At PhotoRush.com We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy describes how personal information is collected from users of PhotoRush.com, and how that information is used and disclosed. We collect your personal information because it enables us to provide you with convenient access to our services Keeping the information you share with us on the site, secure and ensuring your understanding of how we collect, use and maintain your information is important to us at PhotoRush.com. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your information and while no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we have used and will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of your information. We continually assess new technology for protecting information and, when appropriate, we upgrade our information security systems. Because of its importance and to make it easier for you to find and review it, we have made this Privacy Statement into a separate document on the site. However, bear in mind it is a part of our agreement with you and the terms and conditions contained in our Terms and Conditions describe how and when we may make changes to these statements and terms, and how they become binding upon you. Where PhotoRush.com has provided you with a translation of the English language version of the page or website's functionalities, then you agree that the translation is provided for your convenience only and that the English language versions of the Terms will govern your relationship with PhotoRush.com. If there is any contradiction between the English language version and its translation in a different language, then the English language version shall take precedence. We reserve the right to modify this policy. Any changes to the policy will be posted on this page. Users are encouraged to check the page regularly as they will be bound by the changes once posted on the site.
1. What is personal information?
Personal information specifically identifies an individual, such as an individual's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card or other account number - and information about that individual's activities when directly linked to him or her, such as information about his or her purchases.Personal information also includes demographic information, such as date of birth, gender, geographic area and preferences when such information is linked to other personal information that identifies an individual.
Personal information does not include "aggregate" information. Aggregate information is data collected about a group or category of products, services or customers from which individual customer identities have been removed. In other words, information about how you use a service may be collected and combined with information about how others use the same service, but no personal information will be included in the resulting data. Likewise, information about the products you purchase may be collected and combined with information about the products purchased by others. Aggregate data helps us understand trends and customer needs so that we can better design new products and services, and refine existing products and services to serve our customers better.
2. Personal information we collect
You provide personal information to us in a number of ways when you visit the Website. For example, you provide us with personal information when you:
- create an account and buy a Pro account, media hosting or other services ("Services")
- purchase Rushes™
- participate in a survey or contest on the Website
- contact us by email for any reason, such as to request help with the Services, or to provide us with your comments/feedback
- or post personal information in connection your photos/galleries or in other forums or interactive areas on the Website.
We collect your name, billing and shipping addresses, email address, phone number, credit card number and expiration date in this manner. We may also collect certain demographic information in connection with your participation in any survey or contest on the Website.
You have the option of telling us how you wish to be identified in connection with your photos, galleries, comments and elsewhere on the Website. If you choose to use your real name (or include any personally identifying information as part of your "nickname") that information will be publicly displayed on our Website. Therefore, please use caution in determining how you wish to be identified on the Website.
Additionally, when you visit our Website, some information is automatically collected, such as your computer's operating system and browser type, version, and capabilities (such as whether JavaScript is enabled and cookies are accepted), your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time and date of your visit, the referring website (if applicable), as well as screen resolution, color and depth. This information is tracked through the use of "Cookies". Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features like the welcome message and, eventually, your customized PhotoRush.com home page. Further, to help us tailor our site to the needs and interests of our visitors, or for other purposes, we may gather aggregate, non-personally identifiable information via cookies. Examples include the type of Internet browser our visitors are using, the frequency of visits to our site and which pages our visitors viewed. We may share these aggregate statistics with others. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major web sites use them. Cookies stored on your computer do not contain any personally identifiable information, other than your username.
Some third parties may place cookies in advertisements and in other locations on the Website. Information collected by these third parties is subject to those third parties' policies governing use and disclosure of personal information. In addition, a third-party service is used to anonymously track traffic data on the Website through the use of a cookie that is not linked to, and does not track, any personally identifiable information about users of our Website.
3. Under age
We encourage parents to take an active interest in their children's use of the Internet. This Site is not designed or intended to collect and retain personal information from children who are under 13 years of age, and you must be 16 years of age or older to create an account on the Site. However, there may from time to time be contests or other activities on the Site that do not require an account and that are open to all ages, including children under 13. If you are aware that a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, please contact us at the email address listed at the bottom of this Privacy Statement.
