Who I am
My name is Marina Andreichenko, I am a professional photographer. My website https://marinastory.com.
Definitions
When we say “you”, I am referring either to a Member or to some other person who visits of my Website.
“Personal Data”, “Personal Information” means any information that identifies or can be used to identify you, directly or indirectly, including, but not limited to, first and last name, email address, gender or other demographic information.
General
I offer the Services on my website https://marinastory.com.
This Privacy Policy applies to this website. The Website includes any web pages, interactive features, applications, widgets, blogs, social networks, social network “tabs”, or other online, mobile, or wireless offerings that post a link to this Privacy Policy, whether accessed via computer, mobile device, or other technology, manner or means.
While providing the Services, and as described in more detail below, I may collect Personal Data about a Website visitor.
This Privacy Policy covers my treatment of Personal Data that I gather when you are using my site, but not to the practices of companies I don’t own or control, or people that I don’t manage.
By using my website or filling out the contact form on my website, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, my Cookie Statement, and other documents, and you hereby consent that I will collect, use, and share your data in the following ways.
I do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from anyone under the legal age (according to your jurisdiction).
If I learn that I have collected Personal Data from anyone under the legal age (according to your jurisdiction), I will delete that data as quickly as possible. If you believe that anyone under the legal age (according to your jurisdiction) have provided mе Personal Data, please contact me photo@marinastory.com.
Contact us
If you have any questions or comments, or if you want to update, delete, or change any Personal Data we hold, or you have a concern about the way in which I have handled any privacy matter, please contact me at photo@marinastory.com.
Changes
I am constantly trying to improve my website, so it may change over time and I may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time as well, but I will alert you to changes by placing a notice on my website, by sending you an email, and/or by some other means.
If you use my website after any changes to the Privacy Policy have been posted, that means you agree to all of the changes. My electronically or otherwise properly stored copies of this Privacy Policy are each deemed to be the true, complete, valid, authentic, and enforceable copy of the version of this Privacy Policy which was in effect on each respective date you visited the Website.
What personal data I collect and why I collect it
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.
Contact forms
Data you voluntarily provide to мне, when filling out contact forms on the site, consult with me, send me an email or communicate with me in any way, you are voluntarily giving me information that I collect. That data may include your:
- name;
- email address;
- phone number;
- age;
- IP address;
- browser ID;
- as well as details including gender, occupation, location, and other demographic information.
By giving me this data, you consent to this data being collected, used, disclosed, transferred and stored by me, as described in my Terms of Use and in this Privacy Policy.
Data collected automatically
Whenever you interact with my website, I automatically receive and record information about your visit to my Website and your web browsing. That information may include your IP address, your operating system, your browser ID, your browsing activity, and other information about how you interacted with Websites. I may collect this information as a part of log files as well as through the use of cookies or other tracking technologies.
I can use this information to select relevant content based on your preferences, improve navigation on the site and the services provided.
My use of cookies and other tracking technologies is discussed below, and in more detail in my Cookie Statement.
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics
I use Google Analytics for the following purposes:
- Remarketing (showing our ads on third party websites). My advertising partners (Google) will use the cookie information to serve our past visitor relevant and optimized ads.
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting.
- Visitors can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and
customise Google Display Network ads using Google’s Ad Settings page: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated. - Visitors can opt out of Google Analytics using this browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- I also use advertising partners to collect cookie-based information about my website users in order to assist me with better targeting of my advertising.
- For further information on cookies in general, including how to decline and remove cookies from your browser visit https://www.aboutcookies.org.
Information from other sources
From time to time I may obtain information about you or your Subscribers from third party sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, third party data providers and our joint marketing partners. I take steps to ensure that such third parties are legally permitted or required to disclose such information to us. Examples of the information I may receive from other sources include: demographic information, device information (such as IP addresses), location, and online behavioral data (such as information about your use of social media websites, page view information and search results and links). I use this information, alone or in combination with other information (including Personal Data) I collect, to create relevant content for you, develop and offer more relevant services.
I may combine Personal Data with other information I collect or obtain about you, to improve services, customize content and offer products and services that I think may interest you, as well as for other purposes in accordance with this Privacy Policy. When I combine Personal Data with other information in this way, I treat it as, and apply all of the safeguards in this Privacy Policy applicable to, Personal Data.
Disclosing personal information to the third parties
I do not sell or lend your personal information to anyone in a personally identifiable form. I can transfer your personal information to third parties only in the described cases:
- Service providers. Sometimes I can transfer your data to service providers who help me provide and maintain my site and my services. For example, Google Analytics, a company that provides hosting for my site, etc.
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
I require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and treat it in accordance with the law. I do not allow my third party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes, and allow them to process your personal data only for specific purposes.
How long I retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you send a contact form, then the data you entered in this form and its metadata will be saved indefinitely.
For users that register on my website (if any), I 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 website or have left comments, or you did fill in the contact form, 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 I erase or change any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
You may request to correct, amend or delete information I hold about you by contacting me photo@marinastory.com.
Additional information
How I protect your data
I take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in the processing and the nature of the Personal Data.
I does not store individual Internet account passwords in the accessible format, and will not divulge or change any passwords on any account without proper authorization from the account owner or responsible party.
In addition, any information collected through my website or over the Internet is transmitted using current industry-standard security and/or encryption methods aimed at protecting our customer’s information from unauthorized access or use.
I recommend that you always keep your password private, and change it periodically in order to better protect your personal data.
My servers is located in Ukraine. So your information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in this country. While the data protection, privacy, and other laws of this country might not be as comprehensive as those in your country, I take many steps to protect your privacy. By using my Website, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your information to me and those third parties with whom I share it as described in this policy.
I guarantees that any actions regarding Personal Data are carried out in full compliance with this Policy and the principles set forth in the EU GDPR.
Public information and third party websites
My website include links to other websites, whose privacy practices may be different from my. If you submit Personal Data to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. I encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Website you visit.
My website include social media features. These features may collect information about your IP address and which page you are visiting on my website, and they may set a cookie to make sure the feature functions properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on my website. Your interactions with those features and platforms are governed by the privacy policies of the companies that provide them.