PRIVACY POLICY


KAREN DEAKIN PHOTOGRAPHY PRIVACY POLICY

Karen Deakin Photography's privacy policy sets out how this website collects and uses the personal data that you provide to us. We take the privacy of your personal information very seriously and will only use your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation introduced in May 2018 and this Privacy Policy.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please check this page periodically to ensure that you are aware of any changes.


PERSONAL INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

(1) DEVICE INFORMATION

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” - data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • “Log files” - track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, ISP, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • “Web beacons” - ‘tags’ and ‘pixels’ are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.


(2) ORDER / CONTACT INFORMATION

When you contact us and/or make a purchase we collect certain information from you known as “Order Information”, including

  • Name
  • Billing address
  • Shipping address
  • Payment information (all payments executed via Paypal whose Privacy Policy can be found here - https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full)
  • Email address
  • Phone number


HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfil any orders placed by you, including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations. Once payment has been made via Paypal, fulfilment of orders will be carried out by a Third Party Printer who will be provided with details of your ordered item(s), name, delivery address and telephone number.


In addition to the above, we use Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you
  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud
  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.


We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns). We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site - you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.


WE DO NOT

  • Share, sell or rent any personal data with third parties, except as described in this policy.
  • Record, or have access to any of your financial data.


DATA RETENTION & YOUR RIGHTS

In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) your personal data will only be stored with your consent.  

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.


MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18.


CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us at the following email address with your request: karen@karendeakin.com.


COOKIES POLICY

This website uses 'Cookies’ and similar technologies to provide you with a great experience when you visit our web site and help our website run effectively.

Cookies are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Pixieset, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. These analytics and performance cookies are used on this site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.


For more details about cookies and details of how to delete and disable cookies you can visit www.aboutcookies.org.