Photobible.org Privacy Policy
Photobible.org (the “Website”) is committed to protecting its users’ privacy in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant privacy laws. This Privacy Policy sets forth how the Website collects and uses personal information collected on this Website. By using his Website, you acknowledge that you have read and accept our practices as described below.
If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, then you should not register with Photobible.org and should immediately discontinue your use of this Website. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into and forms part of the Photobible.org Terms of Use.
1. Information Photobible.org will collect.
Photobible.org does not require that you register in order to view our Website; however, registration is required in order to be able to post, make comments, and add links to photos on the Website. When registering with Photobible.org, you may be asked to provide the following personal information: Full Name, Address, Email and Telephone contact details. If you do not provide the personal information requested, we may not be able to provide you access to all of the features of the Photobible.org website.
When you make a purchase on this Website, Photobible.org may collect personal information on you. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date, and 3 digit security code). This Website uses the information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, Photobible.org will use this information to contact you.
Photobible.org will also collect the IP address of your computer in order to help us in detecting unauthorized transactions and to better manage Website traffic.
In addition, Photobible.org uses “cookies” (small data files placed and stored on your computer) to help manage your use of the Website. These cookies serve the following purposes:
(a) recognizing you as a regular user, so that you do not need to re-register each time you visit the Website;
(b) reminding us of who you are in order to deliver you better services;
(c) estimating our audience size by determining repeat usage of the Website to help target advertisements based on user interests and behavior;
(d) tracking your progress;
(e) measuring certain traffic patterns for use as a research tool to understand how our users’ habits are similar or different from one another; and
(f) conducting other research.
This Website links the information stored in cookies to personally identifiable information. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, which will enable you to decide whether or not to accept any particular cookie. If you do not accept cookies, some Website pages may not display properly, or you may not be permitted to access certain information.
Photobible.org will retain personal information after you terminate your account only as long as is necessary for the purposes described in Section 2 below or for 18, whichever is less. To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept responsibility for the security of personal information transmitted over the Internet or for the unauthorized access to or use of personal information.
The security of your information relies on password protection. Do not disclose your password to anyone. This Website will never ask you to send your password or other sensitive information to us in an email or to enter it via any Website other than one with the url of www.photobible.org.
2. Purposes for which Photobible.org will use Personal Information.
Where practicable, Photobible.org will identify the purposes for which we collect personal information at or before the time the information is collected (including via this Privacy Policy). We will use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed at the time of collection or as otherwise set out in this Privacy Policy, unless we have your consent to another use, or such other use is authorized or required by law.
Generally this Website collects personal information from you for the following purposes:
(a) to provide services to you, to promote and market our services to you and to improve those services;
(b) to maintain a commercial relationship with you and to communicate with you (which may include: provision of services, billing, collection, advertising, promotions, and account verification);
(c) to identify your needs and/or preferences;
(d) to meet legal and regulatory requirements;
(e) to administer, maintain, manage, and improve our business operations; and
(f) as otherwise required by law.
3. Sharing of Personal Information.
Photobible.org does not rent, trade, or share personal information with third parties, except in order to provide products or services, which you request, when we have your permission, or for the following purposes:
(a) This Website uses third parties such as a shipping company to fulfill orders, a credit card processing company to bill for products sold on the Website, and an email service provider to send out emails on our behalf. When you make a purchase on Photobible.org, we will share the necessary amount of personally identifiable information as necessary for the third party to provide that service, including your name, address, credit card information, and email address. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for promotional purposes.
(b) This Website uses your personal and certain non-personal information to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.
(c) Photobible.org reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding or legal process served on our Website.
(d) Photobible.org may share personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.
(e) Photobible.org may transfer personal information to a third party company in the event of a merger, acquisition by such company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets to such company. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
(f) We may share personal information with our legal, financial, and other professional advisors.
(g) We may share personal information with credit reporting and collections agencies.
(h) We may share personal information with any third party involved with the provision, development, operation, promotion, marketing, or enhancement of the Photobible.org Website.
(h) We may share with third-party advertising companies to serve or track ads on our Website. These companies may use certain personal information about your visits to this Website in order to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you.
(i) We may share with other third parties upon receiving your consent, as required by law.
You acknowledge and agree that disclosures by us may in some cases be to recipients outside the United States.
Photobible.org and its authorized third parties may track your usage of the Website. Our Website may provide hyperlinks to third party websites not controlled by us. We are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these third party websites. Photobible.org expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure.
Except as provided above, Photobible.org will not share any of your information with any third party without permission.
4. Confidentiality and Security of Personal Information.
Photobible.org follows generally accepted industry standards to protect personally identifiable information submitted to us, both during transmission and thereafter. We encrypt sensitive information (such as credit card numbers) using secure sock layer technology (“SSL”). However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While Photobible.org makes every effort to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Contact with You.
Photobible.org may use your email address to contact you from time to time in relation to your registration, to send notices required by law, to provide information regarding the Website or to investigate or resolve any complaint or suspicious transactions. We may also contact you by telephone for such purposes.
6. Access to Your Personal Information.
You can review or modify your personal information with Photobible.org at any time. You may also ask us to review, update, amend, delete, or correct any personal information we hold about you on written request, and we will take commercially reasonable steps to comply with your request and provide you with the opportunity to access any personal information that we hold about you. We may charge a reasonable fee to cover our costs in providing such access.
7. Posting Personal Information to Website.
If you post personal information to the publicly viewable areas of this Website, such information may be collected and used by third parties over which we have no control. Photobible.org is not responsible for and cannot control the use by third parties of the information that you post publicly to this Website, so you should exercise caution in making postings to this Website. We are not responsible for the use of such retained or cached information by third parties.
8. Privacy of Children.
Photobible.org is committee to protecting the privacy of children and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
9. Email Requests for Personal Information.
Photobible.org will never initiate a request for personal information by email or pop-up window. If you ever receive a request for this type of information, please do not respond and notify us as soon as possible.
In the event that you believe that you have ever become a victim of fraud, please report it to the police and take all available actions to protect yourself. Also, please notify us, so that we can take all available steps to protect you and the other users of this Website.
10. International Users.
If you are a user accessing the Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that different from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of this Website, which is governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy as incorporated into our Terms of Use, you will be transferring your personal information into the United States and you consent to that transfer.
11. Amendments to this Privacy Policy.
Photobible.org may amend this Privacy Policy at any time at its sole discretion and without prior notice. Will we will make efforts to advise you about significant changes in the way we protect personal information by notifying you of any material amendments in a prominent place on our Website. Please check back from time to time with this Website to see if there are any changes.
Please note that the use of information that we gather is subject to the Privacy Policy then in effect at the time of use.
12. Other Legal Notices.
Any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including Dispute Resolution and Limitation of Liability. We will try to resolve any concern regarding your privacy that arises in connection with this Privacy Policy.
13. Effective Date.
This Privacy Policy was last modified on January 1st, 2010.
14. Contact Us.
If you have any questions or concerns or would like any further information in about Photobible.org’s Privacy Policy or the use of your personal information, then please contact us at support@photobible.org.
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