PRIVACY POLICY

updated: 05/23/2018

Sarissa Melissa Photography is sensitive to concerns that personal information collected from its customers (“you” or “your”) be handled respectfully and appropriately.  This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) discloses the privacy practices for Sarissa Melissa Photography and applies solely to information collected by the web site www.sarissamelissa.com and www.sarissamelissaphotography.com including any related domains and subdomains (the “Site”). This Policy is intended to notify you of the following:

1.      What personally identifiable information Sarissa Melissa Photography collects from you through the Site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

2.      Your access and control over information.

3.      Your Choices in regards to your information.

4.      How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information and updates.
 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to our website or by sending you a notification). We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you subscribe to a newsletter or email list, participate in an event, survey, contest or promotion, make a purchase, communicate with us via third-party social media sites, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us.

The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, occupation, preference or interest data, and any other information you choose to provide.

If you provide an email address to invite a friend to participate in the Services, we will collect that email address and use it to send your friend such an invitation.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY

When you access or use our Services, we may automatically collect information about you, including:

Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the Services, including your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, web request, access times, pages viewed, web browser, links clicked and the page you visited before navigating to the Services.

Mobile Device Information: We collect information about the mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, mobile network information and information about your use of our mobile applications. 

Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We and our service providers use various technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see “Your Choices” below. 

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES

We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Services. For example, if you create or log into your account through a third-party social media site, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site; we may also collect information about you when you post content to our pages/feeds on third-party social media sites.

Personal Information

Sarissa Melissa Photography must collect some information from you (“Identifier Information”) to allow you to use and access services, products and materials.  Identifier Information is only collected by your personally providing such information to Sarissa Melissa Photography via e-mail, by phone, or otherwise through Sarissa Melissa Photography website pursuant to making a purchase or requesting service.

Testimonials

Sarissa Melissa Photography may display personal testimonials of yours from time to time received via email or as otherwise received from you by Sarissa Melissa Photography. By accepting the Terms of Use, which incorporate this Privacy Policy that you may access (See below for terms of use), you give Sarissa Melissa Photography specific consent to use such personal testimonial.  If you would like Sarissa Melissa Photography to remove your testimonial or customer review at any time, please simply contact us at hello@sarissamelissaphotography.com and we will promptly do so.

USE OF INFORMATION

We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:
 

  • Provide, maintain, improve and promote our products and services;
  • Provide and deliver the information, products and services you request, process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts;
  • Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
  • Respond to your comments, questions and requests, and provide customer service;
  • Communicate with you about products, services, surveys, offers, promotions, rewards and events offered by Company and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
  • Personalize and improve the Services and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests;
  •  Facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions, and process and deliver entries and rewards;
  • Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
  •  Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected. 

SHARING OF INFORMATION

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

  •  When you participate in the interactive areas of our Services, certain information you provide may be displayed to other users, such as your name, photo, comments and other information you choose to provide;
  • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;
  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of Company or others;
  •  In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company; and
  • With your consent or at your direction.

SOCIAL SHARING FEATURES

The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS SERVICES PROVIDED BY OTHERS

We may allow others to serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and to provide analytics services. These entities may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be used by Company and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites and better understand your online activity. For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes by companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance, please visit www.aboutads.info/choices.

YOUR ACCESS TO AND CONTROL OVER INFORMATION

You may opt out of any future contacts from us or request that we discontinue sending of email and other communications at any time at any time by contacting us at hello@sarissamelissaphotography.com.

SECURITY

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us by secure servers. We have included common indications of such secured features when appropriate such as a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

ORDERS

We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (such as your name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.

THIRD PARTIES

Please be aware that some of our business partners may use cookies or other methods of tracking and targeting use on our site (advertisers, for example).  However, we have no access to or control over these cookies and this Privacy Policy does not extend to such third parties.  Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other Site. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects Identifier Information.

SURVEYS & CONTESTS

From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore whether or not to disclose information sought by such surveys or contests. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

YOUR CHOICES

COOKIES

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability or functionality of our Services

PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS

You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by sending an email to hello@sarissamelissaphotography.com. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as our ongoing business relations.

 PUSH NOTIFICATIONS/ALERTS

With your consent, we may send push notifications or alerts to your mobile device.  You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

UPDATES

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.

If have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us via email at hello@sarissamelissaphotography.com     

COOKIES STATEMENT

 Issue date: 05/23/18

We use cookies on our sites (www.sarissamelissa.com and www.sarissamelissaphotography.com  and the subdomains associated with these sites) (“our site”) for a number of purposes. They help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website, and also allow us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. 
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. 


WE USE THE FOLLOWING COOKIES: 

Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of the e-billing services. 
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily. 
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). 
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. 
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below. 
First-party (IT Governance Ltd) cookies 
This website will set some cookies that are essential for the website to operate correctly. These cookies, none of which capture personally identifiable information, are as follows: 
Visitor ID – this cookie is a numeric value that identifies unique visitors and provides coherence and consistency to a site visit; 
Page Number – this cookie identifies the page you are on; 
Session ID – this cookie identifies your website session; 
Test – this cookie checks whether or not your browser supports cookies; 
Order – this cookie ensures that your shopping basket works correctly. 

Third-party cookies

Our websites will set several types of third-party cookie, and we do not control the operation of any of them. The third-party cookies which may be set include: 
Google Analytics – we use Google Analytics to collect data about website usage. This data does not include personally identifiable information. You can view the Google Privacy Policy here: 
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. 
Facebook Pixels – we use Facebook Pixels to retarget website users for Facebook ads. This means that if you browse our website, you’re more likely to see our Facebook ads. You can view the Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.