Privacy Policy

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This privacy policy sets out how Marita Upeniece Photography collects, uses, stores and protects any information that you give to us when you use the website at [www.maritaupeniece.com] (“this website”).

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We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information from which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy statement and in compliance with all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy. Marita Upeniece Photography is the data controller and responsible for your personal data (“we” “us” “our” in this privacy notice). Our contact details are set out below. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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What we collect

 

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. We may collect your name and contact information including your email address. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. 

 

How is your data collected

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We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:

• Direct interactions with you when you fill in a form or correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise;

• Automated technologies or interactions, for example as you interact with this website we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns or by using cookies.  Please see below for more information on how this website uses cookies.

What we do with the information we gather

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We use, store and process this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular, for the following reasons:​

• To provide you with further information about the products / services we offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted.

• To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services.

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How do we store, use, share and disclose visitors' personal information

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Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to promote our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. 

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We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We will only retain your personal information for the minimum time that is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. 

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If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at mupeniece@gmail.com. If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at mupeniece@gmail.com.

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Use of Cookies

 

A cookie is a small text file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

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We may use traffic-log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web-page traffic and improve our website(s) in order to tailor it to user's’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and the data is then removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website experience, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose 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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website(s).
 

Links to other websites

This website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this website, you should be aware that we do not have any control over those other websites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.