I consider the privacy of my visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by www.obphotography.ie and how I use it.
obphotography.com is owned and operated by Olga Barabola located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. If you have questions about obphotography.com, this privacy policy or want to report an issue please contact me at olga@obphotography.ie.
CONSENT
By using this website, you hereby consent to this privacy policy and agree to its terms.
This site is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. You should not assume that this site is error-free or that it will be suitable for the particular purpose which you have in mind when using it.
UPDATE
This Privacy Policy was last updated in June 2023. Should I update, amend or make any changes to this privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.
LOG FILES
Like many other Web sites, www.obphotography.ie makes use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
This site uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize this web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options.
MY ADVERTISING PARTNERS
Some of advertising partners, linked to this web site, may use cookies and web beacons on the site. These advertising partners include, but are not limited to…
Google
Facebook
Instagram
Each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on obphotography.ie and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by this site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site. obphotography.ie has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
INFORMATION COLLECTION, USE, AND SHARING
I am the sole owner of the information collected on this site. I only have access to collect information that you voluntarily give me via web forms, email or other direct contact from you. I will not sell or rent this information to anyone. I do not share personally identifiable information (such as name, address, email or phone) with third parties.
If you share personal information on this website, it will be used to fulfill the request for which it was submitted. You contact information will only be displayed if you gave permission to publicly publish it on our website.
Unless you ask me not to, I may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
SHARING
I share demographic information with my partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
SECURITY
Information I collect may be stored or processed on computers located in any country where I do business. I protect this website with firewall and malware removal. I take extra precaution to protect any personal information you have shared with me from unauthorized access however I can’t guarantee protection from hackers or human error.
RIGHTS RESERVED
I, obphotography.ie, retain the copyright to all text, graphics and content that is involved in the branding and usage of this website.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
I believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. I encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. obphotography.ie does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that obphotography.ie has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 18, please contact me immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and I will use my best efforts to promptly remove such information from this web-site records.
SURVEYS & CONTESTS
From time-to-time this 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 disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as postal 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.
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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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 visit our login page, 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.