Effective Sept 2022
This Privacy Policy describes information that we may collect from you when you visit RobertComtoisPhotography.com (the “RCP Site”) or direct an inquiry to RobertComtoisPhotography.com through electronic means. This Privacy Policy explains how the website stores, uses, discloses, or shares that information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not access or use the site. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy may change from time to time. RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) will post the modified version at this same URL. Your continued use of the Site after the Privacy Policy has been modified is deemed to be an acceptance of those modifications.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by third parties including websites that may be linked to from this Site. RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any non-RobertComtoisPhotography website to which this site links.
1. SCOPE
Use of the Site – This Privacy Policy applies to information collected when you use the Site and in electronic communications transmitted through the Site. It does not apply to information collected offline. In addition, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third parties regardless of whether or not the Site includes links to the websites of those third parties.
2. INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) collects personal information and non-personal information.
A. Non-personal Information is any information that does not identify you individually or does not permit a direct association with an individual. Non-personal Information may include information derived from Personal Information that has been de-personalized by removing unique identifiers and/or by combining it with information about other users to form aggregated data.
B. Personal Information is information that is reasonably capable of being associated with or could be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.
C. Examples of information the RCP Site collects include:
1. registration information you provide when you create an account, enter a promotion, or sign up for communications, including: your name, date of birth, mailing address, phone number, email address, username, and password
2. transaction information you provide when you make a purchase, such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, and payment information
3. information you provide by posting content on the Site, including: blogs, press releases, forum posts, comments, artwork information
4. information we obtain from third parties such as third-party websites, vendors, service providers, or other platform providers
5. location information including data provided by a mobile device or other device as you navigate our Site
6. activity information pertaining to your use of the Site
3. HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) collects information from and about you, directly, when you provide such information to the RCP Site and, automatically, when you use the Site.
A. Information You Provide. The RCP Site collects information that you provide when you make inquiries using our “contact us” form, complete a transaction, or sign up to receive communications. The information collected may include anything submitted by you to the Site and may include copies of the correspondence. When you purchase goods through the Site, you voluntarily provide certain Personal Information which is stored by the RCP Site and also processed by a third-party company (i.e. our credit card processors). If you voluntarily provide your Personal Information to us, we collect it. You choose whether to disclose Personal Information, but you may not be able to use the Site or conduct certain transactions without doing so.
B. Information Collected Automatically – When you visit or otherwise use the Site, the RCP Site collects details about your access and use of the Site automatically through cookies and other technology, including details about your device, internet connection, operating system, browser type, browsing actions, and the resources that you access and use on the Site, other traffic data, and location data. The information the RCP Site collects automatically may include personal information or the RCP Site may associate it with personal information it collects in other ways or receives from third parties.
4. COOKIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY
RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) may use the technologies listed below to collect data as you visit the Site.
A. Cookies – Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your internet browser on your device. Cookies can be either persistent or temporary. A persistent cookie retains user preferences for a particular website, allows those preferences to be used in future sessions, and remains valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date). Temporary cookies expire at the end of a user session when the browser is closed. The RCP Site may set its own cookies or may ask others to set them to help the RCP Site. Most internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, but then you may not be able to access or use portions of this Site.
5. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) uses information that you provide and/or that it collects, to present the Site to you, improve the Site, deliver a more personalized service to you, provide you with information, products, and/or services that you request from the RCP Site, market goods or services to you, fulfill any other purpose for which you provide such information, provide you with information you requested, and for any other purpose with your consent. The way the RCP Site uses such information is described in more detail in the chart below. The RCP Site may aggregate the information you provide or that the RCP Site collects from you with information collected from other users to allow RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) to evaluate its products and services
| Why RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) Processes Your Information | Legal Basis for Processing |
| to respond to your request to provide you with your payment for completion of a sale to complete your transaction to fulfill the purpose for which you provide the information | performance of a contract consent |
| to personalize and improve your experience with the Site | legitimate interest |
| to ensure technical functionality and proper operation of the Site | legitimate interest |
| to improve our products and develop new products and services | legitimate interest |
| to communicate with you for services-related purposes such as support issues and customer service inquiries | performance of a contract legitimate interest consent |
| to communicate with you to respond to a request or for marketing and research purposes consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us | legitimate interest consent |
| to comply with our legal obligations | legitimate interest |
| to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights | legitimate interest consent |
| in any other way described when the information is collected | legitimate interest contract |
6. DISCLOSURES
RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) may disclose aggregated information about its users and information that does not identify any individual without restrictions. The RCP Site may disclose personal information that it collects from you or that you provide to us as described in this Privacy Policy to our business partners, affiliates, contractors, distributors, service providers, and other third parties that the RCP Site uses to support its business; to a purchaser or successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets; to fulfill the purpose for which you provided the personal information; for any other purpose when you consent to such disclosure at the time you provide the information. The RCP Site may also disclose your personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, to enforce our terms of use and other agreements, and if the RCP Site believes disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the RCP Site, its customers, or others.
7. YOUR CHOICES
A. Do Not Track – Our Site does not respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
B. Tracking Technologies – You may set your browser to refuse some or all browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that parts of the Site may not be accessible or may not function properly.
C. Updating Information – You may contact the RCP Site to request access to, correct, or delete certain personal information that you have provided to the RCP Site. The RCP Site may not accommodate a request to change information if the RCP Site believes the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
8. RESIDENTS OF EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (EEA)
If you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), the following provisions apply to you:
A. Access – You may request access to your personal information and the following information regarding our use of it: (i) purpose of the use, (ii) categories of personal information used, and (iii) to whom we have disclosed your personal information.
B. Correction – You may request that the RCP Site correct any inaccurate personal information we have.
C. Right to Be Forgotten – You may request that the RCP Site erase your personal information when the RCP Site no longer needs such data.
D. Withdraw Consent – If our ability to use your personal information depends on consent you have given, you may withdraw such consent.
E. Restriction – You may request that the RCP Site restrict or suspend use of your personal information.
F. Object – You may object to our use of your personal information to perform services you have not requested.
G. Copies – You may request copies of your personal information that we possess and can access in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
H. Complaint – You may lodge a complaint with the supervising authority of your country.
9. DATA TRANSFER
The RCP Site stores your personal information in the United States. The privacy protections in the United States may not be the same as in your home country. If you are located in a country outside the United States and submit personal information to the RCP Site, you consent to the general use and disclosure of such information as provided in this Privacy Policy and to the transfer and/or storage of that information to the United States.
10. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY
A. Data Retention -RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) may store your personal information as long as you use our goods and service in order to provide you with such goods and services and for all legitimate business purposes. The RCP Site may store your personal information to the extent required to comply with our legal, accounting, and/or reporting requirements and to provide information about the RCP Site products or services that you may request. Additionally, the RCP Site may continue to store your personal information contained in standard backup systems. Upon your request, the RCP Site will delete or de-identify your personal information unless the RCP Site is legally required or allowed to maintain such personal information.
B. Data Security – The RCP Site has implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. The RCP Site cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or through the Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. RobertComtoisPhotography (the RCP Site) is not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained in the Site.
11. CHANGES IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Changes to the Privacy Policy will be posted on this page. If the RCP Site makes material changes to the way it treats user’s personal information, it may choose to notify you via email or through another means in addition to posting. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised appears at the top of the Privacy Policy. You are responsible for ensuring the RCP Site has a current email address for you and for periodically visiting the Site and the Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
12. LINKS
This Site contains link to third party websites that the RCP Site does not control. The RCP Site cannot be held responsible for the privacy practices of third parties or the content provided on such websites. If you click on one of these links, please understand that you are leaving the RCP Site and that any information you provide will not be covered by this Privacy Policy. Please read that website’s privacy policy before providing any information.
13. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us.