Our Commitment To Privacy
Paulpolitis.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by 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 statement.
Collection of Information
This website collects personally identifiable information, like names, postal
addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by
our visitors. The information you provide is used to fulfill your
specific request. This information is only used to fulfill your
specific request. For example, your mailing address is only collected when you make a purchase from this
website, and then it is only used to fulfill your order. Your email address is only ever used to
contact you concerning your order, or to contact you with our newsletter IF you specifically sign-up to receive
our newsletter.
Cookie/Tracking Technology
This website uses cookie and tracking technology depending on the features
offered. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering
information such as browser type and operating system, tracking
the number of visitors to the website, and understanding how visitors
use the website.
Cookies are tiny benign text files that are saved on your computer that stores small bits of information. This website uses cookies in order to “remember” certain choices that you may make when navigating this website. Most of the cookie functionality is used in the shopping cart on this website, in order to remember, for example, the ID number of your cart, so that you may add and remove items freely. Without cookies, a shopping cart mechanism like this is impossible without requiring the visitor to set up an account.
The cookies set by the shopping cart on this website expire in a maximum of 30 days. Please note that a user can delete the cookies on their computers at any time, and there is software that may delete them with or without your knowledge. What this means is that if you add items to your cart but do not purchase them, and you return to this website at any time within 30 days, you will still be able to access your cart and the items within it, assuming the cookie still exists on your computer.
Email addresses
The only time that this website requests your email address
is when signing up to the mailing list (or when you make a purchase -- see “Shopping” below). As such, by signing up for my mailing list,
you are agreeing to receive periodic emails containing news about new additions of photographs to this website,
details about public displays of my photography, and so on. In other words, you are signing up because you are interested
to hear about what is new with me and my photography. These emails are sent out, at most, 3 or 4 times per year, and include
an easy way to unsubscribe at any time.
YOU ARE NOT signing up for anything else. I do not share your email address with anyone. I receive hundreds of spam message per day in my inbox -- I am no fan of spammers.
The absolute best way to keep up to date with what's new is to simply add my RSS feed URL to your RSS feed reader. This way you get notified of new photographs and news as they are posted to this website, and you never have to share your email address. And, really, I don't have to send out email newsletters, which I rarely get around to doing anyway.
Shopping
In order to use the shopping cart on this website, cookies must be enabled in your browser.
It is simply impossible
to have a shopping cart system that does not rely on cookies without requiring the visitor to set up an account.
Cookies ARE NOT used for any purpose that compromises your privacy. They are only used to remember your shopping cart ID and
the items that you have added to it. Please see “Cookie/Tracking Technology” above for more information on cookies.
Of course, if you are interested in purchasing prints, but prefer not to use the shopping cart system on this website, you can contact us by email with your order.
The personal information that you submit when purchasing prints through the shopping cart on this website are the following:
- your name
- mailing address
- email address
- credit details
All of the above information is only asked for when you are ready to pay for the items in your shopping cart, and are handled through PayPal's secure servers. I personally at no time will ever have access to your credit card information. Once you have completed payment, I am sent an email from PayPal with a list of the prints that you have ordered, and your mailing address and email address. Your payment is deposited by PayPal in to my PayPal account.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However,
once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note
that we do not have any control over that other website. 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 exercise caution
and read the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
How To Contact Us
If you have any further questions/comments about privacy, please contact me.
