PRIVACY POLICY
Who we are
Our website address is www.theportraitstudio.co.za
The Website (theportraitstudio.co.za) sells photographic packages and photo printing services online. The Website (theportraitstudio.co.za) is a product of ClarkCo (Pty) Ltd.
ClarkCo (Pty) Ltd. operates theportraitstudio.co.za and operates other websites. It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while you (the user) operating our websites.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
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.
Contact forms
The amount and type of information that we gather depend on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at theportraitstudio.co.za to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal information required to process those transactions. In each case, we collect such information only as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with theportraitstudio.co.za
We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply their personally identifying information.
Personal data that we collect:
· Full Name
· Company
· Email address
· Mobile number
· IP Address
· Mailing list: opens, clicks, opt-ins
List of information that we store but that is not identifiable:
· Logs of emails sent
· Support inquiries by email.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to provide information on the way visitors use our site.
How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps
Who we share your data with
theportraitstudio.co.za discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available on our websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using marprozep.com, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
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.
Your contact information
theportraitstudio.co.za does not disclose personally-identifying information.
Personal data that we collect:
· Full Name
· Company
· Email address
· Mobile number
Additional information
theportraitstudio.co.za collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website.
How we protect your data
theportraitstudio.co.za discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our behalf or to provide services available on our websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using theportraitstudio.co.za you consent to the transfer of such information to them. We will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. ClarkCo (Pty) Ltd. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a summons, court order or other governmental requests, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of theportraitstudio.co.za third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of our website and have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with theportraitstudio.co.za and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. We take all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.
What data breach procedures we have in place
ClarkCo (Pty) Ltd. takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally identifying and personally identifying information.
What third parties we receive data from
theportraitstudio.co.za relies on third-party services to maintain its service.
Google Analytics, MailChimp, etc.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
The legal basis for us to collect the data is to be able to send news updates, invitations, promotions and newsletters through our mailing system, MailChimp.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
This notice falls under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act.