Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to www.stonephotography.com and Stone Photography, Inc and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Stone Photography, Inc include www.stonephotography.com and Stone Photography. The Stone Photography website is an online gallery and an ecommerce site. By using the Stone Photography Website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Stone Photography may collect personally identifiable information such as:
First and Last Name
Mailing Address
Email address
Phone number
If you purchase Stone Photography’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) sending us an email message; (c) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We may also gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your personal Information
Stone Photography collects and uses your personal information to operate its website and deliver the services you have requested.
Stone Photography may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Stone Photography.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Stone Photography does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Stone Photography may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Stone Photography, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Stone Photography may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Stone Photography or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Stone Photography; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Stone Photography, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Stone Photography may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Stone Photography, in order to determine what Stone Photography Services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Stone Photography to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Stone Photography. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Stone Photography website.
Use of Cookies
The Stone Photography website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Stone Photography pages, or register with Stone Photography site or services, a cookie helps Stone Photography to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing address, shipping addresses and so on. When you return to the same Stone Photography website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Stone Photography features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Stone Photography services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Stone Photography secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Stone Photography uses the following methods for this purpose:
SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmissions over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and date exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
Stone Photography does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
Email Communications
From time to time, Stone Photography may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communications.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Stone Photography, you may opt out of such communications by contacting info@stonephotography.com to be removed from our promotional emails.
Changes to this Statement
Stone Photography reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Stone Photography welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy.
Stone Photography, Inc
7307 MacArthur Blvd, Ste 214
Bethesda, MD 20816
Email – info@stonephotography.com
Phone 301-654-3185
Effective August 14, 2018.