): Under CCPA, California residents have the right to request information about the personal data we collect, delete their personal data, opt out of the sale of personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.
8. Data Security
We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While we strive to protect your data, no security measures are entirely foolproof.
9. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
10. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. Please review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website with the “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of our website after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://phototipsy.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.