PRIVACY & COOKIES POLICY

At Polkadot Photojournalism, accessible from www.polkadot.com.gr, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by www.polkadot.com.gr and how we use it.

Polkadot Photojournalism legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:

–   Polkadot Photojournalism needs to perform a contract with you

–   You have given Polkadot Photojournalism permission to do so

–   Processing your personal information is in Polkadot Photojournalism legitimate interests

–   Polkadot Photojournalism needs to comply with the law

Polkadot Photojournalism will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

–   The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you

–   The right of rectification

–   The right to object

–   The right of restriction

–   The right to data portability

–   The right to withdraw consent

Personal data

We will collect your full name, email address, phone number and details of your wedding day in order to furnish you with a quote for wedding photography services. We also need these details should you decide to proceed with the booking. If not, we will delete your information.

Should you proceed with the booking this information will be used to contact you in relation to your wedding i.e. to find out where your wedding is or where the preparations are happening.

We will not sell or rent your information to any third parties and we will not share your information with third parties for any marketing purposes.

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other vendors. This privacy policy applies only to the Polka Dot Photojournalism website‚ so we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites if you access them using links from our website.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

How we collect and keep your personal data

We collect this data through the contact form on our website which is linked to our email which is password protected. We don’t think your email gets stored on our website in any way, but if it does our website is https:// (secure). Photographs are stored in a GDPR compliant online gallery.

Data Retention

Our business involves taking photographs. We archive all works for the lifetime of the business. This is to ensure the data is available should a client require further copies. Your personal data is retained for the lifetime of the archive. For tax purposes, we are required to hold business accounts for a period of 5 years after filing. You may request to see that data and we will furnish it as quick as possible. Any data provided it’s not required for a legitimate legal basis, may be removed on request.

Log Files

www.polkadot.com.gr follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, www.polkadot.com.gr uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Blog commenting

If you comment on our blog, it’s public so everyone can see it.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.