4. Visibility of your profile and posted content to non-members of PhotoRush.com
Under "Privacy settings" you can set the level of your privacy at any time. This means that you decide whether to increase your level of privacy or opt in favor of more visibility online, enabling more exposure of your profile for potential business partners. When you register, your default privacy settings rather promote the spirit of networking. The data contained in your profile is visible to non-members of PhotoRush.com and traceable by search engines on the Internet. This, however, does not include personal contact details such as email addresses or phone numbers.
5. Groups
PhotoRush.com will offer certain groups, forums and similar services. Each group will have one (1) or more moderator(s). The moderator will decide for each group whether the group is public or whether it is only accessible to a specific group of people, as well as who will have read and/or write access for each relevant group. This information will be displayed on the PhotoRush.com for the relevant group. It will be visible to PhotoRush.com registered members and it may also be visible to non-members of PhotoRush.com, depending on the settings chosen by the moderator.
Please note: where a group is specified as "public" on the PhotoRush.com and in the event that the moderator has not restricted the access rights to the group, all contributions of PhotoRush.com registered members to such a group can be read by all other PhotoRush.com registered members, and these contributions are then also accessible to non-members of PhotoRush.com on the Internet without any restrictions. You’ll be able to deactivate the traceability of your contributions to a group by Internet search engines in your privacy settings under "Privacy". However, any contributions you posted on the group prior to deactivation will remain visible after the deactivation as well.
6. How we use personal information
In general, we use personal information collected on the Website to provide the Services and otherwise process transactions on the Website, to provide support for the Services, to respond to user requests and inquiries, to maintain a record of our dealings with Website users, to develop new products and services and to inform users about products or services we think will be of interest.
For example, we use your information to process orders of subscriptions to the Services or purchases of Rushes™, to communicate with you about your product purchases, your subscription(s) and/or use of the Services or the Website, to provide support in response to your inquiries, to send you promotional materials via email and postal mail, to improve our products and services and to develop new products and services. We may also receive information from third parties with whom we have business relationships, and may combine this information with the other personal information we maintain about you (for example, we may receive updated information about you, such as an updated billing address, from the financial institution issuing your credit card in connection with billing for Services). If we do so, this Policy governs such information.
7. Sharing of personal information
We do not sell, rent or share personal information with third parties without your prior consent except in the limited circumstances described in this Policy. We may share personal information with third-party vendors who assist us in performing internal functions necessary to operate our business. These functions may include, for example, analyzing traffic information or other data, providing marketing assistance, mailing items, processing credit card transactions, and fulfilling or delivering orders. In all cases we limit the information shared with our third-party vendors to that which is necessary to carry out those functions. We are not responsible for any additional information you provide to these parties, and we encourage you to become familiar with their practices before disclosing information directly to them. We may also share personal information in connection with Affiliated Websites (as discussed in more detail below).
We also disclose personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order) or with requests of law enforcement authorities; to enforce or apply this Policy or our other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect our or our customers' rights, property or safety; to protect our customers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Website; or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay. In addition, information about our customers, including personally identifiable information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing or sale of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of our business assets.
8. Third parties on our site
Our site may contain advertisements, references and links to other web sites and organizations. You should be aware that different rules may apply to the collection, use or disclosure of your information by third parties in connection with their advertisements, promotions and other web sites you encounter on the Internet. The use of such technology by these third parties is within their control and not ours, and even if we have a relationship with the third party, we do not control those sites or their policies and practices regarding your information and we encourage you to investigate and ask questions directly of them in this regard.
9. Security
We understand that many consumers are concerned about security on the Internet. The security of the information that you provide to us is also very important to us. To prevent unauthorized disclosure, maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have in place reasonable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure any information we collect online. Our payment systems vendor uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption protocol, to scramble credit card information that you enter so that it cannot be read as it is transmitted across the Internet. SSL is the recognized industry standard worldwide for such sensitive transactions, enhancing safety when you shop with a credit card on the web. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer and do not opt to save your username or password on login to PhotoRush.com. In the event that our security system is breached, we will attempt to notify you as soon as possible.
10. Policy changes
We will modify this Policy if our privacy practices materially change in the future and we will notify you of such changes only by posting the modified Policy on our Website and indicating at the top of the Policy the date it was last updated. We encourage you to review this Policy each time you visit our Website to see if it has been updated since your last visit and to make sure you understand how information you provide will be used.
11. Your comments or concerns
We welcome your feedback. If you have any comments or concerns about this Policy or would like to contact us for any reason, you may reach us via email at info@photorush.com.
