Privacy & Cookie Policy
Statement
Sue Oakford Photography understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online.
We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits our site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law.
This Policy applies to our use of all data collected by us in relation to your use of our site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our ‘Privacy Policy’ is deemed to occur upon your first use of our website.
Definitions & Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“account”means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of our site;
“cookie”means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 12, below;]
“our site”means this website www.sueoakfordphotography.co.uk
“UK and EU Cookie Law”means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015; and]
“our/we/us”means Sue Oakford Photography
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from our site (whether we provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
Data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it and consent to us using it.
We Collect
All personal data is stored securely in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR) and we use your data to provide the best possible products and services to you. This includes: providing and managing your account, providing and managing your access to our site, personalising and tailoring your experience on our site, supplying our products and services to you, personalising and tailoring our products and services for you, responding to communications from you, supplying you with email insert type of email e.g. newsletters, alerts etc. that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe method), market research, analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our Site and your user experience.
In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and We will be limited in the [products and] services We can provide you without your consent for Us to be able to use such data.
How Do We Use Your Data?
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and/or telephone and/or post with information, news and offers on our products and services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.
Under GDPR we will ensure that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting your rights. We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:
· You have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;
· Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;
· Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
· Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;
· Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or
· Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
How & Where Do We Store Your Data?
We only keep your data for as long as we need to use it and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it. In any event, we will conduct periodical reviews to ascertain whether we need to keep your data. Your data will be deleted after 5 years if we no longer need it or deem it relevant to our business. Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).]Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the internet.
Do We Share Your Data?
We may share your data with other companies in our Group. This includes PhotoConcierge which is part of Sue Oakford Photography. You may find links to third party websites on our website. These websites should have their own privacy policies which you should check. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies whatsoever as we have no control over them. We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
In certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal information, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of Us.
You may access our site without providing any data at all. You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies.
You may withdraw your consent for us to use your personal data at any time by contacting us and we will delete your data from our systems. However, you acknowledge this may limit our ability to provide the best possible products and services to you.
Access To Your Data
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold about you. Please note that any demand for access may be subject to payment of a fee of £10 which covers our costs in providing you with the information requested. Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us using the contact details below. You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). We welcome any queries, comments or requests you may have regarding this Privacy Ppolicy.
Please contact us for more details at sueoakford@yahoo.co.uk
Cookie Consent Policy
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, our site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use. All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
To provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called upon whenever you interact with a page which is affected by your preferences.
Similarly to the above, we may gather information about your general internet use by using a cookie file. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our website and the service that we provide to you.
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.If you are still looking for more information on Cookies please contact us through one of our preferred contact methods
Your Rights As A Data Subject
At any point whilst Sue Oakford Photograpghy is in possession of or processing your personal data, all data subjects have the following rights:
Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing.
Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right not to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
If Sue Oakford Photography refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge.
Sue Oakford Photography at your request can confirm what information it holds about you and how it is processed.
You can request the following information:
· Identity and the contact details of the person or organisation that has determined how and why to process your data.
· Contact details of the data protection officer, where applicable.
· The purpose of the processing as well as the legal basis for processing.
· If the processing is based on the legitimate interests of Sue Oakford Photography or a third party such as one of its clients, information about those interests.
· The categories of personal data collected, stored and processed.
· Recipient(s) or categories of recipients that the data is/will be disclosed to.
· How long the data will be stored.
· Details of your rights to correct, erase, restrict or object to such processing.
· Information about your right to withdraw consent at any time.
· Whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract, as well as whether you are obliged to provide the personal data and the possible consequences of failing to provide such data.
· The source of personal data if it wasn’t collected directly from you.
· Any details and information of automated decision making, such as profiling, and any meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and expected consequences of such processing.